This letter, which conveyed to Maude a tolerably correct idea of

matters at home, will also show to the reader the state of feeling

existing between J.C. and Nellie. They were not suited to each

other, and though married but seven months, there had been many a

quarrel besides the one which Hannah overheard. Nellie demanded of

her husband more love than he had to bestow, and the consequence

was, a feeling of bitter jealousy on her part and an increasing

coldness on his. They were an ill-assorted couple, utterly incapable

of taking care of themselves, and when they heard from Mrs. Kelsey

that she really contemplated a second marriage, they looked forward

to the future with a kind of hopeless apathy, wholly at variance

with the feelings of the beautiful, dark-eyed Maude and the noble

James De Vere.

Their love for each other had increased each day, and their

happiness seemed almost greater than they could bear on that

memorable morn when the husband bent fondly over his young girl-

wife, who laid a hand on each side of his face, and while the great

tears rolled down her cheeks, whispered joyfully, "I can see you,

darling; I can see!"




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