Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-11-14

whisper, and turning slightly rcd
''You must not talk in that way now.
You arc in the city, you must rcmem-
Der, and persons aro very particular
how they speak. Says not one Of
that kind"
Amy looked in her lovers face, with
an INNOCENT, DON'T care sort Of ca
preston, ani pouted her beautiful lips
a little, but they we're soon wreathed IN
Smiles again; s'ld as this passed unob-
served by the lawyers cousin, who was
busy looking at book with her back to-
wards then. the young man did notsecm
to take it frAch to heart. ~ wish Amy
was little better educated" remarked
the lawyer mentally, after she had left
tho Office and he had oRoo more given
himself up to rejection. "But,' be
continued, "aFter she has become my
wife ahe will be constantly jnprcving.
I will tell her to watch end hear how
others talk, and-and think l will try
to have her study grammar little =
and then rs il Suddenly rccullccting
the contrast Of what lie had advocated
tc his friend and Of his prcscnt thoughts,
he itustlntc o fit Of laughter, e1oiairn-
ing sloud-"Wby, Ned, yea forget
YOU don's like blues. Well, ! don't,
and I mean to marry tho litt'c rustic
beuuty and provo that / tlon't."
One evening, few weeks la,,5c, the
old fashioned mansion e tho wealthy
widow Griffith wss brilliantly lighted in
every room, for her fa-Urise it'll, Or
phan niece ws, 70 10 rasried 70 thc
wealthy lrryer. Whsa the hrido On.
tered the larg, and spsciou, parlor IT
her aups, al dressed in her gUs.amcr
robes, she ss.;rc2lJ locked Ike bving
ct surt,', and 7etvu did tho husband
hear is whispered among the guests,
"Ho~ bc.guiifal.'' snd he nsSsr seemed
to b. sirsd OF gazing On her lcrely fea-
lures. L faw days ls;sr, uhd the young
la-y-r .nd hi, bride startsl on their
usddin. tour. Ihsy we're 70 proceed
10 A!sv Telk 70 visit sorns friends OF
tia kus;ssad., ond tl,snus il company
viii, sn,thgr s,sTly married pair, isla-
tirgs CT Mr.. Dcwers, thgT e7ere oil to
visit Eiega'a. III, sun was just RI
sing, as Is vsrs, from the ocsan, on the
morning that tao young couple fist
ssilSd up TIA harbcr Of New York
MIR. Bowers passed his vife's arm within
lriy OWN, s.id both nSosnded 70 the up
ger dssk. drsupj Il pa-ssassfs sesrs
scatsl srouui, and the a.snmsr went
putting cn as il ssraiuins evHy woody
fibre to gain the desired p0int.
"lIcw green ard beautiful il looks
On Shore" exclaimed the young hus-
band With eusIsasiasm; "cnd those largs
viIies, and tia dark waving trees that
drcup over the water as il anxious 70
behold their graceful forms Mirrorsd
bensatl, the surfse,-cyc'. how grand
they al look -
$50 they do ioek real NICE" an
swgrcd Amy, lvrd enough to be heard
by those passengers -ho we're at tic
same r1,d of the Geek end then she
added in a lower tone, "But what a
dreadful looking bonnet that woman
'wsy yonder hos got Tn. I should think
she must be awful poor to dres: that
way. Aunt wouldn't let inc 20 look
ing 20, il she is 60 cld-tsshionSl IN
her notions.
The young husband felt little izri-
;ated, but still he did not ike to ohias
his wife SO soon, nor IN she presence
Of others, 80 hs remained silsnt, think
ing he would avid any poetic remarZ
in futurs, but in few moments he ez-
claimed, "Hor delightful it would be
to travel in Italy, thas land Of poetry
and song! Ies, I should love to roam
amung Ter ruius, and stand IN the 5..r-
rem plains where vssols cities liz buried
bcnoath.'
The young 'sifo had seen by hsf
husbands oountunauce that he wag nos
pleased with her pruTious rsmmks ,eso
she resolved not 10 indulge in anything
personal now, brit TO con6hs ,:srssf to
the subject thrt SO Interested him and
she answefod, "Thy do tell me, .ons-
time, dear, what ruined the country
and how they carns TO bury she cities.
I don't SEQ how they could hare digged
hole deep enough to hold = city
Did anybody live in 'vm ~
HdWard Bowers, in tho excitement
Of the moment, forgot that the dimple-
cheeksd bssnsy by his side was his Tife,
and thss liz married her for her beauty
and her childish simplicity Of manner,
and he forgot too that -hs had often
told him gre they wero married, that OF
home, smong The mountains Of her no.
tive Staae, in hsr widowed mothers
home thgy had no library, from which
to gather kIus7lsdge Of other lands
bit thas her time Nss spent in ramb-
Ing uaung TITO fields, cleaning wild
aowers, or listening to she Low of the
cusIs, wtile she luitsrsd beneath shade
srecy, and fur enploymcn. there was
enough Of household duties for her to
perform. Tea, the yuuny lawyer for
got fr the moment that it vas his duty
to prueecs his wife from ridieuie, and
plant in her youthful mind love Of
kuusfedge, and then use q portion OF
his wealth 10 instruct her, and tur7ing
ON the defeuseless orphan by his side
an aim0s wisLervd glance, "Amy,'
he said, Il was in yoar society 80 little
before re we're married that I saw moth
ing but your pretty face; did not re-
ak-e how ignorant you were
Amys mind few back to her noun
tein horIe. Ne one had ever called her
ignorau5 there, and for the moment she
lgartily wished that her aunt had let
,cr remain with hsf kind country friend
n whose core her mother left her
Ahy's lip quivered moment, and she
RED 10 suppress her tears, bat she had
lot the frmness to dash thom oaca !;
nd With no burst Of grief hor head