Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-03-05
Nchancsuwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday March 1884,
Not that Jack Rawley ever attempted

to maltreat his wife. Not that. She
had the comforts o. life, as the wife
generally has among such people,
Liyeried servants attended her every
want, and she was privileged to spend
her time in the most congenial manner
to herself. Such privileges do not con-
stltute woman's happiness. Will men
meyer realize that wife desires more
than Iavished patronage, more than
studied wants? Will they never per-
ceive that it is their love and sympathy
that make a woman existence, and
| that bring into her lite its only real,
true peace and happiness? Too many
men adhere to the old maxim MAR
rlage consumnated, adieu to loye."
This warm J lne evening she Is seated
under the wreathing ivy, looking up
into the blue SKY. jack has been to the
city for several days, and she is sitting
in quiet reverie. The past returns. She
is once again preparing for her wedding.
The halls are garlanded with the cholc
est offerings of autumn. Merry voices
are all about her. Friends are congrat'
ulaling. Jack, tall and handsome,
stands smiling by her side. It is oyer.
The papers are full of description and
detail. 1t is not the wedding column
which interests her. In one part of the
paper, shor. item of news catches her
eye:
Raymond Flood has resigned his
position with Sheer & Co., and taken
passage in the steamer 'Grayson tor
Australia, where he hopes to win both
fortune and Il name
How her heart smites her! The for
tune and name that she should have
had hand in making. were relinquished
for riches and family name. And now
braye, honest Raymond, with broken
heart, was on his way to face the dam
gers of foreign land. Too late she
realized that her choice had been fatal
mistake, and in deep anguish she pushes
aside the paper and joins her friends
and husband.
Taking up the threads of her life
since then, she has made Il brave effort
to make Jack happy. Nature is much
like a stream. For miles the current
is smooth and quiet. Then, some rough
unexpected sboal breaks its placidIty
and sends it III broken particles to the
sea. Please him she could not He
haif-suspected she loved Raymond
Flood. and with the bluntness of Il fool,
told her 80. He sought to worry her
into complaining by inviting llnconac-
NAL male friends to his home. lie
treated her fayorite servants with cru
city, and in every way sought to make
her life in his presence unb'arable.-
kittic never resented his rudeness, but
continued the faithful wife she had obll-
gated herself to be. Such uncomplaln-
ing devotion only angered him
"There's nothing stirs the heart to com
planning,
Like complaining woman, ,uncompanlng
In fl of exasp ration he told her he
never had loved her, but desired to add
her inheritance to lis own. Then he
left for the city.
Kittie never forgot his words. She
had married for wealth ; so had he.
Both were alike unhappy. Four years
can do great dea to tumble down
the bright air castles of yesterday.
They have made her round face thin
and pale; they have brought lines OF
care to her forehead and untold anguish
to her heart. In the silent watches of
the night she has often prutioned the
throne Of mercy to let the emp of bitter
ness pass from Ler lips. if possible.
Far above, this lovely morning, light
airy clouds are floating across the deep
blue of ether space. She sees them not.
The revtrle is now one Of anguish. The
crumpletl paper at her feet is tear-stain
ed where big, black headlines tell OF a
"Brave Man. What can it mean ? 1t
IS only story of brave act. Fire
breaks out in the hotel ut Melbourne,
when every room is occupied by pleasure
seekers All are problbly saved. A
heart.ren,lng shrek tells a different
story. Then IL mother points to the
fourth story, where fair haired girl
appears ut the window. The building
is wrapped in flames and none dare
venture to the rescue None n stall
wart form pushes through the crowd,
catches up rope and blanket, and IS lost
in the smoke and flames. An eternity
Of waiting People stand around IN
mute despair. A cheer ! The man up
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