The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-18
THE FIRST AND THIRD MARp,..,.
A CANADIAN ROMANCE

co"e ofa hundred louis far vorr ' .a d" IN
scs. Look forward constan,jr - ~APen-
.a'a' and when fortune again smiles uu
=" me' shall come back, never ,ra;n r :,
oc separated until death" "
ihe weeping wife could not be comf,r
tea 1t was hard that 50 soon af,cr har
marriage, when the world seemed %
ss'lsh' and gay, and when wealth and
' .p''a"e smiled so serenely upon her, that
I;l h SHOULD be swept away, and she left
LIN a,Re lone widow to protect herself f-
Inc husband was almost distracted with
the thought Of leaving her. His hear,
nad been bound up in his beautiful Hor.
tense. She had been his idol from bow.
hood-the bright dream of his existence
ana when he had attained the distinction
OF one OF the merchant princes of Mon.
're"l, he married her. Rand placed her in
the very heart of luxry.
Misfortune came on swif. wings to the
nappy, pair. One by one his possessions
ie't hlm, and worse than t! at. Others
were involved in his affairs, who were
less able to lose than himself. He could
not look upon the ruin of those around
nun; for he had a kind heart, and would
not wrong any one for the world. They
tLat lost 10y his ill-fortunc admitted that
MT: IalentIn was strictly honest man
and that is great praise from those who
are injured by another's i'll luck. Peo-
pie are but too apt to call it dishonesty.
There was but single bright spot be.
tore Mr.. Ealcntin. Australia cleaned up
warm and golden, aid with desperation
born of love to his wife, and Justice to
his creditors, he secretly embarked for
the land of promise There was nice
days wonder as to where he was gone,
and to what purpose; and then he died
out of the thoughts Of the community as
thoroughly as ii he had been dead and
buried.
The weeping 1ortcnsc removed to an
other locality; the fashionabIes who had
strained cvefy nerve to get invited to the
house OF the rich merchant, never paused
to ask after his wife; and lonely aud mis-
crablc. without friends or relatives, Hor-
tense dropped and pined, until the beau
ty which her husband SO praised was
changed into dimness She never heard
: from Mr.. Nalcu,in. No sir gle word had
| ever chcercd her solitude since he left
= her. As month after mouth dragged its
slow weight, aud no tidings reached
her, her heart utterly sunk within her
and believed him dead What, indeed
: could she think 1t was better to think
so than to believe him unmiudful Of her
and day after day she watered his memory
with tears of genuine sorrow, sorrow fol
the beloved dead.
She put on the deepest mourning KEEP
her room for months, and when she ii
A nsl'y went oat again, aud then onl Y t.
Il church, her sorrow was written plainly i,
! the face, which ii it had lost soHc Of it
beauty, was yet most deeply Interesting
so at last thought the youn: Eugcn
4 Stanbury, an Englishman of unblemish
i cd character aud in prosperous business
I. He saw h ut church, de- ised some in
gcnious expcdient TO be introduced, an
begged the privilege of waiting upon her
r The lady pleaded her inability to enter
n tain company, the i'npropriety of he
receiving gentlemen, aud thousand re;
sous why he should not visit her.
lie oyerrulcd them all, besought her
B. waive all ceremony with hun, to consic
er him as a deeply attached fciend,
brother, anything IN short, If he might
permitted to see her sometimes, and lio
. tense, weary of her monotonous and DIRE;
ry life at last consented.
Once having renewed the del'cior
consciousness of protecting presenc
=. she found il hard to give it up for me-
c, punctilios of what the world would 50
At for her. Indeed, she had long since sh
:" ken hands with the world, and part'
sr, from il. She owed it no favor. 1t hi
no no right to criticise her conduct. 1h'
rly she reasoned while listening to Eugene
impassioned cntreaties that she wou
mn Law aside her sorrows for the dead, al
become his wife. :.
- Still she hesitated. She truly belle
cd in her husbands death; for would
!, not have written had he been living Z
Cf the many letters she had written
him, the many inquiries she had lns'''
ted. no answer could be obtained.
ich one knew anything Of MIR. Nslent,n.
In an hour of more than usual ion'
ness and trouble. she whispered to hers
y that. should Eugene press his SUIT ane
she would consent to marry him' :.
liked him, she was weary OF her own II
caocd and cribbed as she was; she lo
y od for freedom from the restraint that
- ortv and yidowhood were constantly
oasine upon her; and all these co,nbih
n pnera,ed wonderfully in Eusenes fa'
= The marriage was strictly private;
,a half MIR. Stanbury's friends had no
40" ION tha. he had ever intended 10 II
- r. at all until she became his VIE
> u. took her to a pleasant home
.o,,fortable, il no. quite as luxurious
)R. ,hn on. she shared with Mr. salahs @
al al tha, Sic coa..d ask TOR, was a snow
mon m her with generous ?: p:.''"sl0ii L.. &
.. Their dwelling, two or three M
F.. tho heart of Montreal, was surrouh
l:E, with trees and Towering shraos Oh es ~
ee' description ihsioe ~ 'n.' e,,IJ s,a,
eve comfort that n living heart couia SUE
*. The Heart of Hortense awoke to ''ie,
!, love. to happiness; and to see her
" rejoiced that Of her husband. ,oa
- Two years of almost unmihglea =
Y. went by; but the third year eonme' ,on as
9th some alarm for the health OF
ne "ans Twice had Hortense seen
draw handkerchief from his his l'ps, p,,.~ w
3 was as xerc nassed in coughing, until
,uTe m was exhausted, and the NOR, NOT,
on . i .leen sI found him drenched in the teri
''se' swaa,s which SO surely portend consa
sWc" na strupoIed against