Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-01-28

protection OF heaven COulu ne SOUGHT,
without feeling Of shame or condem
nation
Then your conscience is really at war
with large partiesi' said Mr.. Westbury.
4 cannot deny that il is. Julia answer
ed. 'Impelled by circumstances, have
striven to think they might sonnet mes be
innocenty attended, and perhaps they
may but confess that the reproches Of
nv own conscience are more and more
severe every time repeat the indulgence.
Whatever they may be to others l am
constrained to believe they are not inno-
cent to me-
Mr.. Wostbury made no reply, for at
that moment the carriage stopped at their
own door, and the subject was not again
resumed,
Every party was sure to procure for
/ Mrs. Westbury call from Mrs. Cunning
ham. On the following morning. at as
early an hour as etiquette would allow,
she made her appearance.
! Il could not stay away this morning,
! she said the moment she entered. | am
SO vexed, and so hurt | must have the
sympathy of some friendly heat; and
| YOU are friend to every one, especially
| when in trouble
what troubles you Mrs. Cunningham
! Mrs. Westbury asked.
You reccollect, said Mrs. Cunning
ham, what / said to you about Mr.
Cunningham's indisposition. Well, as
soon as | got home ran up stairs, Of
course, Won know, 10 see how he was,
expecting to ind him in bed and asleep,
Judge how / felt, when I found my bed
rs left it, and no husband IN the cham
Der. | flew down stairs, and searched
every room for him in vain. then rung
for Peggy, and asked, if she knew whore
Mr.. Cunningham was?' La mama,
said she, Il am sure | don't know. He
went out just after you did. He called
me to give charge about the fires, and
said he was going to Mrs. T-----s. [
dismissed the girl and went to my cham
Der in agony, as you may suppose. de,
clare l hardly know what | did or
thought for three long hours-for it was
so long before Mr.. Cunningham camo
home! don't know what | said to him
when he came, but he wus not the kind,
| affectionato creature, that he had ever
been, for he almost harshly told me to
cease my Notwithstanding
think what q word-for if | sought
pleasure where [ liked, | must not quar-
rel with him for doing the samer Ny
dear Mrs. Westbury, could not make
him tell me where he had been, do all |
could-and I have horrible surmises.
Wnat shall | do, am sick at heart, and
almost distracted
'WIll you follow my advice, my dear
Mrs. Cunningham I? said Mrs. Westbury
who truly pitied her distress, much as
she blamed her.
% yes,-I will do anything TO feel
happier than l do now. Really, my
heart is almost broken, and she burst
into passion of tears. Mrs. Westbury
| attempted to soothe her. and then said
Forgive me, if wound, when l would
only heal. You have been little i'm
prudent, and must retrace your steps by
conforming to the taste of your husband.
He does not like crowds, and you must
in part relinquish them for his sake
And is not that hard |? said Mrs. Gun
ningham. 'Why should he not conform
to my taste, rs well as | to hisl Why
must men have their own way alwaysp
That point is not worth while to dis
cuss, said Mrs. Westbury. Your hap
piness, my friend, is at stake. Can you
hesitate an instant which to reinqush,
these which, after all, are SO
unsatisfying-or the appreciation, the
happiness, perhaps, the heart, even, of
Your husband? q
But whv,' persisted Mrs. Cunningham,
need he be SO obstinate? You see he
could 60 out and stay out till two in the
morning! 1t seems as if he did it on
purpose TO torment me- and she again
burst into tears.
Il have not the least doubt said Mrs.
Westbury, that would you yield to Mr..
Cunningham's wishes would you let
him see that YOU care moro about pleas
ing him than yourself, he would cheer
fully and frequently perhaps, accommodate
himself to your taste. Few men will
be driven, aud they would be objects
Of our contempt if they would, for auth
ority is divinely delegated to them; but
there are few who have not generosity
enough to take pleasure in gratifying the
wife who evidently strives to meet his
wishes, and is willing to sacrifice her
own pleasures that she nlay promote his
happiness
But | can't see,' said Mrs. Cunning
ham, why my happiness is not of as
much consequence as my husbands; |
can't see why all the sacrifice should be
on my side
DO you not preceive,' said she, that
the sacrifices you make, are made to SO e.
cure your happiness, and not to destroy
it,
L don't know she said. 1 cant bear
TO have Ned think to manage me as be
would little child, and then punish me
as he did last night, il don't do Just AS
he says. | don't think it fair. And |
don't know that it would be of any avail
should follow your advice. Some men
will be ugly, do what you will and why
should you understand managing the
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