The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-04-09

AlafIl hau i0upu you 10 your present
untidy condition and you are often TO-
no better plight--in a single instance
before marriage, he would have broken
of the engagement; and I'n sure, that
10 . suit i0f breach Of promise, If !
had been on the jury, ! verdict 10 bis
favor would have been rendered" =
Bella did not smile at this elosiGg
sally, but sat looking into her friends
face in "a strange, bewildsrsd. troubled
way. The iptimation that her husband
had been sccn riding ont with lady,
when 1t fairly reached Der thought
gave her q sharp pain. IL had never
eniered hef inagination that he could
look, with even passing sense of ad.
miraiion, into any iaec bun hsrs---that
his heart could turn FROM her 10 another
for . single instant OF time. She bad
perceived that he vas colders more in.
different; Icss careful d her pleasures
than 10 the sunny days Of their eohrt.
ship and betrothineut-.-bat, that he
could seek anolhcfs soeissy, was thing
uadfcaned o. II was a provcrb, thia
contrast between lovers aud husbands !;
aud she had feIt that he was proying
is truth, That waA all IL was an
uppltasant truth, aud hard 10 recoivs
yet she saw 90 remedy. Bat new. by a
word or two, her friend had startled her
into . different view Of She case. Was
her husbands heart rgally tuTniax away
from hcrg She was frightened a. the
remote suggcstion--for, IL his hove, lay
all her world
Your not really in earnest. Mary,
about seeing Harry riding out with y
lady this aitefnoon. sha aaid 10 voice
aud with look that revealed fally her
state Of mind. The color had leil her
face, and her heart shook ia her voice.
4 was, probably, mistaken, Bella
replied the Iriend; .stlesgh | had not
doabtad Of the fact a moment. until
saw you at the window liitle while
ago"
did you notice the lady particular,
"Ne; but let the matter pass, dear.
No doubt was mistaken. Ia ia worry
Ing you more than | could have imaa.
ined.
= Bella looked at her friend Zoe aome
usodbenis, 10 q strange way, then giyiag
q low, suppressed, waiIipg cry, beat for.
ward and laid her face apoa her bosom,
sebbiag aud shndJefinH In such Wild
tnTbalcuee OF kseliag, that her friend
became actually alarlaed.
q You have heightened me r said sllc
youag wife, liiting her head Al last. a.
her excitement died away eAh. Mary,
if ] shoald loss my husbands love, il
would Kill me
Thea, Bella, answered her friend,
''scc 10 il, that you neglect none Of tho
means required for keeping il. H yoa
would continuo 10 be ioved, you must
not grow unloycly Tho charms that
won your husband masl not be folded
up, and kept for holiday occasions, and
then put on for other eyes thHa his,
You nsas. keep them ever displayed
before hin nay, pat on new attractions.
l. pot the husband even dearor than the
lover, aud his heart better worth the
holdi1gf Look back, my dear friend,
over the brief naoons that have waved
aud wancd since you we're bride. Put
yourself ON trial, and take impartial
testimony. How has IL becnT Has
your temper been "a sweet a. whes you
sat leaning together in the summer
twilighis, talking Of the lbsc,crownc.l
future Have you been as stadioas 10
please "a then ! as careful of his feel.
iugs; as regardful Of his tastes DO
you adoru yourself for his eyes now "A
when you dressed for his coming then
As wife, are Won as lOyabIe as YOU
were when maidanY Bella Bella /
look to the little foxes that spoil tho
tender grapes, lf you would have loves
ripened fruitage. Love is not chame.
leou 70 feed on air, aud change ia every
hue Of condition. IL must have sub
atantial food. Deprive Il Of this aud Il
languishes and dies. Aud now, dear.
l have warned you. Meet your has.
band, when he returns home this eve.
ming, looking az sweeily as when he
came TO you In your fathers house at.
tracted as the beo is to the flower. and
note the manner in which bis face win
tighten up. Did ho kiss sou when he
came homo yesterday f'
The face of Bella flushed littlo.
Husbands soon lose taste for kiss.
ing" she answered.
"If the wiie's lips remain as sweet as
the maidcn's, Eevcrr't
"0h, you don't know anything about
IT," said Bella. "Wait until you are
married.
After fhe friend said good afternoon.
the young wife went 10 her room, and
cried for q good quarter of an hour
Then she commenced doing as the friend
had suggested. Refreshed by bath.
she attired herself ia spotless white
wrapper, with delicate blue belt bind
ing her waist. A small lace collar.
scarcely whiter than her pure neck.
edged aud tied with narrow azureribbon,
was turned away from her swan.like
throat and Just below, at the swell Of
the bosom, was an exq1isitcly- oval
pin. Her hair, q rich golden brown,
had been made glossy as the wing Of q
bird, and was folded just enough away
from the temples TO show their delicate
cutting. Two opening rosebuds--red
and white nestled above and 10 front
Of one Of her pearl.tinted ears. She did
look lovely and loyablc, as her mirror
told her. Fl