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Si SLOAN, PUBLISHERS.
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lOLITME
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
T. D EDWARDS.
, col Nct.L.Lort al Law. Wzirreu P.,. Pr..
and follerti..n , will rreei% e iir6mpt
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- 11 p WALKER x
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and Comatiasion Mereiumt.. Nemeth
Overt Public Beithre, Etta Pa.
Goal. Salt, Plaster. theteett, Lune
Lyt ne Natio, Sterres.*Ckeefitge , ke . :. with
ine:for ehippiag eirkot bi ereetrobeitte.
hr Rairreatt.
re - , 1• •
( ARSON CIAHAM.
FNLY .0: CV:. 'csELLXII •T Lair, l ollllft•
- r„• ;urr 4 , ithe Pa r k, E l i,.
T W - )100
4 t rz
1.o• Yrorinons. W Liveux.. Ctuadie
tiea helves Boot h & Stewart's Suite u
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INCENT, HIMBOD Co: •
:I • f S 1.11!:. Hollow Ware, blew, Ma
id Car - , etc.. State St, Erie P.
t tiOMAz, A.USTLIS.
rat E ELM or c: .Latoaus a co.
~,k tratehet, Jewelry, Silver Spam,. MU3I-
ZI•, Looking ftlaes.t. t„ Amp , t „d r mie ,
• •11.• and retail.
Li. .1 ARECKI.
"-t :Itie of State Street. Pa
- L TIBBALS
IRE 1 IRV vr WALKER
anti Shipping Merchant?, and deal.
, Fill. Salt, Water Lime, Plancr. Ste.,
.. Packacc.. intended fnr our 4 , , ir0
• m: rk...1.
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.1 B. t.(*NNISON.
t atiouan. ..lionthl Magic:Jur-. Chem,
-fleet Mu-ie,New•psper.. oom Pen:, Poch
• Flnt door west of the Rood flow•e. Erie.
BOOTH &STEW..kRT, •
Retail Dealer? in Fancy and staple Dry
)I:::r.ery.!Cel 6, Poor Poople'- Row. opposi,te
• H.al •
LIDDELL, KEPLER & :CO
Iron Fence, Railing, Steam Rourr.:.
Fire Proof Shutter:, and all ninth of Na.h.
t'EP . Casting!. done io ;spier
GOALDLNG,
. and Jlabit
L.' ttreo. two dc;ora north of Eight, and adjoin
kt d Cr. ,, Cabinet Ware,Room. Erie. Pa
'LARK & 3IETCALF,
retail ka:ers in . Dry
Nr. 1 Reed Anu•e. ••
11 - ILLLI.3IS
:lector , and'Llealer , in onid and 1314.. r ram,
Money. Land Warrant., ;and eerrificateq of Dr,
Draft, on the principal eitii , snf the
part- of the Vld Country for, aaic. °Sec.
Bl•wk. :ornei id State and rahlic ;Naar...
JOHN B. COOK,
,„; b l'anet Dn Iloed.. and the
I.l' , In the Pitt, Cheap -We. Erie. Pa„ •
STI:IIRETT 6: GRAY,
•r Dealer. in Wei And dry toro
• Prot Pr” , teee, i'Greign and Lame-tie
WA. Wint , W It./k1 r t W are. Fapur, Fish. ti .
IPo. - der. Shy. inp. • , •afety rit=a, el, , ~. F{:+.1 - I , `h
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teen and Carel BOtit=, Ve , PPlo. HOlet•. I'6
I.,Lailteg .uppiteti with any of th, v aniet,
, and very cheap,
W A
M. LANE._ •--; •
at LAD.--I ile7 I
e oVer J.11104,64 - 6Wq
\ • •r?)i-E.Att , u r g er Of the Publie±are
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KEPLKR,
Uoodt, Liroceries, Hardwar% trpek4.l.., Av.
-r P.l.rk.:••tnte street, Erie, Pall
I!. BRAND--,-
; • 1. , )N —WEN. at Lk re.idtcpeepn Eighth
1 , •• h and Rolland. Erie. P 3.
SAN PORD - S:. C 0 ,
•Id. er, Frank Notes, Draft-. Certilicale4
:•iieht Exchange on the principal
- Office in bent'', Block. rithfie
\--ftc,idenee on Fourth .freer. out,
• . kl, ,, thecary Hall.
and _ln:veriest" lUardwarc .sntl
• A 1 • 7••• Iron
110.\ ELL & .
Retail Dealer,'in Dry
1.,1a•-ware. Carpeting, Hardware. Ir o n.
~.•,Et u ptre St o re; 5 t ,,,,•
a. Broon•.; Hotel. Eric. Pa.
8011,,,,r5, Axle Anna. art.i a
1 —:•,erit of Saddle and Carriage Trunmingc .
SMITH, )lERI' IN t
L.v. and Justice of the Peace. awl Agent
• Mutual LIP 1w -unlace C 013111.11111
• of Wright'. .tun. E rie,Pa
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EORG E H. CUTLER.
Lo• Erie County, N. # ollections
.n.. attended to with vl-flaunt—. and
JOSIALI . KELLOGG,
lirrehata., on the I'loklie
• 4 111 c curet.
r onno-kuil) f 0 Nth.:
9 ,- .7(.74:S BEEBE dc STI:WART:
in. and iturgeons. Office and Ite.iden
r.to - :afra , titreete •
t, A. M; 1 to 2, and 6 ro ;, P. M.
JOHN HEARN & CO.
C•i:nrnin~:on Merchants. dealer in in Coal,
,car for a daily 'Hsde of rpper Lake
1) , ) , k Erie, Pa..
a EYPTifaiCOMPVN ,
Hoed Black. State Street.
11; p'elr•ek, A. II
• 3 o'clock. Y. 1 , 1
u. D. 3rAFFORD. AErut
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J. .MORTON, -
-T! TUC FIRM OF J. RLARS•i• C.0.,'
• . tr.it , ion Merchant, Public Licci: , Erse.
Flour and Plaster.
I ROZENSWEIG & Co
- -P. t rAn. DEALKRI in Foreign and Exam--
, made clothing, BOIVIP Ana
block. •, - i• sate street, EA..
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116 A VLNCEN . T,
L.. —Office np stair , in. Tammany Bali
Prothnnotery's ettire. Erie. •
I. - Pt RAY WHALLON
r L.L.or Ar Law—Office over
:/.s An. 1. 1410 ./6.01 . we.l of Stab.: tre.t,
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i If lIA
Dry Grorerie-A, er,,,ekt!ry. )hard
1. krown'. New Hotol.
