The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-05-28

but sat looking into her friends face in
strange, bewildered, troubled way. Th
lntlmation thai her husband had bee
riding out with lady, when it fairl
reached her thought, gave her q shar
pain. 1t had never entered her imagins
ton that he could look, with passin.
sense of admiration, into any face bu
hers-that his heart could turn from he
to another for single instant of time
She had perceived that he wa colder
more indifferent, less careful of her pleas
ure than in the sunny DAYS of their court
ship and betrothment; but that he coul.
seek another's society was thing unheard
OF. 1t was proverb, this contrast : tweer
lovers and husbands, and she felt she wa,
proving it's truth. That was alI,x 1t wa.
an unpleasant truth, and lar.i to receive
yet she saw no remedy. But now, by :
word or two, her friend had started hel
INTO new view of the case. Was hel
husbands heart really turned from her
She was frightened at the remote
suggestlon-for in his love lay all her
world.
lon are not really in earnest MAJ Y
about seeing Harry riding out with a
lady this afternoon 2" she SAID in a voice
and with a look that revealed fully her
state OF mind The color had left her
face, and her heart shook in her voice.
Probably was mistaken, Bella"
replied the friend; "though l had not
doubted the fact moment until | saw
you at the window little while ago"
Did YOU notice the lady very partic-
ulary ?"
"No: but let the matter pass dear.
No doubt | was mistaken. 1t is wor.
rying you more than | could have imag-
ined.'
Bella looked at her friend for some
moments i'll Bstrange way, then giving a
low, suppressed, wailing cry, bent for
ward and laid her face upon her BOSOM
sobbing and shuldering i'll such wild
turbulence of feeling that her friend
became actually alarmed.
You have frightened me ~ said the
young wife, lifting her head at last, as
her excitement died away. g All, Mary,
if should lose my husbands love it
would kill me -
Then, Bella" answered her friend,
" see to it that you neglect none of the
means required for Keeping it, If vou
would continue to he loved, vou must not
grow unlovelv. The charms that won
your husband must not be folded up and
kept for holiday occasions, and then put
on for other eyes than his. You must
keep them ever displayed before him;
nay, put on new attractions. Is not the
husband even dearer than the lover, and
his heart better worth the holding?
Look back, my dear friend, over the
brief moons that have waved and waned
since you were bride. Put yourself on
trial and take impartial testimony. Have
you been as studious to please as then
is ctrcIuI uI HIS Icclinge. rs regardf-I &c
his tastes? DO you adorn yourself for
his eyes now as You dressed for his com
ing then? Az a wife you are as lovable
as when a maiden? Bella, Bella look
to the little foxes that spoil the tender
grapes, if you would have loves ripe
fruitage. Love is not chameleon to be
fed on air, and change in every hue of
condition. 1t must have substantial food.
Deprive it of this, and it languishes and
dies And now, dear, | have warned
YOU. Meet your husband when he re-
turns home this evening as sweetly as
when he came to you in your fathers
house, attracted az the bee is to the
flower, and note the manner in which his
face will Tighten up. Did he kiss you
when he came home yesterday 2"
The face of Bella flushed "A little.
" Husbands soon lose their taste for
kissing" she answered, at the same time
patting her small foot nervously on the
Brussels carpet.
off the wife's lips remain as sweet as
the maiden's-never
"Oh, You don't know anything about
it," said Bella. "Wait until you are
married"
After the friend had said good after
noon, the young wife went to her room
and cried for good quarter of an hour.
Then she commenced doing as her friend
suggested. Refreshed by a bath, she
attired herself in a spotless white wrap
per, with a delicate blue belt binding her
waist. A small lace collar, scarcely
whittier than her pure neck, edged and
tied with narrow azure ribbon, was
turned away from her swan-like throat
and Just below was an exquisitely cut
oval pin. Her hair, rich golden brown,
had been glossy as the wing of a bird,
and was folded just enough away from
the temples to show their delicate cut
ting. Two open rosebuds = red and
white = nesteld in her hair She did
look lovely and loveable, as her mirror
told her.
Harry was half an hour later than
usual in coming home. Bella was sitting
in the parlor when he came in, waiting
for his return, with new feeling at her
heart-a feeling Of blended fear and hope !;
fear lest he was actually becoming es-
tranged from her, and trembling hope
to win him back again. His step was
not very light. She noticed that, for her
ear had become newly sensitive. He
had caught a glimpse of her at the win
dow. and knowing therefore, that she
was in the parlor, came to the door and
stood there.
Bless me p he exclaimed, after mo-
ment, how charming you look -
And he came forward with pleased
smile on his face, and taking her hand,
bent down and kissed her.
"Sweet as rose !" he added, holding
her away from him, and gazing at her
admiringly. How her heart did beat
with a new delight
"Dressed for company 2"
There was just little shade Of cold
ness in IIarry's voice, as he suggested th'
probable reason for her singular improved