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Sr T I j j Pi ill. i ' I f I JSv. A y II E JR.. V4I 1 JHi V 114 t. JT.f I I iKA., af"V. . VVi'' nr., i i i i ii . .! i.i .hi. ill ill" id rat i i"ar t 'ii I r it t j ji i i. . r1- ii ir i ill : ii i.v w.a .(-!:-; !,!', ?! fi l .'(,' J f-.-J fr:T iiv..iiifc'! t. t .rv ,;;n, V ,cj .(,?, I --.Inf. ti ,s ' - ! i l : ' .Till -MIT Ilt t-,1 I M Ml fUJk II V ..I1E ';li 1 1 ill ill 1 III r - .. f . k , , - t. . . .i tl . . "V . . - 'ii) , 'i . i,i i . At- .,. a., i .i ifc - t ( i , 7 '"! . i . , - ' -.'.- . , , ,. , ..." 1J T'i ..'i ,;; , a- ..t.i.i.i.i.j in : , fS'fcrXTJ y" " ' 1 ' ' 1 --P', n ' ', " : -.1 ."P.'T ill"' ','!)" r--i,.-r?" 'i . 1 I. . J . 0, 2452. it' 'f.' t! A MIRROR 1; (.i ii FOR v n YOUNG. AY IV ElS,' jrJ must hare il, Charles." $aiJ the hand loiue. little wife of Air. Whiiwan. 6o doo't put on that auber face" i' ' f Did I ut on a aober face ?" asked the liuibauU,' with an attempt to iiuile that was ' an? thing but a suceets. vptf!'-s j- . '? f " Yes. sober ta a man on trial lor hi lile Wlij, it'a as long as the moral law; There, dear, clear it up, as if jou had at least one friend iu the world. What mo tier lovers von iuen are!" ' ' ' ,. " How much will it cot?" inquired Mr.' itiiiuan. were w auumer euori 10 loo cheerful and acquiescent. . ' ... i 4u About lortjr dollars,", as answered, with just a little faltering in the ladf 'a ice, (r she knew the sunt would aoand : estravagant. -:,H ;t' - 1 Foi tjr dollars? " WbjrAda,, do you think 1 ani made of nionej Mr. Whit man's couutenance underwent a remarka ble change of expression. - .."l Uclare Charles' said his wife, a little, iiupitientU, "ou look at me as if I urere an object ol lear iiutead ol affection. I dou'ttlunk thisiskiud ofjrou. l'vr.onl; td tltree silk dresses since we were war ned, while Auiy Blizhthas had six or se ien;lurmg the same period, aud ever; oe oi ners cui more tnm mine. I know you ihiuk tae extuvagant; but J wih you had a wile. hie ome women I ceuld name. I rtUier.think you'd find out the difference uclvre.Joiig.'' v j4; o t ? There, there pet, don't talk to roe af ter this fashion 1 I'll bring the money at dinner time, tint is, if , .Us,. or butt; if you please. -The sentence is cwapleic without thetu. Thank yoo, dear. t I'll 0 this afternoon ajid bu the silk j so doo'l fail tabriug the money, 1 was in atSilkskiu's yealerilay and saw oae of the sweetest patterns lever laid my eyes on ; jut suits my style and complex ion. You wont disappoint me r? r , Ami Mrs. Whitman laid her soft white hand on the armol her husband, aud smiled with sweet persuasion in bis lace. , " M Ob, no.. , You shall have the money," said Mr. Whitman, turning oflf Jrom "his wife, as she thought; a little abruptly, and harrying Irom her presence. In this pre cipitatioit he had forgot the partiog kiss. - M Thai's the war, ilia always," said Mrs, Whitaun, her whole manner changing at the sound at the closinj street door jarred upon her ears. ." Just say money to Charles, and at once a cUud in ike sky." , She set down poutingty, and half angry. Kony dollars fur a new dress !" rjacu lted ihe husband of the vain, pretty, ikaigulless Mrs. Whitman, as he shut the dour after him. MI promised . to settle Thompson's bill today three dollars but I don't know where the money is to cone I rum. The coal is burnt tip.and more must be ordered. . Oh, dear, I am discouraged. Kverv tear I fall behind. This winter 1 did hope to get a little in advance, but if forty dollar silk dresses are the order ol tne day, there's no end to that devoutly to be wished for consummation. Debt! debt! How have shrunk from it; but steadily now it is closing its Briaresn arms around vie, and my constricting chest labors in res priion. Ob ! if I coald but disentangle myself now, "while I have the strength of early manhood, and the bonds that hold me are weak. If Ada could see as I see it could make her understand rightly my po anion. Alss! this is hopeless, I fear." And Mr. Whitman hurried ha slept, be t.e his t heart beat quicker and his thoughts were unduly exctted. 