Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-13

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go Then i was, and not till then, that
Mr, Smith resolved that bis wife should
not go out, Aud she, did not. Now you
car, judge for yourself. hoargo..r i.aatlg
gEDep was surprised at the recital She
asked her husband where be got his iufor.
nation, and be told her be bad it from one
Of the young men, who lived with Mrs.
Smith aud heard it all. l.,....,. .l t,d,
And pow, be added, The truth is, Mrs
Smith is aPerfect Xantippe, She wears Q
smile in company, but her husband sees
nothing Of the kind at home. BE suffers
mneb, Ellen, Once / prevented that young
man from taking bis own life. The perfect
ugliness of bis wife had drivep him madI
Surely never dreamed that she was
such such woman, said The young wife,
Yon see how dangerous it is to judge of
such matters. before yon hear both sides,
returned George, earnestly. In all cases o!
this kind, when there is difficulty between
two or more persons, We should not allow
our sympathies to be enlisted until we have
heard both sides. OF course we must, have
certain sympathies from what We hear but
we have no right to give our word against
person till we know, And we can never
know but BY hearing both sides, and then
Judging calmly aud eandidly. But even
then il is the safest way not to give. our
opinion utless it is needed, 49,, ',,...r ..
| Ellen said she understood it now. and
| that she would be more careful in future.
She forgot that there were two sides to
every story Of human faults, aud thus al
lowed herself TO-, be imposed upon very
often by false, statements Of the facts or
more likely by Que sided statement, And
how much evil resulted to the social world
from this one Ealing, 49,. .n, ....,.. No.. ~.
Mrs A. tells her story of suffering, or
the story Of her wrongs. !; and straightwAy'
her friends sympathies are enlisted, aud
lhty deuounce Mr A in uumeGsured terms,
Or perhaps it is Mrs, b., who has done all
the wrong 10 Mr.. b, aud if SO, then Mrs
3. comes in for the blame :, Mrs. B of
course, has her friends, SO warfare CON,
menceS. .By and by, after the parties come
together, because they can no l9ngerire,
mdin apart, hey find they have been under
a misapprebension, aud all, the i'll feeling
they have har5ored has beeu without cause,
10 fact. Had they az first only heard both
sides, oil this would not have happened. .,.
But this proneuess to take sides, upon
the FIRST enlistment, of sympathy, was too
deeply rooted III ElIens disposition, to be SO
easily removed. Shel was destined, how.
ever, to have lesson that should cure her.
George Everett had opened a store on
bis own account +; but soon found that he
was badly cramped for the want of meaus
He saw that if he had sufficient capital be
could make money rapidly. -,, There was o
fine opportunity which lie must lose if be
could not find more funds. But he at
lehgi b succeeded ip making arrangements
10 his entire satisfaction and aent to bis
home full of glowing auticipations. .. ..-.
have overcome the difficulty, be said to
his. wife, as they sat at the tea table. .....
Ah-how ........... .....,..-. .. Goo.
| Do you remember, Walter Adams ,.,.
What, the one that used to go to school
with us in Weston r.. ~. sr.. f..
Yes, that's the one. II. ... ,'......,.
| Why, surely, remember him, He weui
off 10 sea when only a boy, ..s '. .ue il.
! Exactly well, Ellen, be is going il
with me- He has $4,000. which be will
put into our business .Only ihiuk-I not
only get an excellent partnef-one who
VII have an equal interest with myself
BIT one who CEN command the capital -
| With 100000 put into the business now,
we cen 60 right ahead and lake The whole
t ada. a.. ..,... ,...li.,,d .....,. ,
Ellen was dtlighed. for she had been SO
miuuteiY Informed Of the particulars, that
she knew just how much benefit this at
rargement would bring. Sbe knew it
would be worth five thousand dollars, a
year, at least, in her husbands pocket
They talked the matter all over, aud when
they retired, the husband only saw visions
Of mercantile prosperity aud triumph;
while the wife was made glad in view of
her companions prosperity, and she was
surely nor to blame--perhsps she saw a
vision wherein were revealed enc or two
silk dresses and SO on. 1t was just one
! week after this, aud 10 the evening, that
George came into his house, looking very
pale and ogtated u" dA.'" -.~
Mercy, George. What is the matter?
the wife asked Fastening to his side
Oh! be groaued, heavily aud painfully. -
| AIN almost ruinedI Cd ."-''
But how? .rH a.."" H. H.' -'..'.- p
I Adams v i'll not come.
! Will no.?
No, be will not comel have made all
the arrangements, fixed all the business,
and let slide Que opportunity which
might have seized. oh it will be hard / o
go back nowl As true as livel would
rather have found my house and oil it
contained, save life, burned 10 the ground
than to have had this happened. '' .''.
But why is j.? Why has Mr. Adams
concluded not to join you? ..' ~. "' J.
Because bis wife would not come here 10
live. She, and she alone, has pursuaded
him not 10 do it. H. :" t.' H
And why should she have done thisl
Why should she seek 10 deter her hus.
band from bis own interest,"? f''pI
All there il is. @ 1t was 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. lie was under no obliga.
lions TO me, as we had no writing. But
it is sad blow 10 nNeI .e '' '''
Do you know why bis wife objected to
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