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

+ came 10 me nNe Years before, anC
|; whose memory had never departrd d
had made me nerveless, purposeleSs
misanthrope. Yielding to the soil.
citations of friends, who thought Il fit
companion might restore me to the
world, | Solicite,i the hand of Eunice
Morgan. who had known mc from
early childhood, and she gave me
not only hcrseit, bat restored to me
my own old sell, purified, elevat-
eui and strengthened. With the tact,
affection and character of the ideal
woman i'll whom we all believe, she
made life sweeter to me than the
lost life had bemoaned; and the
sacrifice of her noble self which she
had made for me seemed to fill her
own existence with constant iey.
A few years before, while | was
returning from the Continental tour
which followed my graduation, 1 met
and worshipped Anita Lozato, a
beautiful Cuban. My position in So
ciety was unexceptionable, l was
rich, and l pressed my suit with all
the ardor of warm young heart
and fluent tongue. So was speed
lily accepted by Anita and her pa
rents, and We were soon married. In
one of the charming villages near
New York | built for my bride
charming villa in noble grove OF
old chestnut trees, and furnished it
with every thing which her desires
and caprlceS suggested. | WAS still
Il student, and an ardent one, but
there were few hours in day in
which | did not drop my books and
seek and a'lore my beautiful, nly glo-
riouS wife.
HloWl, learned the sad fact that
Anita's tondnesS for me WIS only a
passionate, titfal outlu.st, instead of
Il constant affection. | had never in
the cooler moments of my courtship
expected her to synpathize with nv
studious tastes; but, when compre
hended that even my companionship
was distasteful to her, and that l re-
ceiVed her smiles only in exchange
for.sueh pleasures as l purchased for
her, l became a very unhappy man.
Trying to gain her affections, if she
were capable of bestowing. such a
sentiment, | abandoned nv studies
entirely. l devoted my entire time |
to the duty of pleasing my wife. II
spent without stint the money which |
had been left me by rich father, / |
filed the house with company, / |
purchased city house in which we |
passed the winter, did all that de-
voted and anxious heart could do to |
win the loYe of the woman | held so
dear.
And I imagined, poor fool! that / |
was succeeding. The painstaking |
and anxiety of several days devoted |
to procuring her some new pleasure
were. fully repaid by the parting of
her ripe lips, the light darting into
her glorious eyes, and the claspings
of her beautiful arms, which always
indicated my successes. The tire
someness to me of large party of
people who could only dance, drink
and eat, was always relieved when,
after the last guest had departed, An
lta would draw me down to her and
kiss me dozen times, and tell me
that was her dear, delightful old
boy.
At the close of one of the most |
brilliant entertainments had ever
given, | strolled restlessly through
the drawing-rooms, the verandas,
and the conservatory, looking for
my darling. She had been unusually
beautiful throughout the evening,
and when l had caught her eve, It
had been so full of feeling and ten
derness that | had longed for the mo-
ment to arrive when we might be {
alone, and l might for the thous- :
andth time renew my declarations of
affection. She had gone suddenly to
her rooms, the servants said, and had :
left word that she would return in a
,
l continued my aimless strolling.
when, entering the library, found
N the open volume had last been
reading slip of paper bearing line
N Anita's delicate hand writing. 1t I
read: !
81 cannot love you, for you are /
too great for poor little me. have |
found one l can love. God forgive t
ne and bless you" 9
fell, and knew no more until days c
lfterward when I emerged from the 7
lelirium of fever. Against nv /
will l recovered, but my spirits, my S
llgh aims and purposes, it seemed / 7
lad lost forever. | attempted to re- L
commence the long course of read i
ng and study had determined upon t
when left college, but l found my
elf devoid of aim or energy. u
For several years l led desolate d
ife, never hearing of Anita, but t
lolding her constantly and tenderly s
a my heart in spite of her faithless- O
ess. One day there appeared at my f
lila rough looking foreigner, who e
aid he was sailor, and had been s.
andsomely paid to bring me tidings e
f the death of my wife, who had t
cen washed overheard from the Il
eek of vessel in the Mediterranean. Il
lie could tell nothing more about her a
nan that shewas travelling at the time a
i the accident, and had left among n
er papers note inclosing a large a
'ank note to pay for intelligence be- ii
ng sent to me in the event of her v
udden death at any time. :
| informed two or three faithful e,
riends of the sad fate of my wife. h
nd they, who had been unwearied it
l their endeavors to rally me, insist
d that l ought to marry again. At ci
rst utterly refused to listen to the n
but so skillful and untir- b
ng were they that they finally pre- "
alied upon me to re-enter society. il
hen, with an apology, 1 offered h
o Eunice Morgan the remains o
I my former self, and she accepted e
ne as sweetly as if had been in all a,
1 the cheertulness of untroubled ol
outh. y
How she made and remade me I m
annot tell. for / was sco,ooI,, o., =