Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-26

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"I wondsr,' said my sister Madelains, a
We sat together beside her open chamber win
dow, gazing out upoa as beautiful moonlight
night as could be coneeiysd o. g wonder n
!. st times there comes TO the heart Of every one
that longing Tor the rest and quiet promised rs
beyond the grave; and II there are moments in
the lives Of Al when they feel a. I do to-sight,
awsariness IS all earthly things, ana willing.
ness to lsy eAem down, and enter upon that un-
known hereafter.n - sisa - > IS ssia8va
Madelaine. .nI replied, issyou make me
shudder. What great sorrow can have passed
over your heart and hardened It 90 much a. to
make you spesk almost hlasphemya ;, can
recall the tine when Jon would have .chided
me for spesking such words in idle levity; yet
in sober seriousness you have uttered them
not rs my sister would once have spoken.
What can have happened since we parted to
have changed you 30 much You are not ut
all like Msdel.ine Of old. Why, j rsmember
father often said your laush was the. sound
which greeted him frstin the morning and lin
gered on his ear the last ut night. have been
with you nearly week wondering at, yet fear
ing to speak, Of the great change in your char
acter. Attimes you have even spoken harshly.
Never to You, Ellen; never TO you." she
NO, I" I said, shut the fact Of your making
me the exception, proves your consciousness Of
having done 20 at all. To-day, when Henry 8
cousin said to you, cousin Mzdeiaine YOU are
not looking we'll, il seems to me your manner
was offended, and your tone angry in reply.
Surely your husband's . wealth and position has
not induced you to forget our dear mother q
lessons Of pisty and loving kindness - ~
aAa Irum wx.u1s sx,n Al
appearing 20 have noticed my Last observation,
replied musingly, "You thought my manner
cross to Adele to-day. am sorry for this: IL
you noticed il, she must have done 80; yet Ii is
difficult for me, unaccustomed to the garb of
hypocrisy, nsysr to throw it aside. -
Never to throw il aside, echoed. "why,
Madeline, ever put II on! 1t Is false armor.
and he or she, Who fights beneath il, will rare,
ly, IL ever, prove victorious. There are no cir
eumstances which will ever excuse the exercise
Of il! There can be none in your case, which
will ever palliate it. / blush, to hear my once
frank-hearted, generous sister, plead guilty to
fault 50 foreign to her nature.h 81 S.si. - !,
Madsline here interrupted me by convnIssd
sobbing, which alarmed me 90 much I was yery
glad to soothe her into quiet, and We parted
for the night, without having obtained any clue
to the cause Of her unhnppiness sdsterfniued
however, TO keep an Observing eve upou an.
and endeavor to still the angry waves, ere they
become unmanageable. l fsa - - = 81
Madeline bad been the wife Of Mr.. Lorraine
but nine months. He had visited our village
when she Was just budding into beauty, such
rs he would have searched for in vain smonest
the bellies Of his city life. My father, though
in moderate circumstances, had given us All
advantages Of An accomplished, as wen a. use,
ful education, and so fitted us to take our posi-
tion as the wife Of any gentleman in the land.
Mr. Lorraine found no difficulty in winning
m "a Ioxo ri <<<,r q. a.
their marriage i was absent from home du-
ring his visit, and only returned in time to
perform my allotted part Is bridesmaid In the
brief time allowed me before Madeline's mar.
riage for observing her future husband, I cav
his master passion was Pride-pride Of birth,
|o- talents, and position-was unmistskably
written upon every iineament Of his handsom
face Yet, i saw too, that he loved my sister
with Devotion, not often met with in this
uOrk-a-day world OF ours, and trusted IL vas
strong enough to shield her from all evil She.
too, had her faults, but with them all, he might
well be delighted 30 have won her, Often have
heard lin tell her, he was glad she had es-
capped the evils Of q city life, and how much
purer and fresher she seemed, than lsdies Of her
own age, brought up IN the artificial form and
Conventional rules Of fashionable soc ety.,e5lS
Tney were married, and he took her from
our cOEparstively humble home to his own
more stately mansion, 10 install her as its mis-
tress At irst the spirit Of Msdeiine's letters
told OF heart full Of happiness,-then here
seemed change to come over them,--thsn .
pause IN her regular communications, and 4
letter from Mr.. Lorraine, apprizing Ms she
Was not wall, but Ws observed after she again
resumed her pei, her letters seemed constrain-
ed and cold. 1--1A< 80 - -
A family council was held ut home. and I
uss instructed to accept the oft-rep eated inyi-
taton to pay Madelaine q visit, and endeayor
tstiscoyer what had occurred to bring about
I found, after ny arrival at her home. that
shs had indeed altered very much. There
seemed z forced cheerfulnsss at times. and
wbsn she did not think herself observed, Z
vugied, anxious expression would feet across
hss face rhieh told all'was not right within:
mr. LOrraine was absent upon business and had
been 30 for some ten days previous to my coming
His cousin, Adele Rochester, bad been spend-
ing some months With my sister, and stiIl re-
manned. There was . something about this
lady which, from my frst intfodaction TO her,
did not please me, and yet 1t seemed almost
impossible to point out any fault either lin
-nanner OF appearance. She bore q slight re-
semblance to Mr.. Lorraine. The same scorn-
ful expression 1ipgsred around khs lips to q
more unpleasant degree than with him. but
when she smiled her mouth never assumed the
sweetness which played around his Yet she
was beautiful, and had q fascination about her
"estl nv eot3 ufoo No 08Q 006 0D0D
prepossesssd against her, - ssnl..a - ~ f'Sss.
Night after night had resolved the mater
over in my mind, trying 70 discover why I
should connect the idea Of my sistsrs evidsnt
unhappiness With Adele. - GlrT4'1T !,
Upon the ninth day Of my visit q letter came,
bearing tidings Of Mr. Lorrains's return n the
evening. I watched my sisters countsnasce
closely while reading il, and heard with sor-
row the deeply bresthed sigh when she con
einded- L glanced at Adele, and faneied the
scornful upper lip euried still moro scorpfuIly
as my sister rose and said "Mr. Lorraine
expresses pleasure. Ellen, at the idea Of meet
ing you he viii be here this evening
" am glad TO hear it,v I replied. hopinr
that, when he came, i might obtain some cIoe
70 what was going on xround me. Evsnine
ome, but Mr. Lorraine came not with II: ar3
must hsys been very late in ths nixht uhsn
j heard the noise and hustle attspianr puon
bis arrival With the 6rst dawn Of dsy / -
swske, anxiousiy thinking Of meeting hin, e
though sight Of him alone we're 70 tell me ali
i wished 10 know - 4. 5,,.,..s, = =, -
At last the bsll sunnoned rs to the break.
fast room; and itwss with almost dread
altered it Of seeing any ch sngs Of feeling In
bis manner toward Madeline. - ~.
He rose as entered, extended his hand, and