The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20

answer to me for bis brutality to my
sister,.
Mary caught her brothers arm with
. cry ofterror. The thought Of meet
ing hetween the two men knowing as
she did The fiery spirit ofbo.h, when
sxasperatef. filled he, with dread, and
rhe fancied herself haunted for life with
4 fear that hcr husband or her brother
might fal BY the hand OF the other.
'3"orge,' said Mary Grover, with
white lips, promise me eolomnly that
You will never seek an interview with
ms husband 80 long as you live
Promise me this or | can never leave
his home for yours
Why Mary. il is my duty
She checked him sbnd,serng.
No. George; I foresce what the con
sequences would be, only too we'll
P'omise. for my sake and my peace
well, then, I prowise, for I wan,
Won 10 be a, rest, Mary. But it's hard
Tor me 10 shnt up my mouth in this
way This time II was closed with
fond kisses, ard so George Humphreys
went his way.
| 1t il useless 10 !inger on the causes
which had developed such unhapp;ness
in The lite of r ,hert and Mary Grover.
Both were greatly in the wrong, and
each had something to plead in ex
tennaiion Of his and her faults. Each
had had spoiled childhood, an ndulg-
ed y'n.h; each was exacting and un
consciously and labi'nally selfish; and
on the other side each was gener.
ons warm hearted, with most attrac
tive and l"veable qualities Of character
Marriage had been keen disapoint-
mf nj To both, for Robert and Mary
Grover had been the most ardent Of
lovers ard the vonne husband and wife
were appalled, at the first disclosure Of
of human trai'fes in the Other.
A little self sacrifice. a yieldidg to
each others wishes and tastes in the
small ae'aiis "f every dav life and The
exercise Of good common sense. nigh,
have r,meiied AL these things. Bu.l
alas! persistent self sacrifice in l,ttle
things was something 10 which ne,,he,
he young merchant or he wife was
accns'amef'; and their hearts were
wrong: Il is the old story. Things
went ffm bal TO worse. Eaeh grew
s"ured ard indtfern' Of ;neeasant fauit
finding, # petty recrimina'ion, and re
tort Developed Itself, ard the married
life Which Gai commenced three yeare
helare under the sweet auspices ef
Youth and hope aud lose. vaa become
both sarrw and kitserHess, and neihcr
could see the remedy FIR the great
wrong which lay in his ~ her soul.
The road belween New York aa4
Ph'adelrh,s had been partially blocked
np by . heavy .ill Of snow, and The
ride vas \ slow AMI ted one for
all the travellers on the train that
nar
Robert Grover soon exhausted NV
morning paper which seemed partic-
nlarIv sterile one, and then he looked
en' II the window while. AS the cars
tniled dong; hn, he only saw the dead
Maa',ns 81 v nt.r drawn one. the face
# lie earth; aud IA lie "a, there. with
% hing spec!al Ia tx his attention, the
I'd wh,eh he had spoken to Mary.
his Mffs hat alorning cane back TO
his IN NJ ~ They did sound rather
ha il and ~,wsre now, and he WINGED
liii.e unie. h.m.
The et,Eih IS ,honIht the Young
mereh,as, settling his graceful limbs
on has seat suppose l did goa li,tle
loo t.,, bui she came &, me Just the
wrnng time. when l was bothered 60
Heath by that letter, telling me there
was M help fs it; 1 must start right
off to Philadelphia. or Ia lcso every
| dollar that house Was owing me for it
would be down before the week was
| nut 1 wonder If there ever was a
woman, from Eve downward, who had
the leas, idea OF the worry and sbo,her
of man business. or who woulln't
attack hln at the moment when he was
head owe, heels Ia trouble, and then
he's snre % say the very worst thing
he can.
/ Ant, then The face Of his wife came
! back 70 him as he parted from il, with
its white s;,ll i.ok, and the strange
settled expression of the lips. as though
she had male some deadly sgaso!vt
, within herself; and he remembered hoM
. ...er & are fallewed him, steady and de
fsn,. as be left the.sooln. He had ths