, 1860-06-01
Romance In Hral Lff.--alarrted. d.
vOFccd Aud lkrIuarrac1.
IElpm The I!Qtun Tf.yr'tfl

A fcw .eaEa ago Young and beautiful lad,,
living not 4 thousand miles iron, Hast n, lsn
two euitors. one poor aud iho otter rich, t1,,.
latter having less f4vor in the e. cs If his mis-
srcss than his rival. And es il al, . u>n4IIv the
c4se'!n ~uch irs anees, 'he vnur < ia' VS. prefer
rncc con14cted with rlat Of her relatives and
friends, So decided were they IN sher opoasi
ton to a m ttch with the poor mech al c, and 70
|, ,ud in shriy praises Of the ulhcr that The ou"v
ady anai : consented 10 become ihe rich mans
wife. They lived huppi1y together. But ii TIE
progress OF Years reEetses camr: the best cal
cufafion1 cannot always put oil tnislurtures,
and her husband announced QUE day that i.
ts,lute had swept nwav his rrnp1ry. But b.
did net blow his hrAin~ out nor take poiern. NOR
did she 60 back 10 her mother. or rrr ret 'be dsy
she had ever married him. Ne. Bath were too
eensib'e 10 act SO foolshfy. lie spent n ,tw
days with creditors in arrang', r mat.erf, and
then th. cuuple moved 4way very quietly Ia
a week cEeryhu6y knew that Mr--had fuisra.
and = ~e.k later the RnskipR added to 1hrir
statements the TACT, {ior Il wonder y that he
had gone to California to try an0 ,epsir lis for.
tunes, leaving hls vile, with .wo ouuG Children,
with n etIs encu. h tor many years 10 come.
Ayc4r passed, aud Mrs. - heard from her
husband but ouee, and then only by IL few
lines, which acco0 panied a small rennttaacc-
and announced that his stay might 10 longer
than he anticipated.
Anutber gear went by, aud only one more
teiLtsp luis AsIoe suA VI QoSuese, AhA StatiHE
The period Of his retusn 8 i'll more inus finite :.
i Then came btsnk OF several years, With To
letter. ro money, no news Of 'ary kind from ler
husbaud.
Tie tongue Of scandal wes not +i!ent during
this peri.u of drubt, but every ci. cuustancr
rejecting on the fidelity Of the husband to tie
vie was magniGcd. ri she wna led to believe
hers.N ce-erted. Without naeups. she had to
denend On her friends for her snstenance.
Thrnwn occasionally into the society of her
former rejected Suto1 2rd oel,. Tux that be had
| remained si7gle tor b fake, ard hAvsng no:h.
isg to hope from her nn.a.lnE husband, she final.
" applied for, ard obtainei diro.cs en- the
gnuud Of d .strsior.
One eau imagine what her feelings we're when
she learned that hrr former luver mad never
s'nce his rrj -ct,on By ber, and her m 4r.1asr u
another, che'1stcd otoer feelings lot her thau
those Of friendship.
per disappointment was sharpcned with IN
guish shen, a few days at'er. she received !rt
ter from her hu:band, stating that he had n
last accumulated i lcr:unc bevoud his mos
s1nguios expectations, and w.s ,ben oa hi,
way home, with y closing request that ii,
Hould mrc' h'm 1t New York. She ra.5cret
from the letter that money bu4 b. en- rent he
| often du1iog those yea's. but which she ha,
| rever received. She knew her husband, il Il
tec,ioua:e, Vas also proud, ard ,he teared ,ha
be would never forki,e the sight involved il
the vet Of obtaining civorce. But she liball
resolved On full confession, and on tho ia
Of the arrival Of the steamer. she ~as the frs
10 greet her late husband, who. after hcar,n
4li the particula If her conduet siur'ng bi
eiveness. but hntly decided 10 overlook tn
| paat. With its mistakes and errora, md again n
cnmpaoied to the altar the otj:ct Of his carl
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