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THE
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JOURNAL.
Vohxmo III.
WINOI-IKSTJST, TENN., AP11IL 21, 1859.
Number 15.
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We fullow Truth wbere'er she IrailHthe way.'
ACiUNTH l-'OHTIIK
. M. 1'KTTINOILL & CO.,
JOHN P. HEFNER
T S. CUMMINliS,
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A. M. TEN1SON
JOUUNAL.
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submisson be appreciated.
Postmasters throughout the country will
do us a favor, as well as bo doing their
duty, to inform us when a subscriber re
fuses his paper, or when the paper lies
dead at their ollice.
There is a rumor on the wing that
the Editor of the Pulaski Citizen is
going to marry! O what a heart rend
ing storm upon the young ladies.
They have all lost a bargain but one,
yet we say girls, rejoice; for you rill
be conquerors in the end. We are
truly sorry for the innocent girl, for
Editors are sarjwnts full of poison and
should be shunned by young ladies as
they would shun a "hornets," nest.
Lewisburg Messenger.
We are authorised by Mr. McCord,
the editor of the Citizen to correct
that report. He says the young lady
"kicked him." As to the remarks of
the Messenger, we don't coincide with
them at all. Editors are worthy nf
good wives and young ladies would
do well to cultivate their acquaint
ance. The Iluntsville Independent nomin
ates Hon. F. K. Zolicoll'er for the Pres
idency. That -is an Independent nom
ination, sure.
"JOH.N ANDliliSON, MY JO JOHN.
John Anderson, my Jo John,
I well remember yet,
That time sao langngo, John,
Thut day when first wo met;
Jt was a bonnie day, John,
Within the month o' June,
When lambkins were a' playing, John'
Alang the batiks o' Duon.
.Since then we've seen a few, John,
0' earthly ups and downs,
And had nao scanty view, John,
0' fortuno's smilos ami frown-;
Hut when misfortune- came, John,
Each boro a part you know,
And thus we made the luad niair light,
John Anderson, my Jo.
And now that we hae grown, John,
Nao rich but well to do,
Nao king upon his throne, John,
More blest than 1 ami you;
For we hao gear enough, John,
To last us till we go
To where there are nae rich nor poor,
John Anderson my Jo.
John Anderson, my Jo John.
When in that haine on high,
We moot to part nae niair, John,
Nae moir again to die,
What pleasure will it gic, John,
Still hand in hand to go
Thro' a' the Howry' walks above,
John Anderson, my Jo.
Ukttino on Ei.kctions. One of the
most evil practices connected with
ourState and Municipal elections, is
the abominable system of betting on
the result, or upon a stated majority
of a lavorite in an election. We
should rejoice to see this practice en
tirely suppressed, and, as we have
been informed there are many, who
are not acquainted with the laws of
the State on the subject we extract
the following sections from tho re
vised Code in relation to it.
Article IV, Section 479. Whoever Mull
make any bet or way0' of money, or niher
valuable thing, upon any election, in guilty
of a misdemeanor, and mny be prosecute!
within iix months after the termination of
the election on which the bet was made, but
not afterward.
Section 4fctO. Any person convicted of
betting on any election in this Stele, thill be
fined not leu than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, and may alao bo
imprisoned in the county jail, not less than
one or more than aix mouths.
Thus it will be seen that the mini
mum line for the olfence is 4 100, and
maximum fine 9 MO, with the possibil
ity of six months imprisonment, and
the certainty of one month in the coun
ty jail. With these little facts before
them we trust that zealous politicians
will take warning in future. We
have accomplished our part of the du
ty in making the matter public, and
if the laws arc properly enforced, our
Goverrnental elections, will be some
thing above a miserable game for bet
ting purposes. Ktuhville Banner.
Those who wish to'gct rich, must
spend lets than they earn.
3
THE BETTER CHOICE.
BV CI.ARA SVDNEY.
Onco upon a time there wero two
young men, brothers, sons of 'genteel'
parents in moderate circumstances.
They were handsome, well educated
young men; and for each of them, the
heart of many a fair maiden beat
fondly.
