The Washingtonian., 1845-06-14

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You pretend to "Love, Purity, and Fideli-
lty." Where is your Love for me! Where is
your Purity! Where is your Fidelity when
you refuse this to my love, after you solemnly
pledged yourself when you married me, Charles,
to love and honor me Is this honoring or low
| ing me? Ii you Think So i do not
While Mrs. ---- was eating ice cream, Amy
o. came in. Being now in better humor,
(lce is an excellent prescription in these mat
ters y she managed 10 receive her husband very
admirably, when athalf-past ten he returned.
He looked gratiied at the change in her, but
made no remark before Miss O. AT length he
said, smiling ashe looked at his WIFE
Miss Amy my wife has scolded me little
for being Son of Temperance, you know
She tried tohave me stay in tonight; but as
was on the sick committee could not very
well. am thankful did not he said impress
siveIy; would you like to hear he added, ad-
dressing the young lady, where have been!'
| Yes ahe answered, laughing, Let us hear
sir, some of your great benevolent dongs =
.After had walked five minutes from my
door, turned into - street, and with some
difficulty found the house sought 1t was
small andof humble exterior. knocked, and
poor, thin. pale young woman came to the
door. asked if Mr. --. lived there She said
he did. told her had come to see him, hav-
ing Just heard Of his illness.'
He is indeed i'll, sir am glad you have
come to see him, sir Are you a Son Of Tem-
perance 2 she asked with an eager look.
yes
Then all is we'll for US = she answered most
gratefully. He is my husband, sir. He has
not been we'll for this six weeks. And for the
last ten days he hasa't been able to work an
hour put it all together. This worried him,
and made him right sick at last. Well, sir, as
his daily earnings were eat up by the four
children as fast as they came in, if he lost a
day, it was robbing the mouths that depended
upon him; and he has been paid low Of late |:
there are SO many cordwsiners, who are nc.
married, that work for very little. So he or
sick and took to bed with fever 'And hs,y
oug has he been so ill!' Four weeks, ais
sAnd why has he not made it know EAe
Order?'
Sc told him; but he said no. +, he
would keep from the funds of the 81 IN the
last minute SO he made me s. g I'd that
for food, and to buy medicine
tThis sensitiveness was ta rr,no' told
her. sThe fund was inr own contribu-
ton. He was entitled "a rioht. II is
never regarded in the y rs.'
But he felt that it, is as.,s
Well, sir, we struggled on, nu
proved worse, and nothing to Sc. y. oU =
to eat made him tell me who was arch
| Of the Division, and SO put on my bonnet when
he was asleep, and goes straight to his house.
He received me kindly, and said my husband
should at once be attended to; and that's only
an hour since, and here you are already, sir,
come to see me-
She pressed my hand with tears and express
sions Of the deepest gratitude. | entered the
sick mans room. He lay upon bed, reduced
to skeleton. He turned his large glazed eyes
upon me, and smiled as he recognized me.
you have come to poor mans house, SIR
he said, as if mortified at his poverty. Il did
not expect SO soon to call upon the charity Of
the Order
You are claiming of me only your right and
my Duty said. No Son Of Temperance can
be regarded as an object of charity. He is
looked upon as distressed brother, and the
duties extended to him are those of love. We
owe each other only love, 1t is this that has
brought me here m
He smiled gratefully, and pressed my hand
with his skeleton fingers, which were hot to
the touch found that he and his family were
perfectly destitute. There was no cooling
medicine for him; no food for them. His wife
said that the children had eaten nothing since
dinner, and were going to bed, crying for food,
aad she had, for their sake, eaten nothing since
the night before!
oh horror dreadful exclaimed both
Amy and Mrs. --, in tones of pity and
sympathy.
Il instantly went out and fastened to the
next grocery; there filled my handkerchief
with bread, cheese, cakes, and oranges for the
sick man, and paper of tea and sugar; and in
my hand bore a quart of fresh milk With these