The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-11-26
THE FAIRY swIFE.as AN Apo
.ns1eI 0GUE.

Eds!Ho8le JoaTndll ~ h% keaR&
basA mercbaDtsmarrieda fairy. He was
- manly, so earnest, 30 energetic, and
so loving, ttia.ho, heart was constrained
towards him, and she gaveiup lhet dbcri-
.isgSs in Fairyland to oaccept thelot .ot'wof
bman. asdg saa,ii Hos bga ,iig hiG I
aisThey we,e married Trey were happyi
and the early months glided awayollks
the vanishing pngeantry Of dream.n
Before the year was soverahe had re-
turned to his affairsy they were important
and pressing, and occupied more and
more OF his ime.irfq1aS hagdGHoJ 4
sIsBh every evening, as hehastened back
TO her sids, she fe, the WEAKNESS Of abb
sence more than repaid by tbe delight Of
his presence. She sat at bis feet and
ssang to him, and praaleG away the lem
enant Of care that fingered inlhis minds
hs But his; cares multiplied The happiI
ness ofimany families depended on him
His affairs we're vast and eomplica'ed /,
and they kept him longer away from her.
.iAlLlhe day, while he was amidst biz
bales Of merchandise, she roameds along
she banks ofa sequestered stream, weavE
,ing bright fancy pageau,ries, orsdeyising
aairy gay cites with which to- charm bis
troubled spiritoA Arbrightsand sunny be-
ing she comprehended nothing Of care.
.Lfe was abonnding in her.s7 Shed knew
notihes disease ofrehecliop, she felt not
ltbe perplexitias oflife. Toa sing and TO
laugh-to leap the stream and rbeckon
him TO leap after her, as he used in The
old lover days, when she would conceal
herself from him in Tie fo!ds Of a water
aiiy-to tanialize ard eocbaiit him with a
thousand capricions coqucuies this was
her idea OF how they should live; and
when he gently refused to join hsr in
those cbildlike Rambols, aid told her Of
the serious work that awaited him, she
raised her soft blue eyes to'his in baby
wondermeni, not comprehauding what hs
meant, but acquescing, with sigh, be-
c use be said L. ''N ''s''',sA .'e.l7sat1
She acqpiesced, but soft sadness fell
upon her. Life TO. her was love, and
nothin. more. A soit sadness also fell
upon him. Life 30 him. was love, and
some thing more; and he say With regret
that she did not comprehend il. The
wall ofcare, raised by busy hands, was
gradually shutting him out from her. If
she visited him during the day, she found
harselfa hindcrapce, and retired. z When
he came 10 her a, sunset, he came pre-
occupied, She sst al his feet, loving his
.snxious face. He raised ienderly the
golden ripple of lovcliness that fell in
T:ngle,s on her neck, and kissed her soft,
beseeching eyes, but there was something
in his ewes 4 remote look, as if his soul
were afar, busy with other things. which
made her little hear, almost burst with
uncomprehended jealousy. e" -. 2, =
She would steal mp TO him at times
when he was absorbed in cal ula,ions,
and throwing her arms around his neck
WOO him from his thought. A smile, re-
Vealng love in its very depths, would
Brighten bis anxious lace, as for a mo-
men, he pushed aside the world, and con
,centraied ali liio being 10 one happy feel
Ing. 4. s.
VI She eauld win moments from him
she could not win his life-she could
ehatn- she could no, occupy him! The
painful truth came slowly over her, as the
deepening shadows fall upon sunny day,
until a, last i, is night; night, with her
.s.ars of infinite beauty, but without the
iustre. and warmth Of day,g,4q'gq
She dropped; and on her couch Of
sickness her keen-sighied lovo perceived
through all bis ineffable tenderness, that
same semoteness in his eyes, which
proved thai, even as he sat there grieying,
and apparently absorbed in her, there
still came dim remembranees Of care 10
vex and occupy his SOU. .l. 'l .a, M
"It twere better I were Dead" she
Thought: 81 am moi good enough for him"
Poor child! No, COED enough, be cause
her simple nature knew not,the manifold
perplexi,ies, the bindrarces incomplete
life! Not good enough because her
whole life was scattered!
q, And so she brea,hed berselfawsy, and
lief, her husband 10 all bis gloom Of care,
tnade ienfold darker by the absence Of
those CLEANS Of tenderness which before
had fitfully irradia,ed life. The night
was siarless, and he alone. VIVIAN.
o A Debating Society, out somewhere
I near sunscl, lately discnssed this question
d.--"Isaswine' six months old, a pig or, a
hog?" The question was urged atgrest
length and with marked ability" hut the
arguments on both sides were SO near
equal, in point Of force and ingenuity, that
the president was desired TO decide the
question which he did in the following
words; "l,'s the opiniol Of the chair,
gentlemen, that the animals good sized
chunk ofa shoat." a''l :, y ~
We find the following bit at that most
contemplate item OF The female ward,
rope--a low neck dress-in The. Oswcgc
journal: aaea s.5