Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-01-03

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done all the wrong to Mr.. B., and II so,
then Mrs. B. comes in for the blame; Mrs
B.. of course, has her friends, so a war
fare commences. By and by, after the
parties come together because they can
no longer remain apart, they find they
have been under a misapprehension, and
all the iIl-feeling they have harbored
has been without cause, in fact. Had
they at first only heard both sides, all this
would not have happened.
| But this proness to take sides, upon
the first enlistment of sympathy, was too
deeply rooted in Ellen Everett's disposi-
tion to be oeasily removed. She was des-
tined, however, to have a lesson that
should cure her.
! George Everett had opened a store on
his own account but soon found that he
was badly cramped for the want OF means.
! He saw that if he had sufficient capital,
he could make money rapidly. There
was fine opportunity which he must lose
if he could not find more funds. But he
at length succeeded in making arrange
ments to his entire satisfaction; and went
to his home full of glowing anticipation.
81 have overcome the difficulty" he
said to his wife, as they sat at the tea
table.
! "Ah-how "
"Do you remember Walter Adams ?"
''What, the one that used to go to
school with US in Weston ?"
eyes. That's the one"
"Why, surely remember him. He
went off to sea when he was only boy"
"ExaUtly. Well, Ellen, he is going in
with me. He has twenty thousand dol
larswhich he will put into our business
Only think not only get an excellent
partner-one who will have an equal in
terest with myself-but one who can COM
mand the capital. With twenty thous-
and dollars put into the business now, we
can 90 right ahead and take the whole
/ trade"
Ellen was delighted, for she had been
so minutely informed of the particulars,
| that she knew just how much benefit this
arrangement would bring. She knew it
would be worth five thousand dollars a
year, at least, in her husbands pocket
| They talked the matter all over, and
when they retired. the husband only saw
visions of mercantile prosperity and tri-
umph while the wife was made glad in
view of her companions prosperity, and
she was surleY not to blame-perhaps
she she saw a vision wherein were reveal
ed one or two silk dresses and so on.
1t was just one week after this, and in
the evening, that George came into his
house, looking very pale and agitated.
"Mercy, George! What is the matter?"
the wife asked, fastening to his side.
"Oh :" he groaned, heavily and pain
full. 81 am almost ruined"
"But how ?"
"Adams will not come"
"Will not ?"
"No he viii not GOMEZ l have made
all the arrangements, fixed all the bust
ness, and let slide one opportunity which
l might have siezed. Oh it will be hard
to 90 back now As true as 1 live l
would rather have found my house and
all it contained, save life, burned to the
ground than to have had this happened"
"But why is it? Why has Mr.. Adams
concluded not to join your"
Because his wife would not come here
to live. She, and she alone, has pursua-
ded him not to do it."
"And why should she have done this
Why should she seek to deter her hus
band from his own interest ?"
"Ah there it is. Itwas not particularly
for his money; he can find many invest
ments as profitable as this would have
been. This was the first that presented
ITSELF and he would have taken it but
for his wife. He was under no obliga
tions to me, as we had no writing. But
it is a sad blow to me p'
do you know why his wife objected to
coming here ?"
YES" answered George, and as be
spoke his countenance changed.
"And why is it ?" asked Ellen.
'She told him that shes never could
feel that love and friendship toward you
which her own happiness would demand
that she should feel towards the wife of
her husbands partner"
could not feel-towards me-" uttered
Ellen. in astonishment. "Why, what can
she meant"
Perhaps you don't know who his wife
is. He has been married only two weeks.
He married Harriet Anderson"
Harriet Anderson =" gasped Ellen,
turning pale.
"Yes."
"Well," the wife said, after some hest
tation. 81 am sorry and yet should
not have wished to associate with her."
"Why not ?" the husband calmly asked.
Because she is not what she ought to
be-"
"And you have said this to others. have
you not?"
"Why-yes-I suppose l have"
"But you have expressed your opinion
pretty plainly against herr"
"Yes, 1 have. And l had good reason
too"
"What reason had you?"
what reason? Why, it is generally
known that she has been guilty of some
very dark doings. Mr.. Adams don't GER
tainly know her, or he never would have
married her"
"He did know her, EIlen-and much
better than you do. But answer me this:
Have you not done considerable toward
circulating the story of her sins?"
"Why, l have told several"
"Aye. and they have told each several
more. \ ow, what authority had you for
telling what you did?"
''What authority? Why, know it was
so Mrs. Tellum told me she had it from
one who saw it. Lucy Peepwell saw part
of it with her own eyes"
And you stand ready to condemn any
person upon the mere word of another.
How did you know that Harriet Ander-
son might not have explained it all hon
estly and properly? l thought you had
not INDUCED in the evil of taking up one
side of a question of this kind, where the
very character of an individual is con-
cerned, before you have heard the other
side. Had you taken the trouble to see
some of those who knew Harriet Ander-
son well, you might have been enlight-
ened upon the subject"
"How so?"
"Why, you would have found that it
was not Harriet Anderson at all who did
these things! 1t was widow woman
named Henrietta Anderson, and not even
a relative of Harriet's. a female there,
who was an enemy to Harriet, got hold of
the matter, and either designedly or 9th
erwise, circulated the story that the lat
ter had been doing these evil deeds"
So while Harriet Anderson was away
with her brother in the city, she was said
to be in Weston, doing these terrible
things. She knew nothing of it until
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