Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-31

e Lorimer himself was an admirable host,
$ so kind and skilltul in his kindness that
D even |, predisposed to nervous shyness of
him, soon felt at ease. Nor must it be
: supposed that there was any failure of
). outward respect toward his wife; he never
O avoided addressing her or referring to
t her opinion whenever it was natural to
e doso; but it was the averted or chilling
look, the tones untouched by an accent
). of tenderness, from which [ drew my
: conclusions. How different from the
II Wedding morning! thought [; ay, one
/ part of the prohecy was sfulfilled-the hot
s love was cold enough now.
:. i was very glad when dinner was over,
[ and we rose to retire to the drawing
e room, and still more so when Mrs. Wv
e ian announced that she Was under the
: painful necessity of leaving us for an
j hour or so, to make arrangements for her
G departure ON the morrow .5 ..
v l Was very anxious now to- question
E Isabel, but found such was not her pre-
sent intention.
: "Let lis 60 to the nursery she said;
y always see the babies put to bed.
:; However, when we reached the nur-
r Isery, we found the children asleep, for
! dinner had been later on my account,
and the nurse was vigorous about ex-
tinguishing them at the appointed hour.
III had feared Isabel would have been a
careless mother; but as | watched her
leaning over her babes, the tears gather
ling in her eyes as she gazed at them, L
felt ashamed of my involuntary injus-
tice. The baby lay in her bassinet-
which was in that state of high toilet
common now days to those charming
receptacles it's cherub face flushed
in healthy sleep, and one fat rosy fist
pushed against the tiny mouth. Lily,
in her little white bed, pale and motion
less, looked like some lovely pieceS OF
monumental sculpture [ saw some deep
passionate feeling was yelling up in Isa-
bef's heart as she stood by her side, and
presently turning from her, she dismissed
the servants down stairs, saying to me,
in forced tone of carelessness You
and [, dear aunt, will keep watch for a
little while. | like sometimes to spend
Il quiet hour with them thus. ~
We were hardly alone before her self
command gave way; she sank on her
knees by the child's couch, and stifed
sobs shook her from head to foot l
went gently up to her, and stroked the
bowed head without speak NJ. My heart
bled for her; felt how bitter was the
long suppressed anguish that was now
finding vent
''Come, dear child" I said, ''let us sit
down in this window seat, and talk your
troubles over am sure they arc not
irremediable.
She lifted up her wet pale face with a
bitter smile. Il have but one trouble
and you have discovered it afready-nry
husband does not love me!'
[ saw she watched teverishly, in half
hope OF disclaimer, but could not give
it.
"Therc is some quarrel between you, -
began soothingl ly-'some temporary
alienation;'' but she interrupted me de-
cisively.
"Not so, Aunt Sarah-not so! It is
confirmed Indifference, the result, he
would tell you, Of my own heartlessness-
hopeless Indifference, for it is the hard
cold Of former heat!' .7"
':Poor Isabel!'' said, sand you love
him now?'
She stopped down and kissed Lily with
concentrated passion. Il would give
this child of my heart to win back my
husband" was the answer Il would
consent to lay her in her grave, if over
that grave he would look as he used to
look, and speak to me as he once spoke. -
But | must not go over every spoken
word, but tell in brief what Isabel told
me in vehement detail. 1t may be other
young wives may learn a caution from it.
She had married with very superb
cial knowledge of her husbands charac-
ter, aftera briefacquaintance. He court
cd her from position considerably
higher than her own, which dazzled her
ambition, added to which he was passion
ately in love with her, and worshiped
at her footsteol 1t was dangerous in
fcense he offered. Isabel had many fine
qualities, but her education had beenun-
fortunate; she had always been greatly
hattered and indulged in her own circle,
and she took her lovers devotion as a
matter OF course, accepting as her right
lall his lavish liberality, and seeming to
take it for granted that nothing more
was required of her than to be the gra-
cious recipient Of the tribute offered
Worse than all, she married without love,
yet deceiving Mr. Lorimer with the i'm
preston that she loved him. 1 rather
iIL l. Il, IL
had great respect for him. that she
loved him, she supposed as much as she
could love any man. Poor girl, vain,
selfish, and ignorant of the world, she
was weak enough to estimate her surren-
der at the exaggerated price her lover
put upon it, and to beliete the glamour
would last! ...l
But men soon wake up from these IL
iusions; it is only for time that hus-
band Can deceive himself that he is loved
unless the wife be consummate hypo-
critic, or he an uxorious fool. MIR.
Lorimer continued to adore his beautiful
: young wife, until the first blindness of
passion having cleared away, he began
to perceive she was exaeting and unres-
: ponsive. i1'.b fn. ...
"You cannot believe said Isabel,
} with what insane arrogance I acted
, To be the sup seme con,Ge alton. for my
: will to ia ke p ece en;e OF his. was what
[ had expected and claimed and it never
occurred to ME 20 feel grateful for his in
} duIgence or to wonder at his forbearance;
} moreover, [ did not love him then, and
began to weary of his attentions, to
sicken of his perpetual companionship.
| suppose | scarcely triedito hide my
impatience, for was so besotted, that 1
2 believed he must always love me-
: "About this time, his sister, Mrs. WV
ian came first to Stav with ~. o,d T