The Lincoln County herald., 1869-06-10
A WIFE'S REVENGE.

Maurice, l am vour lawfully welded
wife; then, why torture mo longer by
refusing to acknowledge .nd claim me US
such before the world? Before our child
our little Lulu was born, 1 hesitatcd to
urge; but now for the sake Of our dar
ling, I entreat you to deluy NO longer
that which has been always too long post
poned." and the young vile aud mother
burs, into food of uncomfortable teas,
The young man thus appealed to, re
piled:
"Lulu, have not told you repeatedly
that should my marriage with you be-
come known to my father he would for.
ever disown, and ut last disinherit INC, his
first born and the idol Of bis hearth No,
no cannot, l cannot. not even for your
sake, hasten 10 his grave one who has
but short time to live ut the longest
and the agitated man arose and hastily
left the house.
The bercaved wife listened till the
sound Of his footsteps had died away in
the distance, then she hastily arose, and
effectually concealing all traces of tears,
approached her child, over.whose sleeping
70, N she made . secret vow that before
ono year had passed away she would be
revensed upon her worldly proud father,
in.law.
But We will leave her in her anguish
while VIC 60 back some few years into the
past, when Lulu Clayton was q happy
maiden 10 her rustic home by the river
side. She never knew . sorrow then.
She was tho petted idol Of poor but in.
dulgent father; her only aim 10 life was
to make him huppy, and her only wish
for the future Was to close his eyes, when
at length the spectre, death, which must
sooner or later come to all, shosA bear
his happy spirit across the dark river
and through tho lonely valley to that CO
lestiul haven Of re.t beyond.
It was early in the spring time, when
the earliest aowers begin to bud, and tho
birdA to sing. that Maurice Warrington
discovered their quiet end heretofore un
molested retreat. Her natural purity aud
simplicity won at 6rst his respect, and at
length his whole and undivided love, and
she, 10 her turn, returned the sentiment
BY love, If possible, more ardent Their
young hearts we're united, and henceforth
their lives must run in the same channel.
or those two young hearts be sacrificed
on the holy altar Of love. ....
but now arose new dif6culty 10 the
form Of an unrelenting father. Old Mr..
Warrington's passion was terrible to be-
hold when Maurice asked him to sanction
and tIess his union with the lovely young
daughter Of Robert Clayton
But Maurice was prepared for all this.
for he had been reared from childhood
in the l.p of wealth and luxury, and
knew that he could no more deeply offend
bis father, than by marrying one beneath
him iu social position. But be had dared
to hope for reconciliation, and atleug,h
. full aud free consent. Finding this
impossible, he determined to act for him.
SELF The next day he lead the blushing
maiden to the slrar. and from thence to
. secluded home, for be loved bis father
teuderly, and could not be an alien from
the psternal roof. ... ....
Lulu Warrington lived on 10 this %.
clusiou until the birth Of her little daugh.
tor, when her already overwrought fsel-
ings gave way 10 the words with which
we commence our story.
When Maurice Warrington left bis
young vife 10 tears, be went directly to
bis fathers house. with the full determi.
nation TO acqua,nt him Of his marriage
with Lulu Clayton, sod SIX him to 70.
Seive her and her child beneath bis roof
that be might have . daughter to bless
slA cheer! him 10 bis old sgs. He found
the old man 10 the library, and bis cour,
age almost gave way before the stern but
seeetionsts glance Of that father, who
xaissd. bis syes from tho large volume bs.
tore hln, q Mssslss sstsrsd his pFsssuss,
and began
my son, I have been thinking the
makkAP oRnp and 7 think Il shnnk t;~>