Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-04-01
THURSDAY, APRIL l, 1853.

ty, no dinner was thought to be successful
without her. Night after night found her
en- route to some gay assemblage To her
own astonishment, and her foolish mothers
delight, her husband never demonstrated
on the contrary, she often found upon her
dressing table some choice little ornament
which he had provided for the occasion
and Mary, as she fastened it in her hair or
bosom, would say bitterly. He is anxious
that |, like the other appendages of his
establishment, should reflect credit upon
my faultless tastep
Mistaken Mary.
Time passed on Mark Ware was pa
tient as he promised himself to be. His
evenings were not so lonely now, for his
babe kept him company-the reprieyed
nurse was only too glad to escape to her
pink ribbons and chat with John at the
back gate. 1t vas pretty sight-Mark
and the babe. Old age and infancy are
always touching sight together Not
smile or cloud passed over that little face
that did not wake up all the father in
Mark Wares heart; and he paced the
room with it, or lulled it to sleep on his
breast, talking to it, as if it could under
stand the strong deep love of which it was
the unconscious object.
Il am weary of all this said Marks
young wife, as she stepped into her car
riage at the close of brilliant ball. Il
am weary of seeing the same faces, and
hearing the same nonsense night after night
[ wonder if | shall ever be happy?
wonder if | shall ever love anything or
anybody? Mamma is proud of me because
| am beautiful and rich, but she does not
love me. Mark is proud of me'-and
Mary's lip curled scornfully. Life is so
weary, and am only eighteen. ? and Mary
sighed heavily.
On whirled the carriage through the de-
serted strcets-deserted, save by some in
vcterate pleasure seekers like herself, from
whom pleasure forever fees. Occasionally
a lamp twinkled from some upper window,
where half starved seamstrcss sat stitch
ing her life away, or heart broken mother
bent over the dead form of babe, which
her mothers heart could i'll spare, although
she knew not where to find bread for the
remaining babes beside her Now and then
a woman, lost to all that makes woman
lovely, flaunted under the Pickering street
lamps, while her mocking laugh rang out
on the night air. Mary shuddered and
drew back-there was that in its hollow
ness which might make even the devils
tremble Overhead the sentinel stars kept
their tireless watch, and Mary's heart grew
soft under their gentle influence, and tears
stole from beneath her lashes, and lay like
pearls upon her bosom
You need not wait to undress me, said
Mary to the weary looking waiting maid,
as she ayerted her swollen eyes from her
gaze; and taking a lamp from her hand,
Mary passed up to her chamber So noise
less was the fall of her light foot upon the
carpet that Mark did not know that she
had entered. He sat with his back to the
door, bending over the cradle Of his child,
till his white snow locks touched its rosy
checks, talking to it as if to beguile his
loneliness.
Mary's forehead-Mary's eyes-Mary's
mouth; no more like your old father than
rosebud is like chestnut burr You
will love the lonely old man, little one, and
perhaps she will by-and-by, who knows !"
and Mark voice trembled
FShe will she does, said Mary, drop
ping on her knees at the cradle of her
child, and burying her face in Mark s
hands; my noble, patient husband
You don't mean that ? said Mark hold
ing her off at arms length, looking at her
through mist of tears, you don't mean
that you love an old fellow like me? God
bless you, Mary-God forever bless you!
have been yery-yery lonely and Mark
wept for sheer happiness,
The gaping world, the far-sighted world,
the charitable world shook its wise head
when the star of fashion became a fixed
star Some said 'her health must be fail
ing others, that 'her husband had become
jealous at last while old stagers malicious
ly insinuated that it was to retire on fresh
laurels. But no one said-what we say
that true woman's heart, may always be
won-ay, and kept too-by any husband
who does not consider it beneath him to
step off the pedestals of his dignity to
learn how