The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-20

Say mo1ey 20 Chartee, and, at 0nee there
d cloud In the sky" ..,''' : u
She sat down, pou,ing end half angry.
!" Forty dollars for . new dressI'''
'ejaeulated the husband Of thsyaiH, pret-
|ty, thodahtlcas Mrs. WbitmAn, 81 he
shut the door after him. promised
TO- settle Thomson's coal bill to-day
thirty three dollars but don't know
Rhsga the money is to come from. The
"a burnt up, aud more must be Or
deFea, Oh, deaf, ndiseouragsd. Every
year I fall bahInd,, This Winter / did
hons 40 Rsl 3 litsle 10 sdsapes but 4
softy.dolIsr silk dresses arc the ordsr of
the day, there u no end TO that devoutly-
TO. wished for CONSERVATION. Debt
debsl How I have shrunk from it; but
steadily, now, il is closing its Briareah
arms aropId me, and my constructing
chest la6ots 10 respiration. Oh, IL |
could but disentangle myself now. while
! have the strength of early manhood,
and the bonds that hold me are weak
IF Ada could see as / see-if / could
only make her understand rightly ny
position. Alas! that is hopeless, / fear. y
And Mr.. Whitman hurried his steps,
because his heart beat quicker, aud his
thoughts we're unduly excited.
Not long time after Mr.. Whitman
left home, the city postmaster delivered
letter to bis address. The wife exam
ined the writing on the euvelop, which
was 10 q bold masculine hand, and she
said to herself, as she did So
II wonder who this can be from |"
Something more than curiosity moved
her. There intEuded on her mind a
vague feeling Of disquiet, as if tho mis-
sive bore unpleasant news for her hus'
band. The stamp showed it to be a city
letter. A few times Of late such letters
had come to his address, and she had no
ticed that be had read them hurriedly,
thrust them without remark into his
pocket, aDo became silent.
If the thought of Mrs Whitman re.
CURED, as was natural, to the elegant
silk dress, of which she was to become
the owner on that day, she did not feel
the proud satisfaction her vain heart ex.
perieneed little while before. Some
thing of its beauty had faded.
" IF I only knew what that letter con.
tuiued," she said, half. an hour after il
cgmo in. her mind still feeling the press
urc which had come down upon it so
strs ugely, as it seemed to her. She went
to the mantle piece, took up the letter,
and examined the superscription. II
gave her no light. Steadily It kept
growing upon her that its contents were
Of nature to trouble her husband.
Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over
and over again in her hand, in thoug ht-
full way, and, as she did so, the image Of
her rhusband-sober faced and silent as he
had become for most of the time-at last
presented itself with UNUSUAL viVidNess'
Sympathy stole into her heart. -,
L" Poor Charles !" she said, as the feel
ing increased. ~ N afraid something
is going wrong with him" .-...,.r..
Placing the letter on the mautl[- piece,
where he could see it when he came in,
Mrs. Whitman entered upon some house
bold duties; but 6 strange impression
as Of weight, lay upon her heart "a
sense Of impending evil--a vague feel
Iing that all was not going we'll with heE
husband. ........7,-
" he has been little mysterious Of
| Ilnte," she said to herself. The idea af
| fscted her very unpleasautly. /" He
grows moro silent and reserved" she
added, 40 though her mind, under q
kind Of fsverish excitement, became act
i've in new direction. "More iudrawn,
as it were, and less interested 10 what
goes on around him. His coldness cbillS
mo at times, and bis irritation hurts
me-" .., .... -",E
She drew q long, deep sigh. Then,
With an almost startled VividDess, came
before her mind in contrast, her tender
loving, cheerful husband Of three years
before, and her quiet, silent, sober faced
husband Of to-day. 2 ,e.'is,s :g4y.l. /,
!" Something is going wrong. With
him" she said aloud, as, the feeling
grew stronger. "Wbat can it beH"n
The letter was in her hand. IS. ~
" This may give me light" And
With careful 6ugers, she opened the 60
velOp, not breaking the paper SO thai
she could seal it again il she desired to
do 90. There was bill fsixty dollars
and o communication from the poFson o
sendiug the bill, Hc was a jevClsr.
"If this l. slpot settled at once" be
wrote, II shall put the account in suit
EIs has been standing for over . year
and am tired Of getting excuses instead
ef money" ..rs. H,.g .cgs .z.Y..
The bill Eas for a .lady's watch, which
Mrs. Whitma1 had almost compelled hel
husband to purchase. Z Not paid for
lis Il possible |" exclaimed the little wo
man, in bIank ,astonishmsnt, Ehile the
blood moantsd 70 her forehead. .a,.,.,s
Then she set down 10 think. LighI
EbsSsn 10 come iRso her mind As sbt
SO thns .thiaking, . second ls.tsr for be-
Ihnsbapd cane 10. from the penny pOst
map. She opened Il Without hesitation
4 aat hsg blu ana snoth dGanilg letter
q Sos paia II it possiblsS' she %
naatsa lie eiaealafjoa. NWss q bill q
syssn - e. ye dpLIaEs for gnileFs and alp