The Lincoln County herald., 1872-05-30
TERMS OF ADv Err rIsiNG.
which 10 pleased me TO ap point. in Kes.

which 10 plsassd ms TO appoint; 10 Ken.
siDgton Gardens. You may imagine my
surprise. For . short Il me l Gssi,a,ed
as to whether or not / should aeesds to
this strange request, bu. curiosity. got
the better Of every other feeling, and I
went" ''' ''' 'D..''r ~ ~
"Abd what vas ths like ? %, Aunt
Bessie. hoe oddly you must have fel, r.
oddly, indeed, and . good deal,
ashamed Of myself, too, when l looked at
the sweet gentle face and heard the plain.
tive, accomplishing words of the woman
who had come to meet me- - '.'' .i
"You will forgive me, won't you 4?
You look 80 kind, and you will tell me
how I can make my English husband
love me p ,.a, ...-.,,
/ "This was the burden Of her piteous
song. She had heard that he had been
much with US and with Mile. Ruckmonn,
and she hoped to learn from me how,
with oil her love for him. sho had failed
to win his tenderness. There was no
jsalously, no word Of complaint for him;
only breaking heart clinging to last
and wellnigh desperate hope What
geutls creature on the tex, Of her great
fo,ly2 she had given up oil her love,
and what was left to her in exchange
Simply nothing. ......'.r
We talked together long, and she
seemed to take such comfort from nv
sympathy that We parted like friends Of
years. Afterwsrd I learned that her
appearance, her words and her manner
had not belied her character. She was,
at the time speak Of $50 arch dissem-
bier was the Major), staying with his
people, who fully recognized her sweet
and amible qualities, while the child
ah, l an doubtful whether she wus not
10 fault there, dong evil that good might
come-had never been lost ut all, but
was taken away by his anxious mother,
who feared for him the effects of evil
example ; the example Of a parent who,
while earning nothing for tho boy,
amused himself by teaching the little
fellow to drink and use bad words. An,
hsrs was hard life, poor soul, and Ger.
iainly che acted for the best. '.a,, OF VI
I "And how did it and ?" "Did she 20
back to him7" "And are they happier
now2 were the questions with which 10
their haste to hear the sequel, was
simultaneously assailed by my young
auditors.
"Yes." l answered dreamily, for my
thoughts we're with the past, 1.-THE poor
thing returned to her unloving mate, for
her sense Of duty was strong. Happily.
however, for her-although l doubt
whsthsr she has ever realized the truth
-Msjor Compton WAS killed soon after
10 q duel, and she, 1 hear, has devoted
herself ever since to the child. which is
the source of all her earthly happiness" ="
"How sad T. murmurcd Minna; II
was in hopes that she and her husband
would have been happy together in the
end" .. ........
"It may be-" said. "that 10 the last
poor Mrs. Compton shared that hope
but, dear children, remember this, that
in marrying q thoroughly selfish man
} who has no prnci pie to guide him
,traight, q womans chances against ship.
wreck of her happiness are simply nil.
Aud now, for the FIRE is burning low,
suppose we take ourselves to bed. 1t 10
ten o'clock, and We must not forget opr
beauty sleep"
. Half an hour afterwaad tho girls wers
u 10 the land Of dreams, while |, a. middle
aged folks will, lay long awake. thinking
, of the days gone BY, aud the youth which
had fed away forever.-Tinsley's Mag
aizne. ..'' ''e
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