The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-12-08
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THE WHFE's FEES FAKE

So. - :"
few minutes, Margaret Hale entered the apart
ment, where her husband sat, wholly absorbed
in poring over day books and ledgers.
"These tiresome accounts stillH' she excaim
ed. g"Will you ever find time for anything but
business, Ralph? Have you no taste for any
thing but fgures?" -. 49, ,- ...--...
Margaret" but the sadness in that tone was
uaheeded, as she continued sa
ave had such a charming evening at Mrs.
G.'s.@ Captain Hill related many interesting in
ciients in Egypt, and Mr.. Warren, the famous
young poet, read MAUD" +" and some the mos
beautiful passages in "Aurora Leigh" Imust
read to you some of Romney's "Great Thoughts
on Duty.' '''4 '''....
She went hastily to her chamber for the vol
ume. When she returned, her quiet entrance
was unheard by her husband, whose pen was
rapidly moving over the almost undermtnable
columns offigures. With an expression Of i'm
patience, almost Of scorn, resting on her face,
she hastily turned away. l--#
"And tn is is the end of all my dreams OF
marriage" said she, as she reached her ROOM
'He has a taste for drudgery. His pursuits are
all common place, and must 60 from home to
find the sympathy | need, to find those who
will appreciate, with me- books I love, and the
beautiful in art, for which he has neither eye
nor ear. Why did he not marry a woman who
had neither heart nor mind to be continually
unsatisfed?''
In the room she had left, Ralph Hale sat,
hour after hour, till his brain was weary, and
his eyelids drooped. Then, laying aside his
books, he remained long time in deep thought.
"God bless my Margaret" he prayed, "and
give me strength to bear all things. Give me
power to make her happy"
Putting far away all thoughts OF her hus-
bands real nobleness Of character Jealousy pre-
serving the memory of every slight difference
in their tastes and pursuits. Margaret cherish
ed the spirit Of discomfort, till embittered cy-
cry hour her life, and sent suffering she never
dreamed of to the heart Of her husband, who
would gladly have sacrificed every earthly good
for her happiness. il& p 1ai17ah %
Asudden and severe sickness came to her,
while Ralph was in distant city, A.
One day during her slow recovery, the aged
minister who had baptized her in infancy, was
setting by her side.
Margaret he said, after stead 6stly watch.
ing her troubled face, ''you are very unhappy
l have seen it long time. I should not recog
nize in you my once cheerful, happy child
May / know what great sorrow has come to
you." eEl -
Then, with sobs and tears, she told him al
her unhappiness. ..g,.,l M
| After short silence the old man'spoke again
and there was sadness, almost sternness in his
voice. !.t"t
"Y ears ago, Margaret, wealthy New York
merchant became inyolvel in q speculation
whose failure Suddenly took from him the &C.
cumalated wealth Of his years ofcomnerciaten
terprisc.e There were d .iew years Of weary yair
struggling to regain what he had lost; then deel
despondency, arlingering disease, and death
His wife and four children were 1eft penniless
The child, p boy ofsixteen, had finished his pre-.
paratory studies, and was about to enter college
By this stroke,e be found his prospects for th'
future clouded; but with a noble elf-iorgetftll
ness, he turned cheer fully into the way marked
out for him, and walked resofutely in It. 0'-
'"He obtained q situation. with merchant who
had known his father, where his hithfulness
and untiring devotion to his duties, won the
confidence Of all who knew him, During the
first year or her widoMhood, his mother had
taught .aopriSats, soheOhfer1ssung ladies, and it
was the boysas highastsambition to relieve he,
sfthisnscsssityS give hsrths rest her iee.
Die health teqafrsd + cannot tell yo5di yodi iii hil
.PIiyations, his wiling sacrifice q eyergsrecgea,
tlonsh AcQHtinsed salEdeaid, thatahemishi
tighten the burdens Of those 50 dear to him. 2