Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-06-27

of Joy seemed tull to overfiowing.
As Eunice recovered, she spen
most of her time in the grove an,
garden which surrounded the house
These, to CRAFTY Anita's tropica
tastes, l had prepared without re
gard to expense, and now that al
the shrubbery had gained severa
years of growth, one could roam
about for days and still find new anC
beautiful combinations and effects
There, whenever | wearied of nv
books for awhile, | sought my dar
lings, and always found in their SO.
ciety exactly the recreation l need
ed.
One evening, as l wandered
through the garden in hopes of sud-
denly surprising Eunice, and her
little namesake, | suddenly emerged
from a group of shrubbery and be-
held scene that startled me. Eu-
nice who was to me the ideal of all
that was pure, and faithful, and no.
bic, sat in a rustic chair, and at her
feet, clasping her hand and murmur-
ing passionately, was a slight, hand
some foreigner, whose features were
strange to me. Eunice, my trusted
wife, was deeply affected-so much
so that the cries.of her little daugh-
ter, who had fallen to the ground a
few steps away, were unheeded. NV
footsteps startled them, and the man,
glancing hastily at me across his
shoulder, sprang to his feet and
bounded away, while Eunice, still
fearful, maintained composure
which astounded me, and gave me Il
searching, plying, tender look, which
completely bewildered me. For a
moment or two was speechless, and
then / asked:
''Who was that man, Eunice?''
"A poor begger, Herbert, she re-
piled.
ale was very finely dressed for
person in that profession" said |.
The suspicion which for time filled
my mind, probably betrayed itself
in my tones, for Eunice arose, proud,
handsome and angry, and exclaimed:
"Herbert! do you doubt my word?"
Never in her most tender moment,
had l seen Eunice so perfect a pic
ture ofpnnty and nobility. My sus-
picions were disarmed in an instant,
and throwing my arms about her
neck, l begged her pardon and ex-
pressed my penitence in the fullest
terms / could command until with
her own dear lips she stopped my ut
erances entirely.
From that day there commenced
a series of changes in Eunice's man
ner, which by turns perplexed, en-
grieved and provoked me. |
At first l attributed her strange man.
ner to my grievous blunder in mo-
mentality distrusting her, SO / was
in my apologies and in my
endeavors to make atonement by |
showing even more affection than |
that which seemed already to oceu-
py my every thought or time. But
when she admitted that my mistake
had been fully justifable one, 1 |
became convinced that there was
different cause for her change of de-
neanor. Though more than ever
devoted to my interests, hopes and
.astes, she seemed to shrink from the
,lose and tender companionship
which had previously existed between
is.
Little by little she withdrew her-
elf from me, until we were little
norethan polite acquaintences. Pre-
ending that ourlitle daughter might
disturb my rest by her wakefulness,
Eunice arranged for herself apart
nents near those which had been oe-
upied by Anita. These latter had
'een locked Immediately after Ami
as departure, and had never been
ntered by any one. Then, though
pparently. in the best of health,
Gunice complained of frequent at
acks of indispositlon, during which
ttacks she had her meals sent to
er room, and our housekeeper re-
larked, casually, that my wife had
n unusual appetite when sick.
Time after time l implored her to
ell me the cause of her sadness,
ut every time alluded to the sub (
ect she would look so unutterably
ad, and wept so bitterly, that out of
egard for her l finally desisted en-
rely. She said that l vever made
er unhappy-that my love for her
ad been greater than she had be-
eyed could be shown by any man !
} woman, and that she would rath- {
r be my slave than the wife of any {
ther man in the world. But when !
loved by passion of her words and
'oks, begged her for the loves
Ike, to tell me the cause of her sor- i
NV, and put it in my power to re-
love it, if possible, she would burst
ito tears-even my caresses seemed
} be uncomfortable to her.
As for me, my own life became i
tterly miserable. The idea of a s
readful secret sorrow in the life of t
le woman I loved so dearly, was un- {
yet there was nos hon, l
able escape from it. Any privation S
ON her society, l would cheerfully 1
ldured if Icould have thereby re-
ored her to the happiness she seem G
to have lost completely, but the b
fought tn at my suffering was fruit ?
ss of any good to her, only added to
y misery. l lost my spirits, my t
,petite, my interest in my studies, \
ID finally my ability to- Sleep :
light after night l spent on the ver- a
ida, or gloomily strolling under b
e old chestnuts about the house, i
ordering, hoping, praying, cursing i
sometimes almost determined to
ID Eunice's life and mine, and learn a
II secret after we we've both rid of 4
J blighting effects. /
One dark rainy night, was pa t
ng the veranda, long after mid /
ght, when 1 was startled by a
light light appearing in the room e
hich bad been Anita's chamber. i
stantly determined that thieves, b
wing heard the story which every b
'ssip in the village knew, had Sc v