The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-08-01

that the world will learn OF your difficulties,
and cannot bear the idea of their triumph.
If you do better in future, the past will soon
be forgotten, even if ii should be Known"
This was her fathers opinion :-Indepen.
dent of your own happiness, you are unau-
thorzed TO destroy the peace and happiness
of two families.-You can be anything you
please in Boston, but 1t depends upon your
self. All you have to do is TO act the part OF
woman, and not that Of child.n
This is Mrs. Lawrence's own opinion
al have learned sad lesson in the past
year, which will profit me- The past has
taught US both a lesson which have prof.
ted by. Let all be forgotten, my husband"
Elsewhere she says:-'T feel how wrong |
have actel, and the injustice l have done
my real disposition, for it seems to me like
insanity. only wish my folly had escaped
notcen
Mrs Ward entertained feelings Of cmnity
towards Mrs. Abbott Lawrence, which no
circumstances could justify, and which she
did not seek TO disguise from her daughter
The cause the animosi,y was this Mrs
Abbott Lawrence wrote letter 10 Mr. Ward
(da,ed May 3lst ,)accordlns to a previous a.
grecment, in which sho commented on
some OF the faults Of Mrs Bigelow Law
romeo, and proposed means whereby they
might be corrected The whole tone of the
letter was kind and ailcctionate in the ex-
ireme, and could only have proceeded from
a warm heart, and ono that lamented deep
ly the errors that were sought TO be reme-
died. But this letter, instead of being re-
ccivcd. with favor, was read in anger; il was
sent back 10 Boston, thai "Sallie might see
what her dear mother said of her," and from
this time until Mrs. Lawrence left for Louis.
villo, every lotter she received from her
mother, so far as known, expressed undis-
guised hostility against the mother Of her
husband This is the language Of one letter
go, that letter, my child, had like to craze
me. have never been we'll since. You
know am proud woman, Sallic, and TO
have such a woman speaking so of my
daughter Sa lie, have nothing 10 do with
her She will bo your ruin" In another
place she says: ave shall have ano.h let
ter of complaints FROM Mrs Lawrence soon,
about your extravaganza. They must have
cost at least quarter each. This is not
jest with me, Sallie. Read your dear moth
er's letter again, and you will readily con-
clude so But, poor woman, she did not
know what many Of her own terms meant
(written turms meant y When little is
given, little is required" Elsewhere she
says :-'The woman says your education
has been neglected. She does not know
what education is, Sallio, only treat her
with the coolest and Jst distant respect
In another letter, Mrs. Ward concludes a
fresh volume of abuse by saying -"Sallie,
beware of her; she is wolf in sleeps
clothngn
Thus stood the case Mrs. Lawrence had
repaired TO her former home, under circum-
stances that were certainly significant, and
which implied anything but return. She
apparently had gone 10 Louisville,'in accor-
dance with a previous purpose, and her hus-
band was invited to follow her to city thrt
did not promise him very happy or inde-
penden; life. He was solicited TO resign the
ties of friendship, and the pleasant associa-
tons of home, and 10 repair at once TO The
societies OF strangers and the intimate COM
panionship of her who regarded his own
mother with aversion and contempt-lIc
was asked to place his wife under the care
OF 4 mother who had always left her pur-
sue her own way and under the counsels oil
! mother who bore 10 him an emnity that
could never be forgotten.
Despite her errors and her folly, Mrs
Lawrence had been kindly and affeciionate-
ly invited back, not 10 expose her health to
the rgor of a New England winter but TO re.
rair TO the most delightful climate that hear
could wish. Once, twice and thrice that in
vitatioh had been offered, and coldly, unleol-
ingly declined We will not say what mo-
tives welded her so closely TO Louisville
or whether chagrin and disappointment clou.
ded the memories that gathered around hcl
sojourn in Boston. We will not say wheth.
or othor reasons than those which lie upon
the surface bore her to Louisville and
bound her there. All prospect, or even pos
sibility of her return, had at least passed a
way, and the last letter she wrote TO her hus
band indicated, with too certain precision
that in her opinion, the gulf that separa &C
them was impossible. Her parents had as
sumed privileges that were unwarantcd
and had exerted them in stern manner
which forgot entirely tho feelings, the rights
and tho happiness of her husband. Tha
husband well knew tho extravaganza of his
wife shot but sad oxpcrieece had taugh
him that there was nothing, however costly
or however foolish, that she did not obtain
provided sho desired ii; that her purchases
were regulated by no method, and'conirollet
by no discretion; that year after year, bill'
might be presented TO an almost Unlimited
amount, solely on her account, and that fo
oil and everything she might procure, he
wrenged, iusulted, abandoned, as he hat
been. was liable. He remembered to-, he
pride and place, and he felt assured that ev
cry measure Of duplicity would be employed
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