Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-10-24
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4, 1885 SrssER Al
TIE horse wasl led away 10 the state; sic
heard the doug nm. md the key turn. and
presently De Lacy pSged at the door.-
She few ,oapen n. and her husband enter
ed with wild and agi'ated air, pale and
besmeared with mire and blond.
sIaAhe name of heayen,r cried Mary,
3wbef.is this SONY trifle woman,
Bob threw the. and my nose b.ed a little
She feared TO in'erroga:e him further, for
his ruled and morose humor was forbid
ding; she pressed him 20 partake Of the
supper she had kept ready for him. and
endeavored TO soo.he by kindness and az
tention the gloomy mood in which she
found him. He refused to eat, however,
and after sitting with his hand clenched
some moments on his forehead he rose ;,
took Il heavy draught of brandy, and threw
himself on the bed.
Mary laid down beside him, but not to
sleep, or if a momentary doze came over
her, her waking fancy pictured to her rest
less and anxious mind the feverish dreams
Of a disordered brain. She rose az the
first glimmerlng Of day broke upon the
green valley, and walked out TO the spring
to 5athe her burning brow in the cool
clear waters of the flowing brook. She had
been there but few moments, before two
men rode rapidly up the road, and entered
the ka!ewav-she fastened to the house
and thev entered with her, enquiring FOR
Mr.. Delaney and seeming in too E,uch
haste to wait even the common forms Of
civili,v. '.@ u
.,sQeI sancy lay still asleep, and when they
, ,!e reused him and laid their hands
olfm, be sprung up in kind of fren-
zy.ns!'hat, so saonr" cried he, "why who
told you killed him. at is enough
cred one of them-ewho asked you TO
accuse yourself? how come you to know
he was killed? Come, we must search
you" Delaney stood ashasi; in the per-
,urbat.on OF the moment he had betrayed
hmself-te had been taken unprepared :
and as they drew from his pockets the mon
ey and watch Of the murdered man, he
trembled excessiveIy-"Ah, the Devil has
done for me at last" said he, throwing Il
wis;ful glance AT his two sweet infants as
they lay smiling in their infant slumbers
on the bed, locked in each others arms
and then towards his wife, who, in agony
of despair, at this sudden burst of over.
whelm:ng misfortune On herself and chill.
dren-and Of ignominy and shame on hun
who was dear to her as her hearts blood
vile end dishonored as he stood before hel
on the fatal morning. stood pale and fixed
as cold statue BY the bedside. Il have
ruined you all, said he "Ra4 ne whom
| slew first ruined me; he won n thousand
dollars from ne last night; killed him;
got my money back, and now my life Is
forfeited Oh, why was linked with this
internal spirit. Gambling has ruined me
and those whose fortunes were bound up
in mine forever. oh Mary; my poor wife
! my poor dear babes" lie raved, and raw.
ed, but they hurried him away and boune
his manly arms with thick cord, and LEI
! him between their horses from his beauti
! iul cottage home.
| They had not gene far before .hey hca,t
distracted voice behind them; DeLancy's
wife was following; her barr hanging abou
her shoulders; her feet bare, and her ever,
feature betoaening the very horror Of an
gulsh. ''Stay moment; oh stay! SPEAK
to me Gco.ge; oh what viii become o
your poor wife and Children" The off
GERS only increased in their speed, ant
I Delaney went on viii his hands folded
and his brow bent in desperate and siIen
despair. Poor Mary. after following then
more than two miles, turned ana wen
back, crying loudly and bitterly all the way
! Georges trial and condemnation follow
ed speedily. He plead guilty. Mar,
went TO see him in gaol, bu, he told her a
parting that it would bieak his heart T.
see her again. This proved to he an I'm
ted by all her friends, amid the crush q
her morning hopes-she pinned away i,
her solitary home, day after day, and wa
at last found dead in her cottage, with
babe on each arm, early one morning, bv
pas ser BY, who was attracted to the hous
! by the crying of the infants. DeLanc
never knew her fate. though lie was no
executed for almost two months afte.
wards.
! Thus ended the lie Of Gambler, il
utter ruin to himself and family, in doubl
/ and deso,at,ng crime.
/ Not long since two sailors passing alon,
by tallor's shop observing the tailor a
work with his coat off, and having the bac
OF his waistcoa. patched with different col
ors of cloth, induced The sons Of Neptun
ito crack a joke upon the poor fellow, whe
/ enc of the tars observed TO the other, Loo
! We Jack, did you ever see so many sorts {
cab5ages grow upon one stump before!
i An ingenious artisan has cons:racte
the model of new printing press, b
which it is believed ten thousand ifnpres
sions of the largest sized newspaper ca
De struck off in the short space Of one hos
& forty minutes. Il is no small recommel