The t raining of thrso brothers hud
been such as taught them great re
gard for the wishes of their parents
it was a very great misfortune that
parents whose influence was so great,
had not always exercised it to better
purpose.
now each of these young men, one
f"'!ium was called Leo, and the other
Cassias, loved, better than all others,
one young maiden. Neither of these
favored girls was very beautiful, and
neither was rich; one of them, the be
loved of Cassius, was very poor; but
she was sensible, intelligent and re
fined; and to Cassius she was the most
lovely being on earlh.
Lee also loved his chosen lady as
much as he loved anything in the
world but himself, lie was the most
ardent and endearing of lovers when
he was with the light-eyed Mercy so
Was sho called and she loved him as
a deep-hearted woman seldom loves
hut once. In her eyes he was the
most beautiful, graceful and agreea
ble being that was ever made. She
had no heart, no thoughts for any !
other he was literally, as far as !
earthly things were concerned, her all i
in all. Her mother used sometimes j
to warn Mercy that it is never safe or
well to love so utterly any mortal
creature; she told her child again and
again that God alone was worthy of
any being's whole, heart; but Mercy
could not recall her alfoctions; she
could not stem their How. When she
tried to reason with herself, in her
mother's way, if Leo crossed her yiglit
it Wits til I over. Towards him with
resistless force swept every feeling
and emotion of her nature. Poor
Mercy I she was, it is to be feared, an
idolator and the punishment of such
is indeed sore.
The biol hers were, free from that
foolish and cowardly impul.se that
alilicts so many persons to deny that
they love, and to shun till mention of
the object nf that love, as if there was
guilt and shame in the thought. They
took great pleasure in talking togeth
er of Mercy and Anna. Each broth
er was pleased with the choice of the
other; which' rendered things doubly
agreeable. Next to seeing and con
versing face to face with a friend,
comes the pleasure of talking of that
friend to some one who values him.
Wo to that poor heart which, loving
unto the uttermost, must yet exert
itself, even unto bursting, to cover
and to guard from every eye what
still is struggling to break forth; what
rolls and towers like the restless sea,
straining at every pore, and always
mourning wo, wo, to that poor heart!
I5tit there were two beautiful young
heiresses, who loved these brothers;
and when this fact came to the knowl
edge of the parents of our heroes,
they called their sous to them, and
gave them an earnest charge to win
those loving heiresses for their wives.
The advantages, for young men just
starting in life, of wealth and eleva
ted position were fully set forth. The
ladies in question were of a proud
family, in the very topmost rank of
American society, connected in vari
ous ways with the talent of the country
and with the lending men of the
government. The pride and ambition
of the young men were adroitly
touched, and upon their imaginations
arose visions of palace-homes, hosts
of servants, senatorial honors, and,
even they caught a glimpse of the
President's chair making as though it
were sliding toward them with inten
tions of going under them. Their
heads whirled, and the thought of
their humble and confiding littlo cot
tage friends "went under," as a plank
will go when struck by tho keel of a
steamer.
The influence of this parental har
angue was visibly felt by both broth
ers. They did not visit Mercy or An
na that evening, nor did they mention
their names one to the other. They
lay silently upon their pillows, the
sweet old dreams of love and faith
put to flight by the gaudy flutterings
of ambition, and the "greed of gain."
It chanced that upon the next day
these brothers were out on the lake
Gibing. There was with thctn a
widower; a free-spoken, jolly-hearted
sort of fellow; and he seemed very
much inclined to interest himself in
the affairs of Leo and Cassius. lie
had heard of their partiality to Mer
cy and Anna, and most heartily did
he congratulate the young men upon
their good sense and good furtuuo in
having become engtiged to such ad
mirable girls.
"I am engaged to no girl," said Leo,
reddening very much.
"How!" exclaimed Mr. Andross, in
astonishment. "Not engaged to Mer
cy Kent?"
"No."
