Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1861-04-09

gan to burn on ilerSchee ks. I
You wou1dn't have me dress as for
Ialparty every dayP she said.
| sOh, mol But I'D have you neat
ana sweet, as q young wifeshonld al
ways be; that is if she cares for the
fond eyes of husband. i verify be-
llieYe itfeas HarryI saw riding pata
while ago
Bella threw q quick, startled look
upon her friend who already halfIe-
Egretted her closing sentence.
Why do You say that What do
tgeu meant she asked.
q only said it to plaguey ou,' afi.
tswered the friend. e
TO plague mel, There was an ex-
preston I'M Bella's face that Mary had
never seen there before. Her eyes
had grown sud denly ola darker shade,
and were eager and questioning. Her
hips lay closer together; there were
lines on her forehead. l j.
You enot really III earnest, Ma
ny, about seeing Harry riding out
with a lady this AFTERNOON, 'she said,
| in a voice and withja1ook that reveal
ed fully erstate Of mind. The color
had left her face, and her heart shook
in her voice. H 4
/ i was probably mistaken, Bella
replied the friend, though / had mot
! doubted Of the fact d moment until 7
saw you at the window a little while
ago. IA
Did 5ou notice tbe lady particu-
larfy1' fl>5 Ill
MP; but let the matterxPass, dear.
No dpubt was mistaken. Its wor4
rying You more than 4 could have inn
agined.'
Bella looked at her friend for some
Emomentsin a strange way; then Civ. !
ing a low, suppressed, wailing cry,
bent forward and laid her face upon
her bosom, sobbing and shnddering
in sneh wildturbulence Of feelingth
her friend became actually alarmed.
You have frightened mel said the
yonng wife, lifting her head at last,
as her excitement died away. sAh,
Mary,if / sholAd lose my husbands,
love it would kill mel
}. Then, Bella, answered her friend,
see I'd it that you neglect none Of the
means required for keeping it. If
Iycn would continue to be- loved, You
Erntrst not grow stlnioyeiy. The charms
that wen your husband must not be
folded MP and kept for holiday occa,
#sions, and then put on for other than
his. You must keep them ever dis:
played before him; nay, Pit on a new
ATTRACTIONS. Is not the husband even
dearef than the lover, and his heart
better worth the holding? Look back,
my dear friend, over the brief moons
that have waxed and waned since yol
were a BRIDE. Put yourself on trial,
and take impartial testimony. How
has if been? Has yout temper been
as sweet as whenye sat leaning toll
gether in the summer twilights, talk
ing fthe love- crowned future? Have.
sou been.as stndious to please as thena:
as careful of his feelingsa Jas regardfnl
ofhis tastes? Do|you iadorn yourself
yourself for his eyes now as when you
dressed for his coming then? AS a
wife are you as loyeable as when you
were when a lnaiden2 Love is rot a.
chameleon to feed on air, and change.
in every hue of condition; it must
have substantial food. Deprive it Of
this and it languishes and dies. And.
now, dear, / have warned you. Meet
your husband, when he returns home
this evening, looking as sweetly as7
when he cameto you in yonr fathers
house, attracted ais the bee is TO the
flower, and note the manner in which
his face will Tighten up. Did he kiss,
you when he came home yesterdayp
The face Of Bella flushed a little.s
Husbands soon lose their inclina7
ton for kissing she answered.
III the wife remains as attractive
as the maiden, never!' ls
oh you don't know anything about
it, said Bella. wait until you are
married. /.
After the friend said good after
noon, the young wife went TO her
room, and cried for q good quarter Of
an hour. Then she commenced do,
ing as the friend had suggested. Re-
freshed BY a bath, she attired herself
in a spotless white wrapper, with a
delicate blue belt binding her waist.
A small lace collar, scarcely whittier
than her pure neck, edged and tied
with narrow azure ribbon, was turn
ed away from her swan throat; and
just below at the swell of her bosom,
was an exqpisitly cut opal pin. Her
hair, rich golden brown, had been
made glossy as the wing Of a bird,
and was folded just enough away
from the ternplesto show their delicate
cutting. Two opening rosebuds--red
and white nestled above and i'll front
of one of her pealstined ears. She
did look loyable, as her mirror told
her.
Harry was half an hour later than
usual in coming home. Bella was