The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-04-06

nlng, Scfeu years IOIl the Gay Oh snelT
marriage, Mr.. and Mrs. Blakely were
about leaving for the opera, when the bell
was rung violently, Mr.. Blakely started
and turned pale with sudden PRESENT.
ment Of evil.
What is the matterl7 asked his
wife; who saw the singular change in his
countenance.
Mr.. Blakely did not answer, but stood
listening at the door. Mems voices were
now heard, and the tread of heavy feet
along the passage There was a start
and hurried movement by Blakley; then
he stood still as if riyited 10 the spot.
"Who are theyl what is the meaning
Of this n asked Mrs. Blakley in alarm
Al the same moment two men entered
the room.
You are arrested" said one Of them,
''on charge Of defalcation."
Mrs. Blakley shrieked, but her husband
stood still and statue like, his face Of an
ashen hue.
George! George! This is false" ex-
claimed Mrs. Blakley, recovering herself.
"You could not stoop to crime"
alt is true he answered in q low and
despairing voice. Then laying one of his
fingers on the diamond pin, that glisten-
ed on her bosom, he added, speaking to
her alone
"You gained that at the price Of your
husbands dishonor! You demanded it.
i demonstrated, and said could not af-
ford 30 costly an ornament. You repeat
cd your demand, and i, week fool that |
was, permitted the contraction Of n debt
that could only be cancelled by dishon-
est means. | thought when | married
you, that | had obtained wife whose
virtues might help me upward toward
Heaven, but you have proved only n
tempting ficnd, dragging me daily nearer
and nearer the brink of destruction, over
which now fall to hopeless ruin. i have
robbed the bank, but il was for youw
Then turning TO the officer he said in a
calm voice
81 am at your service"
The words Of her husband had stunned
Mrs. Blakely. She never saw him after
wards. That night he passed TO his ac-
count before higher tribunal than an
earthly one, and she was left in poverty
and disgrace.
The story is one of every day life.-
George Blakley is the representative of a
class. Not all of them rob banks or de-
fraud their employers. But all Of them
70 support idle. extravagant wives and
costly establishments-costly in compari-
son with their means-spend moro than
their earnings of their profits, and fail in
the end TO pay their just obligations.
A modern young lady, fashionably
educated, and with modern notions Of
style, fashion and domestic equipments,
is altogether too costly an article for
young men of small means or moderate
salary. Diamond pins, rich silks and
laccs, rosewood furniture, six, seven, eight
or nine hundred dollar houses, operas.
balls, fashionable parties, Saratoga and
Newport, and success in business, are al
together out of the question. If young
men would unite the latter and matri-
mony, they must look into another cir
Gle for wives. A girl who is indepen-
dent enough TO earn her own living as a
teacher or with the needle, is n wife worth
n score Of such butterflies Of fashion; and
rising young man, who has only his in
dustry TO rest upon for his success in life,
is fool 10 marry any other. Useful in
dustry is always honorable, and differ
cnce Of sex makes no difference in this
particular.