"Well, then, you certainly outbid to
be a man that can he engaged to
her and is not is a fool; and one "that
allows her to put vnin confidence in
him is a vlllian; that's all I've pot to
say;" blurted out Andross, mystified
and ofl'endcd at tho tone and manner
of Leo.
"I should think you had said about
enough," said Leo, frowning darkly,
his lair, handsome lace deformed by
an evil, revengeful look.
"Here, here, none of that, if you
please, gentlemen we aro out on a
pleasure party, and don't waul any
hard words, or black looks; if Leo
can't exactly make up his mind among
so many pretty gills, who can blamo
him. 1 say a fellow that's so high in
female favor with the rich ones
too, can't be especial to know his own
mind in a minute. Heir, lend a hand
to haul in this fish. I vow, 1 believe
I've caught a whale," exclaimed a
lively member of the party.
The line was hauled in. and the
creature on the end of it proved to be
not a whale, but a horrid-looking
great water snake; and the first thing
he did on being pulled aboard was to
(lirt his evil-looking carcass almost
into the lace of the disgusted Leo.
"It's the devil himself, and he's nf-
ter wo!'' sIiiiiiIim! Andross. as the
ii., . ,
young men made haste to cast out
their unwelcome prize. 'Now.youn
sters, one and all, I've got a word to
say to you, and 1 am going to say it j
you can like it or nut like it, just as
it suits you but I've been through j
the mill, and have earned a right to
say that I know what I'm talking about j
and I tell you that a young man, 1 care
not who he is, had bi tter go to the
poor-house than to marry a girl who
is richer than he is. He'll be made
miserable just as sure as he is a liv
ing man; and if l.e marries ;vheciiii.e
she's rich, rather than because he
loves her, he deserves all the trouble
Ik; will have. I am going to marry
again as soon as I can get any one
that I like, and she will have me; and
there, is one thing that I'm very sure
of, 1 shall take for toy second wile a
poor girl."
"Well done, old fellow it's to be
hoped that you'll stick to your text,
for your nurse is long enough for two,
and there are plenty ol
about. The work-house
poor girls i
is full of I
them, said the gent
I'lnan wlio liad
defended Leo.
Andross vouchsafed no answer for
this.
- .ake "1' "or lack ol the
cash!" said another.
"I would not care how handsome
my wife was if she wasn't vain; but !
vanity 1 despise; and the moment 1 !
see it in a girl her charm for me is
gone. I find that as a general thing
plain women arc most and longest lov
ttblii. You'll notice, if you'll take
the trouble to observe, that it is to
plain wives that husbands are most
devoted. Ueautiltd wives strike the
attention and fancy of dashing and
tray men; and so make what are called
smart marriages. They are rightly j
called, for they smart for a long, long
time. As soon as you are used to
beauty, it is no mure to you than plain
ness; and if that was all that drew
you, the bond is broken, and you are
atlractcd by some new face; but when
a man marries a plain woman it is
generally from allcclion, ami that
grows forever stronger, both through
the present life and that which is to
COIIIC.
"Sentimental ! do stop him who
would have thought it? Why, An
dross, where did jou get such notions!
I should think you was a boarding
school miss instead of a widower o(
forty six years old."
"I have been taught truth in a hard
school, boys; and that is why I now
speak. J!ut I dare say you will all re
fuse to take warning 'tis the way of
mankind. Go ahead, then, each in
your own way; and when you have
arrived at my time of life you will
have seen whether or not my words
are of true wisdom."
This conversation was not merely
accidental. The men said what they
chose Jo any; but there was more to it
than that they were doing and say
ing freely what had beforehand been
determined should be done and said;
and the words of Andross saved Cassi
us from guilt and wretchedness. The
struggle of ambition was over in hisj
mind; and fair as a star rose anew in
his heart tho image of his Anna, The
danger that had threatened her peace
had forever passed. There had novcr
been any formal cngngement between
them; but that night the glad and
happy Anna named the day on wi;',ch
she would become her lover's wife;
Cassius told his brother of this when
they met that nihr.
" vell, Anna is a good girl; you
will be happy with her; but for my
part I have determined to take the
heiress"
"And Mercy " questioned Cassius,
looking steadily at his brother.
