The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-17
MRS. GLENDENNING's HUSBAND.

Tne MyHtertouS Insanity OF Jealousy.
From LippincottS Magazine for April.
You remember Hawthorne's story Of
Wakefield" q man who, from mere Cd
dity and within, after parting fromhis wife
to go on a short journey, vanished into
the wilderness Of London and never re.
turned to her, although he lived so near
that he watched curiously her comings
and her goings year after year, seeing her
change from a happy matron into q mel.
ancholy widow, and SO go on into cheer
less age. Other things have happened
quite as strange, perhaps stranger Let
me tell you the true story Of Mrs. Glen
Jennings husband.
Agnes Holt met Hugh Glendenning be-
fore she left school; they fell in love,
were engaged, and by the time she was IS
she married him. He was a young fellow
Of 20, and bis most striking qualities
seemed to be good looks and impetuosity
OF temperament. In person he was OF
average hight; his figure good; his face re-
markedly handsome; his hair and eyes
dark his complexion pale. Agnes was a
quiet, graceful creature, with blue, bashful
eyes and the most charming smile in the
world. Inspeech she was curiously re-
served, and rarely expressed herselffreely.
One Of the discomforts Of the season OF
her engagement was that Hugh constant
ly pressed her for an ample confession OF
love, which she would never make in
words by more than a quiet assent when
he demanded II she loved him. She hoped
and expected after marriage he would be
less persistent and more ready to take
things for granted, while he, on his side,
looked forward to wedlock with a belief
that, once a wife, Agnes would no longer
torture him with her evasions and denials,
but tell him with the same freedom and
e~loquence which he used himself the
whole story OF her passion for him. The
two probably loved each other equally,
but their temperaments were too power
fully contrasted to make mutual under.
standings possible. Agnes was slow, puri.
%tanical, and, however faithful and strong
in feeling, utterly destitute oil ~spontaneity
while Hugh was quick, ardent and given
to the powerful expression OF whatever
feeling or mood came uppermost,
They had been married a month when
business arrangements compelled Hugh to
go TO England, and he insisted on taking
his wife. She yielded, but her iRclina
tions were against the journey; she dis
liked 10 leave her family, and was, be-
sides, in great fear Of the sea. She wa
melancholy and nervous in parting from
D her friends, and for the first three days oil
. the ocean spent the entire time in tears
/ Hugh could not understand her terror o
; the water, and felt, besides, that she wa
, using him Ill in feeling the least reluctance
at severing her connection with her ole
home. He tortured her with questions
Did she love him? Did she trust him
II she loved him, if she trusted him, how
could she help being glad to accompan!
him anywhere on the wide eartb2 Thes'
demands, necessarily repeated, inslstentl!
: !. urged and pressed, wore upon the youni
; vile; she knew they were actuated BY
4 love which jealousy demanded everythinI
i from her, but they developed a sort Q
coldness and perverseness In her mind.
D On one occasion, when Hugh asked !
: she really loved him, she replied listlessly
show can you expect me to love yol
when you wear me out like this? l slal
soon begin to hate yopif you go on in thi
way"
These careless words produced tn
most profound impression upon Hugh
mind, and were the beginning Of calamity
He brooded over them, necessarily re
peating them TO himself. Agnes, VIII
was a mere childat heart, and Of a natur
not wide enough fully to absorb the ide
Of another's, realized nothingp OF the SUI
ierings she had inflicted. Besides, Hugh
! conduct began TO estrangeh her. 1t becam
Y his wont to sit looking at her, his larg
black eyes growing gradually cavernous /
: their depths and unearthly in their bri
liancyi Of times he would exclaim, "Yo
do not love me. You will soon hate me.
At night no never saemea to sleep, anC
hanging the lantern 80 that the rays 70
on her face, binding and dizzying her, b
]. would sit on the edge Of the berth starit
into her face and muttering, "She hat
incl"
The voyage was a short one; in ten da,
, they wefs In London, where they mi
J, friends, and for tho three months whiC
followed both Hugh and Agnes bad o poE
o paratively happy time. Agnes uphraidt
| her husband for his absurdItios, and |
himself seemed to see his conduct In u
light OF day, instead Of the lurid glare OF {
insane, Jealous dread. Still, married Il
was o palpahle disappointment to Agne
who began to feel that Il she must ben
" her every faculty 10 the task ot pleasing
man whose brain seemed In d whirl
false and distorted IDEAS concerning HI
and his love for her and her feelings I
him, she should soon lose al respect "a
IS and 'beliefin her husband.
Se Toward the latter parto OF the lime thu
spent In London her cousin, George Dan
q young man OF twenty-five, whom 81
A. had known and loved like 9 brother fro
her infancy, happened to join their part
His coming was the signal for the me
violent outbreaks OF jealousy on HUI
Glendenning's part. His mind seem,
all 7astsayI DO was Indifferent to the "a
that he placed bis vile in q cruel al
h%umiliating position; he persisted In y
Is. chimera that an easy habit OF IntimG
=, with her cousin George was the expr,
sion off love which far surpassed her
. teGtiop for himself. Again and again
: tainted aud ipspltedher until she impll
ed her cousin To leave London. Geor
Dana, however, little guessing Agnes,
tual position with q man Who was bali
B. sane, could not bs induced to 80. Hey
IA. not through with his sightseeing; he v