Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-04
$500 PER ANNUM.


i closely watched her husband and Mary Wynn
nor have returned home with such weight o.
her heart.
Mary Wynn left the hall, went home. an,
; was forgotten; but still her visit had left
painful impression on Owens wife. Katharine
thought that much of Florences dstaste t,
herself-aversion il could hardly be called
arose from her strong love and sympathy fo
Mary Wynn. Day by day the bond between
Katharine Thornton and her sisters-n-law wal
gradually loosening; and her quick eyes wert
ever discovering failngs, and her mind becom,
ing more alive to unworthy suspicious. Flor.
ence's mirth-loving nature was to her full OF
bittersarcasm; Elizabeth'sgentlegr gravity, which
had interested her so much, appeared only the
hypocrisy of sef-assumed goodness; aud Ag-
nes' Incidence was insupportablc. Katharine
fancied they tried to make her husband love
her less and even Owen ielt the results of her
harsh doubts in her changed manner and anx-
ious looks. Husband and wife loved one ano-
ther still; but the perfect sunshine of all-hal-
lowing al-forgiving love was gone aud what
trifles, what mere shadows, had done this
In her happiness, Katharinc's mind turned
regretfuly to her old Scottish home, and ling
cred sinfully on many former joys. AT last her
over-burdened heart would find vent she told
all the doubts and troubles of her welded life
to an old and dear friend-thc wife Of her for
mer guardian. In this Katharine was wrong,
Such trials, even when they amount to real
gricfs, should be hidden in the depths of the
heart; no eye should see them-no car should
hear them. True, of her husband himself
the kind, good-principled, aifectionatc Owen
katharine had nought to complain; and of
his family, the very knowledge that they were
his should have sealed her lips.
Fortunately for Katharine, her friend, Mrs.
Pindsay, was wise as well as kind; and candid
although gentle, was the reproof she gave to
the young wife.
"You are young, and | am old,n she wrote
'therefore, Katharine, listen to me with pa
tience You tell me how much you are tried
ask ofyour own heart, have you been entirely
in the right? Is there in you no discomfort
no readiness to compare old things with new
no suspicious quickness in detecting slight fail
ings, that, perchancc, would best be passed
over with n loving blindness? Katharine. YOU
came stranger to your husbands home
your sole resting-place was in his affection /;
having thus trusted him. Won should strive IN
love what he loves, think as ne thinks, see as
he sees. All that are his are yours. When
Won married. his ties became vour own and
YOU should regard and love them as sucb M,
with jealous comp arison not with eyes eager
to detect faults. but with the loving forbear-
ance that is needfnl in family bound together
for life. And as for their want of loye--if
they see that YOU feel as one of them. which
indeed Won are: that to n certain degree you
forget vour own people. and your fathers
house, to enter into their plans, and hopes,
and syinpathies; and abeve all, that YOU are
bent on conouerinr any slight obstacles to
mutual nffection-if they sec all this thcy will
soon love YOU as your heart could wish. And
my Katharine, make no fncied sorrows for
Yourself. You are beloved and happy wife
thank God each day for that blessing. so
rare to many. Look not for perfectiou-it is
not to be found on earth; hut forget the mast.
and 90 on in your loving. patient. and hopcr,l
way; it will surely lead to happiness at last"
Mrs. Lindsays words sank deeply into Kath
arinc Thornton's heart. But ere she lr,d tim,
to guide her conduct by their wise counsel
sickness. that harsh and fearful. vet ogtcn
kindly monitor, came to her. Thus it hap-
pened: Katharine was a wild and fearless ri.
der, and one sad day her hirh-mettlcd horse
took fright nor STONED until-it, burtben wos
thrown senseess at her husbands own gate.
MANY davs she fingered between life and death
and when reason and consciousness returned
Katharine learned that her constant and nm
weoried attendants had been the grave. cold
bearted Elizabeth and tbc mirtbh,l and oft.,
tboupbtless Florencel
uHow little know them-bou desn,,, 7 mis-.
iudped themln thouubt the rcncntant Katba-
rine. Bnt still she did mt know and n vas
we'll that she did moi. that tl,e unt;r;nc care of
the two sisters had snrurg at irst NOR. from
dutv than incIinatior-tbot EI;zohsth,s shv
and seldom-ronsed disnosit;on and Tlorcnce's
remembrance af old nre;ud;ces had s,rn,gled
Iono with tbeir natural kindness of besrt
Rare. very rare in real life is a character even
dis,antlv onrroacb;nr - nereoc,;on-- ,ho o,,,.,
noture af,or which wo al, ,rcor .c;ons,v soot
e,se wbv do wa 1--we 90 much tbos. de,;r.o-
t;ons Of human ooodness that obonnd 4, a.