The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-29

her husband, who is now daily expected &.
His ship has beea at sea, so we have been
unable to write to him. and only on his
arrival at Plymouth Sound will ne hear
of his poor young wlte's illness and dis.
fgurement. Before her sickness she had
been counting the hours; now she sees
every day 60 past with shudder, feeling
that she is brought twenty.tour hours
nearer to the dread trial. At length his
vessel arrives, and l receive q telegram
telling me when we may expect him,
and begging me to break the news gent
ly to hls wife. She receives 1t with 8
food of bitter tears and sobs, crying out
that he will hate and losthe her, and that
she is about to lose all the happiness OF
her life. Ny wife weeps with her, and L
am conscious OF choking sensation IN
nv throat ss we take leave OF her hall
al hour before Mr.. Ogilvle is expected,
and pray God TO bless and sustain her.
We are sitting in rather melancholy
mood after dinner, talking OF the poor
Young husband and wife, when Mr..
Ogilvie is announced, and hasten to the
door to meet him.
"She will not see mel" he says impetu-
ously, coming in without any formal
| greeting. "She has shut herself into her
! room and calls TO me with hysterlcal
tears that she is too dreadful TO look upon,
| that | shall cease TO love her as soon as
| behold her, and that she cannot face 1t. -
And then the strong man falls into
| chair with sob.
at Is not so bad as that" l began.
81 don't care how bad it IL, he cries;
"she need not doubt my love. Ny poor
darling will always be the same to me,
whether she has lost her beauty or not"
Whereupon l extend my hand to him
and shake his heartily; and l know my
wife has great difficulty in restraining
herself from enveloplng him In her
motherly arms and embracing him.
1--WE must resort to strstsgem," l say.
"I will 90 down to the cottage al once
and you follow me in ten minutes with
my wife. l will try and coax Mrs. Ogll-
vie to come out and speak TO me, and you
must steal upon her unawares."
Mrs. Ogilvie at first refuses to see or
speak to me; but l go up to her door and
am mean enough to remind her OF my
wite's devotion to her, and entreat her,
for her sake. to come down to me.
"Where is Frsnk2" she asks.
Il left him at home with Mary Anne"
| reply, feeling that l am worthy OF be-
ing 1T the court of st. Petersburg, as she
opens the door and descends the stairs.
take her out into the garden and begin
10 reprove her for her conduct, with as
sumed anger. She listens with eyes
blinded by tears. /, on. tho lookout for
it, hear the latch Of the garden gate
click; but she, absorbed in her sorrow
does not notice it. look up and see
Frank OgIlvies eye fixed hungrlly on
his wife. Her changed appearance must
be an awful shock to.nimi but he bears 1t
bravely, and in n moment he has spruI z
forward, clasped her in his arms, and the
poor SCARED face is hidden on his true
and loving heart.
Then Mary Anne and turn silently
away, and leave him to teach her that
there are things more valuable, OF far
higher worth, than any mere beauty OF
face or form.
After all we do not lose her, for Mr..
Ugilvie, coming into some money, leaves
the navy and purchases small estate IN
our neiZ hborhood, on which they still re-
side. Mrs. Ogilvie is no longer young,
and has family OF lads and lasses around
her who inherit much Of their mothers
lovelness. But one of the first things
she teaches them is not to set fictitious
value on it; "for," she says, 81 thought
too much of mine, and God took it from
me-" No one ever hears her regret the
loss of her beauty, "lor through that
trial." she tells my wife, 81 learned to
know the true value Of my Franks
heart"
She simply worships her husband, and
is IN all respects happy woman. In
deed, seeing the sweet smiles which adorn
her face and the loving light which
dwells in her eyes, am sometimes
tempted TO call her, as of yore-Pretty
Mrs. Ogilvie.