The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-11

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AReapjey from sunshine, wisdom from the blast,
And sOs IN trust and patience, wall tne emu!
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How he Was GonqAsered.
Edward Horton sat in his solitary
apartment one evening in June, and
gazed over the beautiful landscape. pre-
senled to his eyes With anything but a
pleased countenance. His. face wore a
gloomy aspect, and he moved about in
his seat with a quick and nervous mo-
tioH. H e- a& w
Mr. Horton was a man Of large, wealth,
\ the greater part of his fortune having
fallen to him by inherftance. Before he
had reached middle life, bis wife had
4 died, and il was not until che daughter
she lnrd borne aim had attained her
[seyenteenth year that Edward Horton
married again. The day that, he again
entered the matrimDnisl state, Margare
4 Horton, to show her displeasure OF the
act. eloped with a, yoang gentlensati
lnamed Caldwell, and married him III a
neiglbesing town. i.sS ! a.. ts.gii'
MIR. Horton, Was a proud and stern
man, aud sometimes apt to be ovsrbear-
ing in his cenauct. Ibis act Of has
daughter aroused all the, ire Of his ma
lure, and he vowed that he would newer
| reeoynize heg again As his chile, neither
shoula she, ever inherit y penny of his
| wealth. gis .a 34
Tue lady whA became the second wife
1 OF Nd waud Hortan WAS a kind-hearted
and sensible, womans She was very
pretty.. very accomplished, aud young
lenoIgh to have been Mr. Horizons daugh-
1 ten.
From the moment she entered Mr..
Horizons house. she benz her energies to
| soften tbs anger he eyinoed for his
daughter, BuL Edward Horizons char
1 acter was too stern and obstinate to
i yield even. to the persuasi0ns OF his
beautiful wife, and Mrs. Horton was
| forced to confess that she had utterly
Ilaleu to move her husbands heart with
Ipily toward poor Margaret.
/ The man who became she husband Of
Margaret Horton had only two qualities
lthat could recommend hln to favorable
Nnotice. He loved hfs wife, and he' was
Remarkably amiable. But be was one Of
q those persons who drift along III the
) world without aim or Object lie had NC
Emeans, and as soon as he realized the
lnew res possibilities he had assumed, in
[stead OF going to work like man, be
lsat down and commenced to repi1e
!. rnis state Of things had the, effect oil
thro wing Margaret upon a sick bed.
IL Mrs. Horton being apprised OF the sit
uat ion OF her rstep-dauyhter, iHsme diately
brought. the matter to- the notice Of hei
husband but when he had listened tC
Iher appeal he turned away, torbiddine
her to mention the master agaiH In his
heariEg. A.g ,s .svf eggys ~. "a s.,7.A.s.
to the reader, shis wife had just left him
For some time past she had been IN TIT
| l. ,haa h6ar a r fnp al,
' bime every evening" and Edward Horton
! had. begun to torture himself witt
!. doubts that made him exceedingly un
7 nappy.
Could it be that his wife was growing
tired OF his secietyf Every evening sh,
managed to glide away from his pres
ence unobserYed,i and never did she, IL
, tile most distant. way, allude to- the fac
, or its cause. His nature was too prOut
to permit him to question her upon TIN
subject, tor that would have been a sor
: Of admission that he was jealous, an,
not tor all his wealth doubled would h
have acknowledged SUCH thing. .
, The evening i'll question was clea
pleasant. Away in the west a pale an,
and solitary star twinkled in The blu
sky, and the birds were still twitterin
+, heir goodnight among the leafy b0ugh
as Edward Horton, unable to endur
Q the suspense which racked his heart
l seized his hat, AMI rushed down th
only path by which his wife could leav
the grounds. Throwing himself beneatl
! some white thorn bushes he waited pa
q tientIv for events. An hour passed, an,
J the clocks IRON the steeples OF the cit
: struck harshly upon his ear. He gaze
toward the town half mile away, am
wondered ii his wife had gone there.f
L TTua,hIa TN. anlVza thQi rAQntHt n has ti0n
he waiked~back slowly to his house, an
i looked carelessly about the rooms: Nj
wife was nowhere to be- seen.
Dfsgusted with all he cav about him
and out. OF temper and reason, he wen
into a summer-house and threw himsel
mon bench; and was quickly absorbe
, III his thoughts. Scarcely had heabegu
/. | to array himselfwith conjectures,s ere b
heard the voice Of his wife giving som
. directionst to The servants. Rising hast
4 iy. he walked into the parlor.
: 1What a lovely night it is," eXclaime
: Mrs. Horton. II took run down to th
, meadow, and / DECLARE that L almes
l wished to remain out OF doors till morn
. ing" - a...
ell Edward Horton gave sort OF grun
ell at which his wife laughed.
a "Why couldn't she have asked me
accompany herw he thought, but he di
r not utter IL.
] The next evening Mr. Horton's min
Twas tumult Of anxiety. He was wal
: | ing to SEE IL his wife would disappea
. again. A servant brought MIN a card
= t1ere was gentleman who wished q
= see him.
,"Why could not peoplelcall during th
), IdayT, he mutsefed, as he went OUT I
meet the stranger.
It was only person who came to 81
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e whose principles Edward Horton tffoi
y oughly detested. He snapped the cal
J; vassef up so sharply that he shuthl
= book and lefs the house in a hurry. Whe
y Mr.. Horton re-entered the parlor his vii
Q way no longer there.
This state OF things could not go o
q forever. There must be q terminatio
J. 500 ners or later. Mr.. Horton walkedsoU
q upon the piazza, and met one Of tt
q servants.
: "Where IL Mrs. Hortonr he ASKED
l. "Don't know, sir" replied the womal