The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-11-08

Locked up IN woman's love scent the air
| ot blessings when corRe but near the house
hat n delicious breath marriage sends forth
| Inc violet beds not swcCler! Middleton.
! have often had occasion to remark the forti.
tude with which women sustain .lc most over
wheimlng reveress Of fortune. Those disasters
which break down the spirit Of a man. aud pros
trate him IN the dust. seem TO call forth ali the
energies of the softer sex, and give such in,re.
pidlty and elevation to their character, that at
times 1t approaches to sublimity Nothing eau
he more touching than to behold a soft and ten.
der female, who had been all weakness and de
pendence, and alive 10 every trivial roughness
while lreadIng the prosperous paths of life sud.
denly nsng IN mental force 10 be the comforter
and supporter Of her husband under misfortune
ana abiding with unshrInking frmncss the bit.
foliage about the oak, and been lifted by 1t into
sunshine will. when the hardy plant is rlveted
by the thunderbolt, cling round 1t with its cl'
ressng tendrllS and bind up its shattered boughs
so is it beautifully ordered BY Providence, that
woman. who is the mere dependant and orna-
ment Of man in his happier hours, should he his
stay and solsce when .mitten with sudden ca
amty winding herself into the rugged reccsses
of his nature, tonderly supporting the dropping
ncHu, anu ulNulNB up INC ulOhtI HtWts
was once congratulatng friend who had a
round him blooming family, knit together in the
strongest affection. IL can wish you no better
lot," said he with enthusiasm, Than to have n
wife and children. If YOU are prosperous, they
are TO share your prosperity; If otherwise, they
are to comfort YOU And indeed, have ob
served that married man falling into mi-for
tune is more apt to retrieve his situation in the
world than single one partly, because he is
more stimulated to eXorton by the necessities of
the helpless and beloved beings who depend up
on him for subsistence. but chiefly, because his
spirits arc sOothed and relieved by domestic en-
dearments, and hi, sclfrespect kcpta alive by find.
ing, that though all abroad ia darkness and hui
initiation, yet there is still little world Of love
at home, of which he is the monarch. Whereas
Il single man j, apt to run to waste and selfncg-
lect, to fancy hmselfloncly and abAnd med, and
his heart to fall to ruin, like some deserted man,
sion, for want Of an inhabitant.
These observations call to mind little domes
tic story, of which was once n witness. My in.
innate friend, Leslie had married bcautiiuland
accomplished girl, who had been brought up IN
the midst of fashionable life. She had, it is true
no fortune, but that ofny friend was ample; and
he delighted in the anticipation Of lndulging her
( in every elegant pursuit, and administering "a
those delicate tastes and fancies that spread n
kind of witchcry about the seX.-"llcr life" said
he, shall be like fairy tale"
! The ycrv difference IN their characters produc
ed harmonious combination, he was OF TO
mantle, and somewhat serious cast; she was all
life and gaduess. hayc often noticed the mute
rapture with which he would gaze upon her in
company, Of which her sprightly powers made
her the delight; and how, in the midst of ap
plause her eye would still turn to him, as il
there alone she sought favor and acceptance
When leaning on Lls arm, her slender form con
trastod finely with his tail manly person. Tn,
fond confding air with which she looked up t,
him seemed to call forth flush Of trum phnnt
pride and chcrishing tenderness MS il he doatct
on his lovely burthen for lis very helplcssuess
Never did couple set forward on the flower
path Of early aud wesuited marriage with :
fairer prospect Of felicity.
twas the misfortune of nv friend however
10 have embarked his property in large spccula
tions. and he had not been married many month.
when, by a succession Of sudden disasters il
I was swept from him. and he found hmsclf reduc
ed almost to pCnury, For time he kept hu
situation to himself and went aboat with a hag
! gard cuuntenancc, aud breaking heart Hi
/ life was bgt protractcd agony; md what ren
dcrcd II more insupportnhle, was the nsccsst,
Of keeping up smile IN tie presence Of his wife
Z for he could not bring himself to ovcrwhelm hor
with tie nows. She saw, however, with III,
quick cyes OF affection, that all was not well with
him. She marked h' altered looks and stllgt
.ighs aud was not to be deceived by his sickly
and vapd attempts Mt chccrfuncss She taskeC
all her sprightly powers and tender blundsh
men,s to win him back tohnppiness; but she on
" drove the arrow deeper into his soul. 1ht
4 l.. a.
ling was the thought that he was soon to max,
her wrctchcd A little while, thought he, nnC
the smile will vanish from that cheek-the SOM
will die away from those lips--ths lustre o
those eyes will be quenchcd with sorrow-nn,
the happy heart which now beats lightly in tina
bosom, will be weighed down like mine, by th'
cares and mscries of the world
At length he came to me one day, and relate,
his whole situation in tone of tho deepest des
pair, When had heard him through, inquir