, 1874-05-10
TWICE MARRIED.

17enos, VINO thought it companion might r.
store me to the world, noiicited the hand {
t Eonfce Morgan, who had known me- from ear,
s cnaohood, and she gave me- not only herself
nns restored to me my own old SELF, purified
i etesaseo, and ssrang g.hened. With tho tac1
i aueet'on, and character OF the ideal woman j
: whom va Ill believe, ahe made life syeetar t,
mo than the lost life I had bemoaned: and th,
sscnnce Of her noble SELF which shs had m.af
for r1s scanned to Ill her OWN existence with con
| slant jor.
} a lew years before, while was retur,lne
from the Continental tour which followed m,
graduation, met and Eorshiped Anita Location
beautiful Cuban. Ny position in society was un
e1ceptionable, was rich, and pressed nv sui
With all tic ardor Of q warm young heart aut
huent tongue. So was speedily accepted b,
ANITA and her parents, and we wera soon mar
faed. In one OF the charming villages near Now
York built for my bride an exquisite Wills in ,
noble grove OF old chestnut trees, and furnished
1t with everything which her desires and c:,
pr1ces suggested. ] MAS still student, and ar
ardent one, bpt there We're fen hours in tie day
in which did not for . few moments drop my
books, and seek and adore ny beautiful. nv
glorious wife.
Slowly learned thos3 facs thas Anita s fond
| ness Tor ma #as only passiQnate, Gtful out
burst, instead OF constant affection. T hal
uaVer in the cooler moments Of my courtship
| expected her to sympa:hze with ny studious
tastes; but when compreheuded that even nv
companionship was distasteful to her, aud that
l received her smiles only in exchange for such
pleasures as Ipurchased for her, became very
unhappy man Trylng to gain her affections, if
! she we're capable Of bcstovinc such a sentin,ent
abandoned my studies entirely. devoted nv
ent1re tune to the duty Of pleasing my wife, !
| spent without stint the money which had bean
! left me- By q rich father: filed the house with
company. purchased 3 city house, in which no
| passed tho winter, and did all that devoted
and anxious heart could do to win the lore Of
| the womac held so dear.
And imagined, poor fool that was suc-
ceed!nS, The painstaidng and anxiety Of aeY-
pleasure we're fully repaid by tho parting Of her
ripe lips, the hight darting into hor glorious
eyes, and the claaplngs OF her beautiful arms,
which always indicated my SUCCESSES. Tho
tlsesomenoss to me. Of d large party Of people
who could only Ounce, drink, and eat, Vas
always relieved when, after the last guest had
departed, Anita would draw mo down to her and
kiss me- dozen times, and tell me- that T.s
her dear, delightful old boy.
At tho close Of one OF the most brilliant enter
ta1nnents had ever given, strolled restlcss!y
through the drawing g-rooms, the verandas, and
the conservatory, looking for nv darling She
had been unusually beautiful throughout the
evening, and when had caught her eve it had
Boon 30 full OF feeling and tenderness that had
longed for the moment to arrive when ne might
be a1one, and might for the thoueandth t,me
renew my declarations Of Affection. She Ind
gone suddenly to her rooms, the aervnnts said.
and had left word she would return IN moment. |
continued my aiuless a:rolliog, uheu, en- |
te1ing the library, found On the open yoluc,o ]
haa last been reading slip OF paper bearing a !
hne in Anita y delicate handwriting. It read:
~ cannot love you. for you are too gtsa1 for
poor little me. lave found one can love- I
God forgive mo and bless you"
1 fell. and knev no more until days after ward !
when emerged from the dalrium OF fever, |
Against my will recovered, but my ap11its, nv
high aims and purposas, it seemed I had lost
forever attempted to recommence the long
COURSE Of reading and study / had determined
upon when left college, but found myself do
void OF aim or energy.
For several years led desoats life. never,
hearing Of Anita. bat holding her constantly and
tenderly IN my heart in spita Of her faitnless~
ness Ono day thcre appeared at nv villa
rough-lcokinE foreigner, who said he vas a
sailor. and md been handsomely paid to bring
me tidlngB Of tha death OF my wlfe, who had
been washed overheard from tha deck Of 4 ves-
sci in the Mediterranean. he could toll me-
nothing moro about her, except that sha was
travelling alone st the time Of tho accident. aud
had left among her papers a note inoIosing =
srge banE-note to pay for Intelligence being
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