Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-08

10 speak, Dut lhen she recOlteCtcd how al
t ruptly he left her in the evening, and ho,
long he stayed away 50 she continued 5
lent.
Scarcely had gray morning dawned, whe
) MIR. Aldrit b rose and again sought his connI
ing-room. from which he did not return ur
III after the children had gone to srhoo
Della had spent the morning very nnhap
pily, and more Than once she half resolve
10 tell her husband Of her decision: hu
when ne entered. her thoughts died away.
Della, said Mr.. Adrcl,, pleasantly
AMI approaching the side of his wife as sh
sat on The sofa. "you know that you hav
often spoken of my going to California. an,
thought would do great deal b, tier Their
than here
Yes" returned the wife, with surpris
pictured IN every feature f" but 20,
Well, have been thinking il all over
and have made up my mind to 90. ! aa
not able TO enlarge my business here, anc
with my present income, cannot live il
The style you wish; so perhaps if spend ;
few years there shall have plenty 10 NEE
I your every want"
! Mrs. Aldrieh felt chill CT eeping through
every vein, and it seemed to half CONCEAL
her life blood and yet. she had not the
courage TO firmly oppose her hunband's 90
ing, for in her anxiety TO obtain wealth. She
had often urged him TO do so--yes and when
he spoke diseouragingly, she had taunted
him with bis lack Of fortitude as the cause
OF not succeeding more rapidly IN his efforts
TO make fortune; but now what would
she have given if she could but recall the
past And yet she was too proud or stub
born to say so, for she feared if he would
not succeed in the future. he would remind
her OF his present intentions and that she
thwarted him when he would have soupht
tor gold where she had previously b eged
him to go.
The husband did not appear to notice his
wiies confused manner, but told her than
the evening previous he had arranged his
business by selling out to his partner Mr..
Noyes.
on will have no rent to pay, Della"
said he, nor furniture 10 bnv; therefore.
as your expenses will not be very great, |
have deposited five hundred dollars in the
- Bank for your immediate wants.
and OF course before that is gone, shall be
able to send you more.'
Mrs. Aldrich could not speak there was
a choking sensation about her throat that
prevented her utterance. So her husband
went on stating that he should have been
able to left her more, but he had drawn
largely on the firm within few months, TO
make the last payment on his house, and
that in selling out, his partner had assumed
all the debts aud allowed him a certain sum.
from which he had extracted Eve hundred
dollars for her. The rest was to defray his
own expenses on his journey and support
him when he arrived in California until he
could determine in what manner he could
best turn his time into gold.
From that hour there seemed TO steal
over the ambitious Mrs. Aldrich kind of
apathy she wandered from room 10 room.
selecting various articles of apparel that |
her husband wished TO take with lin, and
said but little 10 any one.
The husband did not wait for great prep
arations, and in twenty-four hours after he |
his wife of his determination. he
pressed his children to his BOSOM while he /
with difficulty restrained the tears that
immed his vision.
Take good care of the children. Della.
and OF yourself too" he said, as with
olanched cheek he extended his hand and
ouehed his lips to her forehead. 1t was an
cy cold hand that the husband grasped. and
he pallor Of death rested on her features
or moment; she could not speak, but
With groan she sank back on the sofa
PRESENT objects became indistnct, and when
he was once more conscious, the room was
'acant save the forms of her children.
%, my God! she half shrieked what
ave done Then snalching her bonnet
nd shawl from the table, she rushed from .
he house in search of the absent one; but ,
he was too late, for she was informed hy
is former partner that half honr previous |
g had left his native city, and by the aid {
t steam be would in few hours take the /
teamer at New York for the land Of shin i
~ ore. :
We will not attempt TO portray the re- !.
lorSe and misery of that unhappy wife. II
or how the splendcr of Mrs. Garland's /
arlor and all the osteniation of wealth fa- y
e away into nothneness when compared h
ith the worth and society of him who had
one, perhaps forever for thought Mrs. y
ldrich, there are a hundred ways in which Q
cath may overtake him, and he die far b
KAY from those who should watch over q
m in the hour Of peril.
1t was many weeks ere the wife and it
other gained sufficient eomposure TO take b
enhance OF her household duties, and ii
ben she did, the thought was prominent p
at she must economic all in her power, "a
it might be long before her husband would 81
able TO send her money, or perhaps new "
, and with agony OF mind to deep for ex- III
ession, the thought intrnded itself-the
ne may yet come when the children will g,
dependent on my daily exertion for th
cad and now commenced a rigid econ pa
~ in the once happy home of the mer-
ant. If such frusaliiy as that had been II
acticed few years back, the industrious co
siness man might now have owned pr
ge house. and been happy and prosper nj
) in his affairs.
Among the first acts OF co coonomisinr, was hu
dismissal vf Margaret. and the keeping
but one fire during the inclemenl season. ST
hen spring came. various garments which
uld have been east aside bad the hus- ih
I'd been at home, were now remodelled ev
the children, a I'd resref,ck fhg erDeusgs in.