Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-06

AdeIa Is very thankful that the sight of he
i eti eye IS unimpaired.'
4 But have you consulted the most able ocu
1 list /! asked Meadows. is all hope gone =!
| i have not spoken to Adea on the subject,
said Corbett, but her physician is so old
/ friend, and Miss Hindley so very jealous an,
attentive, that | am sure nothing has beer
neglected that can be of service to her.
/ Poor Corbett poor fellow . said Mead
owS, compassiona'e ely, Il am sorry for YOU
b+ss=ssay on express a wish for my attendance
VIII certainly come; don't expect me, how
ever, TO write any poetry on the OCCASION
can not eulogize a bride with solitary eve
The wedding day came; every body wa.
IN good humor, not excepting Miss Hindley
Tor the mother Of Corbett was just then il
want ct companion, and mad willingly agreed
TO receive her. A large party surrounded the
bride and the bridegroom at the altar. Adels
was beautifully dressed, and looked very
graceful; but she shed few tears, and the
tears dropping from solitary eye was, in the
opinion of Meadows, very ludicrous. The
ceremony concluded, the party repaired TO the
vestTy.
'Of course whispered Meadows to the
bridegroom, you and your bride set out from
the church door on your wedding excursion
'Notso, said Corbett; I'VE return 10 AdeIa':
| house, partake of breakfast with our friends
and do not set off 10 Turnbridge Wells till tht
middle Of the day
And she actually means 10 sit down L
breakfast IN company with thirty people,
sollloquized Meadows. with a black velve
band tied over her eve!'
The party returned to the house, and Adela
repaired TO her room. Breakfast was shortly
announced, and Miss Hindley requested the
guests not to wait for the bride, saving she
doubted not they should find her in the break
fast room.
There, indeed. she sat; and what was there
In her appearance which made some of the
party art, others shrek, Meadows stand
transfxed, and the bridegroom rush TO her
with an exclamation of delight. The black
velvet band was removed from the left eve
and no discooration or Disagreement was
perceptible; the two eyes danced, gIittered
and flashed in the most harmonious accord
ance.
what magic has been at work q exclaim.
ed Meadows, in CONSERVATION.
None at ALL replied the beauty; the
newspapers greatly exaggerated the very
slight injury my eye had received; my frame
had sustained severe shock, and | was dan.
gerously i'll for some time. / lad reasons oI
my own for wishing the world to believe thai
was partially disfgured. ! Teappeared in
society with black band over my eve no.
body, of course, asked me any questions re-
spectng the matter therefore, | was not
called upon TO utter any untruth. DR.. Dun.
can and Miss Hindley knew my secret, and
have faithfully kept il. Don't look so discon-
certed, Mr.. Meadows; now have regained
my good looks, you will perhaps write verses
on me again. will give you my address al
Iurnbrdge Wells, and shall expect beauti.
fol epIthaanium by to-morrow's post
Dearest Adela,' said Corbett, when alone
with his bride, was this happy assumption
Of black velvet band your thought, or that
Of Miss Hindley 2
My own thought, entirely, CoIbett,' repli-
ed his bride. i found that Meadows loved
me alone for my personal beauty, and had a
peculiar reason to dread love of that des-
criPlion. | married Mr.. Temple when little
more than child he was violently enamor-
ed of my beauty, and immoderateIy Jealous ot
me. Oh, Corbett, you have no idea what a
life of dullness and confinement | led Had
not possessed many resources and occupa-
lions, | really think should have gone out
OF my senses. | was inSulted with degrading
suspicious; my very servants were bribed tc
be spies upon me. How often | wished that
my husband would think less Of my beauty,
and more of my good sense and good princi-
pies! Even my walks were circumscribed
chief, they were sure to bring a host of pa
zers upon me. and Mr.. Temple persisted in
thinking that | invited and encouraged the
admiration | excited. At length he died. and
his will stated that was to forfeit all claim
TO his fortune if | married again. / was vex-
ed and hurt at his want of kindne and conf.
dence in me; and when | took my place in
society, often thought that if | married. |
hoped II would be TO some one who would
prize my mind above my person. Meadows
did not at all answer this requisition; bat vet
/ was pleased and fattered by his attentions.
and could not endure the thought of dismiss
ing him.
'Frequenflydid wonder within myself how
he would act, if by any unforeseen mischance
were to be deprived of beauty, and the rail-
way accident gave me an opportunity of as
certainiuT this fact. | shall never forget,
Corbett, the generous delicacy with which
you forebore making the slightest allusion to
my supposed misfortune, when you asked for
my hand. / have bestowed it on you with
the greatest pleasure; feeling that your love
for me is based on esteem and friendship -
and although ! haze just been complaining to
you of the confinement to which | was sub
jected for several years Of my life, do not i'm
agine that / am disposed to rush into the con-
trary extreme, and to stale me to peoples
eyes because | am worth looking at. | am
quite as fond Of peace as yourself, and | un-
dersake to say that you shall lead as domestic
a life as if you had united yourself to the
veriest dowdy of your acquaintance, instead
OF unwarIy committing the hazardous action
OF marrying beauty =