Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-24
Gtnrral iAistcIlanu.
THE WAY MY WIFE CAME TO ME.
A CAPITAL STORY.

CAPITAL STORY.
1t was the day on which the United States
steamer was due. awaited the event with
impatiencc, for ] expected it to bring letters
that would either command my return to
America, or give me furlougl by which
might escape the foul cxhalations which woro
generating in the dcnsoly packed city Of Lon
don.
Five months previous to that time l had
consented to take charge of delicate finan-
cial affair that threatened to interrupt. if not
entirely destroy, the business relations be-
tween an eminent company in America and
some foreign houses.
Embarrassing and perplexing as the tam
ged transaction had been, il had afforded me
a certain pleasure, for without seli-Aattery,
may only say that had maintained my posi-
ton through the whole affair with credit
had ceded nothing without getting more than
its equivalent; | had managed with such sat
tsiaction to my employers, that towards the
I finishing Of the business they had lolt me
with few restrictions. But as | began to sec
favorable and brilliant terminus to my di-
plomacy, | also made the discovery that my
health was suffering. Travel and ceaseless
activity Of mind, along with the nervous
stretch to which my system had been subject
ed, began to tell their effects in headache and
sleepless nights, and it was with longing for
rest that had taken the train for Liverpool,
that | might get my instructions at the carli-
est moment Of their arrival.
II was, therefore, with no small degree Of
pleasure, looking from loop hole of a bed
room window that / noticed among the crafts
floating over the Angesean waters, the Amer
ican steamer coming in; and no sooner did
the report of her signal gun announced tlat
she had touched the wharf than drove down
for my letters. They we're iherc, but brought
no summons homeward. The cotton crop"
so wrote my senior, ''was total failure, and
the event would doubtless affect greatly the
state of the market abroad, and 1t would be
necessary for me to remain another month, oc
unit! such time ! could be certain the huc-
tuations could have no bearing upon our re-
cent arrangements. / had better, he added
''conhne myself TO England visiting the
Lakes or a watering.place, but not remain
there in case OF contingencies After read
ing the above with hall-chccked sigh, /
buttoned ON my linen coat, and ordered my
baggage to be taken to the depot.
The next morning l sat down in his Maj
esty's Hotel, at Brighton, to breakfast Of
shrmps and whiting, and after sauntering
awhile on the Downs, and taking a bracing
sea bath, returned to my apartment" as
the servant called the twelve by fifteen feet
bed room. aud threw myself upon the lounge
must have slept sometime when / awoke
my two broad bed room windows, which
faced the sea, we're thrown wide open. and
through them the wind was rushing. and
blowing about the curtains, and bringing on
its breath the saline scents of the ocean.
lay still as one after waking suddenly, in
haling the health-ireighted arr, and listening
to the boom of the waves as they dashed
against the beach, when a gruf and heavy
voice, which sounded as if proceeding from
behind the lounge surprised me. ! rose,
and looking about discovered large open
veltilatur just over the head Of the couch.
that was the medium that conveyed sounds to
me Satisfied, sank back to my revere,
when the voice sounded again, clearer and
louder, SO that l could not help but hear the
words
$50, Bcss" it said, "you mean 10 thwart
me; you think, because you have always had
your own way with me that you will carry
the day now; butyou handle the ribbons TOO
freely 10 win the stakes. For instance. why
did you refuse TO dance with Won Holt last
night and why did yuu leave the assembly
room without any escorts;
IL LETT the room, sir, because Lady Grey
was ready % 60, and refused 60 dance fr
the reason that Herr Won Holt had neglected
to engage my hand for set, and
"And, interrupted the gentleman ''you
took exception at that, when you knew that
Won Holt did not enter lhc room until the
waltzing bad commenced. DO YOU want a
man tied to your apron-s irng. Bcss :"
No. father. answered. tnlf sweet fnura