Nevada County picayune., 1890-04-09
sOCIETY'S QUEEN.

Hetty Marble because her prettines. had pleased his eyes and her prefer. ence for him had pleased his vanity when 1t was considered that she had chosen him, a poor, struggling law yer, from a number of richer, hand, somer men, and he fully intended tC make her life a very happy one.
 Hetty was an orphan, and had q neat little home of her own, and three thousand dollars in the bank and was seventeen years old when they were married, but Hctty' s parents had never considered educa- tion as needful, and Hetty had been taught to work, but had scarcely enough education to know how to read or write, and her grammar was such as to set all her husband S nerves on edge, as soon as the glamour of the honeymoon had worn off, and he showed a disgust for her ignorance so plainly that she wept bitter tears in secret, but, poor child, did not know how to go to work to learn.
 She was the best little housekeeper in town, her house was the picture of neatness and order, and her table was something that even the selfish husband appreciated.
 letty's prettiness ripened into a true beauty, sweet and tender, and | yet as time went on, Horace grew more and more irritable and unknd and open in his remarks about her lack of education.
 Years went on, two, three, four, and Horace became quite famous as a lawyer; and he he took Hetty's s money without scruple and fitted him up an elegant office, and took clerks, and had, withal, a manner of push ing himself forward, so that by the time the four years were passed, he was elected a member of the Legisla- ture, and he was rarely at home ex- cept to his meals, as he appreciated at least, the merits of a good dinner.
 But he despised his poor little wife because she could not shine in socic- tv-because he could not invite peO- pie to his home for fear that he would be mortified by some glaring ignorance of what the world holds necessary to know, and his heart grew bitter and he was by no means silent on the subject.
 Hetty grieyed and wept for many months, and even years. She tried blindly to read, hoping that that NOulu LCuCH Hti what to say "iN' how to say it, but it was no wonder she could not understand the pon- derous tones winch filled the library and her heart grew heavier and ached harder all the time, and she felt like despairing when chance threw her in the way of woman, who, now sick and weak, was teach ing this poor child, who looked upon learning as her one hope for future happiness.
 Fearful of ridicule, or of being for bidden, poor Hetty said nothing to her husband about her plan, and if he noticed any difference in her speech. he set it down to her having picked up few hints from his own carefully chosen language.
 Days and nights during his ab- scence for three long years, poor Hetty studied, worked and read with her friend, at home, bending all her energies toward learning all the ac- complishments that made other wo- men so charming Hetty had arich, clear voice, and a good ear for music, and she devoted two hours every day to severe and hard practice and cul- tivation of her voice, and at last there came day when her friend said;
 "I can teach you no more. You have learned all that l know, and now you must either get higher teachers, or study alone"
 So an arrangement was made, and Ietty continued to study at heI friends home, but with professors that were considered the best, and IIetty worked so hard and with sucl determination that she soon began tn feel the confidence in herself that knowledge gives.
 True, her home was not quite SC well kept as before, but Horace I