The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-05-06

ana 'ne sun was sinking low IN the west.
o sweet fair face that love 90 well,
6eantif9l @ fsce that NO more see.
And mourn Sor tS,, 5ones tSss die ne, vth thea,
Hast thou gone from my life IKE leaves that
v.r. fsnr tSa,, ,,,v . a .s. .r..u,
-Hdrpers Bazar.
ERROR IN JUDGMENT-
Her life had made her what she was
"A cynic. She had always seen her
motherdepreciated. sneered at, trodden
on, as the weaker vessel. Her father
had brought up her only brother to
glory in the fact that he was q boy, and
Il he lived, would one day be a man:
when . child, il asked how many chill
dren his parents had. it had been his
habit to answer. "one;" he generally
added: +" to be sure there is q girl; but
then girls don't count" and people
laughed at him for . bright lad. She
had taken . secondary position always;
even in baby-hood had been forced to
yield every wish to the will of this in
cipient lord of creation In childhood,
girihood and early womanhood,s she,
with her mother, had been constrained
to serve and bow to these two. She
did this under . mental protest always
at first she was unconscious that she
was protesting; but at length this took
form and shape, and broke into open
rebellion. She despised her father and
brother, and hated all mankind. Was
it narrow and contracted for her to
judge al, by twof Perhaps it was, but
it was natural. They were the only
tK0 that QhA knew lntlmafRIv- and
are apt TO judge the unknown by the
Known She had heard women rallied
&C always, their mental capacity scorned.
she, woman, was angered, insulted, en-
bittered. She did not stop to consider
that Knockers OF women are always men
with themselves, Pu1ed up and bloated
the growth OF intellect, and to discover
that in Nations of most refinement and
culture and education women met with
honor and esteem; but in barbarous
Nations where the order OF intellect
was low, where men were debased, and
brute force prevailed, she was least
regarded. These two men, with arro-
gance absurd in itself, assumed to know
an that was to be known upon every
subject, whilst she constantly found
herself IN possession OF a fund OF knowl-
eoge Whlcn 70 tnem was Q closed Dook.
cne met tnem =. every Point WIN s1uen
suencei was pit.er' haro' unsymPatnetie
70 every one put her motner. Sne De
heved that all men considered women
made 70 serve tnem' 10 make tnelr
homes orderly ana pleasant; beilevine
thus, ner Position' a. we nave salo' wa
but natural.
When sne was swenty-aouf ner motnel
died- IN ner last noui, the crusneo'
tnougn iaIent s1rengsn OF ner cnaractei
revived; she demanded q lawyer anc
In the very presence OF ner husband ane
son, wiiied her somewhat considerable
property wholly 70 this, her only
daughter, and appointed as her sole ex
ecutor . comparative stranger, one whom
she had scarcely met dozen times, but
whose face she trusted. Standing OF
the border OF the splnt,iand. she hae
naa the courage gwen ner 70 90 TIM
thing Inc dsugnter sat nolding tns
hand growing steadiy colder, with :
look OF despair; the husband STOOD witt
slow req creeping up 70 nus whit1
iorenead. tnen dylng away ana ieav
ing MIN pale IN the presence OF TIM
rebuke; whilst the son, coward IN thu
presence OF death, shivered and left thu
room.
That was . year ago. In all that tim,
she had devoted to her father magnifi
cent home all the conscientious car,
that her mother had bestowed upon i
during . lifetime; had treated thes'
two with q cold politeness, the chill o
which had penetrated even their self
complacency. They were not comfort
able in her presence, and she only
woman. In that year she entertained
their guests for them. Their meals
when alone. were silent and embar
rassed; hence, for relief, they had con
slant visitors. Among these she VOL
the name of being brilliant woman
but cold IS an iceberg. In that yea
she even had offers of marriage; sh'
declined them each with the horro
and scorn that freed slave would fee
for renewed vassalage. This yer,
scorn, this very bitterness. had it
power; men of intellect and cultur
eagerly sought her society, charmed b.
her well-stored mind, her ready wit
and the underlying vein of disbelie
and sarcasm that continually croppe,
out. At length, when her mothe
had been in the better country
whole year-such respect did thi
man show to custom and her mem
ory-he announced at the dinner
table, in the presence OF his son, q
II he had lacked courage to tell he
when alone. that he purposed bringin
home bride. She did not make
comment; for few moments there wa
silence-fuu OF miserable discomfort
Her face was thoughtful and quiet, ik
one who considers before making
decision: then she said, and there wa