"Sho has no claim on me; there is
no engagement to be broken."
"Jlrokeu hearts are, to my mind,
worse than broken engagements. Luo
beware what you do!"
"If a girl is silly enough to break
her heart for me how can I help it!"
said Leo, sulkily.
"You couldn't help doing everything
in your power to gain that heart
could you, Leo? Votir love was bo
evident that it needed no words to
show it Mercy never thought of dis
trusting you; or asking vows any more
than you did of distrusting her, or
binding her by promises; and now
when every feeling and action has
bound you in all honor to her, just be
cause no vow was ever spoken, you
say 'she has no claim' on you, and you
leave her for one whom you do not,
and probably never will love. How
dreadfully mean and wicked such con
duct is! Thank God, thank God, that
I am saved from it!"
"You'd better be praying for grace
to obey the wishes of your parents,"
retorted Leo.
"There is a higher duty than that
which we owe to them. To that dtitv
"lal UU'J
I shall endeavor to be true."
"Leo, dear Leo, why do you shun
me so! For a whole week, which
has seemed a year, have I watched
and waited for you to come. For three
long years all the blessed time that
wo have known each other there has
not. been so long a time in which we
have not met. 1 saw you yesterday
in the street; and was going towards
you when suddenlyyou hastened away.
You must have seen me. Oh! Leo,
what have 1 done? how have I oll'en
ded yon? Tell me, dear Leo tell
me all the truth. Anything is better
than this dreadful suspense, and these
wild conjectures. I have heard oh !
Leo I cannot write it Leo, Leo, you
will kill me if you forsake me now.
Hid I seek your company or your love!
Uemember, remember all that is pass
ed, and you cannot charge me with
presumption or immodesty when 1
tell you plainly that your love is all
my life my love was not given light
ly, nor unsought, despise it not. now.
Or if you have ceased to love me,
come to me once more. Come and tell
so with your own lips such words
J "u ' 1 would kill mo us quick
as any sworn, and lien me agony
u (mid be over, and 1 could go to tho
cold rest of the grave. Come to me
that this misery may bo removed, or
that every hope and joy of my life may
be at once struck down to death, and
most lr.mfu, f a m,llllis,lilt of
slow torture. Leo, I charge you, us
you hope for mercy when iour time of
trouble comes, to come to me and tell
w u,iu ";ls ciiangeu yon so
li r.itcv.
that was placed
This was the lettt
in Leo's hands upon the evening ol his
acceptance as the lover of tho weal
thy ( 10(1,(100) Miss Thorndyke. He
had come homo in high glee, and told
to his parents and brother all his good
fortune.
When they were alone Cassius put
into the laughing.Lco's hands that let-
j ter.
I Out! look at the handwriting, and
j he thrust it deep into his pocket and
went out
Shutting himself into an unfrequen
ted room he tore open and read the
message from poor Mercy.
There was a look of pain about
his mouth; and the great sweat-drops
stood upon his brow, as ho read.
When he had finished he gave a deep
groan and glanced, with a dreary.hclp
less look about the room. He would
had given much could he have seen
Mercy there but the die was cast
the loving, faithful girl was sacrificed.
In a few moments Leo crumpled the
letter in bis hands: and while a hard
and settled look came over his face,
he wrote with a pencil.
"Di: Mdrcv: I am sorry to have
cau.H-il you pain or trouble 1 have
always meant to have been your true
friend I am such still; but you must
not expect to bo more than this.
Such letters as the one just received
from you you must not write to meI
am soon to become the husband ofMiss
Thorndyke; lor this reason 1 have
withdrawn myself from your society,
Williurawn rnysBii i jv
...i.iM. aIv has been, and would
st HI be, most agreeable to me; and for
the same reason I do not think it best
to coirfply with your desire that 1 should
call on you. Wishing you all the
happiness which you so richly deserve,
i sign myself,
With the truest and most unboun
ded respect, Leo Da Wolf.