'Not a long time after Mr. Whitman left home,-the city postman delivered a letter t his addre. The wife examined the writing, on the envelope, which was in a boldasculinelhand, and the said to herself a sne uiu so-i r , ; I wonder who this can be from ?" Somethiog tnore than curiosity moved her. There intruded on her mind a vague feeling of disquiet, as if the missive bore unpleasant' news for her busbaod. 'The stamp showed it to be a city letter. A few times, of late, such letteri had come -to his -tlj "V . .' i : i i t . : 1 1 j r i - (.; ; -. r:i t : j. tl'tT. X'fi address,, and k she, had noiiced.twU Jie had I A i. . s. - . 1 1 a .'-.A .!u' reau iuem; norrietujr muv iiiimm mem , out remark into his pocket, and became si lent.: s ,,;.-,) r-t ' . ; J ( If the thought of Mr. Whitman recurred, as was natural, to the elegv.a silk dress 'pf which she was to become.. the owner ,' on that day, site did not feel the proud, satis faction hervain heart experienced a little while before. Something of its beauty had faded., ir.u ,, "-', t-'!,f.,,r ..'' vt If I only knew what, the letter contain ed," she aaid, ball an hour after it came in her mind, atill feeling the pressure which had come down ; upon it so strangely , as it seemed to her. , She twent4 to the mantle piece, took up the inter, and examined the superscription, it gave her to understand that its contents were of a, .nature to trou-. ble her husband. , ( Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over and over agaip in her band, in a .thoughtful way, and as she did so, the image of her husband ober faced and silent, as he had become tor most of the time of late, presented it self with unusual vividness. Sympathy stole into her heart. ' ' - Poor Charles !' she said, as the feeling increased, f I'm afraid something is going wrong with him.",.. . , Placing the letter, on the mantlepiece, where he could see it when he came in, Mrs.: Whitman entered upon some, house hold duties, but a strange impression, as of weight, lay upon her heart a senne of im pending evila vague feeling that all was not going well with her husband. , ,? Hen been a little mysterious of late," she said to herself. Tne'idea affected her very unpleasantly. He grows more si lent and reserved," she added, as though her mind under a kind of feverish excite ment,, became active in a new direction. "Pierre indrawn, as it were, and leas Inte rested in what is going around, him. I J ii coldness chills me at times, and his ir ritation hurts me." She drew a long, deep sigh. Then with an almost atartling vividness, came before licr mind in contrast, her lender, lovinsj, cheerful husband of three years before, and her. quiet, silent, sober-faced husband of to-day. t . Something is going wrong with him!" she aaid aloud, as the feeling grew stronger. What can it be ?" -The fetter was in her hand. , , "This may give me light."; And with carclul fingers she opened the envelope, not breaking the paper, so that she could seal it a -rain if she desired to do so. There was a bill of sixtv dollars and a communication from the nerson sendinz the bill. He was a jeweler, v j .-fi h " If it is not settled at once," he wrote, "I shall nut the account io suit. It has been atandinr 'for over a year, and I am tired of getting excuses instead of my mo nev." . ,,....,, The bill was for a ladv'a watch, which Mrs. Whitman had almost compelled her husband to purchase, s Not naid for ? is it notkible r" exclaimed the little woman, in blank astonishment, while the blood mount ted to her forehead. - Thee she sat down to think. Light be can to come into her mind. As she sat thus thinking, a second letter came to her hus band. She opened it without hesitation Another donning letter. Not naid ! Is it possible ?" she re neate.l the eiaculationl : It WSS a bill of iweatr five dollars for' caiters aud slip ners, which had been standing for three months. ' ? ,-, ;..t,j-' This will never do!" said the awaken ing wife " never no, never!' and she thrust the two letters into her pocket in a resolute wsy, From;thit hour until the re turn of her husband at dinner time, XIrs Whitman did an unusual amount of think ing for her little brain. She saw, the mo ment he entered, that the morning cloud had not passed from bis brow. ?' Here is the;money for that new dress," "he said, takinir a small roll of bills from bis test pocket, and handing them to Ada at he came in. He did not kiss Iter, nor smile In the old bright wsy. But his voice was calm, if not cheerful. A kits toa a I MH torn It'ly.