Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-06

4 OF compromise, and like all persons Of that
class he pleased neither party; SO he quick
ly walked into the library, aud shut himself
up with the old dramatists, to reveI in their
delneations Of character, when there was
| page OF hrman nature in the next room
whclih he, IN bis indoleut egotism, had not
troubled himself to read. iat n
Mrs. Hamilton pursued the even tenor
of her way in naughty silence, always frig-
IDLY polite, but never cordial to Bertha;
but this was mood to which her son " as
so accuSt omed that he even did not remark
it; and consequently the change in his wifes
manner struck him the more forcibly. He
saw nothing for her to resent, and secretly
regretted what he thought her sillcn dis
position. All The sparkle and vivacity which
formerly characterized her had disappeared
and Cecil sadly missed the tender earess
and Aghtlkiss whirhfhe used to receive so
1 frequently. lie was most undemonstra-
! tive mau, and lttle knew how his GOODNESS
aud indifferent manner had chilled the warm
heart OF his wife. So time passed; B5r-
tha yearniiig for a Reconciliation with her
husband, for which her proud spirit forbade
her TO ask since her former rcpulse, and he
eoolly waiting ill her iii of petuaneg should
| be over. @ r.. 1' HCTr
Mrs. Hamilton no longer took I he head
of the tSbIe, nor nterlered with Mrs. How
ell, nor too closely scrntiuHed James work,
! yet her influence was felt nevertheless. The
servants complained that there was no pos
sbility Of pleasing her in nything they did,
/ nd lo HAIL Eva IN = In ~
years, threatened to leave 1t required all
the tact and dignity OF Bertha's character
to retain her servants, yet not to compr6m-
ise her molher-in-law. |.di .asaou sd
A year passed thus at Beechwood Ber-
tina Hamilton'S heart was now suffering for
want of early discipline. Her temper had
become baughty aud irritable under the cold
surveillance of Mrs. Hamilton. She had
| formerly yearned for the old careSs aud Kind
words from her husband for which her pride
4 forbade her to ask; but she was now al
most beginning to despse him for the man
ner in which he yielded every thing to his
mother Cecil, oil his part. wondered how
he could have been so mistaken in char
acter. His wife, in some unaccountable
way, always appeared to greater dSadyan-
/
the heart TO think that it had only been. "a
childish fancy on Bertha's part for him, and
he determined not to trouble her with re-
. InonStrances; so the two went on outwardly
sorrowing, with Mrs. Hamih on swaying her
son as of old. -l. non ao..rr m
And thus it was, when an heiress was
born to the united fortunes of the Donald
sons and HamItons. r.....- .,
The young mother wept wild tears of
JOY as she pressed her child to her bosom,
aud thought that aOio she would have some
one to love her exclusively, though for a
? moment she trembIed as she thought of her
lwomaus destiny, ITO make idols and find
them clay, ;" as she herself had DONE Cecil
Hamilton heaved deep sigh as be saw tss
lavish tenderness which Bertha bestowed on
his daughter, and secretly envied the un-
conscious little thing, while Mrs Hamilton
declared that the mother was too delicate
to nurse the child-so both for her sake
aud its own, wet nurse must be provided.
Bertha listened in silence when ia Cecil's
presence one evening, Mrs. Hamilton pro-
tposed it to her, but her color rose and her
eyes flashed long before her mother-in-law
had concluded. 1l a.a .u.I .1I .h..
Madam" said the young mother, "you
have governed your own child during his
life, and shall do the same by nine In
this thing will not be thWarted. | am
perfectly able 10 nurse my baby, aud
would rather lay her in the ground than on
auOlher's bosom. This is never to be men
ttiOued 10 me again. r...t... ,.
But, Bertha /" commenced Cecil, who
was really alarmed for his wfes health,
from his mothers Representations. -"
, IL have decided the matter }" interrupted
the wife, in a tone of such ICY eoldness,
that il efb. no room for remonStrance ta
o Mrs, Hamilton lifted her eyes and hands
with the air of u martyr, which graphic
pantomlne was not lost on either Bertha OF
her sen. ,.I. ......s..,,,.,.
So till little Marion Hamilton was three
years old, she was source Of contention
between her grandmother and her parents
t--MrS. Hamilton looked upon the child as
belonging 10 herself, quite as much as its
mothel; she interlered wths7its 70 ID, ? it,
exercise, It's dress; she scolded avs nurse
anu Often contemptousy chided Beitha her
7 self Berua watched every tncroacmneui
upun her maternal authority WRh jealou'
! eye, and often with arbry Words, aud Ce
cll petted his darling, aud appealed to biz
motLer with regard TO its educatongoej
81 tell you, Cecil, she will grow up al
headstropg aud passionate Gs Bertha her
self, ii you let matters so on in this way,
said Mrs. Hamilton, one morning He
mother .humors her in every whim, aud j,
really believe the child takes pleasure in dis
obeymg me-" .....
She is perfectly obedent to Bertha 0
her nurse argued Cecil Il think she j
child who must be managed by love ant
mol, AarshaesS; for severity seems to cal
> out all lie bad qualities OF her character
After four years OF marriage Cecil Ham
+ ilton Was heguning to have gllmmerlng o
= his wite's heart through his enid. bra
n But what Mrs. Hamilton had said wa
3 true. Little Nation deied her autbpril.
. to the greatest possible extent, for her Who'll
t nature was reused TO antagonism by he
d grandlnotheis manner. AT that We y me
i ment she had espivd a bed Of hne carnatiol