The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-11-15

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"Oh Charles !" said his wife, as he en-.
tered, "where have you been SO long I
have been very, very uneasy, and have not
closed my eyes in sleep since you leh. You
do not look well love--wlIst is the matte p
Nothing, dearest. Of consequence, only
my head aches, which richly deserve, for
having neglected you so long. / drank too
much wine yesterday. I didn'ttlink nv
hcud so weak. | assure you, my friends
made merry at my expense they declareds
could not bear more than lady. Thank
you, Emily, your cologne is really refresh
ing-ahcr all, you are my best physician !.
your bathing has nearly cured my head. |
will leave you COW, that you may get some
sleep naughty one, you have been weep
ing did do very wropg to remain away
SO long : could not avoid it."
Wrong no, M, only ! nm very fool-
isI. imagined all sorts Of dreadful ncci-
dents had befaIcn you--at one moment
fnncied you drowning; al another. that yotis
he'd fallen from your But now, that
sec you ngan, and see you well, il is all
forgo'ton."
Charles heart rcproachcd him bitterly
for the unensincss " hich he plainly saw he
had occasioncd his devoted Emily. and he
half determined never to leave her again.
Oh why, did lie not quite determine il I
why, did he not resolve, never again 10 bc
Iured from his happy home alas the re-
membrnucc Of yesterday, rose before him;
his head was quite well, and with the re-
turn Of health, came a fevcrisl, desire %
taste again the delights to which, ill tho
day before, he had been 50 long a stranger.
and which, upon reirospcclion appeared
brighter than rainbow tints--besides. (oh
how many plar<ible excuses We find fbr
our folly y besides, he had promised bis
friends to join them again, soon, upon am
other excursion of pleasure. After ruil, there
was no harm in occasionally doing ~ other
people did--it could not be expected that
he should remain shut up ut home, dry
nursing his baby. Emily knew he loved
her. but couldn't wish him 10 b. confined,
because she was moreover, she siad often
urged him to join his friends, therefore had
no CAUSE to complain. Complain; ns ii
Emily wonld complnin-- size might pine,
might break her heart, might slie but nevs'
or complain.
Charles went. a. he hid engaged, upon
another parsy--but why repeat step b. step
his downward course every ono must an
iicipstc my taIc, for every one must have
seen how sure, though gradually, comes de-
siruction after the first step is snken; how
The heart becomes hardened, and weddcd,,
as il were, to vice, and shakes off the sa-
cred ties of religion, virtue, love; how The
avs of God mud man are broken, reyiIcds
upon; how the elegant, refined
,eing of education and talent, becomes de-
,ased, an object Of scorn aud dcrision, n:s
,utcast and by-word. Is tho picture
,vcrdrawnl | appeal to the mother. wI,os
n his infancy, pressed her boy to her bosom
ind predicted, all that a fond mother will
predict, of grent md good f;,r her sou WIN
ias socn him grow from boy to man, his
ieart sustained, his brow nncIouded who
,as gazed, and found no fault in him. I
appeal TO that mothcr--not, IN her day of
ny, but when that sons dereIiction has
brown cloud and blight upon her
When, in her grief, she prnys for ccatl,s
shen she regrets that the endearing name
'f mother ever belonged to her, TINT unto
,er son wns ever born.
appeal to the wife, the young, loving
wife, who has given her all Of earthly hope
o one pure ms herself; aud basking in the
Of happiness, the hnppineso Of
,oung love, forgets the world forgcis ey-
Try thing hat tLnt the heart, which she has
cnrcIed by the power Of affection, Is beat
~ for her alone. | appeal to the wife,
vben n change has come over her prospects,
er hopes darkened, her heart wounded, aud
Ter love thrown back neglected. When
Ter husbands vices have disgusfed all others
ven the mother who bore him /; when for
ner warm friends grow coId-sIc siill
Iings to him, with bleeding heard clings
o him. She knows him vile, she knows
lin despised, bur she loves him for she
owed him ere vice had set its stamp upon
,im. She seeks TO hide his faults, and To
Ioihc her face will, smiles, that the void
nay think her happy. Oh! wllnt hours Of
nxious misery must be that wife's lot! Is
er husbnnd ABSENT she starts nj every
oisc trembIes ut every STEP, drcading
ome new evil, some bitter modification. IL
e with bert the pleasure of his society is
,st in the knowledge that his home has
,st its attractions, that she has ceased 10
e sufficient to his heart, that he is now
norc the worlds than hers. is the picture
verdrawn7
Another year has passed since the bloonI-
" Emily became wife. Alas what
Ilange in ono short yenr; where is now
he bloom, the brilliant eye, the happy smile,
he elastic stepl one year has done the
Tork ef ten; tears have made for them
elves channels upon that face, and faded
he roses from that cheek. The young
mother, who, one brief year before, looked
orward to this time, with snticipalsd de- /.
ight. to hear her infant lisp fathers name,
low almost shudders At the sound. Aud
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