Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-22
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The time that interviewed between the engage
rntnt aud fhe wedding was f. season OF quiet
but intrnsc Happiness to Betsey. SO much more
10y hal fallen 10 her lot than she bad ever an
Icipated, that she wondered what she had ever
done 10 deserve il; and vixen the wedding day
came and passed, and after n short bridal trip
Eetsey was ms tailed IN her new homo, she r.
Thai for her Efe had just brGun. Her husband
Eas reither X iliiant ncr Niyacious, bat he was
snifosmly kind, and one of those rare men in
WHOSE upriglaness we confGe without fear;
and Rftsey appreciated hiIn, which is saving
something for Ser. Many of her old school
mates, who Wen IN the habit of regar ding her
with snch contempt, might have taken pattern
from her thorough Housekeeping, and enyied
her tiss affection which her husband manifested
towards her.
Petsey could not "a 80 told WHY she banisl.ad
TIE pcppje. and marisolds which had been thn
ornament OF her mGsher's front ward and
garden, and substitute other and rartr plants
in her own. bat il was with the feeling that IN
THE happy hoxsse there shSald be neti.,ng 20 re.
mind her Of her past Loneliness. Here in her
home where peace and plenty rcigRed, Betssy
might b. said TO have riyaiied toe bee IL in
dustry. Year after year went by, and ehiiccen
came TO I'LL her cup Of happiness to overflow
ing. Nathan and Levi. the two oldest, had
been FAMED for grandfather and father, by
the prcrG sud happy grandmother Two girls.
Sarah and Ellen. saiiila next, The greatest
difference Of opinion Betsey was ev- s"ow2
TO have with her d band, was when h,. wanted
70 eail one of The girls by her name. Besides
these was the baby, a few weeks old.
When RetSey's children wcr, old enough to
begin going 10 seh'ol, almost for the first t.le
during her happy married life her old school
experience rose mp before her, and she felt re.
sfniful fer The prosecutions she had suffered
She felt as if she would b. willing torndur,
almost anything herself rather than t:ye her
children grow up with rs little se!f-r.sprct rs
sic herself had possessed. But As she saw
their Joyous coUBt.nanCes, she felt thai Tie
world wore a different look 10 thrIn from what
IL did TO her in HEY childhood. She zaid bat
little Gtout these things, for Retser had mt
learned 10 b. dsIEoGstratiy1
One morning about this time. Mr. Bronson
entered the room where Betsey was seated
with her baby IN her arms. -"Wel!" said Inc
pleasantly, "lsn't this boy to h1ya a na,nc
sometime, Betsey. What is il soing to he =
r,s w WI siisEt moIpsSt, as if gathering
scnrase icF ile ciorf; t':eH she spokr:-"I,eyi
haven't l always ltea . good wis. 10 vnt, ,, ,;
Fer vosSe was 80 eiFesent from usnal that nor
husS2r icSkee at hsr IN asionishInea:
Why, Ee.scy,' he replied, "yghat have
done that You shonis! think did not anpre
siats .9ch affection as few men findf'
No,hins, Lew, said she, ''but there IS soIne-
ming Wanrnd TO say 10 you about na ming the
baby The whole story came ent then. ~,
fhrouga nose Ozark years before s'l.. knew him
enc naa loTcd the memory of Mortimer Rliss,
ana II SCI med TO her now, through the Cieypinn
mt NJ ana self knowledge that hal come win
ner 7sIature years. that she hal ben guilt OF
deerlt toward her husband, i'll keeping IN
went on, ''tlslt slltaful VIE HOPKINS told Nm.