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IT If JA CKSON,
...t 4; r , weriev, har4war.. ttuo.‘o. I% .I.e
: 121. trio, PA.
t. w..r.-3,--irtia
I Add Ik.alers In t r e ri.‘ q.
rniit, Nut, 11-.lcle< and
Pre?el and Hoi tnetrioally
: • • , I.!rriptiou baud.
r . 1*It• a.. oppn 80,14 - It . ' N , l: Fin
w.
•• :I. c»-on. Oyelors in shelf. ir..in .1.
, r.-1.. New York. Inich wilt 1 w ,01,1
JACKSOX, Atet.Rii..
\ IMER X BROTHER,
P. t:;.I iloah.rr in Drug., Medirior. Pa
8,-Neert !inure. Erie.
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.1 \SI ES LYTLF.
- Nl• r•liaiti Tailor, 1,11 the mahli , al uarr. a I,•Vi
`1,1•• ..iroot. Erie.
'if ) 11N' ii. Bt'it i TON & * O.
in .thug, Medicuse..,lfty.:
• No. 5, Reed H0n..... Erb..
1 1 fiLIN & 141,0 AN,
• Soho*: and Mirrollai,..l.- Looks,
• -r.,ti , :aery, and Printres No. I,
Erie Pa. •
EVTII4I--00.V.
..:• Ltd NYC Blnek. enrneror S l / 1 306D11 Fifth
• • up Prieto , reasonable. and
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WC u. L. F.1,14101'T, Taking a lamp that stood upon the hall-table,
f:„.., t ,„, D ... iii , t , O g re pod ,i we ili na on i she paused- through the parlors into the little bou
-th e ~,u,, ~i,e, of t h e Puldie SquMo. I door 1 doir , •of wbich we. have before spokes. ' From
L.S.t of o...F:rie Bank Building. Teeth la- i th ence th ere wan ano th er en t ra n c e to the library
rto., 6,.tu s.ne to an entire set. radon, 1
_ and it
usual -. _i vy to S___ •
...on: I hold. and reetoired I. health and n...e. : y *moot open. .7001", her sup
' 'z , ~ ..N.nort with inetrument. and DentiAce to 1 prise, that ate "WU not only shut, but locked—
,,, ot twlluri deleeznee.. Al! work warranted. I and an undefined fear began to - creep 'into her
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Attention — Fanners! . been. She listened intent ),y_, imt could not
..,, -ri 6n, , , 1 the best kind of haver Reeerwilde. ; ca t c h the sligh te st Canna . What if her bestowed
,rb I'd/gruff", Call Sall see them.
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CLARK e MeCARTER. , were very illi--and as that thought rushed over
I.
i . f. YE ti - l'it , A sL;itt — b;iii - i - h — ; — pee - - - 1 - id. ; Iter, she 'shook the door violently. ,
"",... ~r tiolomon Noriltap. for 1.1 years ay a Slave ' ai l iViitt . 9 . Willis :--aite pia kia.. -?" • _
P,rer, ion pnbliabad and fee Wit by' i"Do net disturb tae--I wish to be elate."
DIIIILL't &SLOAN. .4
, Adelaide weld baldly be li eve she bard bee
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J th 23. 18.53.
ERIE WEEKLY-::...:- -113SERyEll
BIND BIZ A S.
slug me a hang ait I fall sleep,'
Said a little one with a muttons eye,
-Or tell me a tale of the lateen that peep
It; the bright greenwoods that reach the lky
Mat peep in the spring when Medley aim,.
pad the heavens are blue at, nur ry.,%
Air tell of the child with the angel Wing
Who walks in the garden nt paradise '•
ECIIIIZ!
mug bias a Fong—l told hint a tale,
tad winched by hi. econeb, till we theaght Ss .loM,
l'orhk cheek wa... white 15 the moonbeams pale. •
That ttealtly and bright near his pillew crept.:
'Then my words grew Cant sad iny vok• sang low.
And r said. in my dream..iet the setaphs
'Pit be whispered Ipfte7 I Tyne to 1012- '
tell of that i••11i1o1 of 'bp angel wing
iikn f 3.1134 . Airain+bui he restles. grew.
And tossed hit ;toting arms a he wildly ;poky.
tad &burning red 'on hi , &Meru! Hew: ,
• 'As the moon Ft opt down and the morning broke
but be spoke no, more of the bright 'spring/lowers.
Awl hr thought no more of his sister- eves!
iin.• name alone in hi: feverish hour - .
Was breathed in a whisper that pierced skis
thr s
Wy mother." he said, rnsi hie. grew dim.
For the 'sups wit h her watittilnatre led. •
htiever knew•that sheknelt by bins
•
Win MP went dawn !at hi/dying bed
tie has.ghne Where the Seraphs sweetly slug
iris story wis brief as the entnset dyer—
Ife treks with the child of the aagelwing,
In the flowery garden: of Paradise ,
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q!lflcr i rellan~.
THE RA
, • eitikr= rot. - ,
lice lips t. mina how ,often bath 'he j.aned,
• Between each kiss her oaths of tree-lore - sweartng:
lion many tales to plasm use bath she coined, -
• Drending my love—the loss thereof A tlii rearitue.
‘ • • in the midst of all her pure protesting'',
ffer faith. hear oath.. tier soars, and all were jostiugt,t
.it • &Ai.
' •• Well, if George Tilden is in town, it must
toe
, 111111 whom I saw in the drawing-room a few
moments since. I directed my wife's attention
toward him, and it is strange they did not recog
nize (eich other—for he is a very old friend of
hers, and, indeed, waefor some years, under her
( father's guardianship." ,
" A few years sometimes make great changes
(in personal appearance, Mr. Fletcher: feud young
Tilden is much altered since he . was last at the I
North. - He looks at least ten years older, and etil
first T hardly knew him myself"
"He is marr ied , f believe. fe his wife witlii
him?" •
e (Oh, no—he is still A baelielor, and likely to I
remain such. Some early disappointment, it is '
said, has so embittered his feelings toward the
whole sex, that the ladies all agree in regarding
him as a woniankater.'r- -
Nevertheless, I 'dila:Tie ;iv - tin - Tire i, 77;e
Adelaide. I will go tell her lie is here, and then,
if she wishes, see if I - (.0n tied him. - • •
In pursuance of this plan. Mr. Fletcher passel
through the whole suit of rooms in search of Ada;
hut she was no wheiv visiblei and stepping out
upon thi. veranda :hat, ran entirely around the
house..he scowl leaning against a pillar, enjoying
the cool, sweet air and quiet moonlight:
Suddenly he heard low "voieee just round the
corner. the speakers were hidden fron t hi s
view, hut he thought he recognized that of his ,
wife; and' drawing neart4,-he was about to address
'her. when lie stept bn..and stood silent and mo
tionless beneath the - i ne- leaves . that drooped
over him. C V
ould it I . . ,r,ye, 1.;: lila. in
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whose ear those earnest words were be-athed--,-
did you ',Tatty lots nu, Ado,'"
He thought it could uorbe; analte !Nimbi have
turned from the,spot, lest he should intrude upon
the privacy of liOme Pair of young lovers, who ,
had sought the quiet of the veranda, when the I
low res e inte reached hitte r -- / did lore you,
Gtoryc!' Was he dreaming? -Itwas hi., wife's.,
voice-,-he could not be mistaken now; he heard
the fervent words of blessing that burst from the '
lips of, the first epee-kir, and without waiting for ,
more—for he felt that his pelf-controNvould fail
him. if he did—he retraced his steps, and 'wan
again (in the midetpf festivity and mirth.'
