A TALE OF WEDDED LIFE. BY MRS. HUBBACK, AUTHOR OF "THE WIFE'S SISTER; OR, THE FORBIDDEN MARRIAGE," "Readers, the tale that I relate, COWPER. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: CHARLES J. SKEET, PUBLISHER, 10, KING WILLIAM STREET, CHARING CROSS. 249. V. 613. MAY AND DECEMBER. CHAPTER I. Hear a little further, And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon us; without the which this story Were most impertinent. SHAKESPEARE. BUSINESS was over for the day, and the numerous clerks of Mr. Cameron's establish They ment were preparing to leave the office. stretched and yawned as they rose from their several desks, as those do who throw off by an effort the fatigue of long application, or the weariness of oppressive thoughts. There was |