The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-04

lESAt albIt Sut sJu--fil n OF anu aC'
ceptance. When leaning or his arm
her slender form contrasted finely
with his tall manly person The
fond coniinding air with which she
looked up to hun seemed TO call forth
flush of triumphant pride and cher
iishing tenderness, as if he dotted on
his lovely burden for its very help.
lessness. Never did a couple set for.
ward on the fowery path Of early
and well-suited marriage with fairer
prospect of felicity.
Il was the misfortune Of nv friead
however, 10 have embarked bis pro-
perty in large speculations and be
had not been married many months,
when, by a succession of sudden dis
asters, il was swept away from him,
and be found himself reduced almost
to penury. For a time he kept his
situation to himself, and went about
with haggard countenance, and Il
breaking heart. His life was but n
protracted agony and what rendered
lit more insupportabIe was the neces-
sity Of keeping up a smile in the
ipresence of his wife for he could not
bring himself TO overwhelm her with
the news. She saw, however with
the quick eyes of affection, that all
was not well with bin. She marked
bis altered looks and stifled sighs, and
was not to be deceived by his sickly
and vapid attempts at cheerfalness. =
She tasked all her sprightly powers
aud tender Establishments 10 win him
back to happiness +; but she only drove
the arrow deeper into his soul. The
more he saw cause to love her, the
more torturing was the thought that
be was soon to make her wretched
A little while, thought be, and the
smile will vanish from that cheek
the song viii de away. and those
eyes win be quenched with sorrow;
and the happy heart. which now
beats lightly in that bosom, will be
weighed down like mine. by the cares
and miseTies Of the world
1T length he came to me, one day,
and related his whole situation in q
tone Of the deepest despair. When
heard him through | inquired, Does
Your wife know all this !''-At the
question he burst into an agony of
tears. For Gods sake - cried he.
IF you have any pity on me, don't
mention nv wife; it is the thought of
her that drives me almost to mad
nessi
And why not in said /. "She
must know it sooner or later: you
cannet keep it long from her, and thein-
tellige nee may break upon her in amore
startling manner. than il impaired by
yourself; for the accents of those we
I love soften the harshest iidings. Be
sides, yon are depriving yourself Of
the comforts of her sympathy and not
merely that, but also endangerlng the
only bond that can keep hearts to-
! gether-an unreserved community of
thought and feeling. She will soon
perceive that. something is preying
upon Your mind and true love will
not brook reserve it feels underyalu-
cd and outraged, when even the sor-
rows Of those it loves are concealed
from it,
"0h, but, my friend to think what
a blow | am to give TO all her future
prcspects-how | am TO strike her
very soul to the earth, by telling her
that her husband is beggar that
she is to forego all the elegancies of
| life-all The pleasures of society-to
shrink with me into indulgence and
obscurityl TO tell her that have
dragged her down from the sphere in
which she might have continued to
move in constant brightness-the
light of every eye-the admiration Of
every heart How can she bear pow
erty! she has been brought up in all
the rehnements of opulenee How
can she bear neglect! she has been
the idorof society. Oh il will break
her heari-it will break her heart!-"
| saw his grief was eloquent, and
let it have Its flow; for sorrow re-
lieves itself by words When his
paroxysm had subsidized, and be had
relapsed in TO moody silence, | re-
sumed the subject gently, and urged
him to break his situation at once To
his wife. He shook his head mourn
fully, but positi' ely.
But how are YOU to keep it from
her +? 1t is necessary she should
know it, that you may take the steps
proper to the alteration of your cir
cumstances. You must change your
style of liying-aay," observing
pang to pass across his countenance,
don't let that alilict you | am sure
you have never placed your happiness
In outward show-you have yet
friends, who viii moi think the worse
Of you for being less splendidly lodg-
ed: and surely it does not require
palace TO be happy with Mary
Il could be happy with her, )" cried
he, conyulsively. in a hovel Il
could 20 down with her into poverty
and the dustl | could could-God
blsss her ,-God bless her r cried he,
bursting into transport Of grief and
tenderness.
"And believe me, my friend" said
i. stepping mp. and grasping him
warmly by the hand, believe me she
can be the same with you. Ay, mere:
it VIII be source of pride and iri-
umph to her-it will call forth all the |
latent energies and fervent sympa-
,hies of her nature for she will re- i
joiee TO prove that she loves you for |
yourself. There is in every true wo-
mans heart a spark of heavenly FIRE,
which lies dormant in the broad day
light of prosperity but which kind.es
up, and beams and blazes in the dark |
hour of adversely. No man knows
what the wife of his bosom is-no |
man knows what ministering angel I
she is-untiI be has gone with her
through the fiery trials of this world" I"
There was something in the earn
esiness of my manner, and the Ggur-
ative style of my language, that
caught the excited Imagination of
Leslie. | knew the auditor | had to
deal with and following up the i'm.
preston had made, | finished BY