The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-29
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.Ha sn,;i,lerness OF London aisa never "
.,,roaa 70 her. although be lived SO he'ts
III he watched cu:ioiisIy her conings anu
e,ar. 'sninys wear after year, seeing HeF
aha,sa from happy ratroa into q mean
.,hais ,ri,Iow. and SO go on into cneertess
a aas other things have happened quite as
strance. perlaps stranger. Let me tell YOU
The true story of Mrs. Glendeaning's nus
band. 10
fore she left school; they fell in love, were
engaged, and by the time she WAS eigbseeh
she married him. He was a young ieloW
of twenty-six, and bis most Striking quaIi-
sies seemed to be his good looks aad I'M
,,atnos;,y az temperament. In person ne
,ros ~ average height; bis figure good; his
fsce remarkably handsome; his har and eyes
iark his complexion pale. Agnes was a
on;et graceful creature, with bise. DashIul
cyes. and the most charming seoise in the
world. In speech she was cssriousiy re-
served, and rarely expressed herself freely:
One az the discomtorts OF tie season OF
her engagement was that Hugh constantly
,ressed her for an ample confession OF
love. which she would never make 10
words By more than quiet assent when he
demanded il she loved him. She hoped
and eSpecsed after marriage he would be
less persistent and more ready to take
things for granted, while he, on his side,
looked forward to wedieck with q. BELIEF
that, once wife, Agnes would no longer
torture him with her eyasions and denialss
but tell him with the same freedom ana elo-
quence which he used himself tue Whoie
story OF her passion for him. The two pro-
baby loved each other equally, but their
temperaments were too powerfully con-
trasted TO make mutual understandings pos
sibIe. Agnes was slow, purilanical, and,
however faithful and. strong in feeling, ut
ferly destitute Of spontancity, while Hugh
was quick, ardent, and given to the power
ful expression OF whatever feeling or mood
came uppermost.
They had been married month when
business arrangements compelled Hugh to
90 TO England, and he insisted on taking
his wife. She yielded, but her inclina-
tions were against the journey; she dis
liked to leave her family, and was, besides,
in great fear Of the sea. She was melal-
choly and nervous in parting from her
friends, and for the first three days OH Inc
ocean spent the entire time In tears.
Hugh could not understand her terror OF
the water, and felt, besides, that she was
Mt severing her connection with her old
home. He tortured her with questions:
Did she love him !? Did she trust him! II
she loved him, il she trusted him, how
could she help being glad to accompany him
anywhere on the wide earthY These de.
mands, necessarily repeated, insstently
urged and pressed, wore upon the young
wife: she knew they were actuated by q
love which jealousy demanded everything
from her, but they developed 4 sort Of
GOODNESS and peryerseneSs in her mind.
On one occasion, when Hugh asked il
she really loved him, she replied liStlessIy,
4" How can you expect ME to love you when
you wear me out like this? I shall soon
begin to hateyo il you go on in this way"
These careless words produced the most
profound impression upon Hugl's mind,
and were the beginning OF calamity. He
broodcd over them, incessaDtly repeating
them 10 himself. Agnes, who was mere
child at heart, and OF nature not wide
enough fully to absorb the idea of another's.
realized nothing OF the suferngs she had
Inflicted. Besides, Hugh's conduct began
to estrange her. 1t became bis wont to sit
looking ut her, his large black eyes growing
gradually cavernous in their depths and
mccarthy in their brilIancy. AT times he
would cXclaim, "You do not love me.
You will soon hate me-" Atnight be never
seemed to sleep, and, hanging the lantern
so that the rays fell Oh her face, binding
and dizzying her, he would sit on the edge
OF the berth staring into her face and NUT |
teIing, "She hates NET"
The voyage was short one; in ten days |
they were in London, where they met |
friends, aud for the three months which |
followed beth Hugh and Agnes had COM
paratiyely happy time. Agnes upbraided !
her husband for his absurdities, and lie !
himself seemed to see bis conduct in the
light OF day, instead Of the lurid glare OF
an insane, jealous dread. Still, married |
life was palpable disappointment to Agnes,
who began to feel that il she must bend her
every faculty to the task OF pleasing Il man
whose brain seemed in whirl of false and |
distorted ideas concerning her and his love
for her and her feelings for him, she should |
soon lose all respect for and belief in her
husband.
Towards the latter part of the time they
spent In London her cousin, George Dana,
a young man OF twenty-five, whom she had |
known and loved like brother from her
infancy, happened to join in their party. |
His coming was the signal for the most
violent outbreaks Of jealousy on Hugh |
Glendennins's part His mind seemed all
astray, he was Indifferent TO the fact that |
he placed his wife i'll crue! and humila- |
ting position; he persisted in the cbimera
that an easy habit OF intimacy with her
Cousin George was the expression OF love
which far surpassed her affection for him
self. Again and again he tainted and ln-
suited her until she implored her cousin to
leave London. George Dana, however, NJ
tie guessing Agnes's actual position with
man who was half insane, could not be IN
duced to go. He was not through with his
sightseeing; he was interested ID the races;
in short, he liked being in London at this
time OF the year better than being anywhere
else in Europe, and he insisted on remain
inc, and even felt 4 sort OF boyish sati>fac-
ton in augmenting Glendenulng's jealousy
TO the utmost by constant offers OF atten-
ton to the young wife.
By the lst OF July Hugh's business WAS
concluded, and he took Agnes to France
and Switzerland for u month, but the two
were no longer on terms of atfectionate in
timacy. Hugh was still Jealous. and re-
garded his wife's steady GOODNESS as sign
OF most chilling indifference. Agnes, on
her side, felt shst TO maintain semblance
of buoyant happiness when she felt so
detected ct the way she had been out
ragged was 10 lessen her dignity rs wo-
man. The two sailed from Havre for New
York on the Iath OF August, 1856. On the
seventh day out, when they were halfway
across the ocean, Hugh Glendenning was
suddenly sRissed. There was no trace OF
him on beald the steamer, and it was rcadi-
ay concluded that the rash and unhappy
young man tad thrown himself overheard.
1t was naturally the crlqeliest possibIe