The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-05-31
NJ l S G f L L A n ECU S.
A Wife Worth Having.

The distinguished William Writ, with
IN SIX or eight months after his first mar
rage, became addicted to intemperance,
the effect Of which operated strongly
upon ,he mind and health Of his wife. and
IN lew months more she was numbered
with the dead. Her death led him to
leave the country where he resided, and
move to Richmond, where he soon rose
to distinction, But his habits hung a
bout him. and occasionally he was found
III folly and irollcsome spirits in bacha-
nalian revelry. His true friends expos
tulated with him, to convince him of the
injury he was doing himself But he
still PERSISTED. His practice began to fall
off, and many looked upon him as on
the sure road to ruin. lie was advised
to get married, with view of correcting
his habits. This he consented to do, il
the right person Offered. lie accordingly
paid his addresses to Miss Gamble. AZ
ter some months attentions, he asked her
hand in marriage. She replied:
"Mr. Writ, | have been well aware of
your intentions for some time back, and
should have given yon to understand that
your visits were not acceptable, had ]
not reciProcattd the affection which YOU
evnced for me. But | cannot yield nv
assent until you make pledge never to
taste, touch or handle any intoxicating
drinLs.n
This reply to Mr. Writ vas as unex-
peced as it was novel. His reply was
that he regarded The proposition as bar
to all further consideration on the sub
iect, and left her. Her course TO him was
The name as ever-his, resentment and
neg lect. In the course of week, he
went again and solicited her hand. But
l:er reply was her mind was made up.
lie became indignant and regarded the
terms proposed as insulting to his honor,
and avowed it should be the last meeting
they should ever have. lie took to
drinking worse and seemed TO run head
long to ruin.
One day, while lying in the outskirts
oil the city, near little grocery or grog
shop, dead drunk, a young lady, who ii
ls hot necessary to name, in passing that
way TO her home, not far of, beheld him
with his face up,urned to the RAYS of a
scorchIng sun. She took her handker-
Chief with her own name marked upon it,,
and placed it over his face. After he had
remained in that way for some hours, he
was awakened. and his thirst being SO
great, he went into the little grocery or
grog-shop to get drink, when he dis
covered the handkerchief, which he look
ed at, and the name that was on it. After
pausing few minutes, he excaimed:-
Great God who left this with ne?
Who placed it on my face2" No one
knew. lie dropped his glass exclaiming.
"Enoush! enough"
lie retired instantly from the grocery.
forgetting his thirst bu, not the debauch,
the handkerchief or the lady-vowing, if
God gave him strength, never to touch,
taste or handle intoxicating drinks.
To meet Miss G. was The hardest effort
Of his life. If he met her in her carriage
or on foot, he would dodge the nearest
corner. She at last addressed him nole
in her own hand, inviting him to the
house, which he finally gathered courage
enough to accept. He told her if she
still bore affection for him, he would
agree to her own terms. Her reply was.-
"My conditions now are what they
ever have been"
"Then," said the disen.hralled Writ,
Il accept Them"
They were soon married, and from that
day he kept his word, and his affairs
Frightened, while honors and glory gath T.,