How strange i f el (seemed: It was the same
scene-on which' he had looked a few moments
before. The same rich carpets were beneath his
feet—the same lofty windows, curtained with
crimson and gold, were before him—the same ex
quisite paintings were upon the :walla; the Bow
en had not faded, nor the garlands withemed;
and from the crystal chandeliers the light stream
ed forth as brilliantly as ever Bright eyes
were beaming just as dearly—jewele were flash
ing—plumes were waving—but where was the
glow, the•radianci that made the scene one of ,en
chantment from his own heart—and from that 1
the sunlight had departed.
^Re could not linger there. The gayety ated.
tleilendor seemed mocking
- him--and with a hur
ried step he strode through those, stately hells,
-gained the Street, and;.he scarcely knew how,
reached his own hot*. He ran up the long
flight of steps and rang the bell. The servant
who admitted hint stared wonderingly at his mat'
ter, returned on foot alone 4 when the earriagif.-
wte in waiting, not lees than at the haggard
cheek and glittery eye, of which he .aught but
a glimpse as Mr: iFleteher swept past him, mbf
fled in the thick folds of his ?Instr, entered the
liter re. and turned the k(iy.
- Where is your mister. James ' ~ -Led Mrs.
I Fletcher. as, not ter} long after, do% rang the
Idoer-bell. -
e •• In the library, inteltist, Inc returned half an
i hour ado."
' Aderaide hast il y tteeended the stairs—laid
a.irle her hood and shawl—paid a short visit to
tht unraery—imprinted a soft kiss. upon- diiale
Kate's forehead. and then went down to the li
brari.
She .topped lightly at th.- door, hut no 'one
(pelted it; -he knocked 41till more loudly, at the
same time calling her husband by name, hut .
si ill there wa: no reply, and then she
.tried .te
open it herself. It was Inked and . she turned
alr3V. - 4
" - James, are you .ore your smarter the li
brary?"
"Yes, madam—l saw, him go in with my own
kVO6: " • .
Stitt t ottru .
lIT rkssT PCBS
MARRIAGE
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BY Van JIMA C. R DORM
(coslrarcn)
husband's voice—it was so changed—se hea N • worlds tem , were they yours, if you could undo
—and the simple words seemed to be spoken(this deed, and liewhere
free to place your hand
with such an effort ; but after standing irreso- your heart is."
Intely for a moment, she went up stairs to the "Oh no, not that—not that : Have mercy
nazsery again. • upon me Willis, and do not et that," was the
Far a long time she sat there in her gala- agonized reply—for Adelaide tin 'the Mifi
robe*, watching the quiet breathings of her child cry of this last thought the first Charge that her
and harkening for Willis's step upon the stairs husband had brought against her. -I would
(--bat,he'did not come ; and at last she stole . not he his wife if we were both free; I gave him
quietly to her own mom. The gray Awn was the love of a light and earelese girl—l give you
beginning to struggle with the darkness, and; that which is far stronger Lind deeper, that of a
,' hurriedly throwing off the rich dress and dazzling full grown --a woman's heart. 1.,k, no t d ou bt me
jewels that looked so strangely nut of place in , Willls--do -not '." she whispered, and in her
that faint uncertain light, she wrapt herself in a abandonment, her long, rich tresses escaping
low dressing gown, and threw herself upon the from the fillet that confined them, MI heavily
bed, though with but little hope of sleep. • ~the floor. She trembled violently, and
She was anxious and troubled—she scarcely 711 1 .1 k is raised her and placed her up on the sofa.
knew why, for she attributed her husband's wish As he did so she threw her arms about him, hat
to be alone to some unexpected and important he quickly removed them, saying iioniedy as,
'business. She never thought of charging it ,to he did so :
I the occurrences of the evening; and in fact, as "You are an excellent actress, Aslelaide—Yan
she lay there, longing for her huslants pref 4 might make your fortune oa the stage.- As I
ence and thinking what could keep him from her look at eon, weeping and trembling and clinging
nisks . her exciting interview with George Tilden' to me,l qould almost 'mica in earnest.'
1 searoely flitted athwart:her memory. 1 - ~ "I am, X axe : Oh, ,IT you mould only
At length she heard a movement in the libea- I read my heart !", -
ry- 7 the door opened softly, and Mr. Fletcher "I have been trying for years au d r a il e d en
stepped
cautiously across the hall and went into tirely; I shall not be fool enough to make the
' the street. Adelaide sprang to the window and attempt, spin — you can deceive me w n n iongb eset longer." ea
, looked out. Her husband was pacing bank and , It was too much—Adelaide':
forth in front of-the house with his arms folded, I could endure no more, and, her husband sprang
1 and his hat-drawn over his face. . J I forwa r d jitst in time to prevent her from falling
"I must know what is the matter," she mu}- senseless en the carpet. - ,
' toured. "I will go down to the library and he Mr. Fletcher bore her up stairs, laid her upon
, will be in presently. - • her bed, end rani for the - maid. He remai ne d
She did so and before she had waited long by her side until he saw she was reeoVering, and
her husban d entered the room. He started then left the chamber, telling the girl that her
when he law her, but did not speak She sprang mistress needed rest; and bidding her take rare
I forward and grasped his arm. that-shit was not disinrbed.
