The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-03-23
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Honey Moons.
By MRS. L. s. GOODWIN.

"Well, sir, l am glad it has come out wha,
you married me for. 1t is charming to the
bride Of month to find herself despised BY
her husband because she did not bring him g
mine Of gold"
ut is not for the want of the mine of
gold Mrs. Maybury, but l protest agains,
being so deceived. hate deception-you
know it."
"Who deceived you, pray? Not l. for the
idea that you were merely seeking fortune
never entered my mind, nor would have be.
lieved it had any one told me so. If YOU
chose to imagine that because my sister was
an heiress l was one also, and because she
endowed poor man with riches l should do
the same by you-you deceived YOURSELF
An aunt of ours adopted Adelia when we
were left orphans and dying two years ago,
hequeathed her fifty thousand dollars. 1t
was my lot to become the ward of one in
humber circumstances who used such re-
sources as there we're to give me a complete
education, which was the only fortune l ever
had to anticipate. l thought till now that
that was something--but Of course it is no.
thing-Arthur Maybury makes this as his
! decision"
"ion are like all the rest OF your sex,
from the besinning-I have nothing more to
say"
/ Nevertheless Arthur did say more. and
speech waxed none the less bitter and accu-
satory, while his wife, Alice. retorted in turn
in the same spirit she had already displayed.
Strange words and more strange tones to be
exchanged between the young bridegroom
and bride. The scene had opened with Ar
thurs coming into the little parlor and sit
ting down in the twilight and Alice beside
him saying rejoicingy, "at last We are to
have an evening by ourselves, l hope" to
which the other responded, "at last, hope
and it ended with his Selling his hat with a
world Of will end shutting the door emphati-
cally after him.
Mrs. Ma, bury was alone, leaning an arm
on the marble table beneath yet unlisbted
chandelier. The flush faded from her cheek
faster than it had from the autumn sunset
sky-the light Of her soul passed rapidly in
to midnight. Her frame quivered and shook
with the tempest of emotion within whose
forked lightnings pierced her soul. Thus
she sat long, yet no rain of tears relieved the
aching of the surcharged eyes and moistened
the lashes with the rigidly clasped fingers
before them.
Two wre,ched days went by, ard Arthur
Maybury ard his wife had not looked in one
anothers face nor spoken together save in
the briefest and coolest manner To spirits
like theirs quarrel was all that the word
implies-both regretted it bitterly, very Bit
terly, yet so far both were too proud to be-
gin concessions. Alice thought and knew
herself injured, and dwelling on this side,
| mostly overlooked the sarcastic and offensive
language she had uttered-a thing her hus-
band did not. Arthur felt abused and pecu-
liarly vexed at having exposed to himself and
her that money could influence him in the
choice Of wife. 1t would never have hap
pened had Alice proved rich as he and 9TH
ers expected.
Once about the time Of his marriage, when
friend spoke rallyingly to him Of his hav-
ing drawn golden prize, Arthur replied to
him that Alice Clyde without penny would
be the same to him as Alice Clyde with a
million, and he would have been much hurt
had the other seemed to discredit the asser-
tion. Till pressed hard by circumstances he
never made any allusion to the subject
Arthur's finances were in state seldom
known to soothe mans mind or improve
his TEMPER.
! He had finished the study Of medicine on
ly short time and his patients were yet to
fall sick when he met Miss Clyde. Within
three months he proposed, was accepted and
the marriage took place. The son of poor
man, Arthur had of necessity contracted a
! few debts in his course which he trusted to
success in his profession for the discharg-
ing Of.
He was presented to Miss Clyde at the
house of her sister who was recently married
and come to reside in his native city of Port
land. His eyes beheld her marvel Of both
beauty and accomplishments. Her many en-
gaging qualities were the admiration of the
acquaintances she made. "And then," some
woman would not unfrequently be heard to
say, "there is the cool fifty thousand" for
somehow the unquestioned supposition was
that Adelia inherited her money from her fa-
ther and that the sisters had shared in his
estate.
After brilliant wedding Arthur and his
bride set of on tour which was condensed