Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-03

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I. Now that the qualification of heal
ing the opera was near at hand, Hunt
LEY kept thinking Of the enjoymen
he was to have, and wishing for th
time to pass more rapidly. He pic
1 tured, too, the pleasure that Esthe
would feel and express, when sh
found be had procured tickets
Half-an-hour earlier than usual b
twas at home. He found Esther an,
her aunt, Mrs. Carlisle, with whom
they were living, in eparlor.
we are going to see Norma to
night said Huntley in a gay voice
and with a broad smile upon his face
as he sat down beside Esther, ant
took her hand. ~
'JKc are?' The tone and look with
which this was said, chilled the warm
feelings of the young man.
4 am, at least, he said in a
changed voice.
sAnd 1 am not, as promptly, and
much more decidedly, replied Esther.
OH yes, you are This was said
with "a suddenly assumed, halfplay-
ful, yet earnest manner, i have
bought tickets, and We willsgo to-
night
The least you could have done
was to have asked me before you
bought tickets returned Esther
4 wish to go somewhere else TO-
night
But as ] have the tickets, now,
you will go, of course. Tomorrow
night will do as well for a visit.
Il wish to make it TO- night
Esther, you are unreasonable =
Huntley knit his brows, and COM
pressed his lips.
I'VE are quite even. them The
pretty lip Of the bride curled.
'Esther!' said Huntley, assuming
a calm but cold exterior, and speak
ing in a firm voice, 1 have bought
tickets for the opera, tonight, think
ing that to go would give you pleas
ure, and now my wish is that you
accompany me-
"a wish that you will certainly,
not have gratifed. I believe l am
your wife, n OF your slave, to COM
nand. -
! There was something so cutting
n the way this was said, that Hunt
ey could not bear it. Without a
gord, he arose; and taking his hat,
eft the house. In afever of excite
nent, he walked the street for an
iour and a half and then, scarcely !
,eflecting upon what he did, went to
he opera, but the music was discord
o his ears, and he left before the
performance was half over
The moment Esther heard the
jtreet-door close upon her husband, /
he arose, and went from the room
where she was sitting with her aunt, +
moving erect,and with firm step. Mrs. !
Carlisle did not see her lortwo hours. +
The tea-bell rang; but she did not
ome down from her chamber, where,
S the aunt supposed, she was bitter
y repenting what she had DONE
n this, however, she was mistaken,
S was proved, when on joining her
n her room, for the purpose of stri-
ing to console her, the conversation
nth which our story opens took !
lace.
When the fit of weeping with
1hich Esther received the reproof
Ter aunt felt called upon to give
er subsidized, Mrs. Carlisle said, in a
1ost sole mn and impressive manner
What has occurred this evening may
rove the saddest event of your
hole life. There is no calculating
he result. No matter whose is the
lult, the consequences that follow
law be alike disastrous to the hap
mess Of both. Are you prepared, J
hus early, for a sundering of the sa- )
red bonds that have united you?-
nd vet even this. may follow. 1t !
as followed with others, and may
'llow with you. Oh! the eonse- !
uences Of first quarrel! Who eau !
them?'
The voice Of Mrs. Carlisle trem- ]
led. and then sank almost with a
,b. Her manner, more than her
ords, startled Esther +
sWhat do you mean, aunt?' she !
id. &. 6 : .A s : Z
But her aunt was too much dis t
lrbed to speak for some minutes s