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SIMPLE. sUr TOUCHING .rosY.

SIMPLE, But TOUCHING nTORY.
The annexed tale is Of the most popular
Which NC have met with for many a day. Il is
PRizI Ess,r on the subject of TtsrERISes, and
may be- found, in the shape Of Tract, in tn
hands OF every reading passenger board the
steamboats,, East and West. Il il goiag the
rounds Of the press With high ard deserved com
menda,ion. So rich is it in the elements Of nstu-
rai simplicity, pathos, and truth. that the heart
mus, be- obduratc indeed that IS not soitencd nav
rate OF dissolut,, read Il without benefit, I'M
less lac be so ineorrsLc and utlcri, los, TO all
the sensibilties Of nature that nothing: but spark
from Heaven itself can illum,ne or warm 20 dark
and desolA'c a recess Is his unhappy bosom. Let
euery one regdn.
THE GOLD RING.
have one of the kindest husbands
be is carpenter by trade, and our
flock of little children has one of the
Aindcst fathers in the country. Twas
thought the luckicst girl in the parish.
when C. T made me his " lie.
| thought SO myself. Our wedding day
and twas happy onc-was but an
indifferent sample of those days of IA
tional happiness and uninterrupted har-
mony, which We were permitted to en-
JOY together for the space of six wears.
And although for the last three wears OF
our lives We have been as happy as we
were at the beginning, it makes nv
Strl tn - 4. A.
days and sad nights, that came between,
Tor two years of our union were years
of misery. well recollcct the first
glass OF ardent spirits that my husband
ever drank. He had been at he gro
Gerry TO purchase little tea and sugar
for the family; there we're three cents
coming TO him III change and uRlucki-
ly the Deacon, who keeps the shop, had
nothing but silver in the till and, as il
was a sharp frosty morning, he persuad-
ed my good man, To take his moneys
worth OF rum, for it was Just the price of
a glass. He came home in wonderful
spirits, and told me he meant TO have
me and the children better dressed, and
as ncighbor Barton talked of selling his
horse and chaisc, hc thought of buying
them both, and, when | said 10 him.
George, we are dressed rs we'll as We
can afford, and hope YOU will not think
of horse and chaisc, till We have paid
off the Squirc's mortgage" he gave
me n harsh look and bitter word.
never shall forget that day, for they
were the first he ever gave me in his
/ life. When he saw me shedding tears.
and holding my apron To- my face, he
SAID he was sosry, and came To Hiss me,
and discovered that he had been drink
ing, and il gIicyCd me to the heart
In short time after. v lille | wa, wash
ing up the breakfast .thing,. heard our
little Robert, who Mas only five wear,
old, crying bitterly, and, going TO learn
the cause, met him running TOYS ards
me With his face covered with blood.
( He said his father had taken him ON
his knee, and was PLAYING with him.
but had gwen him a blow IN the face on =
iy because he had said, when hc kissed
him, Dear papa, YOU smell like old l.
saac, the drunken fiddler" Nv hus-
band was very cross 60 US all through
the whole of that day but the next
morning, though he said little, he was
evidently ashamed and humblcd. and
he went about his work very indus
,triouSly, and was particularly kind Ia
little Robert. ] prayed constantly for
my good man, and that God would be-
pleased To- guide his heart arigid: and
more than week having gone by.
without any similar occurrence. / fat.
tered myself that he would never do so
again. But IN avery short time. eithc!
the Deacon was short Of change a. be-
fore, or some tempting occasion pre-
scntcd itself, which ms husband could
not resist. and be- returned home once
more under the influence Of liquor.
never shall forget tho expression Of his
countenancc when be- came in that
night! We had waited supper fall
hour for lis return: the tca pot va.
standing al the fire. and tie b1nnocks
were uniouchcd upon DE hearth. aud
the smaller children were beginning %
muunur Tor ilIeiT supper. There was ar
indie crbdblc cNprr .lun 81 defiance on
hH cOuutcnlncc. a. though be- wa con-
.cious Of having done wrong. and ~.
solved % brave u Out. We sat down
silently 10 supper and he scarcely rlis-
cd his eyes ulon any of "a, during TIA,
unhappy rcpasi. lie soon vent Ia bed
and tel asleep and after I bad lad
pur lii'lc ones to reFi. knrlt AZ thc fJoi
pi thc BID on Inch my pp,r ui.yuid-
90 husband was sleeping. and p5ursd
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