"Oh, Willis, Willis. what has happened ? you I Did he have no relentings as he gazed upon
look so strangely- !" that pale, death-like face ? No, not • one 'He
With a :mile of •.:, - :rn he ;hook of the light thought it was all a part of the play—one scene
burden - . • • in the tragedy ; or, if her sorrow :111L4 real, Chat
"Do 1 . -.._.? i t •is %,•ry siugularir it was sorrow for her detection- - shame and mop,
She gazed earnestly in his- face.- It wore 4 . tification that her treachery was discovered
I look that she had never seen before; and though - Willis Fletcher had given to hi-, wife a - love
he smiled; she felt that he was battling with some, nesrly amounting to idolatry . Left an orphan
terrible sorroi- t:. which be would not yield the I at a very early age, and with neither brother nor
mastery. I sister to cling to, he had lavished upon her the
orou have heard some bad news, dear Willis whole wealth °Ea heart that had nothing else to
--;-let axe slum , it with you;" and twining her love. Perhaps if hie own affections had not been
, arms about hint, she laid her head tenderly on so exclusively confined to ' one channel—that
his shoulder. which flowed toward her and their child—be
Forcibly he extricated himself from ' her em r might havejud,ged her less harshly now ; per
brace. , hips he' might have seen how possible it was
"Let me alone, Adelaide, unless you would that her confiding, womanly heart should cling
drive hue mad : Is it not enough for me to know to him even the, more closely because it had been
, that for five long years' you have acted a lie, rudely torn from its first resting-place—how his
[-without being mocked in this way now'" 1 deep and abiding tenderness should be even
1 ' Adelaide, sunk upon a chair, with a cheek More highly prized when contrasted with the
white as ashes. The hour which she had se jealousy and injustice of- another. .
long. instinctively dreaded, hed come—she was But as it was, there MIA nothing to soften the
sine of it—which way should she turn ; she at. ' bitterness of the thought that he had been de
tempted to speak, but, though her lips moved, I %rived • "Why did she marry me? why did she
no audible sound came forth: • ' marry rue ?” had he asked himself over and elver
I"I would rather have died, Adelaide , I
her I, again. while. ietening to Adelaide's confession.
1 husband continued more calmly , " I wouki•ratb- ! "She could hot • have loved ' hie—wh% then did
ler have died. than to have heard what i did rust I she become iu rife'".
1, night—the admission of your love for another.: His eye glaneed around thelsrge and elegant
I I have never outs; dreamed, during those year.. room—upon the eestiv books—the rare paint
that you have slept so quietly by my side, that i ingg..--the statuary— , all the luxury and s lender
Ado=beert-ebtre wesseitect•isoetessetrvit mrowawwwwtywowriustonwterttna, Wltti Imre, „
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all the while filled with another'.. image. Oh. I Mr. Lindsleys comparatively humble home arose
Adelaide, why have you deceived me thitsf - • before hint ;, was it strange that he. thought he
Adelaide threw herself at his feet end buried . had found the solution of the e.nigtua ?
her face in her hands.
A.t wan the stinsimion 4..3.Aaat..l44kiest- vy
fiettrd--of is Inv(' that eras ,lend and 'buried long
ago.' Oh. my husband, 'toy 11Obb.titil : d.) not
turn from 111140 : hour my rttir before you eon
demi. I ha% thine tern, %,:ty stets e ; hut -1
stn not the lake and guilty thing s ou deem me,"
slu::exelaiuseil. twining her anus about his knees
to detain him. •`lndeed, indeed, lam not.. Sit
down here, and let tee explain this :Muter t c ,
you. I will, stay ken at-your feet—l will not
touch you if you .lo not like—hut. oh '.' listen it,
me this once "
"Explain it if you esti. Oh, Adelaide : I
have believed you ao good---so pure and true
With faltering tongue—for - before she had
proceeded far with her tale slit., felt- that every
word she uttered was doing her cause more harm
than good. Adelaide told her husband the whole
t-tory of her engagement with George Tilden—of !
their quarrel and their separation. Mr. Fletete .
er's brow grew dark as he listened.. .
"And when did thi4 happen—this -difficulty
between you ?"
-le-September,
"And we were'married the - nest January."
-We were 01, Willis do not look so sternly
at me—my heart tls breaking"—and she clasped
her hands tightly, over it; while her eyes %ought
his imploringly .-
"There is no danger —mine would have broken
last night, if hearts were not made of 'sterner
I stuff' than we think them," replied her husband '
as he turned upon her a glance in which eon
tempt, anger, ind tenderness -were blended—
! "butgo on—your story is not • half jold vet ;
why did you marry me . ?"
Adelaide's eyes fell beneath the stern, ktetrch
'= tug gaze that seemed to pierce her very soul--
I%e tried to speak, but she could not. '
"Speak, woman—why did you marry me 1!
Why did you bring me a worn, and wasted, and
unloving heart, in ex for one that had
never thrilled at the so und any other voice
than yours 1? Ton do pretend that yon loved
me—why did you become my wife?"
She eould not answer. What could she say
that- would in any . - way soften -her hnsband's
heart She could not tell him—while he' was
! gazing so steadily and earnestly upon her; and
i while his cold, stern voice was benumbing every
i faculty of her soul—of the moll motives that
had led her to the altar—of the pride and resent
ment that had hurried her on. She could not
toll him how earnestly she had tried to atone for
1 ! the wrong she had done him—how - resolutely
she had striates with every vestige of her stelier .
love—how faithful she had been to him, - even in
thought, ever since-die had been his wife, and
i how deeply and fervently she now loved him.—
' She knew he would think it was ill mockery---a
part , of the farce she was playing—and. ao she
i kept silent while the tears rained through her
fingers. Mr. Fletcher's keen, steady! gaze wa
' %Treat for a montent—and aftor' waiting vainly
fig a 'reply, he approached still nearer to his
Itrembling wife, and bent - hit head until it near
ly *embed her own.
you why. you married me, Ade
laide Fletcher—tie who so trusted you—you
married me because I was rich—you sold your
self for my cursed gold ! Fool that I was to
think that yon loved me ! I forgot that_ I was
rich, and,that you were not—l . forgot that a
woman's eye wealth is of more worth than her
own truth and purity ; and I really thought
when you promised to become my wife it was
beeanee I. was dear to you. You were 'not as
good an actress when we were first married as
you have since become—you had not learned
your lesson aa perfectly, and I sometimes Thought
cold and distant,. but latterly—oh, you have
played your part well! You are weeping wildly.
Do you pity me, Adelaide Fletcher Do you
indeed think it is a terrible thing for a man to
learn that his wife—his own wife—she who has
adept in his bosom, and. whom he has 1111Sted so
entirely, has been all the while mocking him
with a pretended love ? You may well do it
for it is a bitter thing; but I tell you, woman,
at that moment I pity you more than I do my
self. Aram have sold pond( for a mens.of pot
tage, sad I know you repast it—you would give
50 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ERIK SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1853,
•
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.
