The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-16
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-s.sr Arm rnuRD MARRIAGr.

1nunaOAY MORNING.. .pkCkMtEh 10. 'sse,
1snsr AND THuRD MARRIAGE.
wrA~s you zee, my own Iottenss, that mus. nus.
,ss.s yos shall provid. an income o. Insanity
10 N rSsarn and when fortune aeata ruies Sr
Ne, ball come back never again 70 's 'sp-'e'
Ths vsspies wife could 90. be eomS @ssa the
vorid seewed 20 bright Aod gay, ana when wsss. ,s
md fortune smiled 90 sereneiy upon ne'' ~ Sno" =.
3 svsrs away, and she iefs IKE zone S,u ',sS
srnssss bsrseif The husband was almost distfa,sea
~ -. shnrsht OF leaving her. HE heart bae
-. Sc.sd m 10 his beantifui Ifortense. She haa
-. ~ ido, from boyhood-the bright dream OF Jus
exIsteuoe. and whom he bad attained tne a'ssns
~. n oee Of the merchant princes OF Montreal
= ~. rrted her and placed her 10 the very heart OF
.s...vrtusss came on swim wings 30 the happy
vair. Oss BY one his possessions ie't h,n' aoo
yosss than that others involved Ia hs anaire,
Mo vsrs less able to lose than himself lie could
80 look upsn the ruin OF those around him; Tor he
had Kind heart, and would not wrongan one ior
the world. They that Lost by his Ill fortune admit
"a that Mr.. yalertin was strictly honest man,
and that 10 great praise from those who are Injured
b. nsns itiuek Peop'eare too apt to call ir die
honssty. =.
res.. vas bat single bright spot before Mr..
vslsutiu, Australia, cleaned up, warm and golden
and With . desperation born OF love to his vita
and justice to his creditors he secretey embarked
Or the isud OF promise. There was moe days
wonder ~ TO where no was gone, and TO What pur.
pose; aad then he died out OF the thoughts OF The
sonnanisy, - thoroughly as II be had been dead
cad barred.
The weeping Hortepse removed to another To-
Sality; the fashionables who had strained every
usrve 10 get invited to the house OF the rich mers
shaut never paused to ask after his wife; the ZONES
II and miserable without friends relatives, Hor-
tspss dropped and pioed, until the beauty which
her husband so praised was changed into dimness.
.Ep axtA
vsrd had ever cheered her solitude since he left
her. AZ month after month dragged its slow
weight along, aud no tdings reached her, her
hart utterly sunk within her, and she believed
him dead. What, indeed, could she thiak! 1t
vas bstsor to thiok 30 than believe him unmind-
fa Of and day after day she vatered his memory
up With tears OF genuine SORROW as one sorrows for
the beloved dead.
room for months, and when she finally went out
again, aud that only to church, her sorrow was
written plainly 10 the face, which, IL 1t had lost
some Of its beauty. was yet most deeply iEterest-
ing. 30 81 least thought the young Eugene STAN
bury, 40 Eugiishman of uoblemished character
and prosperous business. He saw her at church,
devised some ingenious expedient to be introduced
and begged the privilege OF waiting upon her
Tue lady pleaded her Inability to entertain compa
ny, the improperly Of her receiving gentlemen,
ard thousand reasons Why he could not visit her.
He overruled them all, besought her to waive
oil ceremony with him, TO consider him as deeply
attached friend, brother, anything, In short. If
he might be permitted to see her sometimes; and
Hnr'sn.e. weary Of her monotonous life, at last
CONSENTED.
Once having renewedlthe delicious consciousness
Of protecting presence, she found 1t hard to give
IL mp for the mere puuctious fear of what the
world VDld aay Of Der. Indeed she had long since
shaken 1l1hds With the world, aud parted from it.
She owed It no favor. !. had 10 right to criicise
her conduct. Thus she reasoned while listening
TO Rugens's imps ssoned eutreaties that she would
lev aside her sorrow for the dead and become his
wi6s.
o.ill she heetated. She truly believed 10 her
husbands death for would be not have written
lad be been living. Of the many letters she had
written him, the many inquiries she had institu
ted, no answer could be obtained. No one knew
anything, Of Mr.. Vslentin.
In an hour of more than usual loneliness and
trouble. she whispered TO herself. that, should &c.
Rene press his suit anew, she would consent to
marry him. She liked him. She was weary Of her
own life, Gagged and eribbed she was; she iouged
lDr freedom from the restraint thar poverty and
widowhood we're constantly imposing upon her;
and these combined. operated wonderfully In Eus
genes favor. The marriage was strictly private;
sad half Mr.. Stanbury's friends had no suspicion
that she had ever married at all until she became
his wife.
