The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-07

me twice q week. no matter ..''v tired
or unable 20 work may fee.
Il don't want you 10 worh ;, hard.
Carrie. I've urged Won ?" hsve
steady help.
Il .lidn't snppos" you c ! af,rd
it," returned C,rria. snapp,, :, II. her
ri. anu her needle at 'he same
time.
II can sff ,rd Whatever l. Necessary
To your health and comtrr'
On"
Carries increduious look ,ni tone
touched her husband. tor h fit II to
be unjust. and he added. VIII consid-
erabie asperItv:
But which don't cons; e- new
parlor furniture to he"
Mr.. Haven resumed b. paper.
Carrie her sewing; hut the ~ re-. the
happiness of the evening b I'd vanish
ed.
Alas, for the elements % rnhappi-
ness that We carry in ou: .o,nms
Mrs. Haven had . pleaaani ;.ome. q
kind husband. all the CO. Il, rrs and
many Of the luxuries of lii. in: the
serpent of envy and disco .at had
crept into her heart. po,so, ,g every
enj ,vment.
Carrie vas naturally kin,. md con.
scientions. Her chief fault .;,sin I've
ing ton easily influenced. q had -he
been left to herself the -; cloud
which threatened her d,ms peace
would have passed away. But she
vas with Mrs. Lloyd q gres' d al. aud
under the influence Of her evil tx.
amply and counsel her discnn'.r. aud
unhappiness increased daily.
Her husband -aw this. t..myh. per.
haps, he failed To realiz. the full tx
tent Of the mischief. H. vas a man
of strong sense, and no li.,le decision
If character. but there wa time-
when he vas almost on the poin: Of
Welding to her wishes for the sske oi
bringing hack to her face o., bright
sunny smile that had made il such .
pleasant thing tn look upo..
Oae day Mr.. Haven dii n. return
to dinner. q very uDusal. occurrence
with HIM.
After waiting until ever, thing vas
cold. Carrie took her Osn. 81 'rstfui,
rather than anxious MOI; l.,r she
presumed that he had bes, id.ieniy
called nut If town. aud MS v-xeA al
his f',ouchtic-sness in not sending her
word.
About an boar later Mr.. Haven
entered the yoom where his wife Was
sitting. with face go pale and t-oub-
led that she started t. her feet in
afii isht.
All the old tenderness sprang up in
her heart AZ she sank down upon the
sOfa.
Are you sick. Albert" she enquir-
ed. irving to remove the hand he had
pressed over his eyes
Yes: sick at heart"
Don't he alarmed" he added try
ing to smile. As he noticed her anxipu.
look il is nothing touching me or any
If ours. You know l told you Yes
,erday that there vas trouble at the
bank. An investigation has been
made. and the loss. amounting to
many thousand dollars, has been
traced In Mr.. Lloyd"
It, Mr. Lloyd! Oh. Albert!"
"Tnst il not all. A. soon as he saw
iha, detection WIS inevitable. he-he
sho; himself! | Was in the house at
tie time. having gone thi,her with
Mr.. Eurls,gh. Can I ever forget that
horrible sight,"
&c vi pity his poor wretched wife. :"
And guilty as well as wreiched."
said Mr.. Haven siernly. "James
LLOYD aud l were schooIboys together.
I knew han we'll; a better heart
never beat His only fault was he
could never saw no to any one he
loved. His wii-'s hear:les. extrava-
game. has been his ruin. Involved in
debt he took money from the bsnk to
speculate with. intending to replace il.
He lost and took again hoping to re-
rrieve his losses. And this is the end
What has not ths: woman tn answer
for -
Mrs. Haven burst into tears.
Ca! Albert. don't don't ,eproach
me 40 cruelty"
''Reprosch vou, Carrie
"Yes, me I; for oh am not a; heart
as guilty ss she:'
He strove to soothe, with loving
words, his conscience stricken wife.
and yet he could not blu, r.joice. fur
her sake and his. that she had taken
this terrible tragedy. a. q solemn les.
son. thus home 10 her heart.
MY dear Carrie. let this sad occur
renee he a warning TO both o! us. II
is easier to take the first wrong step
than to re,ract it. No sensibl. person
think. any better of a man FIR sup
parting a style greater than hts income
warrants. What frs, drew suspicion
poor Lloyd was the fact that
he WIS living beyond hi. means"
Mr.. Lioyd's costly furniture vas
sold at auction. and at a ruinous sacri- |
fee; but Mrs. Haven felt Nh ii-rx,si.
ton to adj any portion Of it to her
nwn. Indeed. it would have been !
Fsiu!ul, associated a. i, Is with the .
pale. sorrowfui form. clad in deep
the once gay and brilliant :
whose costly adornments had
70 often been admired aud envied. 1
"How good God Is, giving us such
, brigh: home!" said Mrs. Haven to
,er husband, on the evening of the
luc.ion.
Mr.. Haven drew his wife closer to
hin.
''And each other"
And the smiling lips. that were
'ressei SO lovingly to his own, softly
choed