The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-14
A FRIEND IN NEED.

swer? l have tried hard to be excused,
| but you Will accept from me no reason
| tor staying at home, SO YOU must take a
pa II refusal"
sit Will be The last thing you will ever
refuse me-"
CharIle Thornton hastily quilted the
Dreuklast-roOm without another word or
look Tor the lady who presiced at the
table, and who WAS wholly discOncerled
by Lnls unlocked Tor proceeding Oh his
part.
With flashing eyes she looked out OF
| The Winuu~, saw her husband m0u II
| his horse, ana dash mauly away from
her sight.
| "PIi pay him for this in his own coin
on his return he will find me in the same
mood as he eft me.'
Turning away from the window, her
ewes caught those OF her old friend,
Miss Potter, fixed on her in sad sur
prise.
| "What words are those you mutter so
angrIiy, SarauT asked the elderly lady
II WAS sayIng l would pay that nus
| baud OF mine fol tne exhibition OF such
| temper; he never even sand good morn
| inA' as ne left.
"SaraI, dear, were you not much more
| to b anne Than he tUr The manner of mis-
| leave e-LakingW
81 10 blame for Charities abominable
| temper, Aun, Potter How can you al
| tacn blame to me Tor his rudeness ?"
A SNOW er Of tears we're imminent; but
Miss Potter, no,hirg & haunted, kept Oh:
"My dear, does not occur 70 you
| how severely y0u may have tried 5
temper by SO perslsLen Iy refusing TO go
TO ms Ia lhera-to THIS Iainily reu uoion?"
"Well, don't care; why viii he tease
me 10 <" 10 tnaL oiu IA"m-uou SO to meet
ali those urea lIul p1OpleW
You do not care? Do YOU really mean
WhaL your words lNIply?"
Il mean just what L say" Sarah re-
Piled. Wlln sHGhlIy eleYatud crows.
"Nay, Sarah, IL | believed you really
knew tue crue. meaning oi Luuse words,
| should also KNOW you had not one
mite ut unselhsn love Tor The man YOU
ADVICE l am about w offer YOU would be
worse Luan LnruWu away"
"Nonsense! aunt o, 1t is not a ques-
tiOn OF love AT al UuL because 1 have a
perfect horror OF meeting All those couu-
try trends and relatives OF his, and DC
Doreu 10 uedtu ny an InCessanL talk OF
stocks and crops must need be ac-
cuseu OF not LOVING my husband"
Sarah, you mast forgive me, but for
the sake OF yUut luJuI Aappinoss must
lalk plalnly 10 you. Snail | 70 on, uat-
In r
My dearest auntie, you know you
could say nothing to your wayWaru
Sarah that c0ul. possibly require fol-
giveness. Spray so on; let me see the
Iull extent oI my Natural wlcAedness, -
"Suran, Wntn you married Charles
rnornton, you knew his il Was 10 be
seemed nappy III your choice, ana more
than GOntented with the nome in the
country which he had spared no lruu l..
or money u make as muCu Ike The 0. d
one IN the clty from which he mad taken
YOU. Once here, he WelCu any OF
your friends whom you choose TO gather
around you; nor does ne ieav, Y Il TO
tne task ol entertaining them, but makes
himself such an agreeable most that
your friends 20 DacA to Lne city thinking
ou the most enViab OF women.'
"On, L know he Is just the dearest fe =
low in tue world II he would only cease
LOrmentlng me aDout.VIsltlug mere III Luc
country"
.NN ait, my dear; hear what | have to
saw OF YOU. For ali TINS love ana kind
ness shown you by one OF Iue most i'll
dulgent OF husbdnus, you have made a
most wretcneA re urn. Fo all he does
for your happiness you have pad linn
with an utter seItiSn mdlfe,e c., ana
uy sucu course longer persisted in l
remUle tor the consequence. Sarah
YOUR husband is but hum Al; MS furbear-
ance " i'll not last Always; are you not
afraid you may lose Inc priceless Lrea-
sure OF sucn mans lDVeH
Sarah Inornton's lace mad undergone
many changes wnile ner friend had de-
hyered, in such grave tones her snort
speech; aud when Miss Potter finished.
ana waited for an answer eue only
looked up with a startled, grieved loon
n her brown eyes, aud the sweet child
90 lips trembled. Uut gave form no
sound Liking This lndIoai n OF repent
ant surrOw, the old lazy ia ked long anu
giving much advice where Saran seemed
30 enllrely ignorant, until she Was fuill
awakened " Il sense OF wrong and re-
mssness Of witely duty and We.
"Oh, auutie, aunLlel Is tn 8 ugly pio-
lure of SELLS me, Ie lily YOU Sar-
all" came AZ last In broken wu!ds, as
ne lay sobbing in the arms OF Kind
Miss Potter.
"lt is, truly dear. Now do you forgive
me lor talking SO plaInIyW
DO not speak OF 70 glyeness dearest
friend, Tut show me the right way.
Lead me until | am IN the right pain,
mat 1 may gam stronger hold on the
love hitherto 80 slightly priced, 81
nearly iostV
"Wullnely will do all l can for you;
but don't begin by bewaillng the pass;
let thai 60, only serving as a IOil to IN,
bHgnt picture OF the iutule which you
snail make by studying the happiness Ui
your husuaud as c,osely as he watches
over yours. Lay aside all thoughts OF
Sell; be sure Charles Will not iolget
Jour welfare. In time you Will find
purer joy IN his pleasure tnan ever you
md in pleasing yourself alone"
"lhank you, dear aunt; yYl will see
that am going TO prof. by fur advice;
and with You always al hauu w hell ms,
think it VIII be an easy TASK 10 10
rIgnt. But | do wish it were already
time for Lharle', return. Ga, deaIl II
10 only twelve o'clocA, ana he will not
be here until tive. 1 am 80 ANXIOUS to
TO tell MIN that want 10 20 tv FaLher
Tnornton's with HIM, 10 meet all who
vlIl receive me as friend or relative
for his sake"
May, dear, rather be glad you have
80 much TINE 70 prepare tor his coming.
Is there no nttle thing you can do fOI