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

I live, even should the whole future be q,
dark az the present-but il will NOT, ihsrs
is hope, even for Us. You will soon be
we'll we IRE young, we can work, and .he
thought, Thar we work for each other, will
nerve Us to the task. Come love, cheer up
believe me, would not give the blessed in
surnncc that now lights up my soul, for all
the world has To give--the assurance that
my husbands lore has returned 10 his
wife,"
And you will not return to your faith
er1"
"No: don's ask me again tn never
leave you."
"Then, Emily, hear me swear
"No, love, do not swear know all you
would say"
"StiIl hear me. If ever rise from this
bed Of sickness, by the blessing Of God, !
swear, TO devote my future life wholly and
solely to you. I will work for you, be your
servant, yonr slave, strain every nerve, ill
the rose again blooms upon your cheek. |
will live or die for you"
I, is now necessary to 60 back a little in
my tale in order to inform the reader of
some events glanced at in the above scene.
The course Of dissipation in which
Charles had plunged very soon wa ted his
property, and left him at the mercy of the
wretches who had planned and worked his
ruin. The home in which he lived, and
which he purchased shortly after his reno
val into it, he retained the longest, even af-
ter every article Of furniture it contained
was heavily mortgaged.
At length the house went too, and he
was dcsttute-he prevailed upon the mis-
creant into whose hands it had fallen, to
leave It on mortgage a certain time, 10 the
vain hope Of being able to redeem IL lie
shrunk from informing his wife Of the ex-
tent Of ruin into which he had plunged her,
Of enconniering her fearful blue eye bent
reproachingly upon him. He, even yet, un-
derstood not the depths of Emily's charac-
ter, and dreaded reproaches from lips that
had not learnt their vocabulary.
One evening Charles as usual, joined his
associates at the gaming table, when the
person alluded To became importunate that
he should either redeem the house or leave
it. Heated with wine, and maddened by
the insolence of the being who, n shor, time
before, had cringed and fawned upon him,
he bade them do their worst, at the same
time accusing them of cheating, and threat
ening 10 expose them. They laughed al
his strcats, but took him at his word, and
bade HIM lead the way to the house, and
remove his family.
Emily was sitting up, watching beside
her little boy, who was sick, when her hus
band entered and bade her take the child
and leave the house, for it was no longer
his. She begged to be allowed to seniair
through the night, urged her child's sick
ness, and SAID she dared not take him out
In vain were her entrca,ies, she was order.
cd to leave the house to its righ,ful owne,
Turning from the hardened villain who la
whittier they were to go 7"
"You can go to your fathers with th
'lchild," he answered.
al shall 90 with you, Charles, be tha
where it will"
"Then you will pass the night in tn
street; for | have not where to lay m,
head"
Emily, without answering, took erchild
and wrapped hin, in cloak, and told he
husband she was ready. He led the wa,
directly to MIR. Proctor's, but Emily deci
dedly refused. to enter unless he did find
ing all persuasion useless, he led the wa
, out Of town. That night the delicate, fai
Emily, lodged in barn, her sick child pill
,, lowed on her breast. In the morning h
was much worse, exposure to the night ri
had increased his disease to n frightful dc
: gree-before another night closed in, h
: lay corpse upon his mothers lap.
will not attempt To describe the agony
Of the mother, nor the remorse of the guilt
father; words could give no adequate ide
! of either. Another night they passed be
: Geath barn, their dead child beside them
: The mex, morning they went FORTH uucer
: tain where to direct their steps, yet instinc,
:, ively leaving the city--thcy continued thei
! course towards the country. Charles pro
cured some bread and milk at hunbl
!, cottage, of which, faint and exhausted b.
: grief and want of nourishment, they bot
= partook. At night they reached little vii
lagc, where they found shelter in a peas
ants cottage ill they had their child buried
by turns had they horne him in their arn,
all day, and to part with him seemed lik
y again seeing him die.
IN few days they made arrangement
with poor widow, proprietor and sole oc
$ cupant of the miserable hovel alluded ia
! aud became inmates Of her dwelling. EN-
u lily was to perform the household Offices
aud Charles to procure means of subsistence,
u as soon ms possible. Scarcely had they
procured shelter for their heads wher
Charles was taken sick; n brain fever, &c
cnsioned by the s,ings of remorse and con
e triton, working upon frame, debilitate,
by dissipation. reduced him to the brink q
the grave, into which he must have sunl