Truth when h. said that Mortimer meyer vyeuId
nave thought f,ae If lie had lived 10 marry.
az
kinGness, hut after he died / WIS 50 lonely
that, young IS was, could not heln All
ing on ihe memory of enc who had brfriended
me so Often, and felt some way had ,i,n. n
ne was dead, be could never be anythint, ~
ANYBODY else. He seemed to belong To- me 7
10 no; SlTsak oi this, Levi, she continued : Ill
more earnestly, because / do no: f,,l nerfor+
~ SATISFIED With my lot i'll life A woman n ..
eustonSd 10 appreciation and kindness conld
nor h;.@r o'ed You IS 1 have, but believe i
q am ts..ieT wNEI:'i that [ did have ey.,, ~,
imaginary @."ctiOn 20 kacf, my warn, h.,
aurinz those years, and l have been thinkfng
u am ~ would not pain you 1 would Ike 10
e'il the baby Mortimer. L would not ask yor,
without tel Hing you everything
M Bronson listened 10 this recital without
Any OF the JEALOUS pain that a more selfish and
narrow iuind might perhaps have felt He uu
derstood the truthfulness of heart which md
caused trtsey 10 make this little confession
ne w tiit iir was ftrstand best in her hear
and ne answered, ''Wilingiv, tiec,r wife II
snail BE- Mortimer but do nor ,hini. OF The past
and blame yourself for what was i,,rh.c:Iy
natural f''iy
One of Brtsey's quiet epiovrnen.s os,o- ,.,-
marriage had been Ia ride over To I,in.viI}a
Centre occasionally to attend church Sha
neN'I III, Ter he'trt swell with such thankful
DTss fer tie blessings Of her let a. IL did in tho
dear old church. when The past uuconsriousIy
rose up iii contrast with the happy present
,, et IA IKE = " ar after the tune We last
iooHed IN upon iSetsey, she might have b,.n
reen one pieaSan: morning in June in her nIi
place there, with her husband TN. Ii.tIs T -;
80 81 M ."o sister; ATTAIN, the trustY oldest
fsniliy carriage without. There va uuiTn =
TIME Ghaking hands with her Old .rh,6In,tos
49, seE n,c'5 All siad TO recognize her now
au-i r''.t GROWING rC.,nd the N ri. 20 hv M,
young -<others 10 get sight at tlic i,:thy-
Amoiis men! We're Sarah Brewer. the cous in
.. MOI Iiltr bIlss, now the Vsif' of u wealthy
iaIILer living q short distance from the toyv,.
ara Marie BlaI-. who had been for many va
me wife OF VIII Hopkins, ESQ q layyTay al
R1.iuSlah IN q small way, ii' ing iii tue Centre
ne TWO Old SChOCiIsatcs were. iutirD,,. Vt
ano walked homeward together ~
""on I you come in" asked Mrs. Hon,,ire
PaGslhs "a she reaehed her own door, and
wax nI-ii ne children come along from SAT
bath school, Mrs. Wilson a~sratrd ara -,
entering TIE honsethey were soon ioined Inv m
master. ~ VIC
iatow well Tetsey Bronson dos look, M
hopkins was renarkinG u her friend
ITS, broke IN her husband, not NJ all in, -
Po. , Ia iiiS disposition and y. no never Io.t
81 oitoi inh.'y to make his wifi. feel I'M co,,,
,or,."f, III was going 20 marry again yvonId
sSk oel Tor he hoIneieSt old r,,:iid ID 81,
100 q. he~Sey bToL<on; she looks at least ten
years !SnnEeT than Maria does no. ,, ~ = x
"She can afford TO, with surh a ,,i, H.
o'.h2 % Nhr haS fni, reto-ted his wifi,
80. -, Ia l., ,s'y = As happy woman
Ger now sse came 10 call ieg baby Mort;n' O' =.
81 con - said ESQ. Hopkins, .',he snm or :,
y ui''i there always was more about her ina,
any OF Us was willing 70 allow and 7 LaIiaI' -,
she haS never forgotten your cousiI, I OF, m
ulnh CT IN jokes used To rIay ON her, AMI
nohutI II she bears any malice for them =,
have pr;1ed I,; - ir had ever been, he would
~ PlIHrn f'tSey good opinion now.
~, don tllEk she DOES sad Mrs. Will,
she saw ~ $50. .e. pass as much myself for
e. 1 ~ Der pres "a happiness has caussa h. ,or
past "4S'sre" able III he
-, tir19S st''. fa, homcWard. surrounded
NJ sleeping In-her arms, conld sha +, v.l' IAN
hI'. VII on s remark, NsulI ma. a',' hSafd
ssBhT. nt.-RErI!Nee Iort = 'el-o,d the
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