Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-28

never seen or dreamed of before.
You love your husband. Jenny |-
said her friend after time.
Jenny opened her eyes wide.
"Love him Why, isn't he my hus-
band p was her reply,
Mrs. Won Howth laughed.
"Some women in society might think
that reason why you shouldn't love
him." she said dryly, "And he loves
your"
"I should die tomorrow if l thought |
he did not.
"Tut child People leave this world
when God wills it, not before. dare
say you would survive his infdelity.-
Many women before you have lived
through such things"
Don't talk of it Margaret. l could
not bear it. Why, he is all the world to
me. How could bear to lose it?
"Thon don't wish him to bea city mer-
chant, my dear. dare say there are a
great many good men in the city-men
who love their wives; but on the other
hand there are SO many temptations, es.
pecially in society, that sometimes won
ner, not that so many 90 astray, but that
so many remain true to themselves and
their duty"
She spoke absently, and her eyes had
a far away glauce, as if they dwelt on
other things.
Jenny ventured question.
Margaret, is yours happy marriage?
Do you love your husband? And does
he love you?"
Mrs. Van HowtN started and turned
crimson.
Jenny, 1 would have loved him
| would have been good wife to him ;
but he never loved me. He brought me
to place at the head of the house, because
he thought me ladylike and interesting
that was all He told me so once,
though not quite 50 plainly as this. And
since then we have each taken our own
way, independent of the other. [ sell
dom see him at our house in town, ]
have my carriage, my diamonds, my op
l era box. In the season | go to Sarato
go, or Newport, while he favors Long
: Branch with his presence. We are per
J fectly polite to each other; We neve
quarrel; and l suppose, if | were to di
i tomorrow, he'd be an inconsolable wild
ower-for a week. Jenny, you will no
wish TO change places with me again.
6 Your husband might change as min
4 has done, exposed to the same tempta
: ton. Thank Heaven you have him a
" he s, good, true man, who loves you
and never mind the butter and chees
u Jenny, so long as your happiness an
70 his is made up with them"
She arose from her seat and strolle
. up the garden path
Jenny did not follow her. She sat 0
the step lost in thought. The riddle {
u her friends life was at last made clear t
her. She had often wondered why Ma
~ caret, in the midst Of all h2r wealth an
luxury, should seem so sad. She woI
" dered no longer now.
To be the wife of man who had /
oi love for you What "lower deep" CO
lu there be than this for proud and sens
tive woman
II Jenny turned with tears in her eyes
NV meet her stalwart husband as he can
TO- from the field.
"Well, littlo woman" he cried, al
AT then she got the hearty kiss for viii
:, she was was looking.
! Yes, Margaret was right. The bI
ter and cheese was Of little consequent
IRE while love like this made her task ca
ia to endure.
And the rosy-cheeked little WON
bent fondly down over her Hiram,
az he flung himself down on the porch Sc
'rR and famed him, talked to him, broug
ny him lemonade and made him thoroug
loe ly happy and at rest.
IS Poor Margaret! Happy Jenny NJ
er again would she wish to be more,
II " farmers wife.
Ibt-
CULTIVATE CONVERSATIONAL &c
ave talker is rarely found, simply beca'