-?.! i.f -ait hA smjiejV8i ineo,,wouia(pave, peen, more -pre-ci'ous toi;a youpg wife, than a, hundred silk' dresses. Sbeitouk ,thJ money sayip : r a ( ).- Thank you,4 clear,' It is. kind ol you" to regard my wishes.' '1;? : ' ' t v -n Something in Ada'a voice and manner Cauied Mr. Whitman to litf his eye with a look of inquiry to her face." hut she turn ed aside so that he could not read1 its ex pression.1'1 ' 4 -''"N' i.'l.1r;'-..t tit - lie was graver and more silent than usu al, and ate with starcely an appearance of appetite. ' 1 ,: ' ... t -. i -tn. "Come home early, dear," said Mrs. Whitman, as ahe walked to the door with her 'husband, after dinner. v ' Are you impatient to have me admire your silk dress?" he replied, svitlr a faint effort at a smile. J- "Yea; it will be something splendid," she answered. ' . ii -.. He turned off quickly from her, and left the house. A few momenta she stood with ta tlionzhuul face, her mind indrawn and her whole manner completely, changed. Then she. went to her room, and, commenc ed dressing to go out. . ..... j ; , i. , Two hours later and we find her in a jewelry store pit Broadway, , ; ' ;.$V Can 1 siy, a word to you r'.'. She ad dressed, the owner of the store, who knew her very. well. ,-, j - : '- Certainly, he replied, and they, moved to the lower end of one ol the long show cases.( ".' ",,', ,,t,'... -;; . Mr. Whitman die w, from her poaket a lady's watch and chain, and laying them on the show case, said, at the same time hold ing out the Jill she had taken from the en vetope addressed to her husband. ' 1 cauiiot afford to wear this watch, my husband's circumstances are too limited. 1 tell vo so frankly. Itahould not have be- purchased, but a. too .indulgent bus band yielded to the importunities of a fool ish wile. I say this to take blame from him. , Now,-air, meet the case if you can do so in Uiruess to yourself, rake back tbe watch aud.say how much I shall pay you besides.",,,,.;,-;;, :... . 'iV., The jeweler dropped his eyes to think. Tbe case took him a little by surprise. He stoud for nearly a minute, then taking the bill aud wauii said : , , , , - " Wait a moment," and went toa desk near by. ... r " Will that do?" . He had come forward again, aud now presented her with a re- ceipted bill. Ills lace wore a pleased ex pressiuii. ... ,T..,. - Si ' How much shall 1 pay your" asked Mrs. Whitman,, drawing out her pocket book. ....... " Nothing. . The watch is not defaced." " ion have , cone a kind act, sir, said Mrs. ; Whitman, with a trembuns voice. "I hope you will not think uu favorably, of my huaband; it no lault ol his that the bill has not been paid. Good afternoon. sir." - Mrs. Whitman drew her veil over her face and went wan light ttepa and light heart from the stoie. . lhe pleasure she had experienced on receiving her watch was not to be compared with that now fet in parting with it. rrom the jeweIer'SBhe went to tne boot maker's, and paid a tin 0 twentyfive dollars, and from thence to the milliner and settled lor her last bonnet. "1 know yoo are dying to see my new dress,", said Mrs. Whit.ua!) gaily, as she drrw her arm with'u that of her husband's on his appearance that evening. Come into the parlor, and let me show it. Come along don't hang back, Charles, as if you were afraid." 