Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-01-07

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~ Queen had become i wife Mabel VIM
hip had become Mabel Hoffman One b.
ne the guests kissed her, and departed until |
he mother and the happy couple were left |
Ione.:
sAIl--if my uaDthcr could co. murmured |
Mabel q she sank back upon her parent /
Iosssn. v. 3,
II shall come and see you ere long, my
wses child, returned the widow. But you |
must not allow my absence 10 move YOU
Thus far you have been true and faithful to
nc, and henceforth. ] trust yeu will be the
anne 10 your husband Only be to ham as
rou have been 10 your mother, and you can
10 no more. There God bless you and make
vou happy .
Awhile Mabel hung upon her mothers
bosom, and then she turned away. At the
cate carriage was in waiting, aud the hus.
band aud vile we're soon seated therein. -
The cars were reached, and away the happy
couple were carried towards Stonington,--
here they took the steamboat, and soon found
their state room They remained upon the
decE until near midnight. ENJOYING the scene
80 new 10 Mabel, and talked over and over
again the Joys tlses had won
TWAS early morning when the boat reach
ed the pier in New York, and for while
Mabel WINS coniounded by the strange din
that crashed upon her ears
Coach. .irS Coach Coach. r
aNns replied Charles.
ave can walk whispered Mabel as she
4houeht her Young husband looked as though
be would ask il she wished him to accept any
one of the hundred offers he had of a coach.
eWe'll walk until we can End coach to
suit us, . he said with smile.
Almost as he spoke young man, dressed
neatly and well, came up and bowed very
politely to Charles, and then led the way out
to the street. and very soon Mabel was hand.
al into n snlend;d coach-the llandsomest
one there. Her husband babe her wait a
few moments, and then he went back to
wards the boat. He returned in short
time. and having taken his seat by her side
the Young coachman drove OF.
You shouldn't have hired so expensive n
conveyance lust to please me, Charles the
youns wife said, after she had cast her eyes
over the luxurious trappngs of the coach.
90 returned the husband, Sin such a city
it makes little difference in price. In all
probability that rough carman would ask as
much to carry US upon his dirty car as our
coachman will charge
Tn into Broadway they were carried, and
here the Young wife had work enough for
her ewes. She had never been in the city
before, The teaminc life OF that great thor.
ouahfare was lust out from its slumber, and
afforded Mabel much entertainment AT
length thew reached lovely park, in which
the treat trees were blooming in summer YER
dure, and through which the grayeled walks
were laid out regularly and neatly. The
coach stoppcd before a noble mansion Of
brown stone. the great steps OF which were
heavy and innressinp. while the door ofdarl
carved nak with its silver trappi,-rs. gave
fnr.h nm mir of wealth which cnuld not he
mistaken
"Here'?, whisnered Mabel. looking up al
the structure
"Yes A friend Of mine il expectine u,
here. returned Charles. as he aliphted ant
,hon handed her ont
Tbc coach drove away as the vounc conn
| IL osc.nd al tho stems tbcoreat door flew omen
An ohseon;ons servant bowed them in ant
Mabel ,yas .ondnc,ed into = norlor the snmn
tunus rann;ngs of which fairly struck he,
With awe The carnet Let the foot noislessl,
| 49,, l., eaGt r;,b Gahr;. tho fnrn;tpre wo,
If oak and marble, and gold and crimson
yelyet the ceiling hioh and elaborated,
,yrourht in n,,ra white stncco the walls bun..
n, around With snnerh na;ntinps and tn,
heavy chandeliers SEEMING to throw a sort O
~ a;.,t;c halo aver ali
,.s,nn,se ,ye vail over tba bousen All,
Cbarles
"nnt will thev like ;t9n asked Mabel tin,
| $500 ''--- s~y
HOh YES. Nv friend told me to feel per
fectlv MT homie He likes his house show
to his friends
| So Mabel arose and having passed through
the long narlors. her husband conducted he
mn the broad stairway. The rooms aboy
were not wait behind those below in poin
| Of sumptuous furnishing and arrangements
and the Young wife was fairly bemAdere
with all She saw. Her husband showed he
the nrincinal chamber on the second foo,
| with its treat oaken bsdstead. and its cane
nv Of rose ,colored silk and white eauze ; it
costly paintings, and modest statuettes; it
great easy chair and full length mirrors; an
| 1hen adjoining this he showed her capa
cious bathing room, with all its fixtures 10
comfort and ENJOYMENT.
| "Ohf' murmured the halfbewildered wife
chow much real comfort the pure and WRIT
Gus in heart might enjoy in such a place.
Is the owner a good man p
"He is happy man, Mabel And vet a
this wealth gave him no ioy until he foun
one pearl Of great price which was wanting
1t was nothing to hint was but
The husband stopped, for his lips tremblet
and his eyes filled with tears.
''Mabei-Mabel he cried, opening his arm
and clasping the noble being to his bosom
| lean YOU not suess the truthY
With an overwhelming power the Itch
broke in uDon the Young wife's mind. Sh
/ razed up through her tears, and her wistfu
| look bore all she would ask.
| "Yes ves whisnered Charles at is nj
oursl You are in your own bouse-,n YOU
own house. am Charles uoiiman's maste
and shall henceforth see that his wife wi
nat want lam all that have told you--a
/ ornhan loft without father mr. mother an
with million &c dollars I soucht a wifi
/ who could make me hannv ana love me we
and trblv--one whose heart was mare an
noble and whose soul could hold INV fait
| Win re.,rn;z,,r trntb md ;ntear;tv And III
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