Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-08-09

there, ihefs within 40 rienn1N vans, tnef rsn-
not BE- ,nduleed. lie wen, home on Tuesday. IN
en- agony. to his no lees ,goniIcd wife. Sh. had
not .-~n him since tic Ffidsy bef re-. and ls very
look. alarmed her. snd size .ovolunisrly SHRINK
from hin. ~ from e lo,,h.ome end polluted beng.
lie fsce vas bioatsd like a blsdder filled With wind:
~. eyes red and swollen, and HE whole appearance
Wild and ~hsg-prd. The fond c~onGdirg Lesbis.
could sesrreiy recognize IN hin tic once gay and
callrni officer. the once noble sbd talented Roisnd,
sh1 IN csrliet days had won her hearts find devo.
ton. and bsde het feel Tie lns"fy 81 loves fret
dream. She could scarcely persuade herself that
he oncc bowed down At the shrine Of her youthful
besurv, TIC Acknowledged ard the favored yo,nty,
ere care bad vel . seal upor her brow and eve sur.
ROW bod wi,hered NJ the freshness Of her heart
IL D.. 10 he lsmrnicd. tisi men Of the most gcner-
90. hearts. and the, rnen of the finest and most
hrilliani islen's. IRE generally inclined 10 the vice
and habit, cr drinking. How many exalted iniollccts
hsvc been blasted how many generous hearts
hsvc brcp |bligl'ed by thai, greatest curse that man
ever ertslied upon hlmself.
Losbil, however, sull el0ng 10 him, with that
undylng devotion, for which woman has been cele-
bra,cd in every sge and country. She chung 10
him as The vine still clings to the LOT Y oak, which
has been rent and riycn by the lrhinigs of Heaven.
wiling To bind up his shattered frame, and shield
him from the keen blasts Of adversary. aud the scorn
Of n cold, unfccliny world. All nigh, he tossed
upon bis pillow. like q bark stranded upon a rock,
and dresnIt Of fortunes won and los, of tears. re-
morsc and suicide. The spectre Of injured limo
cence bcar,-brokcu. and 5espaitirg beneath a pa
rents cursc. stood before him in his %distempeted
sleep: hcr hair dishevcllcd With grief, and her eyes
streaming with tears. Again he iancied himself
convict in prison. chained to a iliniy floor. and dy-
ing like Tsntslu- With thirst, while the trimming
cup continually cluded HE grasp; and again he saw
his unhappy wife and child in rage, begging thro'
the streets q scanty subsistence HI saw her a, her
fathers door, pleading for admission TO that once
happy home. from which be bad cnticed her-hc
saw her imploring, with streaming eyes, q morssl
for her furnished child, and oh he saw her rpdely
repul-ed from the presence of those parents who
once ldoiized with a devotion due only 10 perfection;
and he awokc, struggling with emotions too painful
TO be endured. lie arose in the morning, sick even
to death, md trembling from head to foot as with
the palsy. A vogue fear Of sudden death ~pervaded
his mind, and n wild expression nlon. gave anima-
ton To his dead and blood shotten eye balls. lie
started with fear from The sudden glimpse Of h shad-
ow, CT from hearing an unusual sound. and his dis
c.sed Imagination transformed the common sppenr-
snce of things into spectral shapes, aud unearthly
features. lie was suffering some Of the horrors of
in,emrcrnncc, vet he vas only verging on the hor-
ror. of mania a potv. lie could scarcely take time
to clo,he himself, ere he tore himself from the arms
Of HE wife, dlsrcgardcd her cntIeutics 20 stay, and
fed to those shops where ruin is cold TO thousands
of infatuated beings. The effect of liquor had des.
troved his sppe:,e, and he ate nothing during
whole DAYS, nay weeks at a time. He next went
to the house TO which he was indebted, and sold the
building in which he lived, for half the value, fnr
the sake of a few hundred, which were HE over the
amount he owed. With this in his pocket, he
sh,nned the home where niourucd the lovely Young
bride. " bose heart he won and made w%retched, and
took up his abode with a wretched female. who
cherished him. only that she NIGH, rob him Of the
last dollar he possessed. Here he drank aud gam
hlrd, while Lesbia was actually suffering for the
necesssries of life. yet keeping from the world a
know ledge Of her hopeless condition, and the base
abandonment, Of her husband. She, however, die
covered his retreat, and al night went nnd impIored
him to return. The guilty wretch who harbored
him. drove her from the house, and Weeping she
returned To the cradle of her poor fatherless child.
As she sat medisiing upon her miserable condition,
she cas, her eye mp at the cage. and saw the poor
canary bird lying upon us back quisering in death.
She arose, took it in her hand and attempted to
feed II with the LIST bread she possessed, but IT
was in vain, for in 4 few minutes it expired, the vic
tim Of hunger. 10 the most Of her sorrows II had
been forgotten.
The next day came, md L.esbia was under the
necessity Of rswning n gold ring, given to her by
Roland at the time uf her marriage. Sine thus OBJ
tsincd bread ~hlch lasted some days. In the mean
tine al thst was IN the house was seized for Roll
and's debts. not leaving her even The cradle ia
which ,lpmbered her infant. Thus was she redu-
rcd 70 the last verge Of hunsn endurance. Whist
a change had three shoi' years made IN her condl-
ton. Then she enjoyed every luxury and hspri-
ness in her fathers house; now she was abandoned
By \ drunken wretch, who had promised in m.usge
10 luvc and protect her she was suffering all the
prlysiInns Of poverty, with \ SICK child. without
bread, without Srod. without sOficient clothing IN
IN Ia, lement season. and without money 10 bnv.
The news spread through the neighborhood. Tbs, q
lady Who hsd seen better days, was suffering for
The common neccssiues Of life. One nofniug Il
gcn,lemsa spd lady, richly a;ired entered and IN
quired # they could be Of service 10 her IN her dis-
tres. A. the ne, glsnos she recognized IN tire
gentleman a former suIior. who three or 'our years
before. solicited her hand and hsd been rejected -
Bat long suffering and hardship had 80 silered the
once beautiful Les5is, that Mr. Smith did not rec
ogniEe IN her. the angelic being At whose feet he