The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-04-06

tions might bo usked, and ioferenoes drawn
prejudicial TO bis standing In no evil
hour, under distress Of mind and strong
temptation. tho young man made false
entry, which enabled him to abstract two
hundred dollars from the funds Ct the
! bank.
/ That was only the beginning of series
of detalcations, which ran through many
yeeIs, before the expOsmo came which al.
why's follows such crime 1t was easier
now to supply the extravagant demands Of
his wife, whose annual wardrobe, and bills
for iewelry, for which she had that pas.
sion which is characteristic ofweak minds,
almost reached the full amount Of his sal.
airy.
But the enu rame at last. Ono morn.
ing, seven years from The day Of their
marriage, Nr. and Mrs. Blakoly wero
about leaving for the opera, when the bell
was rung violently, Mr. Blakely started
and turned pale With sudden present..
tnent Of evil.
What is the matter nsked his wife,
Who saw the singular change in his coun.
tenance.
Mr.. Blakely did not answer, but stood
listening towards the door. Mems voices
were now heard, and the tread Of heavy
feet along the passage. There was rtart
and hurried movement by Blakely then
he stood still, ae If rivited to tho spot
Who are they? Wha. is the meaning
Of this asked Mrs. Blakely in alarm.
AT tho same moment two men entered the
room,
You are arrested, said one Of them on
n charge Of defalcation.
Mrs. Blakely shrieked, but hcr hus.
band stood still and statue like. his face
Of an ashen hue.
George, George2 This is false, ,exclaim.
cd Mrs. Blakely, recovering herself You
could not stoop to crime
II is true, be answered In q low, and
despairiDg voice, Then laying one Of his
fingers on the diamond pin that glittessd
on her bosom, he added, speaking to her
alone.
You gsiue4 that at the price Of your
husbands dishonor You demanded it. I
demonstrated. and said I could not afford
80 costly an ornament. You repeated
your demand, and l, weak fool that I was
permitted the contraction Of debt that
could only be cancelled by dishonest means.
I thought, when I married you, thnt had
obtained wife whose virtues might help
me upward on the way to Heaven, but
you have proved only a tempting fend
dragging me daily nearer and nearer the
brink Of destruction, over which I now
fall to hopeless ruin. have robbed the
bank but it was for you
Then turning 10 the officers he said, in
p calm voice
am at your service.
The words Of her husband had stunned
Mrs. Blakely. Ere she recovered herself
he was gone. She never saw him after.
wards. That night he passed to his &C.
connt before higher tribunal than an
earthly one, and she wes left in poverty
and disgrace.
The story is one Of every day life.
George Blakely is the representative Of
class. Not all Of them rob banks. or de.
fraud their employers. But all Of them.
to support idle. eItravagant wivsa in cost.
ly establishments-costly in comparison
with their means-spsnd more than their
earnings or profits, and fail In the end to
pay their just obligations.
A modern young lady, fashionably ed.
ucated, and with modern notions Of style,
fashion and domestic equipments, 10 alto.
gether too costly an article for a young
man of small means or moderate salary.
Diamond pins, rich silks and laces, rose.
wood furniture, six, seven, eight or nine
hundred dollar houses, operas, balls, fash.
ionable parties, Saratoga and Newport,
and success in business, are altogether out
of the question. If young men would unite
the latter and matrimony, they must look
into another circle for wives. A girl who
is independent enough to earn her own
living as teacher or with the needle. ID
wife worth g score Of such butterflies of
fashion and rising young man, who
has only his industry to rest upon for sue
cess in life, is a fool to marry any other.
Useful industry is always honorable. and
difference Of sex makes no difference in
this particular.
New MODE OF WHEAT CuLrURg.--A
writer in the Genesee Farmer says that