Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-10-18


pressed her, and calling up her ssweeles
smiles. sbe spoke ,cbeerfully Of their fu
lure, and bade him forget that she ,ha
ever entertained a fear. ss 81, = III k,',.4
.''Ah. now my brilliant star of,loye be
gins to shine out from. the, encirclini
yapors! Let the gentle @zephyrss dispers
Them, my darling, and when ! return 7
claim my bride. let me find her radian
Iiu her own unapproaehable loyeliness. :
And with one long kiss, which had tb
warmth ifnot ihe calmness Of sincerity. h
left her.rr e,ii,..,,,,, .u......, u.
/, Dear Harryr' she murmured, as tn
door closed; s.he is SO enlhusiaslic--hi
spirits are so airy! Shall ] tyer be abl
10 realize all his unbounded anticipations?
$50 Harry had been a. ga, youlh=7-a wor
shipper at various shrines long ere he hac
seen Margaret Walters. That he had beer
twice before engaged. she was well aware
and from his own confession, she had ,
dim consciousness not only that his i'm
pulses were wayward and inconsistent, bu
that his standard ofwifely perfectidn was
raised to ran'almost airy height. and tha
any failure to reach it would bs yer,
likely to be visited with the severe punish
ment Of indifference and neglect, Was j,
any wonder that even her perfect and un,
falterIpg devotion was dimmed by "a
shadow of self-dslrust? II. s!desHIaN 10
Il. But, her bridesmaids entered-a bevy OF
praltling., excited girls, intent upon the
festal decoralions-acd her sober thoughts
were banished'by tile array Of bridal tiiery
which WAS spread out before her. An
hour later, Harry knocked again at the
door, and this Time she met him with glow
ing, Happy smiles.
e ''Isn't She beautiful? isn't she superb?"
was the cry of the excited maldens, as
Harry stood regarding her with feryent
':She is more than beautiful; she is .di-
vine!" was his earnest exclamation.
"ls it my teauty, then. that he wor-
ships?" thought Margaret, sadly. go,
frail, ,2flai tenurey by which ID hold so way
ward a,heart!" ....7 eli "A ,l.g. ,ti
But his glance was so fond, so fervent,
the pressure of his hand SO re-asSuring,
and above all, she loued him SO, that SHE
resolucly dispeiIed the doubt, and taking
his proffered arm, descended to the draw
ing-loom. lg8 etaa .ar SIDE ,7-.narG
"A crowd ID admiring, guests echoed
the praises OF her beauty; but the rosy
blush which cleaned through the midst
of the bridal veil, was not the blush OF
sraifed vanity, a pureb holier feeling
warmed, her herrt, and sent the llefcurt
rent in sparkling ediies to her face The
VOWS were spoken, the marriage blessing
pronounced, and Harry st. Legere pressed
his lips TO those Of his happy, unresisging
BRIDE. gai7 st1J al ,%ai5l..s siI i1
Two arsahad passed. and Margaret
was another now. A dim niyht-lamp,
burning in her nursery cEsmber, revealed
the still proud and beautiful woman beni-
ing fondly and tenderly over the s,;owy
nest which, held herdailing t,easure. Hot
tears we're falling fast over its innocent,
sleeping face and with frantic anguish the
mother pressed the baby-lorm 10 her ach :
ing healt.
For the first six months after marriage,
Harry had been astender and devoted as
the most exacsing affection could desire;
then slight ccoluess became apparent in
his manner, but Margaret thought, .sThe
husband has a more constant drain upon
his love than the suilor. one must nor ex
pest him to be punctiIlous little things"
aud with true womanly magnanimily, she
redoubled her quiet. unobt' usive ,endeav-
ors TO please him, and render his home
worthy TO be still the sacred temple ofhis
affections. But strive as she might, she
could not disguise the too apparent fact
that his interests and affections We're grad
uallv becoming qalienated. and his fancy
beginning to roam. Sorrowfully sne con
suited her mirror. TO know if her personal
attractions were decayinS. and turned
away to weep bitter, bitter tears. Stilla
warm hope fingered lin her heart; there
would come \ lime surely when this cruel
injustice would be repaired. and with tile
birth Of her babe, her heart leapetl up to
meettne longed-fnf endearments OF her
husbands love-. Her expectations were
partly realized. Holding his fair boy in
hi, arms. AMI looking upon the pale, suf-
fering, but still beautiu uI face Of lis mother.
Harry would have been less than human
If His heart had not l. HE'D with some
thing Of ths OLD itme .;ebd,rness. essidur
o( But even this was transient, ,Marga-
ret's health was delicate, and her motheIiy
cares confined her tnuch at home, and
Harry. gay rover that he was, could not
deprive ihimselfof society for her sake
With noble self-sa :rifce. she fbade him
leave herIif il was his pleasure, and waited
his coming many wealy night to wei
come him with smile But that day The
idle Word 0fa chance caller had sped like
an envenomed arrow 10 the heart ,s.,B
you seen the beau iful Miss Nor
gan yet?"' inquired Miss Ashley, a Young
lady who had been III other days a disap.
pointed rival 81 Margaret. s"Shesis per-
lectIy superb, just in your old style pre-
,cisely; only all the gentlemen say she is
the most faulilessly beautiful creature thai
ever slrayed from Paradise. | heard Mr..
st. Legere say last evening that she Vas
certainly from the seventh heaven of tile
prophet. FOR such magni6uenllya regal
beauty could belong only toa hour. You
knn,v ha ia aIuavs, o., aYtrnvatyant in his