It is a remarkable circumstance that
in almost every case whero a man
treats a woman with less respect than
ho ought to show to a fool, he goes to
swearing by black, by blue, by yellow
and grey, that ht) is, and always
has been, perfectly overcome by tho
unutterable respect which ho feels
for her in fact, that he wades through
it, as if it wero a river, rising even to
tho roots of his hair. liah! more sick
ening even than their vileness is the
hypocrisy of some men, ami so shal
low! If one is bound to play tho hy
pocrite why not do it with at least a
show of skill?
When Mercy read that letter she
neither fainted nor cried out; she did
not even sob or sig'i. Uut she laid
aside her work, and leaning forward
with her head against the table, re
mained motionless so long that her
mother thought her sleeping she,
therefore, moved softly about the
room, taking care not to disturb her
darling, until she began to wonder at
her strange breathing.
"She can't feel easy.poor girl how
tired she must have become doing that
great ironing I wish I could move
her into an easier position," nnd the
ki'ld mother went and took hold of her
child, for the purpose of trying to ren
der her more comfortable.
"Don't mother," said a feeble and
hollow sounding voice.
"What ails you, child?" and tho
tevnlied woman lifted her daughter's
face and looked upon it.
It looked sunken and blue; the lips
wero colorless and the eye had that
dull and filmy look that comes not oft
en over the human eye until it comes
as the herald of death.
"You are sick; you are dying, my
child,' cried the mother; 'what has be
fallen you?'
'Here,' anil the unhappy girl placed
that letter in her mother's hand.
The indignation of tho fond mother
was extreme she even cursed the
wicked author of her child's misery
yet tried, in the same breath, to speak
somewhat of comfort to that child.
'Don't mother,' was all that Mercy
said, either when she talked to her, or
when she embraced and wept over
her.
For weeks tho poor girl'continued
iuthis state, and the heart of the moth
er was nearly broken. She was a
very proud woman, and tried her best
to keep their trouble from the knowl
edge of the neighbors. The night of
Leo's marriage, came, and when tin:
false lover stood pledging his vows to
the rich bride, there glided to his side
a figure robed in white, and covered
from head to foot in a llowing white
vail. The strange guest wore on her
head a wreath of w hite roses, and held
a bunch of the same in her hand.
Her face was as white as her dress,
and her eyes shone like star.
"Leo, Leo, you did not tell me w hat
time to come, but I am here all ready.
I could not find any orange blossoms;
but don't you think these white roses
will do as well! Come, dear Leo, 1
am ready why don't the minister be
gin!" Then followed a scene of confusion
and distress, and Mercy was borne
shrieking and raving to her homo.
CHAl'TKU SKCOND.
Once again, in painful circumstan
ces, Mercy and Leo met. The latter
alone by the grave ol his only child,
when, as the twilight grew dimmer,
he heard sad but very sweet voice
singing
"I thought he loved nic, and my heart
Was yielded up to his control;
In every wish ami cvry thought
Ho reigned iho idol ol my soul.
Hut eh! his heart was hard and cold;
Ho fell no pity lor my pain;
Ho sold his love and faith for cold,
And my poor heart must breok in vaio.'
Then came sighs and pilteous sob
bings. The sound proceeded from a
thick grove near at hand.
"Mercy," said Leo, approaching
with cautious step, "Mercy, dear Mer
cy." The sobs were hushed, and there
was a sudden rustling sound.
"Don't go, Mercy; it is I wait
speak to me.".
"Oh! Leo, is it my Leo? where have
you been so long? I thought you had
forsaken me!" cried Mercy, running
joyfully from the deep shadow of the
grove. He stretched out his arms,
and she clung to him as in the olden
time. "Oh! Leo, they have had me
shut up in such a dreadful place it
seems to me that it has been for a
hundred years. Why did nl you come
and get me out? I have screamed and
screamed for you till I wonder that I
did not die. It was very cruel of you
not to come. I was afraid that you
had forgotten your poor Mercy."
