The Columbian fountain., 1845-11-22
WOMAN'S AFFECTION.

We had All instance of this sublime and
devoted attachment the other day, and we
felt, even under the circumstances by which
it was developed; how happy was the man
upon whom it was bestowed, and how poor
and desolate the heart which by any circum-
stance has forfeited such a treasure! In our
rambles through the city we happened to call
at temperance eating-house, when, as I'VE
turned from the street to make our entry up
on the premises, we noticed poor INSERT
bic looking man standing upon the sidewalk
he was decently clad, it is true, but his cour-
tenance and his nervous excitement, showed
us too plainly that he had been a victim ,of
intemperance. We had not been long sea-
ted in the room before we observed the poor
fellow tottering down the steps. !; he came in,
and taking seat at our side, asked to be
allowed to say few words to us. We lis
tened to his tale; il was soon told he had
been drinking to excess for five days, with
out once going home-it was not the. first
time he had been guilty Of such an outrage
upon the feelings Of a womanh he really loved
and the fifth night in state of intoxicalion,
he sought his home. He had boarded with
his wife's mother, and it was she who, in
despiteAof her daughters tears and entrealies,
turned him from her door. The poor wo-
man left her little ones aud followed him,
but he drove her back To her children, and
again he passed the night from his home
but it was to wander about the streets, and
It was the following day that he tollus His
tale OF woe. he was now without money,
and without a home. Our heart blela for
him; we persuaded and prevailed upon him
to sign the Pledge, and, in, company with
another Washingtonian, we went to the house
where he told us his mother-in-law lived
We saw the wife; she had been out all the
morning seeking him, but to no. purpose;
and she had returned home to weep. We
had an interview with the ri,other---wc told
her that her son-in-lAw kadsignsd the Plsdga
1--we told her that Kindness would reclaim
him, and the eloquent tears Of distress that
were flowing down the cheeks of his de-
voted wife, pleaded more strongly than any
language we could utter ssOh mothe-,
try Inn once more, know hehas good
heart % sobbed the affsctionate creature and
we blessed her as she spoke Her mother
relented, and promised to receive him again
without alluding to the circumstance of his
transgressions, and, thus assured, we return
ed to the house where we had left him wait
ing the result of our interview We went
with him to his home; his mother-in-law
opened the door-the anxious wife was at
the top Of the stairs-shc could not move,
but when he reached the landing she threw
her arms around his neck and sobbed for
very joy upon his shoulder II was too
much-we left the housel few DAYS
since we met the same individual in the
street; he held out his hand-he told US
that he had been several times to the house
where we first met him, expecting to find
US, that he might express his feelings of
gratitude, and insisted that we should call
upon his wife to receive her blessing; this
we did not do, but he informed us tIiat oha
had inviolably kept his Pedge--that his
mother-in-law had kept her promise, and
that both himself and his wife were as hap
py as they could wish This was a sufi-
cient reward for us--and that woman's love
saved her husband.-.N Y. Temp. Oiio.