The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-12
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1oDa1onlino inti1oey with feminine d.
iAnaa-We shah NOS give his letter, but
psOeeed q ones % The shs-kinah Of the sto-
y.
Frederick -, the husband Of the fair
writer. like sOns other people, had grand
fneAss-a good cid English eentleman, who
- = passion with kis pretty daughter
" 0arsyln9 ~ American officer, and cut
hsr a with shilling lie lived to . consid-
efsble sire and age. without finding the CON-
toss he expecesd IN his roast beefand ale-all
~ tins sixhing lor the rosy checked girl
who's - bod driven from his door. ana
swearinx with sundry stamps ofhis substan
tial Euot, never 70 forgive her o9ence. But
the tune cane when be could mo longer
stamp, and then he rsiented and made a
change in HE will, bequeashing Eve hun
dred pounds and his blessing to his daughter
and Al estate in Surrey to her only son, on
condition that he should have male heir
and reside in England The blessing came
TO late, for his child had long been sleeping
under the daises Of the village churchyard
at p, but estates are always available
and Fred; who Was now passed midshlpman
In the navy over head and ears in debt and
love. too. drank glorious bumper to the
memory 81 his departed relative, and wished
him bon r0yaye upward or downward as the
case might be,-then springing into coach
made the best ofhi way TO Lay Rouche to
to eomnsnicate his gocd fortune to ourselves
and the fair lady Of his love-then a guest
At our house
Madeline was gay little beauty who had
snapped The heart strings ola whole legion
ofieyers before she wound those Of Fred
round her white fingers. She used TO laugh
about u right merrily. and tell me how many
she had driven into the church. how many
had sought refuge in California, aud how
many had sighed out their despair in poetry
She thought upon the whole that she had
done the world excellent service. and pulled
the brown rin.lets over her laughing eyes,
as she declared that it was fine fun and she
meant 70 keep il mp just as long as she
could
hut all was over when Fred came along
saw from the first how it would end She
6u'tered abou, like a restless heart, blushed
II the mention Of his name, and ran when
she heard his footsteps-the little gipsyt-
And he did follow with an ardor that left no
doubt of his earneetness: and she led him
through thickets and brambles, and every
disagreeabie place she could think of. till one
day, took her task about il saying that il
Was plain 20 me that she wished him to sa-
low her through life. She scorned the idea
Pooh what did she care for him. She was
only flirting. and he knew it-but it mas
funny 10 see him scratch himself to death
pulling Wild roses for her; wasn't it? And
he had a perfect mustache, hadnt he2 There
she sighed and said she neyar meant to marry |
-newr-shed have all the pleasure within |
her reach. and after all that turn into a |
Florence Nightingale: husbands were such
horribly stupid things-so different from
lovers. dion I think so? shook my iing-
er al her, and was not at all surprised when
when Fred told me, the next day, 10 an ectasy
Of delight, that he had kissed, he couldn't say
how many, Of the sweetest consents in the |
world from her rosy lips
Ali Miss Madeline How her tune chang
ed! She began TO think wives the happiest
beings in the universe, when they had hus-
tanas like Fred-whieh, to be sure was not
once in a. Thousand times. She began to |
identify herself with them Immediately One |
was 50 TRANQUILITY happy she said-so settled; |
and then one = morning robee were SO becom. |
ing and those charming little loves of French /
caps for the breakfast table, The converse |
ton, too-none Of your grnf Madeline, the |
Toast -tno offence to dear papa but Ny
dear, the toast, if you please. OH she'd lie |
just as happy 70 queen when she should |
become Mrs; she couldn't say the |
rest
But papa" was inexorable-not to be
Propitiated at all, as Madeline,sa said, with
tears, parents, were such a trouble to their
children nova days lie said Fred was poor
too poor to marry; they must wait till he
should wear a lieutenants epaulette-as ifthey
cared .or that But there was no help for
II, and they had h submit thugh Madeline
told me with smile oil triumph how Fred
had sworn to run away with her if the epau-
iette didn come soon, just US If Id do such
thing she said, Just as ifyou uouldnt,"
thought /
Things were in this state when the old !
grandfather ,iei, and the coach in nv sec
cni paragraph brought Fred to La Rouche
br'infui Of hone and happiness. There was
Now no obstacle Ia their union; on the CON
trary a strong reason for Fastening it. But
hox TO communicate to Madeline the condi-
tion annexed 10 the old gentlemans bequest
was a matter 10 be bravev considered Fred
suggested my wife. | spoke to her privately
about. IT and she called Gordon, for
thInklsg oi such shameful thing No need
SID remarked, of woundine the dear girls
deiieaey al all why didn't Fred 20 to her
father lie w,,lid consent to their union Of
course under such circumstances; and that
was al! that was wanted She said we were
a couple of geese ! agreed with her and ad
ded, that, after all, Fred was counting his
chickens beiore--iiere she put her hand
over my mouth, and pushed me out Of the
Room
True enough" said Fred "What a fool |
was not 10 think of that myself" He took
a dozen adieux Of Madeline, obtained her
father consent in less than twenty-four
hour, an1three days after they were tie hap
piest welded pair in America Fred took
his bride to r, a .'home station TO
which he had the good fortune OF be attached
30 that no necessity existed for the separa-
Iion which Madeline feared more than any
other thing in the world. AS happy as
two pigeons on the sunny eide OF barn"
she wrote To US shortly after their marriage.
Time rolled On -one, two. three, years.
Madeline father died and left her three
thousand dol.ars-all he possessed; the COW
.ted epaalette graced Fred handsome shout j
Ter he was proud of his wife, and she of him
pat there appeared no prospect OF there pos
'essing the estate in Surrey During our
visits, we began to notice that, in
spite Of their tender devotion to each other, {
both wore a troubled expression till at length
Madeline came To grow thin and pale; and {
II times there was culver in her very |
mile when speaking OF her husband Fred I
told Inc privately that he thought shat ours Q
II viii eond kill his sweet wife He didn't d
.arc a rush he said, 10 own the whole of Sur 5
'ey, bat, as he spoke he kicked the pebbles
rom his pathway with an impotence that
old different story. NV heart ached for r
hem both, and felt rather glad than 9TH !
rwise when the news reached US that he i
al been ordered to the Mediterranean ON a
hree years cruise.
He took Madeline to Savannah, where she
ras 20 remain during his absence, with the
'outh' her health might be entirely restored
he letter 10 my wife tells the rest of the sto-
y. IL is from Madeline, dated at Savan-
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