1 Charles' 'Whitman went with hit wife puiively, looking more like a man on his way to receive sentence than in expects tion of a pleasant sight. His thoughts were bitter. ' ' ,; " , Shall my Ada become1 lost to me ?" fie Slid in his heart" lost to me in a world of folly, fashion, and extravagance ?" " Sit down, Charles.". She led him to a large cushioned chair., Her manner tad undergone a change ; the brightness of her countenance had, departed.. She took something in a hurried way from a drawer, and tskiugupa foot stool placed it on the Boor, nearJnm,. and 'looked tenderlv and lovinglj in hia,face ; then handed him. the jeweler's bill. , , . ' ' It is receipted, you see 'Her Voice fluttered a liitie. ' ' ' ' ' . ! Adaj how is this, what does it mean r" He flushed and grew eager. ' I.returned the watch; and. Mr. R. & ceipted the bill. I would' have paid for damage, but he said it was uninjured, and' asked nothing." ' ? . -i " Oh! Ada." " - ... .And this is receipted, also, and this," handing him the other bills which she ad paid."."" " ' :! ' ; " Arid now,; dear," she added quickl, how do 'you like my hew dress is it not beautifiilr"- nr '..-. - -.to ,f ; , W e leave the examination and scene that followed to the reader's imagination. If any fair lady, however, who, like Ada, has been drawing too heavily on her husband's slender income, for silks and jewels, is at a loss to realize the scene let her try Ada' experiment. Our word for it she will find a new and happy experience in life; , Cost ly silks and jewels may be. very pleasant things, but they are too dear when , they come at the price of a husband's embarrass-, ment, mental disquietude, alienation. , Too often the gay young wife wears them as "the sign of these unhappy conditions. Tran quil hearts and sunny homes are precious things too precious to be burdened and clouded by weak vanity and love of show-,? Keep this in mind, ye fair ones who have husbands in moderate circumstances. Do not let 'your pride and pleasure oppress them. Rich clothing, costly lace, and gems, are poor substitutes for smiling peace and hearts unshadowed by care. Take the les son and live bj it; rather than offer another illustration io your experience of folly we have beea trying to expose and rebuke. , . Brigham Yotno on Fast Young Men. Brigham Young is evidently "down on", young men of immoral habits. In a recent sermoahe spoke of having refused several young saints the privlege of visiting his house and becoming acquinted with his daughters, because they were in the habit of profaning ihe name of Diety, and then added : I do not wish mj daughters to be entangled with one who does not "serve God. I would rather see every one of them sealed to Father PerkinsLere, who is eighty five years of age, than that any of (hem should be sealed to a wicked man' :t t Thi Pops asp Austria. The reply if Baron Beust to the recent Papal allocution is published in the foreign inurnala. He says the language of the allocution is of a severitv he has a ria-ht to comnl&in of. mil charges the Holy See with extending its uiciicicuwe iw uujctii -wntcn me Austrian government cannot admit to be within its authority. In conclnsion, he says that the Austrian government will continue to allow the Church to enjoy in peace the liberties me iawa ircure ner, ana io ireax ner in a spirit of conciliation, which he hones wilt be reciprocated. Death or the Largest Mint KkTi-py'. William G. Willis died at his residence in Bullittsville. Boone countv. KehfuVkr. a few dsrs ajro. ol anoblexr. in the fortv. eighth year of his age.. He was probably the largest man in Kentucky, weighing five hundred pounds. His average weight for a nuinoer oi years nas not neen less than four hundred and ninetv nounda. and kame. times is reached five hundred and twenty five pounds. ' A snunkr T0un ladv in Lewisfon. Me.. recently severely thrashed a fellow who used insultinir lanzuasre to her. she takinsr him by the collar and compelling" hi tn to retract the language he had used. A Horrible MisTAKK.--Bartliolemy Poncer. a Frenchman who iVrvd in th United States army duiing the whole war, was fruillotined after his return to France. as guilty of the murder of an old gentlemen i rum me isie oi uourooa. ii is now oe lieved that he was entirely innocent, and that the French government is at present in possession of documentsthowing who ' the real assassin was. ;" ' '
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