The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-08

I we're involved IN the pfeNalllns rum ,hhu
found themselves vsrging on bankruptcy
"ee ~ good heart, Iialphw said hii wife,
there Is bread 10 lh's great world ior all
| Our fine large house. our servants and our
carriages are not absolutely necessary ~ our
happiness, We can do ~ others do--liys with
out them, and thf children, Ralph this les
son Of sdyersily may be for their welfare
take comfort Ralph there Is plenty u that
lefi for uS IN the world, II cur wealth ha.
{ flown awey"
"feE. answered her husband, as he clasp
ed her haad and drew her 10 him, "fes,
there I. neysrhillng comfort here, Lucy !
God be praised for having given me one 30
'meot {. help ms both In Joy and sorrow.
wealth or poverty"
You should have foreseen this crisis" re-
marked the wife Of DoydsIl, "and not allowed
your children 10 be brought to beggsry NJ
their age, When just entering on lie feHpeus-
es ars Unavoidable. unless indeed they be ed
uealsd - lhs laboing ehalles, which idea
may be worth your wise consideration now
She ceased wish sneer on hsr face.
turesoms With their NANCY" she remarked
the Brovnil r., Tor ins,anee--and the Smiths
NilhdreW In time, aud Lionel BlaBdan told
me that you had no one 10 blame but your
self and that your caidrsn might thank you
aud yourself only, u starvation werS their
fate
In mercy cease" replied the husband, cor
! you will drive mo mad"
/ II mast put your conduct fairly before
| your syes-.t is my duty" she replied.
Then reserve il until am likely to APP
prssa,s your effort At the performance % the
dYt,." he answered bitterly.
Poor "Duiy" How drsadfally is she nis.
hsndlsJ by these sse~tis danes. "lG il du.
y!7-and under that plea many a harsh
tTuIh is uttered. ut 10 duty 80 Gays
ths oyer.striet iseiplnauan, aud cold stern
words are driven forth 70 trSnblr on an
oysr-w worked aud reariSd brain. ut !, du-
" :" covers Ihs Cruel rvbuke and the severe
r,joiuder. l, may be "duiy" To speak
plainly aud boldly somrtimes-but IL IL also
u duIy to choose the opportunity whsn the
the wounded heart by repetition oi tho We
~ truth, which, silently recognized, are gal-
,ug il already.
Boydsll kheW quite we'll that he m ght
haze ioreseen and partially have provided for
,he melancholy event which had taken place.
Ills eonseisnce approached him bitterly To-
oarvlsssness and raslness, and his vifvs wordt
we're not needed to add to'the selEreproaeh,
which, lett to itself, might have worked some
good, 10y producing quiet determination to
abide by the moru sober eouusels Of Ralph
,n future, for Ralpls voice had been lifted
against the very speculation vh,sa had eaus.
cd the j.;at failure o. the brothers
Frvuvd--snd galled-and wesried of life
.nd ! e., struggled, Boydcll know not With.
or I" turn ior comfort aud consolation. III.
father had been gathered 10 the dead Li,
bro,her' Bo!drll Was too proud to bctra,
his lack Of domestic peace TO himj his child
rem initiating the bad example OF the mother
turned against him, aud instead OF clustering
round him, in the hour of woe, openly blam.
cd him 70. the course he bad adopted.
4, last his mind, torn by thousand con-
dieting Sorrrovs gave way a lunatir nsy lum
became his home, while his wife and children
dragged on life Of misery, supported by the
mere charity Of relations,
Far differently fsred Ralph. In the hum
hr cottage on the outskirts of the towa
where he now dwet--a smile always vel
coined him when he came home from tho
cily's toll aud din, tired with the business Of
the day, hcart.Sick with its dhapro'n,mentsj
rest peace and happiness awaited him in that
'1i,,J home. His childrcn-druwing thelr
tone from that good wife and mother
thought only how they could soothe the
tired wandcrrr who had returned to them
and pako him forget in the placid JOY of tn,
present, the misery Of the past.
"Ralph," said his wife one day. IL voull
: rehabilitation -asAi -hecame-Nour --wiie.=
i, There is an eorncstness in this quiet life Of
strict utility which is lost in the gidcd DAY,
of wealthy splendor. am as happy here
Ralph, as If you placed mo in a palaec--hAp
pier indeed ----'
, iiu Supp" wv IN "' '''Ne" N''"bH '"''
her gentle face.
"Not happier, Lucy" he added, "no
happier, d,dr wife-your nature would carr,
bliss us perfect as this world can bestow int,
any phase of life--not happier, Lucy, but al
happy either here, or there, or any where OF
I eurth-as happy rs such a kindly heart n
/ yours can, and should, aud will be any where.
Ralph lived to old age his hair Was whit,
and his step tottering--hut the heart anC
mind were firm still. His children wer,
married, or otherwise settled in the world
| potency only to the lot of others.
But soryow--kccn sorrow, now frll or