New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1859-12-16

dozen beautiful and expensive dresses
! Oh, dear! it is too bad!" and MABEL
VINCENT leaned her head upon her
hand and wept.
From this painful reverie she was
aroused by ring at the door; it was
JOHN, her husbands clerk, who brought
a package from the store for Mrs. VIM
CENT. It contained the coveted blue
silk, with the rich trimmings she had
SO earnestly desired. Surprised and
delighted, MABEL carefully examined
the costly fabric, now throwing it over
a chair, and walking away the better
to mark its etfect-then standing be-
fore the mirror, she held the folds
around her form, and smiled to see how
becoming it would be to her clear COM
plexion and golden hair.
She had not finished admiring it when
her husband entered and she ran to him
eagerly, and would have expressed her
gratitude by loving embrace, had he
not repulsed her with the cold words,
II presume you would prefer more sub
stantial proofs of my love than silly
kisses, which mean but little; in future
you shall be gratifed." ..
And from that hour there was per-
ceptible change in the lives Of HARRY
and MABEL. Scarce a day passed that
some costly gift was not added to the
toilette and wardrobe of Mrs. VINCENT
jewels, suchas she had sighed to possess,
glittered upon her fngers-rich silks
were bought and made, and worn, with
out afording her the pleasure that she
used to feel IN her simple muslins and
ginghams. .. au
Ere long they left their little cottage
embowered in flowers and trees, for
stylish mansion, "up town,"-they gave
dinner parties, and soirees- they even
owned a carriage, and dashed proudly
by their old neighbors, the LAwREN-
cEs. .ram@"a
But was MABEL happy? Did the
longed-for wealth and it's numerous ap-
pliances yield her true happiness? All,
no! she wearicd, even to safety, of the
heartless show and ceremony by which
she was surrounded-she pined for the
quiet comfort which had been hers in
their cottage home, for then, HARRY
was all devotion to her; now he never
spent an hour of pleasant converse with
her-he had no time for that-he was
"man of the world" she a fashionable
lady"-he no longer called her "MA-
BEL" or "darling," it was "Mrs. Vim
cent" for she was the same cold and
naughty person to him, that she was to
the world, and if she smiled, twas as
she did all other things, a studied effort.
There were no more ringing laughs
heard. telling of alight and joyous heart.
All was cold and glittering, as an ice
berg in the sunshine. r......r
Meanwhile, there were some specula-
ton among the inhabitants Of the good
ly city; where dwelt our friends, as to
the sudden change in the life Of the
V1NcENrs. Some shook their heads
wisely and declared it boded no good;
they used to think Harry Vincent apru-
dent business man, and one we'll to-do
in the world, but he was getting to be a
sad spend thrift, and could not long
maintain such an extravagant style
Others limited plainly about his ill-be-
gotten gains; and neglected business;
until at last, the dreadful conviction was
forced upon MabePs mind, that her hus-
band, whom she had believed to be the
| very soul of honor, had sunk to the lev
ell of common gambler! Nor was the
kindred vice of intemperance long in
making him another victim. Night af-
ter night, would he enter his dwelling,
with blood-shot eye and flushed counte-
nance, tellingtoo plainly Of the mid
| night reyel. And poor Mabel would
weep bitterly over the ruin of his noble
manhood. Expostulation and entreaty
4 we're alike in vain. Her own hand had