Demoine courier., 1855-04-05
HUSBANDS RUsE.
BIZ Z. W. DEVICES,

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twelve. and a girl Of ten years Of age,
were wandering together about a garden.
They carried between them o great wick.
or basket. which they were filling with
the choices. Of the flowers, and excla-
ma,iops Of delight and exu!,a,ion burst
forth, ~ a bud or blossom more beautiful
than its fellows, wss added to the glow
ing collection which already graced the
basket.
All was pleasant and harmonious. till
the boy. Pemberson Walton, CHANGED to
say.
Look. Louisa, did you ever ses such
a beautiful rose? declare" ne added,
laughiDgly, as he held i. beside her face,
Its even pre,tier than you are your
self"
Louisa's face flushed anerily /; she
pushed the rose away, exclaiming with
q pout,
az Late roses!"
Pemberton laughed, as he replied good
~naturedly. "No. you don't. Lou. you
only don't like their beauty to be praise ID
At the expense of yours. All, Lou, Lou,
jealous of a rose :"
But Louisa's pretty face remained
clouded, and il was no,till her compan-
ions unlailing good-humor had borne a
pretty severe test ,ha, she deigned once
more to smile and be agreeable.
Ten years later saw the same boy
and girl united as husband aud wife.
Time had made little change in them.
The disposition Of each remained as in
childhood. Pemberton, the gay, careless
boy, was equally open and good natured
a. a man. And Louisa, with much that
was amisble and good, still retained her
besetting sin-her jealous, exac,ing tenn.
per.
81. wal impossible but that Pemberton
should be fully aware Of this unloyely
fault in the ..lady ofhis love- .'fori i, had
been hers all her life. and many a time
and of, had no been forced to note il
during their cour,ship; but he had the ad.
vantage of knowing also Louisa's many
fine and noble qualities, and he thought
he was able to estimate exactly what rick
he ran in trusting his happiness to her
keeping. Besides, his almost unfailing
good. humor enabled him 10 bear with,
or laugh of her jealous f~ancies, as few
men could, or would have done, and he
hoped that his devotion. and her own
good sense would. in time, sure her Of
her folly.
For a month or two after marriage,
even Louisa was satisfied in the exclu.
sive devotion Of her husband lover
But when the wedding tour was over,
and fUo Homogeneous were passed. and
the young husband. % was inevitable in
the nature Of things, began to return to
old pursuits and occupations, Louisa was
unable TO endure this abridgment Of her
prerogalives-she could not bear to feel
that she was bV one Of many objects of
interest 10 her husband. when she had
once been all in all.
She gave herself up to ft after Of jeal-
Gus w~rstchednsss tormenting her truly
Kind and forbearirg husband. and annoy
ing hsraslf almost sick.
Did Pembsrton come homo half an
hour late to dinner. or tea, he was SURE
10 find his wife in . ct Of the ponts, 90.
casioned by his cruel 6esertioa and neg.
lect. Did he chance 10 omit the slight
90. attention or caress, 10 which she had
been accus,omed, she wa certain 10
notice il, and he was often surprised by
. shewer Of tears, the cause Of which he
could not oven guess. Worst crime Of
all wss il he found, 10 profess Ignorance
on such occssion-that was bn, adding
insuls 70 injury. Do what hs would,
cay what he would, unless he wa entire.
" occupied with Louisa. 10 the exclusion
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