The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-21

ceremony with impressive solemnity--so i'm
pressive that Miss Warner and her compan.
ion could hardly suppress their laugh liter al
his successful acting.
The young couple sat down. Lida, pale
confused and trembling-but Gilbert sat mo
tionless. and his eyes bent steadfastly on th.
two females who stood near the door. They
were whispering together. Miss Warne
| seemed striving to suppress her inclination t
mlrsh till the proper time, and slight gig
gle now and then broke from the milliner a
the exquisite success of their joke.
The washerwoman arose and brought
forth the tray of cake and wine. Ida could
not taste drop, but she touched her lips tc
the glass, while Gilbert drained his to the
bottom. The miliner was compelled to SO,
her wine on the table, to conceal the laugh.
ter that shook her hand-while Miss Warner
gracefully drank to the bride.
And now,' said the young lady, setting
down her glass. and busting the crumbs ol
cake from her white gloves. 'as our amuse.
ment is over for the evening. we will return
home, if you are ready, MI. Gilbert
Lida lifted her eyes almost in terror to the
man whom she believed to be her husband
while the washerwoman arose from her seat
and looked Miss Warner keenly in her face.
You need not look at me SO voraclously,
good woman said the unfeeliDg girl-'if l
have lent Mr.. Gilbert to Miss Ida here, it
was for our mutual amusement-but play
cannot last forever, and as it is getting dark
we must go home.'
very much delighted with our little par
ty,' chimmed in Miss Smith--'if you ever
get up wedding in earnest. this would be a
delicate pattern. I trust the bride will not
feel so exalted that she cannot come to her
work in the morning.
The washerwoman was deadly pale-she
lifted her hand as if to enforce silence on the
flippantmockery with which she was insult
ed, and stepping pace forward, was about
to address the man who had violated the
peace of her home-but Ida had risen to
her feet, aud in trying to reach her mother,
bert reached forth his arm, and drawing her
pale lips, while he trembed from head to
foot.
What mears this?' exclaim ed Miss War
ner, grasping his arm in passionate amaze
ment-'what means this, sir, in my pre-
sence?'
1T means,' said Gilbert, who lifted his
head. and looked firmly around, 1T means
that she is my wife, my own beloved and
welded wife, before God and in the sight Of
man! Weak, wicked girl-did you believe
me so base-so utterly devoid of all man
hood, that could lend myself to plot so.
atrocious? I loved you. Lousa-at least
thought so-and when I was flung into the
dangerous society of creature so good and
lovely as this young girl. who is my wife. l
felt that your fears were we'll founded, that
my allegiance to yourself was in danger.
as an honorable man should to
'ee her no more. You were not satisfied
With this submission to just demand-but
y "uid havo made me villain-and after
hat would have m arried the bastard for tn e
AXE of his property and the homestead!'
Before the last words were fairly uttered
Mss Warner had fallen to the floor in vio-
ent Mysteries. and some two hours after she
ind ertook rather an unpleasant walk home
trough the damp grass, between the crest
allen milliner and the young clergyman.
The next day she had the satisfaction of
eeing Gilbert drive towards the homestead
n barouche which had been purchased for
mother occasion, and in the back seat was
he washerwoman, in new straw bonnet,
nd that identical red cloak-by her side sat
ur Ida. looking as pretty as snow-drop,
SlGuL Oi WHICH III Iu u tu0 VitiaS6 aIlStOCEdi
ather out of coucei: of tn mock MARRIAGE
ut we were perfectly satisfied-true we were
bliged to look out for new help-but tn e
omestead gained a capital house-keeper in
be washerwoman, and the most lovely, JOY
US, aud warm hearted little mistress you
yer saw, when it received 'OUR Ida"
A PROMISE FULFILLED.- the 23d day
f February 1861, the New York Tribune
the following editorially:
"Whenever it shall be clear that the great
ody Of the Southern people have become
onclusively alienated from the Union. and
nxious to escape from it, we shall do our
est to forward their views.''
For months past the Tribune has been do
Dg its "best to forward the views" of the
sbels. The rebels have 20 brigade in their
ervice SO valuable to them as the New York
'ribune and its Abolition echoes.-Utica( IN
y Observer.
That is true. The Tribune has done more
amage to the cause of the restoration of tn Q
Jnion than any brigade in all Secessia; aud
theirs of its stri pc have done damage in pro-
ortion to their influence. And these dis
nion organs claim to be the only truly
Union advoca tes in the land-to belong to
he only Union party in the country. How
be world is given to lying!-Clermont 60.
Jun.
New ENGLAND's QUoTA.--It is going to be
bout as we have anticipated with New
England generally aud Massachusetts, par
icularly. She generally, and Massachusetts
had very long finger in the
roubles which Produced the war. Her voice
and that of Massachusetts, particu-
arly, was loudly for war before the war com
nenced. In those quarters there was hearty
esponss to the declaration of brutal West
IN Senator that "the Union would not be
worth a rush without a little blood -letting."i
But New England generally. and Massachu,-
etts particularly, have not let mnch blood
Chay haYA at no time bad their quota OF