The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-04-02
,rIIE REFoRMEp.


cause. urged hsr to 20 to this meeting, which
Alice did, although with feeling Of reluc-
,asce. The house was crowded above and
bslow, preliminaries usually appertaning
10 such meetings having been arranged, a
brief opening address was made by one of
the ministers. Aretormed man theh rela-
led his experience with great effect After
he had finished there was pause Of nearly
minute. AT length a mar, who had been
seated far back, with his face partly TUNED
from The audience, roso slowly and moved
10 tho front Of the stage. 5R h
A halEsuppressed exclamation escaped
Alice, ashe eyes caught the well-known
fsatures Ofhim who had bsen her husband,
while a quick thrill ran through her. Then
her frame trsmbled in accord with her fattar-
ina heart The face of Mr.. Delaney was
greatly changed since she had last looked
upon il. Its calm, dgnifed elevation had
been restored, but with what difference2---
What before was cheerful, was sad, very sad.
"Mr President" he began, in broken voice,
"although lhad consented at your argent So
lisitation, 10 address this large asse mbly To-
night, vet have felt SO strong reluctance
70 deiag so, that il has been with tho utmost
difficulty could drag myself forward. But
had passed my word, could not violate it.
As 10 relating my experience, that do not
think can venture upon. The past dare
not recall. Would 10 Heaven that just ten
years Of m) life we're botted out" "
The speaker paused moment, already
much affected. Then resumingn frmer
voice, he said. a ,8M .t ..st
"But something must be said Of my own
ease, or | shall fail TO make their impression
en- your minds that i wish TO produee.
"Pictures Of real life touch the heart with
power, while abstract presentations Of trsth
glitter coldly in the intellectual regions OF the
mind. and them fade from the perception
like figures in q diorama. l5s w
"Your speaker once stood among the FIRST
nembsrs Of the bar in neighboring State
nay, more than that--he represented his
county years in the Assembly of the Com
nonwealth. And more than this stll--oc-
cupiod q seat in Congress for two Congres.
sional periods. .sT-ty ag1 -se.,
At this announcement the stiffness Of
death pervaded the crowded assembly.
sYet mors than all that" be continued, his
voice sinking into low, thrilling tone, "he
once had a tenderly loved wife aud twosweet
children. But all these henors--all these
blessings have departed from me-" he con-
tinved. his voice growing louder and deeper
in this effort to control himself. "He was
unworbv 10 retain them! His constituents
,hrsw Nm off because ba had debased him.
sslf and degraced them. And worse than
.ll--she VIC Sad loved bim--sbe who had
horne him two babies. was forced to aband.
an him and ssek an psvlum in her fathers
house And why9 Could | have become
90 cb,nsed n . faw short uearsY What now.
~. &c. ~ .hnso' NJ ,ba, INV follou ha.
;no. sruyned and even the wife Of INV bo.
~, ,I,,,ad .w.y aar,-.,r;.L.n from mes~
Il.s M fr;ends !, was mad indploence
4 ~ocLsrvl G vsrv domon--, Gree cban.
o;ng ,hs human ;n,o bestial Rni for this
I we're now mn bano,able and nseful renra'
sentative 10 Congress- rursuiuo after INV
ceun,rv,s good. and bes, n the house circle
With wife and ehldrsu. But have not told
yeu ali After nv v,fs separated from me
s.nk rapidly.
GA state Of psrfect sobrietv broueb, ,oo
nauv terrible thougbts:I therefore drank
rers freely. and was rarely. If ever. from IN.
der tbs bewilderinp effects Of .panioi iatoxi.
cation. | remained in the SANE village for
some years. but never once saw her during
thar lime nor a plimpse Of nv children.
AL las, / become 10 abandoned in NV life.
that NV wife. u,yed ON by her friends no
doubt. f;led applicarion for a divorce. and a.
cause could easily be shown 4, should be
granted. Z separation was legally declared.
r. connlote nv d.soyace At The naxt Con.