Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1831-12-03
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: nc Ia also .hrowaa Large amount Of
: saoe.es IN bank notes with them. which
: 1t vss too late to >avr. He then rush
!. *. Ike a Isadasn from the house. no
I a.le Laew whittier. AID left the ami
t5Ee Ellen and her sisters in n state
5tno-de,ing on despair.
+, Night csuse. and the rex, t.as pas
.'sed. but TIC unfortunate Richard re-
'sssr.es: rot. The clerks in the sto9s.
Uniformed the weeping family that he
; Hook "A large ainount OF nscaey. rrd
i went down towards the steam boat:
sss.ss further Mel krew. s..issa IL
FIti.e course oftsa week II was dis9nser-
Jed BY 4 young man from New losk.
/ Edward Livingston. that he went to
THAT city, carrying with him the iicsf-
'ticai woman whom be become eaa-
mored Of in the theatre. and tha' Re
had lost all the money at the gaming
table which he had carried away.
being destitute and unable to return.
/ Had dagger been plunged 70 the
heart Of the diseonseiate Ellen. it
could rot have been moro severe
i The loss Of his money ste could have
borne with the hope that ii might re-
call him to reason; hut that he should
forsake the woman that loved him
with all iier heart. and take up with
common strnmpet. was moro than she
could bear. aud she swooned in tie
arms ofCaroiine, who sobbcd aloud Is
she gazcd upon the pale features. and
thought Of the sorrows, o.. her injured
sister.
The next day q letter arrived from
New York, requesting one hundred
dollars to pay his debts. and expenses
home. THAI the pro'ligste Richard was
"a ?enltent mar. ard wished 10 return
to his dear wife and sisters. Words
cannot express the joy Of Eiicn, and
the money was despatchci immediate
". But SO infatuated was Richard
that be went immediately to the gam
bling table. with the determination of
taking one thre. OF tifty dollars. ard
then return home. lie vert accord
inel,. and at the FIRST throw he won.
Tic idea struck him that aa sssic re-
win his SIX thousand back. and contin.
ued 10 play till midnight, when he
foncd himself IN advance Of what lie
bad lost several hundred dollars. Ii
will no; ID 10 omit with suea good luck,
he said, AVID gulphcd down glass Of
brandy. while tie continued the game.
Before day dawned upon the highest
spire he had lost every cent, and un-
der the necessity OF borrowing twenty
dollars to take him home.
40. why does he not cone p SAID the
faithful Ellen. after tea, II long to see
him. though he has done so bad
''The boat has rot yet arrived.
guess,'' said Caroline. ms sf. weut 10
the door and looked down the street.
Il wish he would come, poor dear
man." continued Ellen, and lust at
that moment Richard entered. and
catching the sorrowiii countenance oil.
bis wife, he ran forward. knelt ut her
feet. and wept like child, while The
silent tear of mingled 10y and sorrow
stood in every eye in the room.
Forgive me, thou best OF women
he cried, sand never shall you weep
Tor me again.
"ifcayen knows I do forgive taco
with all my heart" replied Ellen, as
,he threw her arms round his aeck.
and buried her face in his bosom.
JOY once more sat upon the courte-
nance OF Ellen. Caroline and Emiiy;
out the strong passion in the brothers
breast was only quoted not Quelicd.
But for some time ii was only ohsers-'
I'd that he occasionally stole away with
.omc gambling club, dealt largely in
o.teries. and drank too much at times.
l ct unknown 10 his friends he lost
arse sums of money and was sinking
-apidiv. Every effort that affection
md humanity could make had been
ricd to wcan him from his vices: hut
hey were tried in vain. Restraint
nd opposition osssv seemed to facili-
ale his fall Neither the idea Of
ringing his asniahie wife ard gener-
US seEefscsor 10 poverty, nor the
bought that ii would murder his pa
eslts 10 heal al his disgrace. could ar
est him in his course. or obIiter.te the
ose oil gambling from biz soul. 1t Rad
,ccome 10 him Ike destiny IN Two or
hree short wears.
The time again arrived for mr. de-
,ar; ure. perhaps never 30 return again.
2 The interval o. time which elapsed,
almost forgot the circumstance. IN
II ! returned TO the scene again on a
riStt son.e three or four wears after
The store house which Richard had
coupled. was TOW occupied b aro.h-
sr: and I sought fer so~a.kUe iov2B