The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04

hearh smOethlnR oEek the tangteo mass OF
golden cafls from her white brown, and i'm
printing thereon a tender kiss, Frank How
| .rd begged to know what thus distressed HE
hearts idol. 49,.
Whoever !, wsA that said "ill news tray.
els on the wings Of the wind" should have
added, "snd scandal On the tail Of q comet,
., on link o: chain lightning" for IL,
speed is certainly beyond mortal's dull con
ceprion, and leaves entirely III The shade at
ideas Of retrogrode motion. 80 a. .'t,-
In ell communities there may be found
plenty Of low minded people who stand
ready to catch every circulating report de
rogatsry to q PERSONS character, having no
other business to attend to, and they never
wait for grnss to grow beneath their feet
until their injured party 10 made acquainted
with oil they have heard, and probably o.
much more that they have not heard.
sometimes wonder what sort Of employment
these news.trotters and scandal forgers
think they shall find to suit them when they
get to Heaven. They all expect to 90 the e,
Of course!
And 50 on the same evening that Charles
and Carrie Bland were discussing the bit Of
scandal circulated by Mrs. Hawks about
their, dearest and most intimate friends.
Frank and Emma Howard, we 6nd the lat.
ter young lady weeping in almost inconsola.
BILE grief over the same malicious tale which
some gossiping neighbOr had kindly repeat
ed to her. ....,...
"What is It. my own dsrling!" Frank
asked for the ninth time at least, before
Emma could swallow down the choking
sobs sufficiently to speak.
!. "Oh! 10 think it's going all over town tina,
you and qu,rre: like cats and dogss that
drive you of to the club room and gambling
saloons at eveningeb and then make myself
happy with other company; when we have
been so happy all through these two little
married years, and never spoke cross word
or thought cross thought of each other
oh, it's too bad" and again the tears gtsh.
ed forth.
"Who told you this. dear EmmaI Tel
me, and will Eft it to the bottom, If 1t costs
me all am worth"
"Mrs. Small told me this afternoon. She
said Mrs. Hawks told Mrs. CrowelI, ant
Mrs. Crowell told her lhis III III, ming, und .h.
could no; rest at ease unit knew it, be
cause she didn't believe 4 word Of it her
self" ........
"No, I'll warrant she didn't! Why die
) she wish TO trouble you with such stuff i
she didn't believe it!' why didn't she alta nc
to her Uwn business, II she has any to at.
tend to!" .. ... .....
Frank Howard had temper, when il was
up. q wouldn't give fig for person that
hudn't) and it was Row beginning to rouse
itself and justly too, in defence of his dar.
ling wife; who WAS dearer to him Than oil on
earth Besides. Had the aefuEiation besn oI
him alone he would not have cared; for
with tnanhood's stern nature to defend him.
he would defy i'll the Sc ndaI inventors that
ever cursed the earth with their presence
but that they should attack his wenK, de.
fcnceless vile, wus more than He could pa.
tient'y bear.
Pity more of his sex woGld not thus show
their love aud respect fdf the haPpiness ant
hohof Of ,heit helpless wives; then wouIt
the ranks of the deIamers Of female limo
cence soon be thnned.
II don't think Mrs. Small meant any
HARM" Emma said; IN extenuatioh Of he
informer. ..
"Perhsps she didn't, though she 'cOuldn'
test easy until sic had given you littl'
trouble. Mediums never do fest easy, o.
rather the spirit that sctuate them do not
whether good Of bad, and Mrs. Small 'sit
, on the fence ready to fall on either side
just as the inclination or circumstance d.
rects, ot just as the spirit moves Sh'
belongs to that peculiar. and rather too larG'
} class d females who afe neither good no
! bad. GGt compound Of both, nature givin!
the foft1er; snd society, teaching the latter
r bd, not especially iicltniug To either. the!
are borne along through the world the pup
| pets and fools Of habit and fortune; thei
+ actions are rsgGlated BY oPifion, not con
science they are good when there 10 no temp
i sstion to be otherwise! end easy victims {
the first soliciting 10 sSfl. Such persons b
they male or female, for there are sue
i. amonR my own sex, are fat riors dsngerou
) associates than those who are pOsitivel
II evil, and shew their true colors. because W
never know when we are safe 10 trustin
them. .sa. s.. .s..... ...
"But dry your tears, my darling Emma;
n will see Mrs. Hawks ere another twenty
four hours pass, and it she Is not made
o Eeat her own words, call me no husband;
+ and the tear drops were Kissed away iro'
the silken frinQes, ard from the depths {
!. those azure eyes the merry wrinkles wer
o soon dSAc,ng minuet to the sportive did
Q Piles Of the pretty mouth.
nj Emma Howard was one Of the pretties
d most bewitching, and lovabls little fem
o niues that ever Dame Nature took particu
: | Isr pridS in presenting to the world; and
/ complete her work. sEe had Sniled into he