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

brilliancy.
How strange its seemed.
Her dress oi amber satin, with its bertha of
costly lace,-thc delicate culored wreath of
natura! jessamine flowers that encrcled her
head like coronet- the embroidered demi. skirt
oi lace, looped up with green sprays, and iessa.
mine buds; so much taste evidenced, so much
luxury catered around, and withal, such orlds
of misery looking out from the depths Of those
hopeless eyes
The door bell rang. The servant who an-
swcred 1t, u,hered gentleman into the draw.
iug room.
Mrs. Dorrance advancing met Edward Ora
ham.
Mr.. Graham! TO what accident am | in
d, bted for this unexpected cal!'
Mrs. Walton commissioned the last evening
to call for you Tonight, Mrs. Dorraucc. Her
husband she said, would be unayoidaby de,ain-
Icdr
Mrs. Dorrance's lips smiled; but her eyes
changed not from their dim sorrow, as she an
>wered,
/ AS Emma has not kept her part Of the com
pact, AIN released from mine | shall hot go
to-night, Mr.. Graham. and am sorry TO have
given You all this trouble. will not detain
You one moment longer
'Bu,, Mrs. Dorrancc, your friend made mo
promise that | would not return without YOU;
indeed you must 60; yonr absence Would cast a
danper over the whole party
4 am not vain enough TO believe Mat, Mr..
Graham, she ans werod, with something of scorn
in her manner.
Il did not say il with any intention Of ilatter-
ing YOU Mrs. Dorraucc; 1t will most assured.
ly be 50. for Mrs. Walton Is rely ing upon you
TO Iersunate several churnc,er,, and without
you, the whole series must Of course fall
Through
4 cannot help it, Mr., Graham. A Emily
did not send her husband for me as she prom
lised, am released from attendance. lou need
not urge it, for eveL did wish 10 go, you know
my husband has obj ected to my receiving alien.
tons from ou.
But Mrs. Dorrance, your husband has taken
off that in,erdc,, interrupted Mr.. Graham ea-
g.rly, aud, AS he spoke. he glanced through,h tho
suite OF rooms, lor thoy both remained standing
in the centre .i the drawlng-room. lls voice
might have been a sulni-tuue lower, az he con-
tinued:
i met him to-day, and asked his consent TO
wait upon you this evening: he replied prompt.
ly, ,ha, he had no objections hope now you
will not consider yourself justified in dlsap-
pointing your lri,nds.'
Mrs. Durrancu could not account for the sud
den sus sy.SiUn which eutered her mind tina, Mr.
Graham had not spoken the truth. To he sure
she had ceased 10 rcgerd him as II friend, sine.
the night he had ondeavored to persuade her to
- inrg,tiuiues, OF her duties as wife; and assv-
clalIng him with the cause OF her alienation
from her husband, it was 10 wonder that she
I ieit fear OF his trying TO separate them still
farther. Sho fixed her eyes earnestly ulou
, him.
MIR. Graham, is that strictly tiue?'
Upon my honor it is. What reason hav,
you to doubt my word, Mrs. DorranceY'
i thought it possible she replied, that ,hi.
nigh, bu one Of the occasions for talsehopa, fol
which fashionable life grant, free and full abso-
luton; but ii II is as you say, | will not dsap-
point Emily; it would not be tight, suppose
iur me TO do So
; She prepared herself to ~ out to tho carri
p age.
You are not deceiving me!' she said.
Mr.. Graham opened tho door. AS he follow
cd Mrs. Dorrance into tho hall, hl. quick ey,
caught u glimpse Of her husband just coming
e on, o.! the library. lie aus wered, in q raise,
tone,
4 i told you, Mrs. Dorrance, exactly wha
your husband said
They were gone. Margaret had not seer
J., the one lmploring, despairing look that wa. cas-
after her. She had not DREAM OF the tempes
9 Of agony with which full grown heart,
lreighted with love for her, was Lat,lint
o throughout that weary night.
a Could she but have OWNED it, how joyou.l
4 would she have rcraced her steps! with VIVA
explanations Of, and concessions for, the pas. -
., with what promises for the future, would sh'
II have dspelled that momentar!ly increasing
- storm.
'False-hearled crafty, subtle, as | believe
Il him to be, yet he has told her all, and she hat
chosen gu. Now, a. ! said, SO 'hall it be
r though it break my heart-strlngs'
t These were the only words that escaped hi
It lips.
=, And what had he said?
1t was the that Edward Graham had me
n him, and asked his consent to wait upon hi
wife; bu, he had told hln that IT was to II theat
n rical exhibition. 1t was true that Mr.. Dorranc,
: had answered he should make no objections
5 but he had also added, IL she consents to &
= wth you Tonight, she shall return to my hons,
no moro.
y, (To be COnimued.)
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