Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-05-16

Life had been very sweet to Ell deard
Lancaster in the three years following
his marriage, though many wondered,
seeing the gave, elderly man, how he
came to marry his child wife.
But as he paced his room in the Whit.
cliff hotel, Edward Lancaster ques.
toned hi. happiness as he had never
questioned il before The letter he
held fast in his clenchei hand, the con.
versation upon the porch, combined to
probe his heart to its core, and the
question hidden there rose to the sur
face.
him?
She had been always gay, tender, af.
fectionate, deferring to his wishes. more
like a child with an indulgent father
than a wife for, as yet, but little wifely
duty had been exncted of her. OF
household care she had none. Her life
had been passed in perpetual pleasure
seeking, with no call for sacrifice.
But the letter, TIE fateful letter, told
the tender husband that the wealth he
had held so carelessly fol years was
gone in one great commercial crash !;
one hour man of riches, the next a
pauper It was all gone, his lawyer
wrote, and the sale of EImsgrOve, his
home, would scarcely cover the liabili-
ties incurred in the past three years.
Edith ! Edith That was the cry of
the mans heart. His darling who had
been shielded from every rude blast,
who had known only the brightest side
of life under his care, who had married
him for money, perhaps
Had she married him for money
The thorn, once planted, stuug him
sorely. He was not vain man, but he
had thought his love, 50 devoted, so
true, had won return. Money had
been to him, a his life, so small a con-
sideration, never feeling its want, that
he had never taken it into considera-
ton, except to be glad it was his to give
Edith every indulgence. And now the
hateful thought rose, and pressed him
sorely, that Edith married him for what
he had lost, and could give her no
longer.
A rattling at the door-handle, a voice
oolI;,o, I,;o ,,,r,a rorunI hi from bio
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.lo o,ioJ %oG - ao,Iiinr ,llh w j., IT stayaJ dovn
stairs till the last minute. Shall l ring
for Mary, Edward, Or" She looked
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tpndarlv
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