The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-20

"He has given me no particulars OF
such troubles"
''But he told you that we were not
happy?n
''He said something that gave me
the impression that you were not quite
happy"
"But he did not tell you the cause OF
our unhappiness?"
Gle did not
There was silence between us for scv-
eral moments. At last she seemed to
have braced herself for the purpose OF
her visit.
"We are not suited to each other,
she said, with spasmodic energy. ''We
ought never to have married.
She looked at me rs if waiting for a
question, but | remained silent.
eve are unlike in every thing" she
continued. 81 feel rs if | was being
dragged down into no%thingneSs. Tom
eats, and sleeps, and works. He takes
me to nothing scarcely, and when he
does he goes to sleep in a corner; until
| waken him to bring me home. am
sick of my life, and | want to change
it,
Still made no suggestion.
''Tom thinks a woman ought 10 feel
herself in Paradise if she has but Il child
to care for. | sometimes think | hate
the boy. [ know that he is exactly like
his father, and | do not care for him."
She stopped, as if expecting HE to
say something; but a | did not, she
went on again.
"Tom can have his boy, and I want
to go back to my fathers. | have
spoken to him and he will take me-
She stopped again. Ineither encour-
aged her to continue or to be silent.
81 want You to speak to Tom," she
said.
81 decline to do any thing of the
kind" | answered, emphatically.
''You think me entirely to blame?"
she remarked, qu~estioningly.
81 think You are entirely to blame,"
| answered.
s'You never thought nc good enough
for Tom" she said, rather sn~ceringly.
"Whatcver | may have thought is of
NJ consequence; but | am sure mowt that
you are not good enough for Tom.''
'sWell," said she; ''that point is not
worth disputing over. L have made up
my mind to separate from him, and |
thought he would rather hear of it from
you than through another. If You de-
cline to tell him, | must send some one
else to him.
81 do decline to be the bearer of any
such intelligence L answered. -
see you have made up your mind in re-
gard to your future, and | do not take it
upon me to advise or arm you; but, as
| believe there is 4 just God in Heaven,
so | believe the time will come when YOU
will beg on your Blended knees, and
with Il broken heart, to have these DAYS
blottcd out of your life, and your pray
erS will only mock You with your mis-
Her face grew pale as / went on, and
| was almost sorry that | had allowed
myself to speak As | had done, but felt
that | would be unfaithful to one of
the truest friends that God evcr gave to
man, if ! remained silent, or less earn
est.
81 think You will be sorry for this
when you know all ;" was her remark,
and she went ont of the room.
How the Fates blind us. Walk
ing up and down my room when
was alone, | recalled the pic
that Tom had drawn of
what his married life was to be-;
of the sweet content his wife was to
bring him; of the joyous years wherein
children were to gladden. his life. Blind,
blind, blind. The pictures were but de-
luSionS; the castles had dungeons be
meath them. His wife was to be an an
gel, gloriiied into womanhood! She
was a woman, pulled down by petty,
fancieS, and Il creature of COM
mon clay.
would have given all that | had
than see his life thus broken; but
| could do nothing. He came to me
that night, and | saw that he knew the
But men do not cut their faces
and pour ashes on their heads, because
their hearts are BURSTING. They do not