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MABEL VINCENT'S WARNING. 



"There! Habtit, that is wbal I call a model 



huBband," said the young sod beautiful Mrs. Virf- 

 CBKt, looking through the half drawn Veoeti 

 blinds of tbeir pretty cottage parlors, at a stately 



end to the splendid 

 whenever she 



r the open 

 you never go anywhere with me!" 



"And does my little wife think I lore he 

 because I cannot, like that 

 way, devote myself exclusively to her 



Haurt spoke kindly, and threw hi 

 lessly about his wife. 



At any other time, Mabel would have answered 

 him with a kiss, and dropped 

 but now the spirit of discontent was aroused, and 

 ehe replied, pettishly, " No doubt you do love : 



i proofs of affection 



"And am I not working for you all the while, 

 darling?" was the response; "but," he added, a 

 little sternly, "you shall have proofs — you shall 



J proofs." 



[rs. Vincent could speak, her hus- 

 band had gone back ta the store,— gone without 

 the "Good-night kiss," never before omitted since 

 he brought his bride to their bumble but 



spirits, and a heavy feeling in his heart to which 



All, no! she wearied, .;■■■ 

 ess show and ceremony i 

 led — she pined for the quiet comfoi 

 ieen hers id their cottage home, ft 

 lion 1 

 n1 converse with her — b 



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 a "fashionable ladj" 

 Mabel," or " Darling 



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o him. tlml she wui 



studied effort. Ta 

 heard, telling of 

 was cold and glit 



were no more ringing luugtn 

 light and joyous heart. All 

 og, us au iceberg in the inn 



Meanwhile, there was some speculation among 

 the inhabitants of the goodly city, where dwelt 

 our friends, as to tbf Hidden change [a the life of 

 Ihfl \ an BNTS. Sonic shook their beads wisely and 

 declared it boded no good; they used to tbink 

 Barky Vincent a prudent business man. and one 

 well-to-do in the world, but be was getting to be a 

 sad spend lurid, mid could nol long maintain such 

 an extravagant stjle. Others bin led plainly about 

 bis ill gotten gains, and neglected business; until 





And Mabel? At first she 

 self for her cruel words. ' 

 epoke the truth. Hai 

 with me, he is always delvin 

 and only to-night w 

 silk, he told me be 



e merchant 

 choice out of their t 

 bere, I've oolj 

 four shilling berege 



justify her- 



o anywhere 



t old store; 



I asked him for that blue 



afford it. I used to 



could always hai 



. while Mrs. 

 iE bas had ut least a dozen beautiful and 

 e dresseB. Ob, dear! it is too bad !" and 

 Mabel Vincent leaned her head upon her hand 

 and wept. 



From this painful reverie she was aroused by a 

 ring at the door; it was John, her husband's clerk, 

 who brought a package from the store for Mrs. 

 lined the coveted b!ue silk with 

 the rich trimmings sbo had so earnestly desired. 

 Surprised and delighted, Mabel carefully examined 

 the costly fabric, now throwing it over a chair, 

 and walking away the better to mark its ef- 

 fect—then standing before the mirror, she held 

 the folds around ber form, and smiled to see how 

 very becoming it would be to her 

 and golden hair. 

 She hud not finished admiring it, when her hus- 

 eagcrly, and 



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a day passed thi 



and ward-robe of M1D . 



*"1 l"i,« C fl "J*!l e ha i ! igh ? d to P° saes3 . glittered 

 i bought and 



believed to be the very soul of 1 

 the level of a common gambl 

 kindred vice of intemperance long in making of 

 him another victim. Night after night would he 

 enter his dwelling, with blood-sboteye, and Hush- 

 ace, telling too plainly of tbe midnight 

 poor Mabel would weep bitterly over 

 the ruin of his noble manhood. Expostulation 

 and entreaty wero alike in vain. Her owu hand 

 had given the first impulse, and now she had no 

 power to stay the course of events whi 

 hurrying to destruction all that had been dearest 



Debts of honor, which bo 



Vincent's bands. Night after night, day after 

 day, he played and lost , tbe fates seemed against 



of bis successful opponent, to whom lie was 

 indebted for many thousands, be plunged the as- 

 knife into his heart, as they were both 

 leaving the saloon where Vincent had staked and 

 lost his all. 



Rushing through the deserted streets with the 

 frenzy of a madman, Mantir Vincent entered his 

 house, and hurry 



where she was laying aside the costly raiment she 

 had just worn at a fashionable levee, bo rudely 



from his vest, he exclaimed vehemently, 

 " Here, Mabel Vincent, is the proof of my love 

 for you I You asked for proofs, and I have given 

 them. I have perjured my very soul for you. 