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• And flaxii.,l It 'mt. Um% tlooorultr v.
The varied and - extreme excitement of that
Right and morning had been more than Alb
;
laide's -frame could endure. Her faint
ing fit was Nit the precursor of a long and
though not very violent illness. It was
many week, heron- she WAS able to leave her
room, and nothing but the thought of her child
kept her from wishing that slid might never
lea* it until shewas carried out &passive, sense
lims "thing, ineapable'of feeling grief or pain.
• Her husband visited her daily—many times
; each day, and was always kind and gentle in his
demeanor toward her. An indifferent observer
' might have thought there was nothing wanting,
but Adelaide had been ill before, and she felt
' the difference. Often • she longed to retain the
I hand he extended to her, to draw him down to
her bedside, that she might. place
and
arms about
I his neck — press her lips to his, and read in. his
, deep, earnest eyes, as she had SP often done al , the
assurance of his love But something ways
' restrained her—she knew that he meant her to
understand that the relations existing between
them were not what they had once been, and
I that knowledge (lid much to retard her recovery.
, One morning, about a week after she first left
I her room, Mr. Fletcher sent a servant to request
Iher presence in the library, her heart leaped. to
her throat. She had not seen her husband alone
I once during her illness, audit was fsome mintues
before the could gather strength to obey_ the slam
'quoin. When she did so, she found Mr. FlettS
er walking up and down the room, with his hands
clasped behind him. His face los very pale. and
there wens-lines about the month and . eyea that
spoke of internal suffering; yet he looked ealin
and resolute,. like one who had a fearful struggle
with his own heart, but had gained the victat.
He drew' forth an easy-chair for her as she e
tered—aid it was that-he did—for the
turned dark, and it seemed to her that she co d
never have reached it heAelf—but he did tot
speak for several minutes.
..
"It is quite time' that we understand fnlly"
he said at last—"the terms upon which we are
henceforth to live. Of course the future eanaot
he to us as the past haa been."
He paused, as if for a reply, but none came.
Adelaide neither spoke nor moved. . Her heat
was overflowing with tenderness toward her has=
band, awl for his evident suffering she grieved
eissi more than for 'her own. Why then aid she
not pour forth the whole story of her love and
sorrow; beg him : to have mercy upon her as well
as himself, and take her to his heart 'again? Be
cause she knew that she had deceived him once
intentionally—what right lhad shell( suppose that
I 1 he would believe her now?—and she felt that a
seeond-repulse.would kill her.
"I presume you would not desire a public sep
aratinn(--* divorce?" Mr. Fletcher asked the
question hesitatingly, and as if he dreaded the
answer. Adelaide started—she had never thought
of the thing, and she shook her head to pay so,
but her words were almost inaudible. •
'For the sake of our child," he continued, in
a voice that trembled in spite of evey effort to ren
der it firm—"for the sake of our child, and also
to avoid the gossip and scandal whieh'would other
wise be occasioned, I should wish that our outer
life—that which the world must sec and know—
might be the same as 'heretofore. I should wish
that whin we meet our friends in the social dr
cle, and even when we are in the presence of the
servants, our demeanor might -be such as not to
PredlMoll remark, and. that only in private might
. we be strangers." -
Strangers : had it come to that? After another
long pause, during which he evidently expected
Adelaide to speak, Mr. Fletcher went ee—
-1 "The terml have used sounds perhaps mine
oessaril harse-but with my clews of the mar
riage ' views that you have beard me ex
p/am a hundred times, I can adopt no other that
will egress my muting. Thee can be no
sanctity in marriage save where it is hallowed by
a mutual love. We cannot meet merely as
friends—we must be more or nothing. It is bet.
ter therefore that there should be no intercourse
between• us save in the presence of_ others
Still Adelaide replied not.,
"I would like, Mrs. Fletcher tit have you deal
frankly with me. It is now very necessary that
we should understand - each other fully." •
Adelaide grasped for breath, snd her lips
moved for a minute or two before any sound is
sued from them—
"It shall be AS you my."
Her husband bowed. his head. En his heart
of hearts be hadfor a different answer.—
It was not a strong he t e c t o l pe, and ho was hardly cm
scions_ that he cherished it, hut it was just
enough to make him fool dimppointed that she
yielded without u murmur I.> his 'wishes, and ha
regarded this ac an - additional. pinot that she had
.cer loved him •
Yo will oblige eby drawing. upon Barrett'
pito. Yo u, me
you need 'money, and sth freely
ae ever.. They willireceive orders front lUP to
(tarnish you frith What Over
,funds you %nay re
quire
He ceased, and fur a halt' hour they at in si
lence, seareelymnseious of the lapse of time. At
length Adelaide felt that she. could endure it no
longer, and she rose feebly from her chair--
. "Have you any thing further to at to me,
Mr. Fletcher;"" • •
. " "Nothing more," was the auswei.. A cold
bow was exchanged between them, and thus the
husband and. wife parted
"It in all over—oh, my i;o1.1.. why bs,t thou
forsaken me ?" cried Adelaide, as she reached
her own chamber and fell almost fainting upon
the bed "Kate, Kate, you warned and coun
seled me, but I would 'not heed lon In my
lieadetrcmg folly I would not listen to your en
treaties, and now it too late, and you are not
here to comfort me ! Would I were at rest be
side you, Kate—that nay pour heart would break
at once. and forever !" .
-"Oh, mamma, mamma.' warbled ,nest,
chilaith voice, "see pity folver , , Katy find in the
garden!" and the little creature, climbed up on
chair, and thence to the bed, and strose to te
mot e -the hands that covered her mother' face
Adelaide drew the little one to her heart, and
wept more calmly than befor e . SEE. had ~ et
something to live for
Months rolled :lowly by Mr Fletcher and
Adelaide neldoin met save iu cif,k tm d
at the table, and there they et rAt. never alone.--
Day by day their alienation bee.ina: /nor,• is t
—das by (lay their he ills grew .fordt'er.antl fue•-•
ther apart. and the Blond that loin, I r them
more dent' and dark.
