The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1868-03-28

i above them; but they. forgot that whe
e they saw her cast down upon the san
A in the gray dawn, all her golden ba;
about her face. She had heard the stor,
of her husbands compact with H.
! stranger, and knew vhy he had been >
, ready to barter his life for gold.
Knew as none there knew that he hae
! had no hope of ever coming back.
Touch that money-no she-never
though she starved. Nor would she pf
back to her luxurious home, where
doubtless, now she would be welcomed
There she would die, and they should
bury her in the sea, to float away and
find Jack. All the world was nothing
without him; nothing, she knew that,
4 Lif. was worthless without Jack. And
no one gave her any hope. No one
dared.
| The wreck had vanished. Bits of her
came in with the tide. Soon it might
bring that which had been Jack, to her
feet. All day she watched for it with
maddening eyes, with horrible, soul
rending hope and fear mingling in her
soul. But the sea brought only in the
dusk little boar. One old man in red
flannel, with tarpaulin upon his head
at the oars. A stranger who came up
to the men on the beach, and said some
thing to them-something that set them
all shouting, screaming, cheering, ut
tering Jack Marbles name with odd
gasps and sobs; and before they told
her Bell knew thai her husband had
been saved.
He lay in the fsherman's hut, buffet
ed by wave and wind to an infants
weakness, and she bent o"er him her
lips to his, and words We're spoken then
bat bound their hearts more firmly than
they eyer bad been bound before.
Jack had not brought the casket and
would receive nothing from the man who
had sent him forth. Bell urged him
with tears in her eyes to this.
IL will not have it, jack" she said. |
1t is as though could have taken
money for your life"
So with Jacks health the two re-
turned to their humble life. They were
never happier, Jack often said. than in
these days, though afterwards wealth
came to them; for Bells father relented
at his death, and made her his heiress.
And Jacks great hope of being owner
of splendid steamer came to pass. AL
though he made but one or two voy-
ages in her after all, and those with
Bell.
And people who knew how rich they
were wondered sometimes that Can't.
MaFble's wife would not be finer. al.
ways neat, she never decked herself as
many women did. She knew why, so
did Jack, who tried to move her often,
bpt no one else, unless my reader guesses
how those words which she had spoken
had haunted her on the night through :
which she wept for Jack as for one dead.
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SHE WoULDN'r MARRY A NircuAv. !
Ca young man began wishing a
young woman and she appeared to be I
we'll pleased. One evening he called
when it was quite late, which led the
young girl to inquire where he had been.
\ Il had to work to night" :
:" What! do you work for living p
y inquired in astopishmpnt.
"Certainly,' replied the young man
am mechanic.'
81 dislike the name of mechanic"
md turned up her pretty nose.
That was the last time the man vis
ted the young woman. H. is now
wealthy man, and has one of the best :
somen in the country for his wife.
The lady who disliked the name of
Mechanic is now the wife of a miserable
DOL regular vagrant about grog>hops,
nd the soft, verdant, silly, miserable
'rl is obliged to take in washing in Or
er to support herself and children.
You dislike the name of mechanic "a
h! You, whose brothers are but well 4
ressed loafers. l.
We pity any girl who has SO little
a'ns, who is SO verdant, so sott,Ss to
link less of young man for beifS
of Gods noblemen-tAe
!ost dignifed and honorable .personagA
heavens creatures. Beware, youngh
|dy' how you treat young men who
ork tor a living. for you may one day \
mental to one of thsm yourself. !
Far better discharge I'll fed pau
Or, with all his rings, jewelfx, brazen-
sss' and pomposity, and take your
fections the callQus- handed, iNAli
mt, and industrious mechanic. -
Thousands have bitterl regretl
eir folly who have turned thsl back
honesty. A few years have gughtV
EN- a severe lesson. Kentdx ~
azette.