The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-05

lose all the happiness fher life. My wife
weeps with her, and l am conscious OF q
choking sensation in my throat as We take
leave OF her an hour before Nj. Ogilyie Is
expected, and pray God to bless and sus-
tain her.
We are sitting in a rather melancholy
mood after dinner, talking Of the poor
young husband and wife, when Nj. Ogil-
vie is announced, and I hasten to the door
to meet him.
"She will not see mel" he says, impetu-
ously, coming in without any formal greet
ing. "She has shut herself into her room,
and calls to me with hysterical tears that
she is too dreadful TO look upon, that !
shall cease to love her as o o as ] behold
her, and that she cannot face It" And
then the strong mar falls into a chair with
o sob.
al don't care how bad 1t is" he cries;
"she need not doubt MY love. My poor
darling will always be the same 10 me,
whether she 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 her
self from enveloping him in her motherly
arms and embracing him.
ave must resort to stratagem," l say.
~ will go.down to the cottage at once, and
you follow mel in ten minutes withmy wife;
! will try and coax Mrs. Ogilvie TO come
out and speak to me, and you must steal
upon her unawareS."
Mrs. 0gilvie at first refused to see or
speak'to me; bat | 60 up to her door, and
am mean enough to remind her OF my
wife's devotion to her, and entreated her,
for her sake, to come down to me.
"Where is Frank?" she asks.
"Ileft him at home with Mary Anne,"I
reply, feeling thatI am worthy Of being q
diplOmatist at the court of st. Petersburg,
as she opens the door and descends the
stairs. / take her out into the garden and
begin to reproveher for her conduct, with
assumed anger. She listens with eyes
blinded by tears. on the lookout for it,
hear the latch on the garden gate click; but
she, absorbed In hersorrow,d does not notice
il. Hook up and see Frank OgilVie's eyes
fixed hungrily on his wife. Her changed
appearance must be m awful shock TO
him; but he bears it bravely; and in q mo-
ment he has sprung forward, clasped her
in his arms, and the poor, SCARED face is
hidden on his true and loving breast.
Then Mary Ann and I turned 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..
0gilyIe, coming into the possession OF
some money, leaves the navy and pur-
chases a small estate in the neighborhood,
on which they still reside. Mrs. 0gilyie
is no longer young and has o family Of
lads and lasses around her who inherit
much of their mothers loveliness. But
one Of the first thingr she teaches them
is not to set a fictitious value on it; 'for,"
she says, ~ thought too much OF mine,
and God took it from me-" No one ever
hears her regret the loss Of her beauty;
'.for, through that trial." she tells my wife,
u learned to know tho true value OF my
Franks heart"
She simply worhips her husband, and
is in all respects a happy woman. Indeed,
seeing the sweet smiles which adorn her
face, and the loving light which dwels in
her eyes, | am sometimes tempted TO call
her, as Of yore-Pretty Mrs. ogilvie.-
Chambers Journal.