They wort. ‘ery trretelitit etuth ; btu
neater part;, rtlitl aright the ft-eling, 4,1' the eth
er. H r . eip• i •,./(41 Jilt; I" , :lli2udlGlV
it - wa.:for thake th.. Avail,
toward a reerttleilintiret. while 'he vr:t.
titai.no wools shi. rtinld flat' Autlirient
to ontweigh the evident. , ••:' the thine
ytart that her htt-ba .linti O ir
kt•pocris-.Liutl
"You married me ficcati , e It. • rh-h--N -Did
yourself for my cursed goal ! -- tho-e we w
cunatiffirty"riiiiiiig in Nit She ',new that
they had DM been 5p01,,,m •nu-
mea just) —t hey hail b••_u in, itbed in
that expreeeed the gleepest ceni ir thin. and she
could not wonder that the eleirei.- had been
t.senebt against her; but what could .In
;r..
he, who had' surrounded her with o witch tux
itrY. reptile& ii now only as the par,— 'of her
truth Sh,-ceould 'not exonerate her-olt.: -1.10
eot im nothing in her own defence.
:Then. gradually. as day after day her liesiutel
coptinued; a:, at first, cold, formal, and distantly
polite, the conviction forced itself upon her wind
that be had lest all hwe' for her—that their en
stmngement had ceased to be a matter of the
l ea st concern to him. And so she avoided him
more studiously than ever. She held - herself
still more coldly aloof, thinking that he loathed
her very presence. Her home iras desolate! In
the. long evenings, - after little Katy we , fast
asleep., it • was such torture to sit alone in her
room ; -to hear her husband's step in the library;
to.know that he wasaio near her in loneliness and
bitterness, of spirit, and yet feel that '.hey were.
as - effectually separated tt.`l if the waters of an
ocean rolled between/ them.
So she fled from the solitude and dreariness of
her own chamber; and mingled more freely than
before in the circles of gayetyand fashion. She
tried to forget her misery , by plunging into a
whirlpool of excitement. There, too, she WO ,
flimsily met
,her husband.; and sometimes 'he
could steal away into some quiet corner, and gaze
upon him unobserved—with . none to mark the
starting tears
It had been Mr. Fletcher's. Wish that their
unhappy difficulties might not become matter for
goad)), and speculation with the world about
them, and he accordingly never neglected any at=
tendon that the wages of society prescribed
'But he thought her frivolous and hearties:: — 1
He did not know that the smiles he raw were
worn only because he had desired that their en:
strangement m* ht not be made 'public, and be
cause, to conceal her grief, she was forced to as
sume the mask of gayety He did not know
that often, in the darkness and silence of night,
she had stolen to the door of his room , listening
intently if happily she might catch the faintest
echo of a sigh ; and then, shivering and tremb
ling, crept *lt to her couch again, to weep and
moan:until the morning He did not know that
Once she had found the door ajar, and knowing
by his quiet and regular breathing that he was
asleep, had. glided softly into the room, and
watched him through her blinding tears. He
did not know that she had bent 'over him until
',her raven hair mingled with hie own ; that, car
ried away by, an irresistible impulse ,
she had
stooped until her ips touched his, and that then,
frightened and abashed, she had lown away-like
a startled bird He dreamed. of her that night.
I.He tffought that she was. in his Arms, showering
soft kisses upon his lips and brow. Alt ! had he
but known that "it was not all a dream !"
There was now but one connecting , link be
tween them, and:that was their child. Her they
both worshipped; The happiest moments Mr.
,ffetcher knew were tame in which he sent. for
little Katy, and snatching her up in his arms bore
her to • the library. sad kept her- for 'hours to
gether. listening to her artless prattling.-and re
ceiving and returning her fond caresses.'
One, day,. while he was playing With her, idle
burst into tears for some trilling cause, and her
father reproved her, telling her it *as "naughty
1n cry."
•4.:Sto, not naughty, =mina Cr.y Mamas not
naughty:* said the child. shaking her bright curls
very decidedly.
4
*Natty's& cri '. What does mamma cry for?"
asked Mr. Flot er, while his heart heat quickly.
"Katy' not ow. Mamma kiss. Katy, and
mamma cry , very had !" she replied, clasp
ing her smell ds together. "Poor mamma!
Kate sorry—papa sorry, too. '
Mr, Fletcher clasped the little tell-talc to his
fleart,,but he could . raw nothing more front her.
Perhaps if she hid looked closely.in her father's
face, site might have thought "papa, cried," too.
The little fairy was the only connecting link
between theta, and at length that was also broken.
They were at a large party bne evening, when
k messenger earnto them. 'Their child was
very M. With blanched' cheeks and trembling
burls they harried homeward. Scarlet firm, is
its meet malignant form, had laid its wham
hand upon their darling,l, and in less than tort
four hoProrthey knew'thllt there was no hoj
their sweet little Haq sust die ,
There were four days and nights of agony] i
then Adelaide, in the midit of that mother-son ,
for the expression of which earth has no lan
blessed God that it-was Over--that the Ii
vering limbs were still, l and that the tiny
that had clasped her fingers so closely all th 1
the death-struggle word no longer he toed
ly in fierce paroxysms o pain.
They stood by the tin coffin; hut not tugeil
Their tears fell like rat upon the little pabil
le
that lap within it;-but hey did notusuigh
Each one alone wept ovi'r their dead, and shi
from intria • ti the grief of the other.
Oh, it WAS ery; very terrible!--a dead c
in the house, and the &Otter and the mother nu
ductaio
-ning each in separate toast; each yearning
the sympathy and companionship of the oth
and refusing t seek it; 1 each feeling that th,
estrangement as wormed thin death, and yet I
ing no effort t prevent the grief that laybetwe
them from wing broader and deeper:
gr l
Katy vas buried! The single sunbeam tl
illumined their life-path faded away. and.all a
darknes. i
i L
CLLAFTER
r4ou not knor I loved thee .rt it
Thou (arta not! ) , 1 an 6ne.
In bittern•= of =onl'
Com.. hack ; -
Et but one hour to
The secrets of the f ,
The{ legated to th.
About two months of
of importance called 31
end he left home with
sent four or five weeks
He bade Adelaide athe4, in the presence o. a
transient guest, in s .741. m.. quiet voice.,and , e
respcadfKl just 25i - 01,e - tic But as br 'rat. closing
i
the door, he turned - sf dilenl and met her eye,
fixed upon him with a expression that thrilled
his heart It was but; for a moment, and even
as he gazed it panela''rayi but he could not for
et it ' That glance haunted him day and night
—in s ,, litude, and in tile crowded mart; walktrig
I l e
or sleeping, it was befo-e him ever; and brought
to the heart that 'had ' gun to griAv cold, -teen,
anti proud, all the glo and warmth of
.hs early
day .. He began to ondeF if he hhd ;lot Wen
too harsh—too tuiforg ving., , to ask himielf if it
wer. - .e• not possible th i Adelaide had iodised
'learned I.) love bin/ -i
thf.i. alu• Ink! ind,42,1
=be hail coulinitted:
tb: , -h. beer, hib wife;
Inr the iltor
if they ; had .ura
inure than enough? He
- ba l .saiti of her 3lother's
he thought of it) that
r thint4r and pater than
re,olved that if her tote
-uEe•te.t enough'
tt., ;tiled n•hat little Kw
lellr;-11e .51.11'e
hi, wife•n dreek %v:x
ii übetl4.:. be; and he
Os not hi:, already] It
all effort ti, Niu it.
