The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-03-15

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chase q pair IF shoes, telling him
she had a little money she lad
made by sewing while he was sick,
but she wended her way to a
newspaper Office, and showed her
articles, together with some letters
she had received from the editor
Of the -- Magazine. The edi.
tor was a polite kind man, and told
her to call again in two hours,
She did SO, and received ten dol.
lars for the articles, with which
/ she purchased few articles OF
clothing and a travelling bonnet.
lie was in too much of a hurry to
fly from death, as. he thought, to be
angry when she told him the truth.
In q week they were at her faith.
er's house How different in ap.
pearance, and in feelings Her
parents received them kindly,
their daughter, oh, how gladly, and
her husband kindly for her sake.
Three years and half of married
lite, and not one year of true hap
piness! !! Now that she was at
home, shielded by mothers love,
the long strain upon her nervous
system brought on low wasting
tevcr, and for months she was but
a shadow of her former self. Her
husband, whose energies were
dead, insisted now on her writing
tor money TO support themselves,
but she was unequal to the task,
and tor twelve months she felt that
she could never write again. Her
brain seemed paralized. When
she recovered 30 as to be able to
60 out, aud teel sufficient strength
Of mind and body, she undertook
to teach few pupils at her faith
er's residence, and succeeded in
making small sum, which her
husband took and went off with.
upon the plea that he was looking
for business. She had given him
clothing sufficient to last him two
years. He remained four months,
and returned without a cent of
mOney, and no vIvti.;,.es bat -.cl,at
he had ON. Her friends urged a
separation, as he came home
drinking, with every sign Of hav.
ing been ON spree all the time of
his absence. Until death us do
part," she repeated. Sometimes
her strength almost failed her, and
che shuddered as lie came into her
presence. When he taunted her
with not loving him, she felt that
he spoke truth, but she dare not
say 80. She only replied, " Love
begets love-" He was cross and
disagrceable in her fathers family.
She saw that they bore it only for
her sake and the fact made her
miserable. She would have left
with hun, much as she loved her
parents and feared her husband,
30 firm was her belief that she was
doing her duty. Six months pass.
ed in her little school. To relieve
tho pressure of disagreeable
thoughts upon her brain. she re.
sorteL to her pen once more. This
time the ideas came without ,nucI,
effort and she found that practice
made them flow faster. 0, the
pleasure Of this long forbidden oc.
cupation. She wrote to offer her
contributions to the Magazine
again, but received an answer that
they could not engage any more
writers at present, their list was
full. They had never forgiven her
for withdrawing from them four
years previously. There was a
new literary paper started in her
native State. To that she wrote,
and sent q specimen article; il twas
accepted, SHE wrote regularly tor a
low months, when she received a
letter, during her husbands alb.
,sence, from Arthur Morton, vino
WAS literary editor of the paper,
telling her that he would pass
through the country in a week or
So and would call OH her. He was
an old friend of her husband some
five years younger, perhaps, still
his friend. and rs such she Ielt ITO
hesitancy in inviting him to call.
She did not know until he wrote
that he was connected witt, the pa
per. She had poured ont her
| whole soul In her poems and sto.
rieo, and her peculiar sorrows were
depicted In those of her heroiaes.
She was thinner, and there were a
| few lines OF care plainly visible In
her face, still she had the same
sweet smile and low gentle voice,
the same Child like SIMPLICITY and
earnestness Vt manner, When Mr..
Morto,, came, he held her hand as
he looked into her face, and said.
I" The same, q little older, little
more care worn, still the same true
woman" Her husband was pres
ent ut the meeting, and q glance at
hiin showed his brow to 6arket,.