The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-11-21
BURLINGTON, l. T., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1899.

/ -- -. WHAT fool / amir con-
tnued ne. s'what wre.c hed, misera-
bic being! Can reform? Will these
oloated cheeks ever again resume the
hue OF health? Will these limbs, TINT
4 now tremble like an aspen ever again.
be steady? Will this burning fever
I De quenched? O Harriet! nv wife
how bitterly have | wronged the
/ who ought to have--but, o Heavens!
cannot provide for her! | am ruin
ed! The ample fortune that my ia
Their gave met is gone--gone with
my health and happiness. And if that
were all, could still hope. But nv
Wlfe's my wiIe's inheritance, that IS
gone also! All, all, is engulphe.l in
the accused deep Of that worse than
Hell, where demons in human shape
deal out destruction in the wine cup?
y, is there no revenge? No, no, no?
am my own destroyer-anl they
they, the wretches who have swept
away nv all, even they begin to des-
pise me, they sheer at me, and alrea-
DIV hint at my destruction. O what
!, is more horrible than the life Of the
drunkard!'
The inebriate wept. His head was
racked by pains from the last even
ing's debauch, and now that the diff
culties of his situation were forced
home upon his thoughts in this hour Of
reflection, his soul was stricken. He
sohbed like child.
The door was gently opened, and
young, pale mltron, stood bending
over the wenper. she was beautiful;
but the palencss Of her cheek, and
anxious glances of her eye, told how
much she had suffered from the hui
initiation of him she still too fonIly
loved. She bent over him, AMI SIN 20
thing back the shaggy locks thathung
over his forehead, and wiping away
his scalding tears with the white scarf
4 that covered her bosom, she imprint
ed a long kiss upon his burning brow.
0, how true is wolnan's lovo! The
wretched being before her had ne
, elected, and injured, and reduced her
to begyary--he had become 4 degra-
ded sot--his person was offensive
his breath was like the nnsome vapors
Of the dis,il|ery, and his miserable
. frame was mass Of bloated and sut-
: fering mortality. Harriet still loved
her husband. With all his transgres-
sions, he was true to her--his vice
was beastv intemperance. Sac would
forgive him, and do any thing in her
!. power to save him, whom she loved.
!, "Wiliam said she, are YOU not faint
Have you breakfasted! What can
do for YOU, my dear hubani!"
20 curse me! Harriet-Curse me
+ Don't talk mildly TO the wretch whc
has 50 baselv injured you. 0 that
e had the courage 10 -
. '.To what, my dear nusband-tc
REFORM! Osav that word dear Will ny
! and | will do any thing for YOU
will work will beg-I will do al
that a woman can do, that is not wilt
% and sinful to save you.''
= ssHarriet!'' said he, 81 was about :,
y say if | had the courage to die.
r, should have one consolation. But
e. have not-no, mop
ssStay this emotion, my husband; !
= said Ilarrie,-''Say you will try to re
- form, and you will make me happy
NJ o, William, do make the trial, | be
c seech you-if not for my sake, we
in for the sake Of your.little ones--ot
don't deny my prayers"
The husband and wife, that da
It's partook OF a frugal dinner in their Ii
C tie apartment, the Test she could pre-
to vide with her scantv means. He ha
-, renewed his solemn promise to reforl
al She knew he had often promised; bl
. hope never fors;,kes a true hearte
IN wife; and as she talked with him
bout their children, and laid plans L
the future, his countennnce SCENE
e once more to resume an expresslo
o such as had won her youthful hear
lgs That afternoon was u happy or
The for both. In the evening they wal
let ed out upon the blttefy, anu LUX
Of hopes that had been bIighted, al
Of happiness they would hen:etor
strive to secure. l4eisure!y they wa
the ed home to their apartments. ;
on, had placed her smiling children
G.. g, their, little cot, and smoothed do1
:, the pillows to make sweet the sic
.he Of the cherubs; and had just turn
ich to leave them, when she heard a 10
du- laugh, in the street, and Il call OF So
one for Fltz Roy. A loud knock
i'd at the door, instantly satisfied her
:, the nature of their errand. She 81
zee. into a chair. She knew that her h
bands companions were ut the thre
!. hold; but she had hopes that he v
had SO lately pledged his word tor ..
er to shun them, would not again
led ,stray. For some time he NJ
EE. no answer to the intruders. Bat
oble last, wearied with their lmportunl
with bo went TO the door, and for hall