The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1862-01-24
NEW SERIES-NO. 425
oh l am SO happy" said Julia, there
wants but one thing to make my cup of
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On! am SO happy" said Julia. there
wants but one thing to make nv cup of
blessedness quite full"
"And what is that, dearest 2"
That you should give your first, your
best attentions where they are deserved
to your Creator"
81 trust, my dear wife," said Mr.. West
bury, with deep feeling, II trust that your
precious lntercession for me at the throne
OF mercy, have been answered. Nv bed
OF sickness was a bed of reflection, of re-
trospectlon, of remorse, and 1 hope of penis
tence. | feel as if in a new world old
things have become newt"
Julia clasped her hands together, leaned
her face upon them, and for long time
remained silent. At length she raised her
head and said
"Y our fortune, suppose, is gone but
what of that? 1t was trifle, toy, com.
pared with the blessings now bestowed. A
cottage, any place will be paradise to me
possessing the heart of my husband and he
believer"
"My dear julia" said Mr., Westbury,
my fortune is not unimpaired. l was in
danger OF sustaining great loss through the
embarrassment Ofmy banker in New York.
but all is now happily adjusted. Eldon
Was emolttered against me, l doubt not
through the influence of his sister, of
whom 1t is unnecessary to speak to you.
He heard of my difficulties, and knowing
tnat ne should be perfectly safe, purchased
that note against me that he might avenge
her, by increasing my embarrassment, I
have been recently informed that the unhap.
py girl looked on your pearls with peculiar
ma!lgnity. Her feelings were too bitter
and too strong for coDcealment. Poor girlI
l fear that she and her brother are kindred
in heart, as we'll as blood. I now look
with something like terror, at the gulf into
which 1 wished to plunge myself, and from
wnicn my poor father alone saved me. 1
can never be sufficiently thankful, for being
turned, almost by force, from my rash and
headlong course, and for having a wife be.
slowed on me, rich in every mental and
moral excellence, who loves me for myself.
undeservlng as l am, and not for nv
wealth."
IL was now June and as soon as Juliais
strength was equal to the fatigue. Mr..
Westbury took her into the country for a
change OF air. They were absent from the
city for some months, and made in the
course OF the summer several delightful ex.
cursions In various parts of the country. A
lew days after their return to their house in
town Julia asked Mr.. Westbury if he had
seen or heard any thing of the Cunning
hams.
81 have seen neither of them," said Mr..
Westbury, "but heard sad accounts of
both. Mrs. Cunningham is now with a
party at Nahant. She has been extremely
gay, perhaps l might say dissipated, during
the whole season, and her reputation ia in
some danger. Cunningham has become an
inveterate gamester, and am told that his
Iace SHOWS but two plainly. that temper
ance Is not among bis virtues"
~ pity him most sincerely" said Mr..
Wes' bury on being united to q woman who
sseihshly preferred her own pleasure to her
husoands happiness. Her | have not vet
learned to pity. Had she taken your advice
Julla for most touchingly did 1 hear YOU
warn her, she might have been happy. and
her husband respectable. Now thew are
both lost. 0, that very woman would learn
wnere her true strength lies Or that she
would learn that to yield is to conquer! to
submit is to subdue. None but the utterly
ignorant and abandoned could resist the oes
nial influence of meek, cheerful, patient,
self denying wife. Nay, instances are not
wanting In which the most prohigate have
been proclaimed through the instrumentality
OF consistently amiable and virtuous wo.
man If the whole sex, my Julia, would
emblbe your example, the effect would soon
be manifest. Men would be very different
creatures from what they are, and few
wives would have occasion to complain of
unkind or obstinate husbands. A vast deal
is said on the influence of women on society.
and they, themselves, exul: in their power
but how seldom, comparatively, do they use
it to benefit themselves or the world Let
it be woman's first desire to make her
husband good, and happy, and respectable,
and seldom will she fall short of her object.
and at the same time securing her own fel.
icity.