The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-03-29

iy vegetation, Wnlcn entirely ruined the
blossoms on the tree at which she had
been looking. No fruit was borne.
1t was | apprehended, my own mfr
nifty that led me TO think more of the
changes which might come across the
path of the newly married person, than
anything in her condition; for though |
subsequently, saw where the danger
! lurked, yet then it was with me only the
foreshadowing of a somewhat morbid
sensibility, contrivedto anticipate enough
to make the present gloomy with appre-
tensions of the future. SO watched.
Blessed be the race of croakers, whose
stomachs are constantly conjuring up
cloud TO darken their minds, and who
are too selfish to let any one pass with
out the benefit of their overshadowing
forebodings. | watched this case, for
the first exclamation which | have re-
corded of this young woman had touch
ed chord of melancholy in my DISPOSE
ton, and so | was anxious to see chow
long it would last;" how long the peace,
joy, and domestic felicity would con-
tinue. 1t did not seem to me that the
disturbance could originate with her.
The husband was fond Of amusements,
and he kept and used good gun and
some we'll trained dogs. But though
these drew him occasionally from his
home, yet the fine disposition of the
wife found in the dumb but spacious
companions of her husband, objects of
regard. She learned to like them, and
as became their gentle nature, they
loved her, .joyed in her caresscs, and
seemed to have sober resolve to watch
over her safety, and 10 secure it even at
the cost of their lives. | confess that
was disappointed at this, having antici-
pated that the litter of dogs would have
disturbed the equanlmity of the wife, and
thus have provoked reprisals from the
husband.
Ii was not long before some event.
think it was the ordinary result of ''se-
curity," the miserable pride of trying to
make ones self considerable in leopard
ising the peace and comfort of family
by going "security" for man, in whom
Others would not have had confidence,
or they would not have asked security
that swept from the husband considera-
BILE portion of the property which had
made his condition better than the wfe's
before marriage.
"And here" said |, at will cease to
last" hope that my feelings were OF
), the right kind; l think now that they
were only those of curiosity. Some
people seem to desire an evil that they
have foretold. Think only desired tc
know how the loss of property was tc
affect the wife.
Her husband was the first to tell hel
Of the misfortune.
81 am sorry, my DEAR" said the quiet
wife, "sorry indeed. 1t will compel you
to do much of the work which you have
hitherto hired others to perform. Dc
not let the loss of your property mortity
: you, nor suffer yourself TO dwell on the
error, if it was an error, of the act by
which the loss occurred"
"But you-you, my dear wife"
at will not" said she, essentially
affect me; it will not add to my labors OF
my anxiety. | must look after the
household affairs whether we have one
farm or two
| The wife shed no tears. She was sor.
! ry that her husband should lose that so.
cial distinction consequent upon some
property more than others possessed
but it was pardonable feeling in her
that the loss Of property placed her more
upon his level, and removed something
of the appearance of difference between
them.
This then was not much of grief.
at lasted yet"
The sudden death of the frst-b born
child, beautiful boy, was the next dis.
turbing cause. was not in the house
during the short sickness ofthe child, but
| attended the funeral, and followed the
body from the antique house of mourn.
ing to the church-yard. When the clods
fell upon the coffin, | thought the heart
of the mother would have burst. She
leaned over to look down into the rest.
ing place of her child, and the arm of a
friend seemed necessary to prevent her
from going unto him.
Apd | said at lasts no longer"
The friend and neighbor led her back
to her husband. The gentle look of af.
fectionate sympathy which he gave her
as he placed her arm within his, and drew
her towards him, that she might lean on
his manly strength, showed me my mis-
take.
The mother had suffered, but the affec-
ton, nay the happiness of the wife was
complete.
Could mother be happy returning
from the yet unsodded grave Of her only
child?
Death had softened her heart, and Gt-
ted it for the ministration of new atfec.
ton, The father had suffered in tho