Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-11-17

sionately. "And | will make him re-
pent as never man had cause to repent
before"
And with all her pretty eyes and
nice round face, she looked as it she
could keep her word, and would.
OF course, such marriage as this
made IA great commotion in the county,
and every one had.his word to say and
his stone to fling. Though it has be-
come fashionable of late, and the sheep
of society have now we'll heeced lead
ers whom they can follow in the ugly
way, in those days, for young man
under thirty to marry woman forty
years his senior Was consid red shame
and sin, and tue handsome young
/ Heavy, with his antiquated bride hang
ing on his arm and leering into his
/ face, was fair mark for all wits.
Other things, too, did not 90 very
we'll That rapid promotion which
my Lady Julia had promised so gilbly
seemed to recede as time went on; and
| the authorities at the war office turned
Il deaf ear to all hints, representations
and suppllcatlons. The scandal OF
the marriage hal been a little to
| highly favored even for them; aud
the modern Ixion began to tel that
the Goddess of Fortune whom he
thought to have embraced was moth
ing more than cloud. The Lady
Julia had got what she wanted-a fine,
stalwart, handsome young husband;
aud after the first few months she did
not trouble herself about the rest
Wisely for herself, and painfully for
poor Autlnous, she had kept all her
own fortune 10 herself; and when the
question came of his spending his part
she let him know that he had no part
to spend, still less that he had any to
pay away. His tradespeople might be
rs cIamorous as they liked not Il far
tang of her money should they have.
He might make such composition
with them AS he could out of his pro
! esslunal income, aui trust to hrr gen
crosby Tor pocket money. She was
mex rable on this point, and the tates
"cre not more stern than my Lady
Julia, when the question was one OF
money. Antlnous was forced TO sub
init; 50 that he found himself in far
worse position than that in which he
was before he married my LAZY; and
many time he had to curse bis folly
AMI the blindness which made him to
trust an amorous old woman's prom
/ lscs. and sell his manhood for hope
" hat had he got by the b4rgaln: Loss
II liberty, loss of repute, loss of such
small private funds a. he formerly
pos essed, loss of his own self respect.
and loss Of May Budl: and he had III
rs,urn gained an Old wife who was
/ stingy aud selfish; Of higher social
/ position than his own, AMI proportions
/ stciv lnsulsnt 10 him and hls-a wife
who WAS hi. mistress, his proprletor-
IS, hi. slave driver: and who, having
/ bought hlm as Il toy, now treated him
As dog. 1t was a sorry bargain that
he had made-a poor market 10 which
| he had carried himself, And all this
while Nv Budd scented to DO ublqul-
tons, meeting him wherever he went,
sud never let ing him forget his love
love Tor her, nor her own unconscious
ness Of him.
| He thought he hid lost her; but
/ had he: At first she was passionate
Ilv indignant. aud showed in every
word ANA look how intensely she DIES
pised lin, and how her former tender
/ feeling had curd,ed INTO hatred and
contempt TINS nearly drove HIM
distracted, but he had to bear it rs his
cross, for he could not get speech with
her to soften or explain anything
whatever: and once when he ventureG
10 write to her, his letter was return.
ed, at the imminent risk of falling IN
to the hands of my Lady Julia, hi:
wife, who had the uncomfortable hab
it Of opening his letters and reading
them herself before passing them ovel
to him As the months passed, how
ever, and the mistake of the marriage
became the talk Of the town, May
Budd's looks and manners changed
For her former defying and Indignant
GOODNESS. she substituted, sweeter
gentler. softer and more compassionate
air. Her pretty eyes seemed to say
i love you still, as plainly as if hel
fre:h red lips had spoken; and Antln
Gus more and more cursed the chains
which bound him as he thought o
what he had lost for false hops ano
, BETRAYED ambition. OF course be for
, got tie fact that he could not have mar
. red girl who had only her father
cabbages for her dover. We Away
, do forget the obstacles when we regre
the loss and in this case the loss wa
! all that was remembered.
Step by step and day by day Ma.
Budd, with the skill OF an Old veteran
brought back her lover and led hin
still further and further on. From
looks they came to words from word
: to secret meetings, to fond embraces
and to letters when they could nelthe
: meet nor embrace. The postotfice wa
hollow tree in Lady Julia's Owl
grounds, just inside the little wicket
gate that led from the shrubbery int
the lane bordered on the other side b
Budd's cabbages and carrots, and bot
Antinous and the girl wrote thei
minds pretty freely. The former es
pecially profitted by the relief whicI
, this correspondence gave him. IL
spoke of the Lady Julia, his wife, a
| he might have spoken of some she
, demon who hadpossessed herselfofhim
of some vampire who was sucking hi
r blood; Of some Hecate to whose horri
, tolls he had been caught. He was
! Heavy Dragon, and his orthograph
was sometimes as imperfect as his syn
2 tax; but he knew what he wanted t
| say and he said it. He wanted to tel
E May Budd how much he loved hel
and to assure her of his undying hatre
2 and disgust for his wife; aud he mad
e both things tolerably clear and pride
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