Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
AUSTIN MOWER COUNTY, MINNESOTA,

soften tho larshest tidings. Beside,
yoa are depriving yourself of the COM
forts OF her sympathy and not merely
that, hut also endangering the only
bond that can keep hearts together
an unreserved community of thought
and feeling. She will soon perceive
that something is secretly preying
upon yonr mind !; and true love will
not brook reserve 1t feels untlervalued
and outraged when even the SORROWS of
hose it loves are concealed from it,"
's Oh, but my friend! to think what
a blow l am to give to all her future
prOspects-how nm to strike her very
soul to the earth, by telling her that
her husband is a beggar that she is to
forego oil the eleganccs of life-all
the pleasures of society-to sink with
me into indulgence or obscurity! To
tell her that have dragged her down
from the sphere in which she might
have continued to move in constant
brig htness-the light OF every eye-the
admiration of every heart! How can
she bear poverty2 She has been
brought up in all the refinements of
opulence. How can she bear neglect 2
She has been the idol of society.
Obi it will braak her heart-it viii
break her heart ~
saw his grief was eloquent, and Ilet
it have Its flow for sorrow relieves it..
self by words. When his paroxysm
had subsided, and he had relapsed in
to moody silence, I resumed the sub
ject gently, and urged him to break
his situation at once to his wife. He
shook his head mournfully, but posi-.
lively.
"But how are you to keep it from
herr It is necessary she should know
it, that you may take the steps proper
to the alteration Of your circumstances
You must change your style of living
may" observing q pang pass across
his countenance, "dont let that afilict
you. am sure you have never placed
your happiness in outward show-y. III
have yet friends, warm friends, who
will not think the worse of you for be.
ing less sp'endidly lodged; and surely
it does not require palace to be hap
py with Mary"
"I could be happy with her," cried
he, convulsively, "in hovel! Icould
go down with her into poverty and the
dustl I could-I could God bless
her!" cried he, bursting into a trans.
port of grief and tenderness.
"And between me, my frlend," said
I stepping up, and grasping him warm
ly by the hand, "believe me she can
be the same with you. Ay, more; it
will be source of pride and triumph
to her-it will call forth all the latent
energies and fervent sympathies of her
nature for she will rejoice to prove
that she loves you for yourself. There
is in every true woman's heart spark
of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in
the broad daylight of prosperity, but
which kindles up, and beams and
blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
No one knows what the wife of his
bosom is-no man knows what minis
tering angel she 1s-until he has gone
with her through the fiery trials of this
world"
There was something in the earnest.
ness OF my manner, and the figurative
style Of my language that caught the
excited imagination, of Leslie. I knew
the auditor had to deal with; and fol-
lowed up the impression I had made.
I finished by persuading him to 20
home and unburden his sad heart to
his wife.
Imust confess, notwithstanding all /
had said, felt some little solicitude
fol the result. Who can calculate on
the fortitude of one whose life has
been round of pleasure2 Her. gay
spirit might revolt at the dark down.
ward path of humility suddenly pointed
out before her, and might cling to the
sunny regions in which they had hith.
, erto reveied. Besides, rum in fashion
able life is accompanied by so many
, CALLING Notifications, to which in nc
|, other ranks it is q stranger. In short,
| could not meet Leslie the next morn.
ing without trepidation. He made the
disclosure.
''And how did she bear it2''
} ''Llke an angel! It seemed rather te
| be relief to her mind, for she threw
, her arms around my neck, and asked
If this was all that lately made me un
. happy. But, poor girl" added he
"she cannot realize the change w
must undergo. She has no idea O.
D poverty but abstract she has only reac
3 of it in poetry, where it is allied t.
love. She feels as yet no privations
she suffers no loss of accustomed con
t veniences nor elegances. When ",
come practically to experience it's sor
t did cares, its paltry wants, it's petit,
humlliation-then will be the rea
j. trial"
l "But," said I, s'now that you hav,
3 got over the severest task, that o
: breaking it to her, the sooner you le
the world INTO the secret, the better
The disclosure may be mortifying; bu
: then it is single misery and soo1
J. over; whereas you otherwise suffer i
!. in anticipation every hour of the day
! 1t ls not poverty so much as pretex
. struggles between a proud mind ant
r empty purse keeping up hollow
show that will soon come to an end
Have the courage to appear poor ant
Q you will disarm poverty of ITS sharpes
l.. sting" On this point I found Lesli'
r perfectly prepared. He had no falls
pride himself, and as to his wife, sh,
+ was only anxious to conform to thei
i altered fortunes.
t Some days after this he called upol
f me in the evening. He had dispose,
8 of his dwelling house and taken
Q small cottage in the country few mile
d from town. He had been busted al
j. day sending out furniture. The ne,
establishment required few articles, an
|, those of the simplest kind. All tn
J. splendid furniture of his late resldenc
d had been sold excepting his wife's harp
l. That, he said was too closely associate
il with the idea of herself; it belonge,
d to the little story of their loves: - fo
)r1 some of tt e sweetest moments of thej
If courtship were those when he ha
q. leaned over that instrument and Ii.
is teued to the melting tones of her voic.
ii could not but smile ut this instane
le of romantic gallantry in the doting hui
,e band.
m He was now going out to the cottae,
r, where his wife had been all day supe
at intending it's arrangement. Ny fee
I'd ings had become strongly interested
I'd the progress of this family story, an
ly as it was q fine evening, offered to a.
- company him.
I'd He was wearied with the fatigues {
ck the day, and, as he walked out, fell il
he to fit Of gloomy musing.
re "Poor Mary |" at length broke, wit
'r- a heavy sigh, from his lips.
rs "And what of herr" l asked; "h,
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