Leo clasped the poor maniac closer
to his breast, and wept over her bitter
er tears than he had over tho dead
body of his only son.-
"What makes you cry, Leo? The
trouble Is all over now. I couldn't cry
while with you, no, in your arms I
can hardly think how it was that I ev
er cried at all; but I know It was be
cause I was parted from you. I'm so
glad I broke that window down; they
had taken tho bars down on purpose,
I guess, nnd I got thro' and have found
you. Oh! take me with you, dear
Leo; don't let them get mo again."
She clung about his neck with the ut
most fondness, returning freely all his
kisses and expressions of love. She
had forgotten utterly that he was not
still her own.
"What are you doing with that mad
woman?" said a rough voice closo by
the side of tho unohserving pair.
Mercy screamed fearfully. "Save
me, Leo don't let him take mo away
from you; for pity, oh, for pity. Do not
give me up."
"Who are you, sir!', demanded Leo.
"Who are yon, more like.out here in
the graveyard, making love to a mad
woman?"
"My name is DeWolf; now will you
have the goodness to answer me
civilly!" said Leo, with dignity.
"Excuse me, sir; 1 did not know
you."
The mail's whole demeanor was in
stantly changed, and why? Oh! be
cause Mr. DeWolf was a very rich
man or his wife was, which the fel
low supposed(radical error) was all
the same.
"I am otio of the keepers of the
insane usylum where that person has
for several years been confined. She
has to day been breaking out, and a
pretty hunt I've hud after her. I sup
pose you won't interfere with my duty,
sir!"
'No, but, you can go your way, now.
I'll see that all is right, and we shall
have less disturbance.'
The man went away.
"What did you say to him? I could
not hear, you spoke so low," nskctl
Mercy.
" Oh, 1 told him that he needn't put
himself to any more trouble about you,
for that I would take cans of you."
'Good Leo dear,bessed Leo how
kind you are; but did you hear him
call mo mad woman!' That is just the
way they talk to me all the time, and,
Leo, it sometimes makes me afraid
that I am mad, or shall soon become
so."
'Oh! hush, dear Mercy; do not talk
in thai sad way. Listen to me, now.
I am not prepared to take you home
with me to-night. It would not do,
and I want you to be a good girl, and
bo ruled by me, as you know you al
ways love to be, don't you, Mercy?'
and the traitor kissed her.
'Yes indeed, Leo, I love to obey your
every wish. 1 wish that I could find
such real delight in obeying till the
will of my God.'
Ineffable was the love that beamed
from those beautiful upturned eyes
into the eyes of Leo.
A wrench of agony at the strong
man's heartstrings told him how he
yearned for what hu had willfully
cast aside; he fell confident in his own
mind that were he, free to take Mercy
home with him, the insanity which
had made her his victim could soon
be charmed away; but although he had
brought this wo upon the gentle being
who was now so happily nestling to
his bosom, and whom alono he loved,
he was not to be permitted to minis
ter to her cure.
There was desperation in the
thought, but it must he struggled with
and over conic. After a few moments'
painful silence, Leo said, while he
softly passed his hand over the white
face and clear ey.is of her he held
"I knew you loved to please me, my
sweet. Mercy, and now I will tell you
what I want you to do. Go back
with mc to tho piaca from which
you escaped in such an undignified
manner, and remain there for a few
days, until I can come and take you
openly and honorably, lie a good,
patient girl, and wait happily for my
return. I will come to you at the
very first moment that I can do so, and
take you to be always with inc. Will
you do as I desire?"
"Yes why hhould I not?" said tho
maniac, in a willing, contented loiie
And after another half hour's talk,
and a hundred fond kisses and embra
ces, Leo prevailed upon himself to
part with her, and left her with the
matron of tho.asylum. This meeting,
though it worked as much for a curse
as for a ifeaing to Leo, was an un
mingled blessing to the maniac. F or
a year she waited patiently and hap
pily her lover's return, and at the end
of that time began to mend so
ranidly ihather mother was permitted
to take he' ,0 ',er own home. It was
now not long ere the entire restora
tion of her reason. To the joy of her
mother, and to the unspeakable dc
light of another person, she seemed
now to havft no regret at all for tho
loss of Do Wolf. She spoke of him
calmly; aud once, when sho heard a
person say that ho was killing himself
by almost frantic efforts to render
himself able to support his proud wifo
in tho stylo to which she was accus
tomed, without touching her poperty
in so doing, Mercy smiled pleasantly,
though compassionately, and said
"l'oor Leo! I am afraid he is not
much happier than the poor cottage
girl could have made him."
