The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-15

and without word OF farewell to friend
or associate we Quilted tho village for
London directly after the ceremony was
ut an end.
For two months Of our welded life no
husband could be more attentive than
was mine I did not expect that the
gushing fcrvnr Of the honeymoon was al.
ways to exist, was not so blind to the
wOrldlround me Ne that; but I certainly
ibid not anticipate that there would be
such rapid cooling Of my husbands az
lection rs there appeared TO be When we
had been married quarter Of year.
But althoWgh fancied he was not in man
nsrs tow ard me - he ancS hRd been, there
was nldiminution of love on my side.
knew was sometimes vexed with him
bGcaase bis evenings were nearly always
shent from homo and few will admit but
There was aofne cuuse for complaint when
lit is stated that had no friend In Lon.
dor besides him and that in the small
mouse we occupied at the east end of the
metropolis che work tn be done was com,
paratsRely little. We kept no servant
because Richard said he didn't want anv-
body sprying into our affairs" So it NAV
be- imagined my solltude during thoss
long winter evenings was not calculated
tG improve the spirits Of such petted
creature as had ever bees We had NO
visitors, and Richard told ME all his rela.
tiuns were in the colrnlcs BY and by I
found my husband had part1ality for
strong drinks, and soon thought I de.
tected eHbdued oath escape his Inns
when ventured to utter y protest apaina,
his late hours, But what troubled me
more than aught else was that could
not succeed in obtaining any knowledge
OF where he went, or In what manner his
income was obtained.
Though We we're not extrav4gnnt we
lived we'll. and my husband never ap
peared short Of money. If my vexaticn
!. IT bic constant absences from home was
more pronounced than usual, he would
coucIliste ma with some tempting article
Of attire. For . time this answered vcry
well, bat soon got tired Of such childish
treatment, and resolved that if he would
not satisfy me would obtain for mysslt
the desired information. q Though nv
husband's conduct wa mysterious, | never
enterta ned any doubt of his honesty; |
loved him too much for that, and felt he
exercised the same fascination over me as
in the days Of our cOurtship I was sim,
ply devoured with curiosity--nothing
more. ... ....... .....fa q. ..t... a
In one corner Of our back parlo4 was
an old fashioned bsreau, stoutIy made
and protected by a lock that defed ali
tampering. / knew this by my fruitless
trials thereat. This room was never used
by me, as It looked Upon the blank wall
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I IN the front room, before which there was
little plat OF grass that reminded me OF
the green fields had left; and it was
some relief in my solitary h,urs to watch
the passers by, and the frolcs of the chill
fren in the square beyond Howeverthe
bach room seemed to be the iavorlte with
my husband; and after break fnst prior to
going out for TIE day, he would frequent
~ it couple of hours before his bureau
apparently absorbed with written mem
oranda. He would rever take me into his
councils; i'll approached the bureau when
he was there, he sternIy babe me leave
him. used all the little arts that had
previously been so effective with the lads
"f my village home, but they were lost on
Richard Weber
We were married nearly q year, and
was eagerly anticipating the advent oil
lone whom hoped would prove fire b
bond of love 'twixt my husband and my
self | was trusting. that possibly the
event might make Rio hard communities
tive, and induce him TO spend more time
with me Ut home, when an accident occur
red which made me realize to the full the
rash step had taken in wedding a man
| E NJ r
The fresh air of spring was being tenn
pered by the more fervent breezes Of sum
met, and the echo of the merry voices of
children from the square fronting our
dwelling was borne through the pen
Windows Of the little parlor in which
! Richard and were at tea He had be n
1T home all the day, and, saving few
hours be spent in his own room--we call
I'd il his, for no one else ever went there
my husband had sat by my side read
ing one Of che latest works Of fiction.
was intensely happy, for thought
that perhaps the unusual circumstances of
his staying with me was tie inauguration
Of new and brighter era OF our welded
life. 1t was not until the sober hues of
night had gathered, and the voices of the
y""nHSt0Ae i" CuO SQUARE HAu OeCOne
hushed. that he spoke of going out. |
had been. congratulating myself that for
once we should spend the evening togeth-
er; and when he arose for his hat | GER
tarnly experienced considerable disap-
| pointment-my annoyance being all the
, greater from the remembrance Of the
pleasant manner in which the earlier Dor
tion of the day had been passed,
"Richsri," said, "you cannot intend
to leave me at this hour. The day has
been 80 happy, that had hoped You
UOuld ha we Gta we'd at home all thu g.