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him TO 90 home and unbuldcn lis sad heart
to his wife.
l must confess, Notwithstanding all I had
said, felt some little solictudesfor the result
Who can calculate on the fortilude of one
whose lifelhas becna round Of pleasure? Her
| gay spirit might revolt at the dark onward
path pillow humility ,sudd enly pointed out
before, and might cling to;the sunny regions
in which they had hitherto revelled. sBe.
sides, ruin in fashionable ifs is accompanied
by SO many calling mortifcationssto which
in other ranks,it is 3 stranger. In short,
could not meet Leslie the. next morning
without anticipation. Ill made the disclo-
| sure.
Sand how did she bear ita'
b.. Like an@ange! 1t seemed rather to be
relief'to her mind, for size threw her arms
around my neck and asked ifffis was all
that had lately made Inc unhappy. But
poor girl added he, she cannot realize the
changowe must undergo. &she had no idea
OF poverty but in the abstract. She has
only read Of it in poetry, whereSit;is allied
TO love- She feels assyat no priyalion She
suffers no loss of neutrality-suspicious.
or elegancies. When we come practically
to experience its sordid cares, its palrry
wants, its petty bumi!iations-lben will be
the real trial. g -
|
But said, 'nowsthat YOU have got over
the severest feat, that Of breaking tito. her,
the sooneryou let the world into theasecrel
the better. The disclosure may be mort.
tying but then it is singl misery, and soon
over; whereas you otherwise suffer it in
anticipation every hour in the day. It is
not poverty SO much as. pretepce, that bar.
raises ruined MEN, the sspgg lsseetween a
proud mind andsns semptyp purse, tse keep.
ing up a hollow show that mustssoon come
to an end. Havethe courage to sappear
poor, and you disarm poverty ofits sharp
ss.stsasieg.' On this point I found Leslie
quite prepared. lie bad no false pride him
self and as to his wife, she was@only anxious
! to Conform TO their altered circumstances. q.
Some, days:Ofterwards he called upon me
inabessyening .: lIe:: had disposed of~bis
dwelling House and taken a.small cottage in
the e6nntry, few miles. He had been
busied'aA day in sending out fufniture.-
The neg establishment required fe& articles,
fana those Of the simplest kind. All the
fuanitnre'of his late residence had. been sold
eHxceFthis wife's harp: That. hssaid, was,
too closely associated associated With the
idea of herself; it belonged to the little
! Story of their love; for some of th- sweet
est moments of theirscourtsb ip4were those
,wbenhe had leaned over that ipstrumep,
t:and@ listened to The daelting tones Of Tier
tsyoiee. I could but smile at this fhstaTnece, of
|ssss@ahtic; gsaaaetryiu a.dq.ing husband;
Hey assaoy going @oht to the cottage
"beEe'his wife hadsSeen: all day supeEin.
s'endilng its Arrangements. My fesl;ags had
lssb4sae6ps stroagly Interested IN the progress
I1ofsthis family story, andsas was fne
evening, Rohased $tosacs- pyhim. :.
He was,wearied viii, th.s'atsgue Of the
day. and as lie walked out, fell intoa fit q
gloomy musiug. u
| Poor Mary at Slength broke, with a
AFhsavy sigh, from bis lips.
r. 'And what Of her?' asked. I, 'has any:
liagshappened ber,Y
E What said sshe,. danipg' 40 s,impatien,
fgianee, is. ie nothing to.be reddcsdTo this
hpaary siluation-to.be eagedin a misera-
Ebp cottags--so be oSligsl la toll slmost in
the neni"' y, oeocs'as1ass 'sfe'cbsa he1s:
tation 2
~Has, she ,.epiaasa oyssisa:
'1sgiasdL. sbe, aas been. nothing. @tpt
sweesd dgdvd bnitas Have .nsseR
Eknown her more SO. slie.ha been. .to me
Fail love. and Tenderness, and :cou fort S,,,
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ssB yourself poor, my frisnd; :yds never
were so'fich-you never Dew the bouiid-
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at ne cottage was esei ink Fl could
then .be'comfortable. BnHtiiiais hes. first
DAY Of expsleansss,s ,sissha has teen sin.io.
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been AZ day arranging iis uni sniserabisssaipa-
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