Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-11-24

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Emoth4rs 5 T4tle face and gloomy weeds,
+ ! gladly ataaded TO their advice. a {
fifteen, Hvs gazetted IN the regi-
meIlt Of I'LL l.bt Dragons. At Vest
miIlister they used to call me war
grave the bcacemaher' / nev er had
quarrel; ! never had an enemy
Yet, twelfs months after joining the
-th, BAD acquired the opprobiunl
Of being 4 qnarrel2ome fellow; ! had
fought onJ Of my brother officers,
and was on the most uncomfortable
terms with four Others
"And tlr1s sudden change = :"
"Was I'll en- attributed to the sour
ness arisingIlrem my di,appoiniments
in life. l ave since ascrIbed it to a
truer origi tie irritation of the
doses Of blt andy, tinged with sloe
juice, which formed tile luxury Of a
mess-cellar. Snartins under the
conseiousne IS Of unpepulanty, fan
cied hate, I my profession, when in
fact, | only hated myself. man-
aged to yet on hall- ll-pay, and,returned
TO my mot hers tFalqqil root; where,
ipstgad Of Fegrettsn5 the brilliant
HE bad lorsal4en, my peace of
mind and carly contensment came
back to me at once. There was no
one TO be;u me company over the
bottle; | W; S my mother's cd dnstant
companion; scl,iom I'd sied vine; |
becane healthy. hsppy, b4loy4 % as
neignbor aud iollow-cilizen. But
higher distinctions Of affection fol
lowed. A Young, and very bcaoiifqI
girl, of ran ( and fortune Superior to
my own, dtigned TO encourage the
humble Yelaerdtion withwlicli | re-
garded her.' became eabJldeped
10 solicit htr heart aud hand My
mother asspred her vas ihe best Of
sons. / Il 4adily promised to be the
best of'husbands. Sae believed US
bott; accelI cd me--marfied me; and
on weleon,pS l4cme my lovely, gen.
tie Mary, Itll Remembrance Of past
sorrow seen ha.l 10 be oblittratcl. Our
position n.lthg SorId, il hot brilliant,
was honorable My moiherfs table
renewed those hospitaIIties over
which my ather had loved TO pre-
side. AIarbs 5 three brothers Were
our CONSTANT guests; and Wargrave
the cIIrl sober indolent War
grave ono { more became lractious
and i'll at ease Ny poor mother,
who eodl,l conceive no fault in my
dispositions 4-conclading, That rs in
osber INSTANCES. the ausl,aAd lad dis
covered in 1tiIe daily conlHanionship
OF married lsfe, faults Mine +lad b4eu
invisible ta the lo3er--s Heribed 10
poor Maryfall tile fAsercait Ql HE
chs Iuee. She took d dislike To her
HAS, nay, ey4h ta Nj Is.
w rgr3vo's 5 family. fiend$ a id at
Size saw that afi 4r
thdy had betn dining with me ! gre "
morose and irritable; anq Iattri buldti
the fIult toNmy guests, Instead Of to.
the eursed vine their colnpany com
PEELED me b swallow. FbrtunqtelY,
poor AIar,'4 time was ehgrossed by
for the arrival of her
first child. pledge of DO nestle hap
piness calculated 10 reconcile a wp-
man even t greater Yexations than
those arising from Ter husband 5 IL
rItahility. Mary palliated all ny
bursts Of tdmpcr, hy sdeclaling her
opinioh b thai s.tll might possess the
iusipid quality Of good hum5r; but
that Wargrhve, if somewhat hasty, /
had the best heart and principles in
the world As soon rs our little
boy made his appeafrnfe, she excited
the conterh hHt Of all. Hdr female ac-
luaintauc{ Isl by trusting that Har
ry would, ih all respkpts, resemble
lis father.' Heaven bless her for
her blihdne4 4s.'
Wargrayd paused fd1 Il moment;
ioring whidhI / took care TO direct
ny eyes oTards the iTlgate.
! Among those iemilP friends, was
/ certain SophY Cayehdsh1 a cousin
If Nary 5; young, h'tdlso me. rich,
lut gifted dit1l that ih temperate VI
1acity wlicl health aGd prosperity +
inspire. Sopby was 4 fearless erea +
.ure; the only person. who did not (
shrink from my fits Of Ill-temper.--
When ! scoIled, she ahteretli when
appeared s. llEen, shepiqnedi me IN
o cheerfulnfss. We usually met in
visits, when Twas in mood
o take her raiileries Fu good part