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

the arms with grip which her anger made
like iron. Blow after blow reddenvd the
little face and neck, and. the sharp finger.
nails sunk into the child's nesh as She pull
cd her along the ball With shake and
push that sent the little thing reelng
against shelf, she pushed Marion into a
dark pantry and locked the door. h'L"q o
ng'The chid's screams attracted Bertha.
who was in another part OF the ground.- =
Fearing some dreadful accident had hap
pened, she flew to the house, and on en-
tering the hall the whole was explained
. by her mother-iu-aw's face, the, bgoken
iowcrs, and the shrek from the closet
With bound she reached the door, turned
4 the key, and seized Marion, who was al
most IN eonvulsions from pain aud terror of
the darkness. Without a word She carried
the child to her chamber, where her hus-
baud was soon attracted by the continued
crying. dri s|l a aal
What is the matter, Bertha I? asked
Cecil. l4a.al -au .HfL '
Nothing, except that your mother has
nearly Killed the child, was the reply, as
she sun gazed in Marions face, aud walked
hurriedly up aud down the room with her
in her arms endeayoriug to quiet her. 1t
was long while before the shreks subsided
into soba, aud the little thing sunk into a
ievered sleep. s#.ga' 9
Cecil had paced up aud down the room
beside Bertha in her hurried walk, not dar-
| ing to ask a question, as he saw her stern,
white face ''-.7
Cecil Hamilton she SAID at last, as she
turned upon her husband, like an angry Ii.
| oness, your mother aud 1 eau live together
no longer. You must choose now between
her, aud me and your child. h You ceased
to love me years ago, 50 suppose your
preference is soon made. thought that
when my baby was bora that you must love
me, but was mistaken. 1t was no little
thing, Cecil Hamilton to wreck my happi.
ness SO carelessly you did, but your moth.
er has ever stood between us. My ehild's
temper has not been made as irritable as
niue has become through her presence;
and if she ever touches Marion again. |
give you no choice for a decision--for l take
ner and leave your house,
But what was the matter to-day, Ber-
tina 2 asked her husband, in a voice which
differed very much from his usual monchaLant
tone. "sti -' ' '''.'
Look there, and there ? was the reply,
as the mother barred little Marion's Shout
der, and pointed to the cheek aud arms, OF
which the marks of Mrs. Hamilton's fin
gers still fingered. Marion was to blame,
| have no doubt; bnt / was the proper per
son TO punish her, in suitable manner.-
Had she been shut up in that dark closet
five Minutes longer, she might have been an
idiot for life.'
The fathers brow grew dark as he listen
| ed. In Bertha'S excitement the whole sto'
try of her trials with her mother-in-law was
poured iuto her husbands ear, the more
readily, perhaps, that he had never evinced
SO much interest in them before. I' ~
But, Bertha l never susp5cte all this ~
he said at last. Il have doue wrong inlet
ting my Incidence and love of peace soiong
close my eyes to your TROUBLES. l have
been accustomed all my life to being ruled
by my mother without knowing the fact,
lperhaps, and was really afraid that my
wife was becoming irritable aud unaimiable
without a cause, little thinking how much
You had to annoy You aogI faIu., iaHt sG
ai / could have borne it all.i she had only
left me, your love, Cecil; but to take that,
too 2 aud here Bertha burst into a passion.
ate fit Of weeping, brought on by her hus-
bands change of manner, for had she not
been sure that he now heartily, sympathzed
with her, her, old pride would have forbid
den her to regret to him love that was
lost vr lsta s'all7s uG ua.gIfs rs eioln
My poor little wife you love me yet, a;
much as when we were first married, anC
so happy, do you notp and Cecil imprinted
a tender kiss ON her forehead, as she lay
sobbng on the bed where she had at las
placed Marion,,n,' n .ta., i g.....a h
l. Bertha threw her arms around her ihus
\ bands neck, and amid tears and blIsheS sht
confessed how unhappy his indifference lhaC
made her sand blamed herself more thar
she need have done for the domestic trou
Die, declaring that she saw that il was onb
her pride and haagn'y temper that haf
eau ed it all. ,.r, ..,,..',... i. ~. irs,.. ~.
l1l Mrs. Hamilton was herself alarmed at
the effect of her violence, as little Marion
continued her screaming after being Carried
to her mothers room and SHE was about
following to make what amend She could
when she saw her son so into the chan5er
She awaited his return with much impa
Hence, and when an hour passed by and b.
did not make his appearance, she felt tha
, he was no longer under her authority, tha
her Kingdom was divided alreaily. Thu
fact combined with the events of plle day
and Bertha's independent disposition, mad
her determine to uccept from a bdchelo
brother, who had returned from India bu
a short time previously an Invitation t
take charge OF his house. s.,s hi. A ba4
l.. Cecil and Bertha in the meantime Beri
debating as to the kindcst mode of asking
Mrs. Hamilton to leaves BertbaY with 1
sudden revulslon Of feeIipg, caused by be-
happiness, having IN vain endeayqted tC
persuade her husband to let her remain. -
But he was inaexible. Cecil Hamilton nov
understood beth wife and mother too wei
to see much chance for happiness, and h
had suffered too much for tour years TO ab'
: willing to run another risk. wsye
They did not all meet again till dinner
time, when Mrs Hamilton said she bad re
ceived another letter from, her brother tha
morning, renewing his request for her q
live with him, and that she had already