The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-26
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sAAAA Ffl<LGLEEA7 UNHAPPY ALGAL u ~ OtlSA
dear old friend pity and help me--we must
separate. l annie is and she begins sob
bling afresh By Venus and Vulcan" say1
the ancient anxiously, "a divorce" She
mods her head. on no, no, my dear chlldi
"a thousand times not In the mOmentary
grief and passion Of your first family jars
you would sow the seed OF everlasting re-
gr t! Compose yourself and tell me every
thing, from the first dawn Of your differ
eaca5 with Mr.. E0lPh who to me has always
appeared TO be an unusually cultivated com
panion, @ generous, c5nsidcrate, talented
( man.
"'Ha Is all that said she, mOGrnfully,
and when we were married l was so proud
and happy lher voice faItsred again. but
as time wore on 1 could not help noticing
that he treated me less additionally than
formerly-sp5nt much less Of his time with
ME, and at times appeared to receive my
I approaches, my very caresses with inditfer-
eslce, not TO say Tepugnauce. This was very
hard, but l bore it Uncomplainngly, and
strOv8 TO regain my husbands love. He
was kind and intulgent enough, but in
/ friendly sort Of way, not with the warm en-
/ phasis and xu5eTance Of uIstinted afec
/ ton. He would sometimes lecture me on
! the absurdity Of Observation-Disclosures as
/ no called it-aud-and--'
"'You lost your temper, / presumed in
/ quired MIR. Briefly.
I-yss / tried to conform to his views by
treating MIN very coldIy for while, and
then lie accused me Of suIking and being
/ childish. He IS very rosylute man. and,
when we reached this stage, would qUietl
I ignore mo and my simulated anger without
. offering to apollo glz9, or give mo the small
est opening TO resume our annie able rela-
tfons unless 1 abisctly sought forgi veness
d fz TNYs4
! sumel on my coming arOunl,' as lie called
. it-so much 50 that when L was in the right,
and he knew it, he would still wait Tor me
to seek the reconciliation.
q thought he had moro sense mutteTei
Briefly.
Thus we went on growing farther
apart and all my dreams Of happiness
seemed to wither and fada-my life to grow
daily more Hstlass and iJyiess. One day
my husband came home bringing a young
. gentleman from the el5t-a distant cousin
If his visiting this cgast-wlo, ho informed
me, would make his home with us during
his stay
4 thought so. , growIod Briefly.
Mr.. Jerom9-that was his name-being
entirely unoccupted AMI unacquamted,
passed much Of his time at our house, and
with me He was very agreeable, intellect
ual, and compaui0nabLe, and showed me
much more Difference than my own husband.
Above all lie seemed 10 .ympathizs with
me ia our unfortunate dIscorls, and in the
most daIicarsIv respectful manner wished
that no could open Mr.. EolpA's eyes to the
treasure that was drifting away from him,
because he was too negligent or Indifferent
TO foster it, Something in his speech Jared
. on mellow dared he. a stranger. to remark
On our estrangemont, and assume that /
was IosnE my love for my husband3 Still,
/ 80 seemed so ca nest and sincere that | did
l1t resent it, and thon-it may have been by
: covert suggestion from him. or prompted
by my own desperation, I formed an evil
resolve would exhibit a preference to his
society whenever i could, and strive by
this means to arouse my husbands fears
perhaps his waning devotion. How l dill
this noel not be told hero, but the deep,
black Wrinkle III my husbands forehead,
when he observed it, frightened lie. He did
not rave CT storm, but called me- into his
study AMI said, in a dead. cold, horribly
calm tone, that through my p5tulance,
childishHess, and unreasonable exactions
had I0nn ,171nh IA Ha-t,.,,- fEgt 7,s-,farf Low,