The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-03-21
]. M'GoNAGLE, Editor & Proprietor.

sAll nonsense Mrs. Peters, replied warmly;
ANY woman IS a fool to feed herselfup with such
fancies There is only one true remedy, and
that is separation. That's what I'D do, and what
every womaI Of sense ought 10 do. Don't tell
me about hope of reforming. It's all nonsense.
You would not catch me breaking my heart after
that fashion ior any man. Not l.
The more Mrs. Grimes and Mrs. Pitts, and
others present urged their side of the question,
the more pertinaciously did she maintain the po-
sition, she assumed, until Mr., Peters could not
| help feeling somewhat vexed and some little
lhurt. He being her husband and the only one
Iwho could possibly hold the relation toward herI
of a drunken husband, ho must be the manto-I
wards whom al her indignation was directed
under tho imagined possibility Of his becoming al
tippler.
After a while thesubject was dropped, and atI
the, close Of the social evening, the friends sepat-
atcd and. went to theE own homes. ~
4 twas, perhaps two months from the period at
(which this conversation occurred, that Mr. Peters
left his home early in the evening, to attend a
political mceting-politics at the time running
high, and hard cider flowing as freely as water.
HE wash the habit ofattendlng such meetings
land Of partaking of his portion of cider, and at
! times OF ofsomothing stronger, but as ne was So
Der man. and man toe, ofstronggoo sense and
firm principles, the tl4ought of his ever partaking
too freely never crossed the mind Of his wife:
Regular Id his habits he was rarely out after
ten O'Clock on any occasion, But this time, ten
lcame, and even eleven, bat he was still away,
This was a circumstance SO unusual that his
wife could not help feeling degree Of uneasi-
lness She went to the door and listening for
him, after tbo clock had struck eleven, and stood
there for some time, expecting every moment to
hear the sound Of his footsteps in the distance
But she waited in vain, and at last re-entered the
house, with troubled feeling.
AT last the clock struck twelve, and almost al
the same time she heard her husband at the door
endoaIorng to open it willie dead latch key
In this he was not successful from some cause
and thinking that she might have turned the key
Mrs. Peters went quietly and opened the door fo
him. She found that she had not locked it.
As she lifted the latch, the door was thrown
suddenly against her, and her husband came stag
gering in. AS he passed her, he struck agains
The wall Of thespassage e-Icbounded- Struck thu
other side, and then fell heavily upon the floor.
The dreadful truth instantly flashed upon.her
He was drQak For moment her heart ceaset
against the wall to keep her from falling. Thel
ali the tender emotions Of the heart rushed freel
into activity 1t was her own husband who la,
before her, overcome by thenaster spirit OF stron!
Idrink With almost superhuman strength, sh
raised him up, although large man, and sup
ported him by the arm until she got him up stair
aud laid him on the bed. BY thistne he seem
led pef1ccii3 stupid, and OILY ulE blcd t5s5isss
ties of his wife.
After some time she got him undrcsscd and i
bod Buthe grew moro and more stupid over
% moment.
ssOh, whafif ho should diet the poor wife moar
= ed anxiousEy, while the tears that had at frs
gushcd out atiIl continued to flow ffeoly Sh
is also washed bis face with cold water and tric
m various means TO arouse him fromthc lethargy c
to drunkenness But all to no purpose.
At last, despairng oEsuccos, she laid down be
ed side him. in tears, drew her arms around his nocl
vo- and laid her face tendorly a~% -.y4lts .s,.;,
me She hadlaid thus foE about five minutes, wht
Die her husband called her name in a whisper.
Oh how, eagerly did she listen after her re
,.itiponse tsaato call.
it 1Ifmy Mtsbaad 3sere to do SOL
in As he said this still in a whisper, buta very e
pressige one, he lookcdher stcadfas0yin the fax
rs, with rogush twinkle Of the eye and quiverir
oftho lips, the muscles Of which could with d
iculty restrain from wfeathing thoseaexpressi,
18th organs into merry smile.
hy Mrs. Peters understood the whole scene in
moment, and boxed her husbands ears sound
on the spot for very joy,--whle he laughed U
to til his sides ached as bad as his ears.
or In all after discussions upon the various IL
do fortunate relations of man and wife Mrs. Pete
en- was very careful how she declared her course
action, were she placed in similar circumstance
,ol- If in any case, she was led unthinkiugly to
his $50, the remark Of her husband, made With ?
to Iculiar infection Of the voice: oh, yes if i
tile husband were to do so'--hud The happiest eiie
TIL, imaginable, and instantly put an end to the {
TO- profitable discussion