The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories.

The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories.
silent tears; they mingle with the waves, and take a last farewell of their agitated home, to seek a peaceful dwelling among the rolling floods; yet there is a voice rushing from her breast, that proclaims victory along the whole line and battlement of her affections.  That voice is the voice of patience and resignation; that voice is one that bears everything calmly and dispassionately, amid the most distressing scenes; when the fates are arrayed against her peace, and apparently plotting for her destruction, still she is resigned.

Woman’s affections are deep, consequently her troubles may be made to sink deep.  Although you may not be able to mark the traces of her grief and the furrowings of her anguish upon her winning countenance, yet be assured they are nevertheless preying upon her inward person, sapping the very foundation of that heart which alone was made for the weal and not the woe of man.  The deep recesses of the soul are fields for their operation.  But they are not destined simply to take the regions of the heart for their dominion, they are not satisfied merely with interrupting her better feelings; but after a while you may see the blooming cheek beginning to droop and fade, her intelligent eye no longer sparkles with the starry light of heaven, her vibrating pulse long since changed its regular motion, and her palpitating bosom beats once more for the midday of her glory.  Anxiety and care ultimately throw her into the arms of the haggard and grim monster death.  But, oh, how patient, under every pining influence!  Let us view the matter in bolder colors; see her when the dearest object of her affections recklessly seeks every bacchanalian pleasure, contents himself with the last rubbish of creation.  With what solicitude she awaits his return!  Sleep fails to perform its office—­she weeps while the nocturnal shades of the night triumph in the stillness.  Bending over some favorite book, whilst the author throws before her mind the most beautiful imagery, she startles at every sound.  The midnight silence is broken by the solemn announcement of the return of another morning.  He is still absent; she listens for that voice which has so often been greeted by the melodies of her own; but, alas! stern silence is all that she receives for her vigilance.

Mark her unwearied watchfulness, as the night passes away.  At last, brutalized by the accursed thing, he staggers along with rage, and, shivering with cold, he makes his appearance.  Not a murmur is heard from her lips.  On the contrary, she meets him with a smile—­she caresses him with tender arms, with all the gentleness and softness of her sex.  Here, then, is seen her disposition, beautifully arrayed.  Woman, thou art more to be admired than the spicy gales of Arabia, and more sought for than the gold of Golconda.  We believe that Woman should associate freely with man, and we believe that it is for the preservation of her rights.  She should

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