After this Mercy was considered to
have fully recovered from her first and
most unhappy love. And now it was
that Mr. Andross, kindest-hearted of
unman beings, began to think that ho
might tell to Mercy the hopes and
wishes that ho so long had cherished.
From her very babyhood lie had been
interested in her welfare. During
the lifetime of his first wife she used
often to be at his house, and her
sprightly ways and always pleasant
face won greatly upon his regard,
lie repeatedly informed his wifo that
he considered Mercy the finest girl in
the place, anil that the men who got
her for a wifo would get a woman
who was worth her weight in gold, ,
whoso price was " abovo rubies."
When he found that there was an at
tachment springing up between Mcr
cy and Leo, he felt great satisfaction,
for he was particularly attached to
both " the Do Wolf boys." His aston
ishmcnt, indignantion and grief at the
conduct of Leo, and the consequent in
sanity of poor Mercy, were beyond all
telling, licit was who defrayed all
the expense of Mercy's stny in tho
asylum. Her mother objected in vain;
Andross insisted that his religion
obliged him to be kind to the widow
and the fatherless, and have his own
way ho would. Tho best room and
the best attention that the asylum af
forded were accordingly provided for
the hapless sufferer. And Andross
met with his reward, for Mercy fully
recovered, nnd when she learned of
all bis watchful nnd long continued
kindness to her, and found that sho
had not only jthe kind sympathy and
pity of that warm and noble heart,
but its most ardent love, sho was pen
etrated with gratitude aud joy, and,
leaning her head upon tho broad
breast to which Andross gently drew
her, she lifted her streaming eyes to
his face, saying:
" I will be yours, and love you faith
fully as long as the Lord shall give me
life."
Meantime Cassius had long been
the happy husband of Anna. Togeth
er they were working their way up
ward in life. Anna was Iskillful in
all the departments of housewifery,
and as prudent as the was skillful.
Yet she was not mean. Never was
set a belter table than that to which,
three times a day, Anna's husband
was called, aud good and well pre
pared food (the truth must be confess
ed) has a good deal to do with tho
temper, and also with the all'ection.of
most men. A man can't love his
wife if he feels hungry, and sho don't
get him something good to cat. Tho
fortunes of Cassius and his Anna wero
steadilythough not very rapidly im
proving, aud unto their family wero
added in course of time, two sons and
three daughters. They had their
griefs and troubles, but were as hap
py as it is well for people to bo in
this world. But with Leo, how differ
ent the ease. His wife was a born
and bred lady, with a fortune in her
own right. It was not to be expected
tiiat she would . trouble herself much
about household affairs. She always
intended to keep good servants a
good cook especially and as a gener
al thing she did so; but oW cooks aro
wolully apt to " imbibe," and good
chambermaids aro seldom able or
willing to take cook's place, so that it
is not unfrcqucntly happened, notwith
standing their wealth, that Leo went
hungry, or had to wander ofT, through
the hot noon, to somo eating saloon
for his dinner. Uut then, to a good
fellow like Leo, that wasn't to bad af
trr all.
lUit Leo was proud nnd in some di
rections, sonslive. lie couldu't bear
to have his wife foci as if he was depen
dent on her. She was a lady, and sho
never mentioned tho fortune to which
she had raised him; but there was a fre
quent look in her acute blue eyes
which told him that she thought of it.
The fact was, the had her suspicions
that Leo had married her more for
money than for love. She had heard
him, when tossing restlessly in his
sleep, mutter a name she could not
tell what it was, but it certainly was
not hers, and after tbis there was a
singularity in her manner toward Lia
which he attributed to her want of
respect for a poor, dependent aiifcaf
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