The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-10-26

security, and ssdulously sought for one
of the right description. AT every party
where he was invited, at every sewing cir
cle---at every knot, of factory girls in
which he mingled in the summer even
ings, he tried bis art, but without success.
At last when on the point of despairing,
accident gave what he had failed in OBJ
| tanning by earnest seeking
| A Acknowledgements to bacheloric
peace as edge tools are to careless hands
of the inexperienced-came to the village
on visit. The weeds had not been re-
moved that marked the bereavement, and
the merest touch of melancholy rested on
her brow; but her eyes was laughing, and
sweet curl strayed under and lay a
chiseled eddy upon the marble of her
cheek.
Martin met the widow Mt the residence
of friend, and liked her. He had new
er met a woman so progressing, he
thought. But she had buried one hus-
band, and that YVES rather drawback
One visit led to another, the liking still in
cronsng until he had preached the subject
of biology, with wish, foryently that this
might be the woman he sought. She
vas fully acquainted with it, and in an
swer to his question ifshe was susceptible
to its influence, she replied that she didn't
know--but was willing to have the fact
tested "1 '"lt .G''5 -'f "'."H
What n position for Martin. Seated
by her side on sofa, with her hand laid
in his, her rich dark eyes resting upon his
with lock equal to that which the wild
ow Wadman poured into those of the un-
suspecting Toby in the stiffness of sum
mar evening. But science held him &C.
cure, and his nerves were calm as the
summer day of that evening. Bye aud
bye the beautiful lids dropped, the head
bent gently forw ard, and the widow, with
q sweet smile on her lips fell aslenp. Mar
tin could have shouted Eureka in his
delight st the discovery. Now his pulse
quicked, and he stopped to kiss the lips
that lay unrcsisting before him--but lbs
didn't.
BY the exercise of bis power he now
awakened her, and she was much surpris-
ed al being caught mapping, and biushed
more when Martin told her how he had
been tempted, and how gloriously he had
resiste.l; and laughed little when she
slapped his cheek with her fingers as he
took lay from the widows lips for his
self-deniaI, and went home half crazy with
joy at his new-found treasure, moro like
boy Of nineteen than matured gentle
HAN of forty.
Every light found him visitor at the
widows end every aight the success OF the
science was proved, until by mere look
oil wave of the hand, the beautiful widow
becsme tams subject to his will, and he
became at the same subject of hers
She WAS such splendid creature tool
You would not find in a long journey an
other fairer or more virtuous. The ques-
ton might be asked. which magnetism
was the most pleasant or most powerful,
his or hers. But he thought only OF his
own, not dreaming that he was in a spell
more powerful, that was irrequivoeably
binding him. What could an old bach
elor know of such tnlng:
This state of things grew to crisis at
last, and Martin formally proposed to the
widow that the two should be made one
by the transmut.tion of the church. 10
this she assented, and it WIS announced
soon after to the astonishment of all, that
Martin had married the widow Good
The pun.ter of the village made notable
pun about Good Speed, at which people
laughed very much and the editor OF one
of the papers, who was ye:y funny man,
put it in print.
1t happened shortly after the marriage,
that they had a famous party, and some
of the guests bantered Martin about his
marriage, upon which he told them of the
manner in which it came about. Ihey
were a little incredulous, and he voiun-
tesred to give them specimens OF his re-
markable power over his wife. She was
in another room attending to some female
friends. when he called her to him. She
came obediently, and he asked her to SIT
down, which she did.
He took her hand and looked into her
ewes to put her to sleep. Her eyes were
wide open, and lurking spirit of mischief
looked out of them broadly into his. He
waved his hands before them, but they re-
manned persistently open. He bert the
force of his will to their subjugation, but
it was no use.
"Mr. Speed" said she, laughing, 81
don't believe the magnetism off husband
is equal to that of lover, or perhs ps SCI
ence and matrimony are at war .
She said this il manner to awaken o
strong suspicion in bis mind that she had
humbugged him, and had never been put
to sleep al all. His friends-as friends
always will when they fancy poor fellow
has got into a hobble-laughed at him
and told the story all around the village.
For months he was the object of sport to
everybody. People would make passes
at each other as he passed, and women
would shut their eyes and look knowing.
Rrt whether his power was gone or not,
bars remained; and he cared not a fig for
their tl laughing, for he was happy in the
beautiful spell of affection which sue threw
around him, and which bound him as a
.b.;, of flowers. The attempt to smut her