Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-05-06

There's many slip-
'Twixt the cup and the lip!"
The best laid schemes of mice and men,
Gang aft aglee -
and our hopes and expectations are like
The snow fake on the river,
One moment seen then gone forever"
And many other rhymes and sage
proverbs we might quote to show the
dncertainty Of all human calculations,
but il is unnecessary now. We nave all
learned there isn't anything very certain
in this world, or anything very true, bu.
sorrow aud trbula,ion. But as uwe sa id
Ms,k opened the letter. first with glad
countenance and happy smile-bu. ere
he had gazed on that little note an in
slant, deadly pallor overrpread his
face. and dropping the paper. he leaned,
gasping, against the wall. We were as
toni.hsd but he mo.ioned us to read.
A friend picked up the letter 1t was
short. and read. as near as we remem
ber--as follows
Mr.. Whilst am sorry TO disap-
point you, but was married this NOR.
ming. leave at once for New York
you will learn particulars at our house;
In haste Lucy WILDER"
We looked at each other in surprise.
What could it mean? 1t is a foolish
JOKE" said one. lone Of her gay
tricks" said another. But Mark was
silent. II seemed as if the blood had
stopped in every vein and artery /; and
he lrembled as in mertal fear. Al length
he spoke" will 60, now-it cannot
be true il is a heartless joke of some
one" "Yet,' and he looked at the wri-
ting" 1t is her's-I know it is. But
will 60 and see." He did go-and two
hours after We learned the truth.
Five days before, young man
named Arthur BIS. Rad Returned
from Californis, where he had been Cor
three years. lie was reported TO be very
wealthy, and bad returned 10 resid. in
Lunenburg, his native village. He me,
Lucy Wilder at church-was introduced
her that evening-,he neat,
and then offered her his hand And she,
violating every wonanly characteristic
every holy bond that bound her TO an.
othsr-,he solemn remonstrances OF her
parents and friends, acce pied him. They
were married but not in her fathers
house. The good Deacon was shocked
to see the daughter he had loved and
prove to be such heartless,
cruel creature. and sternly
babe her leave his roo. She did SO, and
sending TO poor Mark The brief note we |
have mentioned, left for New York on a |
bridal tour. Mark Willis was now q
broken.h hearted man. Naturally proud
and high spirited-he would have faced
death rather than been so deceived and
lisgraced. The little cottage was sod:
and when we last heard from The
wre,ched young man. he vas fas, drown>
ing in dissipation and drunkenness, as
generous and noble spirit as ever ANNA.
ted a human heart.
Arthur BIS and his wife have gone
10 the land Of ola. She could not abide
The perfect storm Of condemnation that
her conduct excited ia her native ham.
let. II is now rumored that her hus-
osnd has BY hrs lost a greater portion
81 his property. and that he too. is be-
coming reckless and cold, and that Lu-
y Wilder is fast beginning 10 expert.
snce that bitter retribution which a.
ways follows course like hers.
The above sketch is more than "foun.
led on iact," il 10 the fact. and shows
hat in real life truth is stranger. far
stranger than Action.