He took her to a pleasant home, as com Portable.
not quite IS luxurious as the one she had shared
with Mr.. Vslentin; and that all she had cou d ask
for Vas showered upon her With generous protu-
sion. Their dwelling, two or three miles from he
heart OF Montreal, was surrounded with trees
and a1wery shrubs OF every description. Inside,
there vas every comfort that living heart could
suggest. The heart Of Hortense a~oke 10 life, TO
love, to happiuess; and to see her thus, rejoiced
that Of her husband.
Two years of almost unminsied biiss went by
bat the third year commenced with some alarm for
the health OF Eugene. Twice had HJrtense seen
him draw Q handkerchief from his IIns, which was
stepped Ia blood; and often bis nights passed
IN coughing, until nature was exhausted, aud the
morning sleep found him drenched iu the terrible
n trh alxy fo,Ar 81.
tsnse struggled against this aud terrible sor-
row. II was the frat time that she had watched !
ever one dear to her, It the first time that
she had seen the effects Of this insidous disease;
and hope and fear alteruated In her breast, until
at length she hoped against all hope, aud the |
blew came down upon her all the harder that she |
had not sohooIed herself to feel its approach.
II was hard to see him part with the mute evi. |
oences OF his brief happiness. Every window |
whore he had sat with her, every arbor where |
they had rested, every tree under whose shades |
they had walked, or whose trunk he had carved |
With her name, all received farewell look.
How can 1part with you, desrests" he asked |
after his painful journey round the rooms and The
garden.
"Eussne: do not name it, she said, "you will
break my heart"
"Bot you must bear 1t, Hortense. cannot stay |
with you long. Thank Heaven, that / leave YOU |
above want. Promise me, dear, that you will |
never leave this home. Trust me, will be with |
you In spirit, wheL the form Is laid 10 the EARTH |
Watching, guarding; If possible, speaking to you"
Il Vas his last night on earth When the morn
e-"k bis eyes were closed In the sumbers of |
AnsA.
h1rtense wandered for months about her beau
tiful home like perturbed spirit. There was
pethfng that had been touched by Eugene that
he'd not solemn and q sacred value In her eyes,
The trees he bad planted, the bowers be- had
formed, all had . meaning to her that no one else
could understand, and yet upon each one of these.
And upon her whole heart and life. seemed written
"ths glory had departed"
II 10 tina TO 20 back to the days OF ~ Valentin.
and So what became Of the fond husband and
courageous adventurer. At fret, he was almost
distracted ct the thought of parting with Hortense
cas once the hu1icon passed he became more calm.
lev years, be thought, would g I'D them together,
never 70 part; and perhaps they would DO all the
happier for the separation.
Full Of hope he went to the mines of Australia.
Day BY day BIO wrought there, enduring hardships
anheard OF before, but bearing them with the
courage and fortttude Of hero. Ever before him |
Was the word Horteuse. 1t nsrved his arm in the
roogh mines when he struck his iron into the
gold giving soil; 1t seothed him when he lay burn.
Ing With fever In a rude shauty in the mountains,
hh thought by day and his dream by night was
ssiil bis own Hortenso. Not a word, however, ever
reached him from her; and often be shnddered at
the fearful probabilities that arose to his mind
hortense might be sick, suffering, might deem
him dead or uufaithfui; no that could never be-
bhe would have faith In him as in the sun Come
What would, she would not be shaken 10 her.trust
Bot - hs lay 10 the miserable shed which held his
stek bed he would have given worlds for one
Slaucs from her eye, one Pressure Of her hand TO
shew that he was not forgotten; aud AZ he watched
the stars overhead, shining though the creyices
efths low roof, he thought that If Horteuse was
d:sd, she would appear to him In his need.
The rude miners were too intent or gaip to watch
reside his bed, and many were the long days and |
nights 10 which he lay uatendod. Aid cam- at
last. tn the shape Of q chid-a young boy whose |
hthsr was ~ work in the Mines and whose mother |
supported herself and child by washing Hours did |
nj. ben lole sit beside hum watching everv move
Msnt. and trying to give him eass or bringing wa.
~ Hon ~. tprng. he would bathe his fuvered
essnssd with mis- little hands. A teBder nurse in
Assd. Vas hltie Ben. and on his recovery a. Vaien.
y" made the iAundress happy By providing for the
u valentin had been richly rewarded for his en-.
tsgpriss. Gold had showered 10 upon him ip almost
Ahulous profascn; and now ne ss iously thought
81 resurning home. Somewhat enieebled by III.
Ate illness. re was struck with dis,rav At hainU