Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-06-06
those it loves are concealed from it.

~ on strlKe ner very soul to the
II earth, by telling her that her husband is a
, beggar; that she is to forego all the ele.
gancies of lfe-all the pleasures of gay so.
ciety-to shrink with me iuto indigence
and obscurityl 10 tell her that / have
dragged her down from the sphere in
which she might have continued to move
in constant brightness--the light of every
eye-tbe admiration of every henrtl How
can she bear poverty? she has been the
idol of society. o, it will break her heart,
it will break her heart!
saw his grief was eloquent, and let
it have its flow; for sorrow relieves itself
by words, When this paroxysm had sub.
sided, aud he had relapsed into moody ST.
lence, resumed the subject gently, and
urged him to break his situation at once to
his wife. lie shook bis head mourufully
but positively. H.s 10 .l.'
"But how are you to keep it from herr
1t is necessary that she should know il, that
you may take the steps proper to the alter
alton OF your circumstances. You must
change your style Of living--nay," obsor-
wing pang to pass across his countenance,
don't Yet that afIl'ct you, l am sure you
have never placed your happiness i'll out.
ward show you have yet friends-warm
friends, who will not think the worse of
you for being less splendidly lodged; and
surely it does not Iequire palace to be
happy with Mary
l could live with her, he cried, convul.
sively, in hovel! | could go down with
her into poverty and the dust | could
l could-God bless her. cried be, bursting
into transport of grief and tenderness.
And believe me, my friend, said |, step.
ping and grasping him warmly by the hand
believe me, she can be the same with you.
Aye, more, it will be source Of pride and
triumph to her--it will cal! forth all the
latent energies and fervent sympathies of
her nature; for she will rejoice to prove
that she loves you for yourself There is
in every true womanS heart spark of
heavenly fire which is dormant in the broad
daylight OF prosperity; but which kindleS
up, and beams and bazas u the dark hour
of adversely. No man knows what the
wife Of his is-no man knows what min.
isteriug angel ,he is--untll be has gone
with her lkrougA the fiery t.ials OF this
world
There was somsthing in the oarnestues,
Of my manncr, and the fsuratve style Of
my llDgu ge that caUght The excited lal-
agnation OF Leslie. | kuew the auditor
had 10 deaf with; and following up
The impression had made, l finished by
pcrsuadlng him to 90 home aud unburden
his sad heart to his wife
: must confess, notwithstanding all |
: had said, felt some little solicl ude for
the result. Who can calculate the forii
md ,,f g., H.,
pleasure! Her gay spirit might revolt a,
he dark, downward path of low humanity
suddenly pointed out before, and might
cling 10 The sunny regions in whch they
had hitherto ieveled Besides, ruin 10
fashionable life is accompanied by SO many
CALLING Notifications TO " hich in other
ranks it is u. stranger. In short | coud
not meet Leslie the next morning without
anticipation. He made the disclosure.
Aud bow did she bear il?
Like all angel! 1t seems rather to be q
rehef TO her mind, for she threw her arms
around my neck and asked if this was all
that had ia'ey y made me unhappy; cut poor
gIrl, added he, she cannot realize. the
change we must undergo. She had no
idea OF poverty but in the abstract; she has
only read oft in poetry, where it is allied to
love. She feels as yet no priyation she
suffers no loss OF accustomed couvenlences
or elegances. Wheo we come practically
10 experience its sordid cares, its paltry
wants, It's petty humiiations-ihen will be
the real trial. .....
But l said, now that yoa have got over
the severest test, lha. of breaking it to her.
the sooner you let the world into the secret
the better. The disclosures may be NOR.
tiiying: but then it is a single misery, and
soon over; whereas you otherwise suffer it
In anticipation every hour in the day 1t
is not poverty so much as prelence, that
harrasSes ruined meu-the struggle between
proud mind aud an empty purse, the
keeping up hollow show that. must soon
come TO an end. Have The courage to ap.
pear poor, and you disarm poverty offs
sting. Ga this point found Leslie quite
prepared de had no false pride himself
aud as to his wife. she was only anxious to
conform to their altered circumstances.
Some days atterward she called upon me
iu the evening. He had disposed of his
dwelling house and taken small cottage
in the country few miles lie had been
busted all day in Sendng out furniture
The new establishment, required few ar
ticles, and those of the simplest kind. All
the furniture of his late residence had been
sold. except his wife's harp. That, he
said, was too closely associated with the
} idea; it belonged TO the little story of their
loves; for some of the sweetest moments of
their eourtship were those when he had lean
} ed over that instrument, snd listened to The
} melting tones of her voice. could but
smile at this instance of roma.ic gallantry
in doling husband.
lie was now going out to the cottage,
where bis wife had been oil day superinten
ding its arrangements My feelings had
become strongly interested IN the progress
of this family story and as it was fue
evening, offered to accompany him.
He was wearied by the fatigue of the
day, and as he walked out fell into fit of
gloomy musng
Poor Mary at length broke. with heavy
sigh from his lips .i ....L