Council Bluffs bugle., 1855-04-27

A LOVERS SACRIFICE,
on,
A SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION

i can no longer struggr against the cur
rent Of mlsfol sune.' exclaimed Mr.. Within :,
y small IN .rcnaut, who, by she pressure of
haId times, uat become some ~ hat ihyolvcu;
i am ru.ucd.'
NAY, my husband, do not be distressed.
Worse ealAmilles tuan this might hAple
and VIZ ulIt make the best of IT,
But, wide, must fail c.nuot sustain
myself anutuvr day.
You have done all you can do 10 avert
the misfortune, an. IL It must cume, let u4
not rcpinr, but bear il like Christians
Il w4il Try hard TO keep CAIN but !: seems
hard after ~slthering the worst 0lthe Storm,
TO be wreeA ed III sight Of land
perhaps your creditors Will give you more
time suggested Mrs. Whiting.
Il cannot hope II; The uola which comes
due TO- morrow, anI which 1 am utt rly un,,-
be 10 pay, is in the hands OF my bitteresi
enemy
'.Ie Will not distress you
Il know him well. lie iss villain
VINO do you mean"
Bake
God help Us if be is your creditor
AS near is ctu learn he bought the notl
on purpose to perliex me, aud perhaps 70
obiaIn his revenge.
Why is he 10 bitter against you"
Because ex. osed swlndlIus opera ion
in winch ne S.Ao eng tgsJ'
STOW mucn Is the note, father - in Iuired
a beautitu, hAz-l-eyed girl, vino had II It be-
fore spohen, out hul been li>telnng with in
teresr 10 the conversation between her faith
or aud mD,h4r.
Three thou aud dollars, Ssrah,' replied
Mr.. hitting, fixing glance of anxlsty up
On the lair gIrl.
4 mt We borrow 1t, fathe- p
sALs, my cnid. my credit is very much
impaired. Ny noteS have teen too thick in
State Street foI ne to borrow without pay
lhs All eXhorbittllt Price, aad that, 1 tni K,
Wuu,u .oug my creditors, IN case anything
should hIrien.
at il un, dreadful TO fail, is it father p
'it would be ruln1us TO me, my chill If
ejuld pay his nhe 10 morrow, | could got
along very we'll. should not have been So
Out for the failure OF Jones. But sup,ase
II must be, and We must coutcnt ourselves
10 live Little more closely than We have
bean accds.oulei TO-
Sarah asked NJ mo questions, aud tho
the conversation octw Ell her father and
IL 'ther Went on, she seemed 10 pay no atten-
,ion 70 IT, She appeared 10 be musing
deeply over sumrthlug. @
As the evening advanced, John Barnet. a
clerk, who had or some months been attsE-
tive t" Strah, and WIN report said, was "A fa-
vorte sultor, male has evening visit.
Everybody said that John Barnet WIS q
nice young man, and every WY worthy of
80 amiable ami beautiful wife IS Sarah
Whiting woull undoubtedly make.
II there WAS ANY hug in smiles, and words,
the affections OF the Young clerk Mas warmly
rsciprocsted oy Sarah. They are not en-
gagged, however, though he calls at Mr..
Whiling'S house from four TO seven even
ings IN the week.
Dir. Whiting and his wife retired At as
early hour in the evening, leaving the lovers
TO have it out.
As usual, John Rurnet begged her to
make him happy by promising u be hi. for
ever. To his utter surprise and consterna-
ton, she sai,i she could never bs his wife,
md .sntreated of him 10 think no mors about
hsr. vi course the lovar pressed hsr fog On
ex PLANTATION Of this sudden and remarkable
change in her manner towards him. But she
cou i not even do this, and John took has
Leave, feeling ,ast he had not another fueni
in the world. ..'f..
Sarah Whiting had another su:tsr ID The