Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-07-03

ousy and passion.
CHATTER III.
'Her ycngeiul pride, kind of madness grown
She hugged her wrongs her sorrow was her hronc
BuLwgR.
so prythee come-our icte will be
But hall a tete, ifwanting thce.'
PorE.
In the weeks that followed, Margaret Dor.
rance had ample time to regret her obstnacy.-
The breach that separated her irou her hus band
seemed daily TO widen. lie gave her no oppor.
tunity for explanations; but treated her with
studied coldness whenever they met. Hur
apartment he had ceased 10 share since tina, Ia
tai night
She felt now how much easier i, wOuld have
been to have yielded to his wishes even 70
have renounced all society-than to bear the
penalty which her peryerseness had brought
upon her.
Often had she been upon tho pon. orthrow.
ing her.elfa, his feet, and begging for return
of hi, love; bu, then pride would hold her back
with his iron grasp.
Oh, how truly has it been said that "pride
must be conquered us man would conquer an en- @.
cmy." Few there are that realize how it plants
iec,ions how it turns the heart to a desert, and
unseals the Marah, which with it, ,nrging flood
sweep. away all holy affections.
Margaret felt but too truly that The difference
which separated her from her band nl,o re.
moved her farther from het God. She could
not call upon him before. when, looking upon
her children and her husband, she had acknowl
edged his goodness aud mercy to her, III giving
har M ibn a IL sI,,,,.
of an impenitent heart, she accused him ui inius-
tlce; and recalling the gloomy doctrines which
had been early impressed upon her memory by
the pinus mother who was now no more, she
thought if she was iated to be all uulnved wife
sho would at least, learn to bear il with stui-
csm.
Thus day after day, che wandered farther
from the Kingdom Of Heaven; the thorus o
earth woundlng her, the bitter waters Of hen
heart overwhelming her, and pride only
strengthening her To endurance.
\, length came an invitation TO party, Civ
en- by one Of her oldest aud most intimate
friends.
Margaret had neither inclination to go, nor
spiri, to prepare herself; bat Emily Walton
would take no refusal TableauX were mol
then out Of date, and she was preparing to have
them on large scale. No one but Margare
came up to Ter ideas Of Rebecra, and so sh,
coaxed Mrs. Dorrance into yielding her reluo-
tant consent.
The Cay preceding arrived, and all tho morn
ing Margaret had been oppressed with an un
accountable sadness. She went into the nurse
ry, intending to divert her mind with her chil
dren.
Ida wa, asleep, but Harry had jus, beer
brought in by his nurse from a walk, and hi,
attention was engros.ed by Lew toy.
"Come hlther Harry" Said Mrs. Dorrauce
"como sit in mammals lap"
No me unit, me done wan to, me sit in m'
own Lp."
"Oh, Harry's naughty boy to speak so I,
mamma! Well, never mind, when poor maln'n
dies and is buried up in the cold ground, the,
little Harry will feel BAD
The tender hearted fellow dropped hi, toy
and burst into a sob, the big tears rolled dow
his cheeks, his breas. heaved and he said re
proachluy,
sou no do right to talk so TO me; done OF
see how bad OH make me ieelp"
His mother was ready to clasp him TO he
heart when suddenly his whole countenanc
changed. Rc.um,ng his former independent
tone, and at the same time picking up his toy
he said
"Nell, me never mind, me don't care: whc
ou die papa got me new mamma very quick"
Marg ret was SO veXed NJ this sudden ,ur
that she felt like shaking the boy; bu, control
: ling herself, she left him to the nur.e who wa
nightly pleased at the spirit evincedb his an
swer.
And thus every little event o! the day seem
ed to have a tendency to depress her more an
more; and when the hour approached that Mrs
Walton had promised to send her husband 70
her, she stood shivering, although beside glow
ing fire, feeling tha, she would be willing
die, could she but once more pillow her hea
upon her own husbands breast.
She had ordered her own carriage that nigh
and, at tho appointed hour it was punclually
, the door.
o Mr.. Walton had not come. Oh, the relief
= she should not be obliged to 60!
II Once more she wen, to the bouduir-i!
u darling little room, where she had passed !
9 many happy hours with her husband, he read
II ling aloud 10 her their iavorite hooks; while 81
pillowed upon lounge, listened wonderin
J. if ever human VOICE equaled his in its rich
modulaed tones.
- Now, she stood there alone. Alone! aid {
Or how wretched! Whichever way she turne
or the lofty mirrors rehsctad back pale lac