 Step by step, have I gone down — down— from the 

 id honorable position I once enjoyed ; 



ow, hissing voice, "a mu. 

 Mabel, the officers of justice will soon tr 

 footsteps, they will arrest me, 

 I will pay the pt 

 with the life which is a burden 

 all is over, — when your husban 

 ignominious death, — then, Mabel Vincent, d 

 not say I never gave you any proofs of my love 

 At your hands will God Require my soul, f 

 have been inj destroyer!" 

 With a loud cry, Mabel sunk fainting 

 she heard a 

 claiming, '* What! darling, ha' 



upon the frank 

 husband, and to 

 realize with a grateful heart that she bad been 

 dreaming! They were still the humble, but 

 happy and honorable inmates of the cottage; the 

 princely mansion, and all its gilded misery, had 

 faded into the shadowy 



looked in vain for the blue silk, which had been 

 the token of the first downward step, and 

 " mingled pen; 



husband's side, and tbrowin 

 exclaimed, "Oh ! n 



away, and I spoke so unkindly to you,— . 

 you forget it all, and love your wayward Mv 



sealed 

 kiss, then added 

 I do forgivo you, though it 



iplain to-Digbt, and to know that all my 

 labor for our mutual happiness and prosperity 

 failed to satisfy you of my affection. But I 

 is— you did not really mean what you sa 

 lut a passing whim, not the sober eunvicl 

 of my true-hearted wife. We will still be Ini] 

 little homo, and bye-and-bye you shall h 



ii* career, and the gliding years found him rap- 

 dly advancing in the esteem ol the n 

 is well as rising j p the -cute of wmldly prosperity. 

 [irgeotle wit..- was to Dim, meanwhile, a blessing 

 nid an aid. Iier love and her sympathy wvrt 

 icver withheld, and after they had, in reality, 

 exchanged tbe home of 



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funded by all tl 

 ure, Mabel Vin 

 simplicity and < 



SINFUL HOUSEKEEPING. 



It hh a busy day with me. How many such 

 I every week bring with it I Moroiog "chores" 

 abundance— little lunch baskets to prepare for 

 boot— little faces and hinds to wash— relrsciory 

 oks, missing buttons, knotted brings, all to be 

 ranged at lbs moment. Fretful baby to quiet 

 d amuse— an early dinner to gel— table provision 

 company, upon the shortest notice 



lies that wealth could 

 ill retained the child- 

 triithfulneFO that bad 

 d and noble husband. 



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sharp guad in Hn 

 oil this burden, loy that ensily-bescttii 

 lully-concea'ed sin, the determination that every- 

 thing should be done with just so much nicety and 

 exactness as I deemed essential to "good house- 

 keeping." 



Surely never before was baby half so irritable as 

 this day !— never half so unwilling to sit upon the 

 carpet and please himself. I had some misgivings 

 the difficulty with which be had 

 cut tbe former teeth, and the possibility of 

 of the convulsions; yet how many items, in the 

 order and arrangement of my house, must I neg- 

 lect, if I gave my time to him? And the rest of 

 the children, too— it seemed as if they would never 

 get off to school. Books mislaid— slate lost— and 

 ited for a deficient composition ! I 

 thought Job certainly bad never tried a mother's 

 perplexities, when he won the palm for patience. 

 Yet, secretly, conscience was worrying 

 of all— for if I would but omit the polishing of cer- 

 tain articles of table use, upon which I was bent, I 

 knew I might soon find little Emma's book, and aa 

 for Charlie's slate, I remembered that some little 

 school-mates were amusing themselves with it the 

 day before, seated in the wood-shed, where no 

 doubt it was left. But I was too much provoked 

 by the successive vexatious to be willing to redeem 



sere." " No, 1 think not," answered the affec- 

 >''■ huabano " Well," Jerrold interposed, "I 

 k the lady who weare Ibem ought to know." 

 "Bot ("called out Brown, to the waiter nt Bam** 

 me boy, Mr; I'm no hoy. Sir," said the 

 -r. '■ then do ui you'd be done by," pat il 

 wn; "aud don't call this mutton lamb any 

 fcl" 





" Wl»i," aaH a man, looking for a buol-jack, 



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"I have places where I keep my things, and you 



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ought to know it." "Yes," said she, "I ought 





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to know where you keep your late hoars — but I 

 " I am certain, wife, that I am right and that 



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you are wrong; I'll hclmyearson it" " Indeed 



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husband, you shouldn't carry belting to txtnme 

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"The Law,' said Judge Ashurst in a charge, 



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*. THE SCHOOLSI 



"isopeii to all men, to the poor as well as the 





rich." "And so is the London Tavern," added 







Home Tooke, who was present. 



CLARK,S 



SCHOOL VISITOR, 

 Volume IV. 



