The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-03-29
NO.. 81.

it long from her, and the intelligence may
break upon her in a more startling man
ner than if impaired by yourself; Tor the
accents of those we love soften tile harsh
est tiding. Besides, you are depriving
yourself of the comforts of her sympathy
and not merely that, but also end .ngering
the only bond that can keep hearts to-
ge,her-an nnreserved community OF
thought and feeling She will soon per
ceive that something is secretly preying
upon you mind and true love will not
brook reserve it feels uudervalueG and
outraged, when even the sorrows of those
it loves are concealed from it,"
"Oh, but my friend! to think what a
blow | am to give to all her future pros
pee's-how ! am to strike her very soul
to the earth, by telling her that her hus
band is beggar that she is to forego
all the clemencies of lite,--all the pleas
nres of society; to shrink with me into
Indulgence and obscurity. To tell her
that | have dragged her down from the
sphere in which she might have continued
to move in constant brightness-th light
of every eye-the admiration of every
Heart. How can she bear poverty She
has been brought up in all the refnements
OF opulence How can she bear neglec, 4?
She has been the idol of society. Oh, il
will break her heart--it will break her
heart " - .r
saw bis grief WIS eloquent, and let
it have its flow for sorrow relieves itself
by words. When his paroxysm had sub
sided, and he had relapsed into moody
silence, | resumed the subject gently, and
urged him to break his situation at once
to his wife. lie shook his head mourn
fully, but positively.
But how are you to keep it from her
1t is necessary she should know it, that
you may take the steps proper to the al
teration of your circumstances. You
must change your style of living nay" ;"
observing pang to pass across his coun~
tenance, don't let that afilct you. I am
sure you have not placed your happiness
IN outward show-you have yet friends,
warm friends, who will not think the
worse Of you for being less splenddly
lodged and surely it does not require a
palace 10 be happy with Mary" II cod
be happy with her." cried he conyulsive
ly, in howell could 90 down with
her into poverty and the dust Il could
| could-God bless herw cried he, burst
ing into transport of grief and tender
ness. . -s +E -rs ..r
And believe me, my friend" said |,
stepping up, and grasping him warmly bv
the hand, believe me, she can be the
same with you. Ay, more it will be a
source of pride and triumph to her-it
will call forth all the latent energies ard
tervent sympathies of her nature for she
will rejoice to prove that she loves YOU for
yourself. There is in every true woman's
heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies
dormant in the broad daylight of prosper
ity; but which kindIes up, and beams and
b!azes in the dark hour of adversely. No
man knows what the wife of his bosom
is-no man knows Rhat ministerial an
gel she is-until he has gone with her
through the fiery trials of this world"
There was something in the earnestness
of my manner, and the fsurative style of
my language, that caught the excited i'm.
agination of Leslie. knew the auditor
| had to deal with and following up the
impression had made, | finished by per-
suading him to 60 home and unburthen
his sad heart to his wife. p
| mnst confess, notwithstanding all l
had said, fel: some little solicitude for
the result. Who can calculate on the
foriitude of one whose whole life has been
round of pleasures? Her gay spirits
might revolt at the dark, downward path
Of low humility, suddenly pointed out BE-
fore her, and might cling to the sunny re-
gions in which they had hitherto revelled.
Besides, ruin in fashionable life is accom-.
panied by 50 many calling notifications,
to which, in other ranks, it is stranger.
In short, | could not meet Leslie, the
next morning, without trepidation. He
had made the disclosure.
"And how did she bear it %
Like an ANGEL 1t seemed rather to
be relief to her mind, for she threw her
arms round my neck, and asked if this
was all that had latel ly made me unhappy.
But, poor, GIRL" added he, "she cannot
realize the change We must undergo
She has no idea of poverty but in the ab-
stract; she has only read of it in poetry,
where it is allied to love. She feels as
yet no privation; she suffers no loss of
accustomed convenieuces nor eegancies.
When we come practically to experience
its sordid cares, its paltry wants, its petty
humiiatons-t then will be the real trial.
"But," said |, "now that you have got
over tue severest task, that of breaking it
10 her, the sooner you let the world into
tue secret the better. The disclosure may
be mortifying but then it is single mis-
cry, and soon over !; whereas you otherwise
suffer it, in anticipation, every hour in
| the day 1t is not poverty so much as
pretence, that harnesses a ruined man-the
struggle between proud mind an empty
purse-the keeping up hollow show that
must soon cone to an end. Have the
courage to appear poor, and you disaru
| poverty of It's sharpest sting" On this
point ! found Leslie perfectly prepared
He had no false pride himself, and as tc
I IIS wifi ita r.