I 'rge.l lie ‘‘u
hi, buil
:111;1 wa, ,n his
earli.•c c\
env.' hope lent hiw.•w
hardli 4n hottei , rest
own lion, •
~,
I IIKt• trier.e.
e- Kith
unexatupleil.ra
li.nnewar,l jourue) iaueh
' tii,
nitril4 - oncl hefaio his
Iv tans [lv% hell
.N . O; a lig
' 11,. upaard at
I 11:4, to iik• seat. 9n 1l
-Im f ip w$ not isurningl
ark here. James'
I-I:c.l, a tho ‘.trvant
watalarmlAllat the hal
•• Why 211 . 4. V U '4) .
vour mi~trNsS;" hr
MA
=IIIII=I
w 1:-:
H. 461, h e did
.• —let'lue 1
lihr3ry iuituedintelv,
11.1..---T a m At. 1.1 I nd
..• Well.' s..titl
e1ft5....0 ft , ask any lain
light -, Nutt a fire i ifa rh
"Ilititel* ..h .fl :t•
! y . Flutchcr w
whilt wen
lll uc kindled. Ade4illi
"0.4111 tihie, and
91 . her stn
Jau►ch hurrie•l al%
in►paticutly iu thr ,ha
hr.,ught. :mill tl►e
tioiu lium.• au
crib. the winter; anti,
allr t'uo).-4•111 re- le, t y
departure.
The likary utlortlet, ,ir, Auppor
be ready in a rert few 1 ninitte,. -
Intukediately, spot t epteriug the r•otit.l Jr.
Fletcher went to him t , . 416p44! 4 . f
come paper: It. had eitrried about his- person.'atul
the first thing that tact hi, eye, when he rai.-ed
the lid, wa-:a letter 'iddresed to hiutself, ini his
wife's handwriting. Hi, first emotion wa, 7 iine
of zitrprise, until h, r4-eolleeted that she had a
key which titted l 9l, lock; the next ‘N oud of
half fear. liasta f t;!. ;,r,,l:re the , eal„ irel dead
as follows: •
• "I can endure the II f.• tt.• a 1..• ii...w_leadinel no
longer---and I lutist lent.. s o t , 315' Aseit..e Will
be a relitif io you+-Caili -illio it will; and, :1 , . fo e
me. I cannot stay' licit.. .11.1 , .- iti ) our pr=ance
each day. where I cilia heft- ) our N 'live :mil greet
your eye, and yer feel that your um: 4. indifferent
acquaintance is as ui Ili it — nay moi.• to .;nil than
I am. .. -
"While our chit tl ht,.l, 1 ip.t.e) , -.1. ..g'susl
those feeling.?: I could not teay, - . her With
out a mother's care, and I had no right 'T:.. , lake
her with me—no right to cause 3 - our heart 4noth
er. sorrow; or to.bear her from a hour.. of Usury
like this, : to one of tOil and privation Bat now,
,I
she needs, me no longer—no one needs. a t : a r i a
I must go. .
"Ton desired that our dificulties might
made public; and, on that account, also, I
hesitated long before concluding to take /hi
But, if you could know N w -I have suffer..
ring the last year, I. um sure you would f
this apparent disregard of your wish. - I
tile, Willis, to siveyou a single pang; be
torture is far worse than death—and T „antic
it.
another i
."There is yet another ream why 1 leave )oti 1
—I cannot be a dependant on your bounty '
cannot stay here, in the midst of affluence alt
splendor, and fel t t you believe that for spell
baubles I bartered y truth and purity of bear".
"Willis, Wil • you wronged me there! ' I
wasa young-and tho htless T imagined myself
acqrned and slight ; and when you offored me
vont hand, I acre p it—scarce knowing what
I. did. But God k ows I never thought of your
wealth—l had not alien as low so flint:
"I have secured situation as opvarrhy,s, with:
a salary that will sufficient for' my moderate
wants, and by the time you are at home again I
shall be far away. I I tell 3-ou this,. IkliAtise I
know, that little a. you bare, for nk. now,' vim
would not like to ti.el that T..tras destitute of tin;
comforts of life. i ~.„
I intended to !lave written a long letter`— a te
have laid my . whclle heart bare before ynu, that
you might see ho lt entirely it is, and has long
been your own. Put I cannot do it: my peril is
palsied (as my tiligue has lung been) by feeling
that you will belhire nothing I may say, The
secrecy that I maintained with regard to. my past
history was worse/than folly; but surely the-Ag
tiny of this one thought ought to- be enough to
atone for it.
'"And now farehrell,"Wfilis, my buelbanii! May
the blessing of the Most High be upon ybo. ever
more! Would tit, I could hear your +ice but
once spin—then, could I go forth upon toy lone
ly way with a strpnger heart. But it rimy net
be: unloved, and 1 unforgiveu--I must bild you
farewell forever?'
"Not unloved nor wiforgiven! Oh, Adelaide,
wwife, come back to sae apiad—l cannot live
hout your etelaimad Mr. Insfeleer, se the
letter fell from hie nerveless hand " have
Efil
, .
ni
, Iced bear, 1
itr3t4 , lll- iitLAN
Katy's death, brain
• Fletcher to the 50U
he intention of being
would iunk.-‘ on'e
EI:EGI
:qi.• 'pa- nrru :!.4sllt
st b •
hare
a au
rgire
could
t this
t hear
B. F. SLOAN, KDITOIL
NUMBER 12.
driven you to this ; my beloved, by my harshness
and cruelty, and nnw my punishment is vomit
than I can bear!"
