Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-23

almost at the minute her husband camt in to cheer her, calling to the servant d. he passed. in his loud and boistcrous way that she had stupidly left the outer door open. .E@
 Though Isbel Lucas had committed a very imprudent action in marrying man who was perfect stranger to her, nev e,theless the preduminating featdre. in her mind was prudence. The impress ions just made upon her senses were of d very agitating nature, yet knowing that it was too late to act upon them, she con cealed her emotions.
 There could be no doubt that she had received what in her native country was a warning, yet conceiving that her besi course was to go on and betray no sus- picion, she never faltered in any of her promises to her husband. She was next day installed in Mr. Fordyne's own house, 10 whom, in return, she committed sum rather above four hundred pounds for to that extent had she increased her stock in the course of her late employment.
 For soms time matters proceeded very well. Her husband professed to lay out part of her money upon those goods which he had formerly represented himself as unable to buy. His habits of applicat lion were rather increased than diminished, and few customers of more respecta- ble kind than he had hitherto had. began tn frequent the shop. being drawn thither h consideration of h.s wife. Among the aew articles he dealt in was whiskey. which he bought in large quantities from tGe distillers and sold wholesale to mum
 ,er of tue ncighboring dealers. By and uy, this branch of hls trade seemed to ,4tsr>w all the rest, and ha found him. self occasionally obliged to pay visits to the place where the liquor was manutac. tU!ed, in order to purchase it at the high est advantage. His wife in d little while became accustomed to his absence for d day or two at d time, and having every reason to believe that hls affairs were in d very prosperous state, began to forget her former misgvmgs.
 On one occasion he left her on what he described as circuit of the highland dlstllerles, intending, hc said, to be ab- sent for at least a week, and carrying with him money to the amount of nearly one thousand pounds. which he said he would properly spend upon whiskey be- fore he came back. Nothing that could awaken the least suspicion occurred at their parting, but the next day, while the wife superintended matters in the shop, she was surprised when a large bill was presented, for which he had made no provision. On inspecting it. she was still further surprised tos find that 1t re- ferred to d transaction which she under stood at the time to be ready .money one. Having dismissed the presenter ot the bill, she lost no time in repairing to the counting house of a large comn,is- sion house in Le;th, i" ith which she knew her husband to have large transactions. There. on making some indirecs inquiries, she found that his purchases instead of being entirely for ready none /, as he had represented to her, were mostly paid by. bills, some of which were on the point of being due. It was now but too apparent that the unprincipled man had taken his final leave of her and his creditors, bear ing with him all the spoil that his inge nuity could collect. .... .~
 lsbel Lucas was not person to sit down in idle despair on such an event She was q steady Scotchwoman. with q stout heart for difficulty. and her reso, !ution was soon taken. She instantly proceeded to the Glasgow coach office, and ascertained, as she expected, that a d man answering to the description of her hust and had taken place for that city the day before. The small quantity ol of money that had been collected in the shop since his departure, she put it in her pocket; the shop she committed 10 the porter and her old seryeut Janny :; and having made up small bundle of extra clothes, she set off by the coach to Glasgow. On alighting at the Iron gate, the first person she saw was fe- male friend from Edinburgh, who asked with surprise, how she and and her hus> land happened 10 be travelling at the same tims ? Why do you ask that question 2" asked I.b:l. Because re. piled the other, shook hands with Mr. FOrdyne yesterday, as he was going on board the Isle of Man steamboat ut the Broomielaw.' This was enough for Is. bel. She immediately nscertained the nme when the Isle of Man steamboat would next sail, and to her great joy, found that she would not be two days later than her husband in reaching the Island. On landing at proper time at Douglas. in Man, she found here purse almost empty but her desperate cir. cam.lances made her resolve to prose. cute the search, though she would have to beg her way back.
 It was morning when she landed at Douglas. The whole forenoon she spent in wandering about the streets. in the hope of encountering her faittless hu. band and inquiring after him Ut the inns At length she satisfied herself I..Ts L 4