New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-31

Tlthin her was far more precious than aay as-
tuai result She obtained. she had a nobIe oh
jeet in view; and unconscious to herself, It puri-
led her heart from all bitterness, or wounded
vanity or Impotence. A great sorrow ,Acbly
borne, is great dignity The very Msuit
which had seemed to condemn her 10 d wasted
existence was transformed into source Of life
and frtitfulness, by the wise humility with
which she accepted It,.
Ten years passed by, and in the natured wo-
man Of thirty, few could have recognized the f6r-
saken gen girlf nineteen. But The present only
Iulnlled ! the promise which was then latent in
All this time her husband had eudeavorsd to
forget that he was married shorty after the
ceremony ne went abroad with his regiment.
and after some time spent in active service, he
returned to England and quilted the army with
the brevet rank Of General He resided nartlv
in London, and partly in Bath, leading The life
OF man Of fashion in. those days, and making
himself remarkable for his brilliant extrava-
gances.
About that time young and beautiful actress
appeared, who speedily became the object Of
adorauon to the men of fashion about town
zen Pollexfen was one of her lovers, and car
RED her of one night from the theatre, when
sne came OF the stage bstween the acts. He
afioweo her to assume his name, and 1avished a
fortune upon her caprices although her ex-
l~AAN oE'SAis7fby 70 EaU DtlQV involved
him in debt. Ten years had thus passed. when
the cousin, whose marriage was mentioned at
the beginning Of this story was ordered to Bath
by her physician She entreated Mary to ac-
company her, who, after some persuasion con-
| sented- Is was q formidable journey III those
days, and they we're to stay some months. They
| 1 Ionha q pleasant lodging Mary, with some
reluctance, was drawn into society, and ocea-
sionally accompanied her cousin to the assern.
blies, which were then in high vogue.
General Polle4fen was absent from Bath when
his Wife arrived there. He had been called up
to London by some lawyers business, and calcu
lated upon being absent three weeks
1t so chanced, however, that the business was
concluded sooner than he expected, and that
he returned to Bath without announcing his
coming He went at once to the assembly, and
was walking through the rooms in chafed and
irritable mood, (haying that night discovered
the treachery of the beautiful actress, which
had long been known to every body else,) when
a voice struck his ear which caused him to turn
suddenly he saw, near at hand, a beautiful
and dignifed woman, who reminded him Of some
| one he had seen before. She turned away on
pereeiying hint was Mary. She had recog-
nlzed her husband, and, scarcely able to stand,
she took the arm of her cousin and reached the
nearest seat. Her husband, forgetting every
thing else in his impatienee to learn who it was
who had thus startled vague recollecEions, went
desired to be introduced tor-his cwn wife.
BY some fatality, the Master Of the Ceremo-
mes blundered. and gave the name OF Mary's
cousin This mistake gave Mary courage, for
years she had dreamed of such meeting, and
the fear of losing such an opportunity flerved
her to profit by it. She exered herself to pleass
nlm. He had been rudely disenchanted from
the graces of Ffhe ladies, and was in a, humer to
appreciate the gentle home influence of Marys
manners; he was enchanted with her, and
begged to be allowed to follow up the aeeuaint-
ance, and to wait upon her the next morning
Permission was of course given, and he handed
Mary and her cousin to their chairs,
Mary was cruelty agitated she had not suf-
iefed SO much during the ten preceding years;
the suspense and anxiety were too terrible to
endure; it seemed as though morning would
never come. Her husband was not much more
to be enyied He had discovered that she re-
sembled the woman he had once SO much loved
and then so cruelty hated whom he married
and deserted; but though tormented by a thou
sand fanced resemblances, he scarcely dared to
hope than it could be she The next day, long be-
fore the lawful hour for paying morning visits, he
was before her door and obtained admittance
The resemblance by daylight was more striking
than 1t had been on the previous evening; and
Marys agitation was eaualto hisown His impet-
uous appeal was answered Overwhelmed with
shame and repentance, and at the same time hap
py beyond expression, Col. Pollexten passonately
| entreated his wife's forgiveness. Mary not only
| won back her husband, hut recained with ..
| thousand fold intensity the love which had once
been hers-regained it, never to lose it more
The story soon became known, and created an
immense sensation They quilted Bath. and
retired to her husbands family seat in Cornwall,
where they continued chiefly to reside, They
had one son, an only child, who died when he
was about fifteen. 1t was an overwhelming af-
Fiction. and the u, flr,v fhaiy,
happiness They died within a few weeks of
each other. their honors and estates passing to
distant branch of the family