Ae took up the letter again, and re-read it cam
fully. It gave him no clue to her destinathaa;
but be had found in it the key to the heart he had
harped to believe so destitute of feeling--aaeolid
and worldly. "31y pen is palsied, umy Mlle
has long been, by feeling you will believe noth
ing I may say." He read the sentence over and
over.,again: it seemed so strange that he had nev
er thought of it before. He recalled their hat
interview, previous to Adelaidej.endlie
remembered how taintingly—how scornfully be
had told her that she wad deceive him no lon
ger, and how sternly he had bidden her moo to
Mock him with her pretendeClove. And pep
Jafter all that, he had. wondered \ why as boil
herself so coldly aloof, and made ,no effort time. •
en heart. He marveled Ante at his
blindne , %. and springing up, he rang the boil vi
c.lently. 1
Jame , aaa'wereti the summons.' '
.:DiiaMak Fletcher leave word .how Loot die
intended to be gene"-
"No, sir." . • • i
Did ehe take the cars' 4 the boatf” - . . 4 --
~.._ -
"She Went with the carriage ' •
:-Send Robert to me."
In a few moments the coachman apmeand o bst
is hind
ere did you leave your mist'ress; lbsbert?''
"At L----, sir."
° "When did she tell You to come tiher het'"
She did uat tell me to come et 4 air . So
was going on farther -with sante Mese, nine
were to meet her ibere." .0 ,
''When did she apect these
'She thought they would be there befoat aim
waz, but they were not She would adk 10 Is }
wait; for she said they would. COIN Wire alibi.
and I had better return bannediately "
, Had she much baggage . ' '
.:Only one trunk, au.' . .
-Very well, you may go ',
Willis Fletcher was alone—wife awl eildd ,
• were gene One was at rest, but as for disdain,
oh'. where was she? All' night he walked the -
floor impatiently, for not until the.morniag done
ed could he pursue his inquiries.
It wore away at last, and a few faint"
Tugs in the east foretold the coming . He
Vr
went forth *hit a strong heart. He w find
her. Ni, power on earth should keep heritage
Lim. now that he knew she loved him; he matalti
bring her back to.her happy home ageim be
would tell her hoW . fondly his heart had clung to
her even wheu he believed her false; he amid
bid her forget those long mouths of sorrow, rod
while he held her in hi 3 arms and bleed away
. .
the temrsithat had dimmed •her eyes so imp, he,
t :In. would plead for forgiveness-•--he would\ tell -,
her that ( he, too, had erred.
Ono-month fterward Willis Fletcher via
sat in tote m alone—but bow he had attend!
The tire d faded from his eye—his limits
were wan d haggard, and his whole bear*
hopeless d desponding. You would have
o
thought th t many peer/had flung their kirk
ening sliadoW. upon his pathway. similes bet
looked up a h .
He could nrfind Adelaide—he had " used ev
ery'endeavor. to he could trace her no farther
thin. The landlord of the hotel there •
h f d
s
'ti k
sem _ that on such a day a lady stopped
at and dismissed her carriage haw
diatel ; t t shortly after a party of travelers ar- -
FiAti st ad 111,1ela dv.":4nt
_onzith . theta=
their games. Whether they went north or south •
he was slue he could not tell; the place wee e
complete thoroughfare—and he had never CQII
- it hie business to inquire into the move-,
inents or hi.igueso.; if they paid their Wish was •
:Ili he 3.k0l iti them.l. - -
, ;
.itimion., and clisappoiute t i, Mr. Fletcher meet
uext to Barrett & Co. To his Feat trarpriae,lle
found that Lis wife ha d not received a single dol
lar, from diem dUring the whole year. .
He 1, turned to hht Om house and leptired to
hi, gift's room. After some search he sweated
-441 in finding the ke3t. , :4 .her wardrobe and ion
reaus.. Her Jeweliease s there; and he opened
it. Not a - single gem was missing;—not,. au or-.
'violent tliak lie hail given her .had she takes,'
,tw,./ . . ,-.Keoptirti a miniature. which had been
on, of hi- wedding-gift•. .
Adelaide bad a very valuable Walt* that had
belonged I.; het- mothers and sow...A*oms of
plate. that lied ter a longtime been cherished as
heirlooms in her family, These she bad so!d.
aud - her husband found some minutes of the trans
action, in a porket-bOok she-liad left behind It
had evidently been by miqtake, for it contained
also n h)ek t' hair that be recogbiied as that of
, Katy's—a lettter . or two in her father's hand-writ
ing. and vlgn the few that lie:had himself writ
ten lo her previous to the4..utarriage . These
lasi wen , arctic tr..ru out ind were blistered
with
How hiii"oun fell over their
Her richest articles of clothing were all in their
...r;ective She had taken with her only
Cue pL4nest and iL;ast valuable—only such u she
would absolutely 'need in the new statics sip
about to fill ,
Et Was soon rumored in the melt of their ac
.4na
o f
. cane that Mn. Fletcher left Fiona! on alone
vit . cluing her husband's absence. People
w demi at that, but they wondered still lam
when weeks lengthened into months, and she did
not return.
Willis Fletchei. his splendid establish
went, and took l?dgiugs at a boarding-house. He
could not remain where every thing spoke so
him ; of biz lo3t wifel--whire every room sad ve
ers aniele-offarniture told him some tale of tax
He took.lodgittisk as we have sai bat la the
rain hope of ileei4from himself, as d, aa wlith
a vague idea that he might by this taams Aisle
writ tidings,of Adelaide,- he became a wasileser
Prom city to city, from state to state, he wawa
like an unquiet spirit, seeking rest but lima% 1..
u no
LCONcLOD*D NIAT w as.
Tui: Cusialma JVROILS.—The fob:wits' g is
clipped from an exchange paper; hat we do not
know to whom or to what locality it is to be -
credited: One of the cutest tricks which we have
heard of fora
. lon,g time, was played of by star, -
id the Supreme Court, which was sitting in this
town lait week. The jury - had a ease under cos
iideratoin, and of mime were on the ''lock up''
and as it -was getting late in the evening,, - the
prospect of.ipending the night in conftesement -
was anything but agreeable. The jilt* had
been applied' to for - release, and inforissil of their
situation, but thinking that a night spent in de
bate would tend-te produce unanimity of opinion.
gave orders . to keep them tegether until they
made up a verdict. ' Under these curetunstaness
they adopted a suggestion made by one of their
number, Made up a verdict, which they dub
signed and sealed, and no doubt enjoyed their
nights. rest ill the better for its threatened de
privation. The next morning when the Court
met, the verdict was handed tip, the clients in
the case were present and with swims. facto •
awaited the jury's award. The clerk ertih due
solemnity, broka-the seals, and in an audible
voice, read the terdiet—" }Ft: egret- to elisigros.
The effect of this we leave to the inutiebloalk et
our readers. Something was Said - abom '
of court, but the goodness of the joke nehol as a
palliative of the drew& Its rspetibbli,
er, would not, we presume be safe.'
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