Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-10
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GROWING COLD.
ny N. s. ARTHUR.


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There was an afdoF about the young
lovert that showed how deeply his heart
was interested, aud his betrothed might
almost be said to live on its presence,
He, few to her sideslike steel to, the mag
net, Hhen evening set him free from
business, . and she awaited his coming
with o. aitrembling Joy that, pervaded her
whole being. The,d were long that
kept them apare;l but iShtning-footed
the hours, Of 9feyeninga q How eagerly
they looked 'forVard to that blessed
timey when they would hear the words
spoken that were 10 make them one,
anAfthe time came at last, though with
sloW-pacips. steps. Hand in hand and
heart heating TO heart, they entered7a
new path of life, carPeted with, flowers,
andimored on with springing feet, and
took their measure to loves delicious
mMsie.u Swiftly passed the FIRST season
oHtheir new existence. u .s...-r-
1t was the warm, fragrant blossouling
spring-tirns, aud the sunshine filed the
air &ithivernaf warmth. .9rssl .
.t'Shall we ever grow cold to each 9th
er,HT said the yo ing man leaning to-
wards his bride, and speaking in a tone
of peculiar tenderness. 4rii d.4J ad
This was poecasioncd By the presence,
in a small company, of a married cOu-
pie, not two years welded, who were
known to iaye lost much of loves young
ardor Their indifference was so appa1
rent as to have become subject of re-
mark, with their friends and acquaint-
..s.NeNer. Leonard, never y was almost
tremuleusly whispered back. That is
impossible Those who truly love, love
on fouever." -iuisrhs ut i..yr. o..
And with us it is true, : said the hus-
band. is,TEue, warm, eternal love-"
And each believed it was so.s Let US
follow them little way on their liie's
joarney.li H4o7,z e5 ,.-ya 1jF
Leonard Williams was q young and
ambitious merchant, who was trying:
unwisely, to do n, large business on a
smell capital; and Leonard Williams
and has wife were a young couple who
thought rather more of making an ap:
peaTance tin5tthc social world than was
consistent with their meams aud pros
pectsi He had too large,la store and
foo many go Ids in it !; they lived in; too
largo 4 house, with toe much furniture
in,it.Lrd -..nri 5flJr', au ~3.i-rr s
-A,tmnguil spiri, is not possible under
such circumstances and overwearying
mental labor aud absorbing care must
attend them. 1t has ever been .sQ--ii
Wiasi sd with Leonard Williams Even
before the waning of the first year, his
brOM begnn to- wear a shadow, and his
eyes to have an absent expression
There was fainting warmth in his
manner towards his bride that chilled
her heart Mt times, as if cold airs had
blown upon it suddenly. She was too
young; too inex xpcricnced, aud too igno-
rant of the world to comprehend the
causes that are at work. undermining
tlailSt the foundation of their happi
Iresss IS She only felt that her husband
was ehAnging-tlrei warmth was dimin
ishing, and the cloud and the shadow
coming in the place of sunshine.
Daily, and. weekly and monthly tho
change went on--1he getting more nnc
more absorbed in business, and she find
ing certain poor compensation fol
Hearts %earinJss in dress, gay company
pleasure, and fashionable dissipation
= Tho GOODNESS of feeling, as we'll as1o
exterior, was mutual. \ few years Ion
ger, and all the little tender rcourtesie
that marked, their. intercourse, wheI
alone. failed utterly: Williams woul,
meet his wife, on his daily return fron
business, WITHOUT changing countc
nance or tender word and she met hin
at evening, aud parted with him on eaci
succeeding morning, with an air of in
difference that iced over the surface 0
his feelings rur.If bill
And, SO the years went on; the strug
Cling and striving with the world in tn
arena of business, and she, trying t
fad in the unsubstaptial, gilded exte
rioF of things, that pleasure she faile
tofextract from the real. itf,.,e.,.t,ii
How like mould on a rich garment
or rust upon FURNISHED steel, did indii
ference creep over the pleasant surfac
of their lives, dimming the mutual al
traction. Williams had energy of char
acter, and q mind that found me-
strength in difficulty. A man of fee
bier intellect, less hope, and less sug
eestion, starting wrong, as he did, woul
have been driven to the wall in fe
years. But Williams discovered his ell
ror in time to prepare himself for th
impending consequences. At the clos
of five years from the day of his ma
riage, he resolutely looked his affairs
the face, and saw that, instead Of bein
worth many thousands of dollars, /
was Just on the verge Of bankruptc.
It took him two years to get safely pa
fIie dangers that beset his way. Or
cause Of his trouble lay in the extrav;
ganee Of. his living. 1t rather startle
hin to find, on examining his own pr
yate aeeodnt, that twenty thousand do
lars had been drawn for personal e:
penses. One half of that sum, adde
to his capital, would have made all saf
';This will mover do. he said to hin
SELF ave are living too extrayagan
Iy.4 There must be change
But what would his fashionable vi
say to this? Would she be willing