Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-04-01
Mlnd!, she called, as he

ence HenshaW's pillow, and he, foolisl
fellow, was transported to the uppel
heaven of delight over its contents.
Three months later they were married
They We're a happy and hopeful couple
The life upon which they had entered
was like a new and unexplored country
but Clarence meant to work hard, anC
felt little or no doubt in regard to theil
future. He was equal to any undertak
ing, in his own determination, that would
promote his wife's happiness, and, as tC
Stella, she would do anything to help hel
husband
He had been head book-keeper fol
many years, and had the promise O
something little better yet the coming
season. So the first few months of theil
married life ran smoothly. They rented
a house in a pleasant part of the city
kept q servant, and Stella wore the pref
ty clothes which had been provided al
the time of her marriage, and wondered
why sister Belle had such funny notions
about marrying poor man.
But toward the close Of the first year Of
their welded life his firm was said to be
under heavy liabilities, and the anniver-
sary of their marriage found the house
bankrupt and Clarence out of situation.
He applied at this and that place, but
month after month slipped by and he
found no opening. They moved out OF
the house and took cheaper rooms in an
other part of the city.
By this time their funds began to run
low, and Stella wanted something new
for her wardrobe Already she had be-
gun to show signs of discomfort.
81 shall find something by and BY"
the husband said, bravely,
1t was at this trying time that little
speck of humanity was put in Stella's
arms, and its feeble cry told that the re-
sponsibility Of motherhood was hers.
g | am the happiest man alive" Clar-
ence exclaimed, caressing wife and child.
''The very happiest,' he repeated again,
kissing the baby boy.
"Let pride 60 to the dogs, Stella" he
added, remembering that now his re-
sponsibility was greater than before.
''They want workmen on the new City
Hall. I'll take the hammer-it will give
us bread"
She ought to have been contented,
ought to have thought with pride of the
man who would thus brave the world s
opinion.
He went out in early morning, and
came home late at night, as other work
men did, his handsome face glowing with
love.
But the very thought that her hus-
band was brought down to the level Of a
common laborer hurt her. -
Sister Belle had said that her tastes
were luxurious, and she wanted a pretty
home now, and fine apparel for herself
and baby.
The people Of the world in which she
had lived had never to count on their
money to know if they could buy anew
dress. She had never been taught to
make the best Of whatever circumstance
you may be placed in, and why should
she nowP
The little privations she endured wor-
ried and vexed her, and in little while
the tempered woman grew moody
and down-hearted. She became care
less in her dress, and instead of the
cheerful little wife he used to see, he
found a gloomy woman and disorderly
house.
But he never complained.
1 I" Stella is homesick,' - he would say;
{. and the care Of baby is too much for
her. / must make some money, y and
his hammer rang with redoubled en-
ergy" a fr.la q, 9ra
more apparent, The place and the peo-
pie We're so repulsiYe to her refined and
sensitive nature. g--
"How can you expect me to live
among such surroundings, ClarenceP''
was her appeal when the husband begged
her to be of good cheer N raY
saIt cruel in yolgn she sobbed. II
want to be back again in the old home,
among my own friends" -lh +
The warm glow came to his face, and
be drew her tenderly toward him with.
out a word, but there was a look piteous
to see in his handsome eyes, while hisre-
solve was to work still harder. t4ls
To conquer fortune, however, requires
steady strokes -.. ..,,
There came day, little later" for
some days must be dark and dreary"-
when it did seem that matters had come
to crisis. AK, EE o.
The City Hall was finished long ago,
the Odd Fellows building completed,
and the last stroke had been given the
new church, Clarence must look for
something new. Jennie who had minded
Freddy for two or three months, had to
90, and all the household cares fell upon
Stella's hands. .hi.aH od III qola A9Q
They had moved from place to place
since Freddy's birth, hoping to find a.
house with which Stella would be con-
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Id 'fBut those people are all alike she
said, "and Imay as well be in one place
as another'' was her reply to Clarence,
when he suggested that they move into
a new block.
1t was unwomanly in her to say this,
she knew, the moment the words es-
capped her lips, and she thought to run
after her husband and beg his forgive
ness, but just then Freddy caught at her
dress, causing her to spill hewater she
was pouring into the tea-kettle, which
only increased her vexation.
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