The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1850-01-17

lang up her f1ee, but It vas )c0lo Is mocnhxn'
upon snow. The sight mig have moved tel, :
|on's bosom, bas what can enetrate the scared
and hardened heart of dru}ennesss The man !
i sBlast il, woman" saidhe wretch, as he
reeled into the room-Aifis the way you re-
esive me after being out h day in the rain to
get something for your Vt and you! Come,
don't 20 to whining, I satbut - his wife ut
tered faint cry st his btality, and fell back
senseless on the bed, he {med to awaken to q :,
partial sense Of his condton, he reeled : step
or two forward, put his lnd up to his forehead
stared wildly around q then ga.ng almost almost
rs.S. sissss'lS Z. 1Psa ess,.i hs,' nfna'' 0o'-"n
His poor wife lay like corpse before him, but
"a low voice from the ther side OF the bed an ;
Iswered, an( its tones divered - they spoke =
Oh OhLmdher's desf" 1t was the voice OF his
son who hal stolen " and was now sobbing VI
lolently q b tried % raise her head in his little
arms. He had beet for weeks her only nurse,
and had ling inctlearned to act for himself.
He bathed her tsnahes he chated her limbs ne
invokG ~ yiAE 70 awake.
aDe36 hid tie man, and he was sobered at
lence-"deadl dead ~ he continued, in tone
Of horror thatchilled the blood, and advancing
10 the bedsie, with eyes staring from their
sockets, he lad his hand upon her marble brow
l-'then, oh, my God have murdered her!
Emily, Emily you are not dead-say sob
lspeak and fogive your repentant husband "
and kneelingby the bedside, he chafed her
white, thin had, watering it with his hot tears
las he sobbed hs name.
Their efforts It length, partially restored her,
and the 6rst thing she saw upon reviying was
him weeping b. her side. and calling her 'Em-
lily" 1t was tie first time he had done so tor
lyears. 1t stirred old memories in her heart, and
called back the shadowy visions of years long
passed. She w,s lbaek in her youthful days
before ruin had llasted her once noble husband,
land when all W. Joyous and bright as her own
happy bosom. Noe, shame, poverty. deserticn,
leven his brutal language was forgotted, and she
only thought Of him as the lover OF her youth.
IOh! that moment of delight. She family threw
iher arms around his neck, and sObbed there tor
lveryjoy-
.'Can you forgive me, Emily IL have been a
brute, villain-oh! can You forgive me (! !
ihave sinned as never man sinned befOre, and
against such an angel as you. Oh! God anni-
Ihilate me for my guilt
Charles" said the dying woman in tone SO
sweet and low that il hoated through that cham
ber like the whisper OF disembodied spirit
III forgive yoa, and may God forgive you too
hut OH do not eanbitter this last moment BY such
ian impitous wish.
The man only sobbed in reply. but his frame
Charles, nIat last continued the dying woman
II have long wished for this moment that
might say something 10 you about our little Hen
,Iry.' :
\ God forgive me for my wrongs to him too .
|, imurmured the Fepentant man.
u Y has0 ruueh 10 say, an& haTe Dut Nttte um'
/ ito say il in. feel that shall never see anoth
er sun" violent fit Of coughing interrapte'
4 her.
SOh no Won must not will not die: sobbet
/. her husband, as he supported her sinking frame
live to save your repentant husband
[, Oh! you will y
4 The tear gushed into her eyes, but she on
,ly shook her head. She laid her wan hand or
his and continued feebly:
q Might and day, for many long year, have
y prayed for this hour, and never, even In thu
! for have felt that within me which vhisperet
that q al had deserted you and had not 20 II
i, the end you would at last come back to you
= early feelings Oh! would it had ceme soone
. some happiness then might have been min
? again in this world but Gods viii be done =
am weak-T feel l am failing fast-Henry CIV
l. me your hand"
il! The little boy silently placed itin her, sh'
kissed it and then laying it within her husbands
l. continued
aHere Is our ehild-our only bom-when ] m
IA gone O0 WIZ uowS ONSSsC W soAS SSsC " sAsS
q you, and - God is above, IS youlove your ow
n blood. and - you value promise to dyin
wife, keep, love, cherish him. Oh! remembe
h that he is young and tender-it Is the only thin
, for which would care toiive-she paused an
8 struggled To subdue her feelings" Will 70
= promise me, Charles
Ill II will, q there u Maker over me. viii,
= sobbed the maa and the frai bed against whic
= he leaned shock With his emotion.
aAnd yos, Henry, you will obey your fathe
u and b : god boy Cas you love your mothe
TO viii yoa p
81 aOh, yes q sobbed the little fellow, Aingin
a himself wildly On his mothers neck, but mott
a u q, dear mostsr, what shall do without Yen !
a Oh don't dep
vi 1ThiS i 10 hard" mumured the dying W
Imam, dnviug her child feebly 70 her, aFatht
- give - strength 10 endure t."
\ fce ! few minutes Ill was still; ndnothing brok
" the silence hit the Sobs sf the father and d
AZ ~. and ~ ov, deathiks tick Il the rain drI
n pinx thsoaeh spoa the Aose. The child vas 4
y m 8 now. He seemed instincfively . fe'
Z yhas aivine Wy % Ais eisf pained his msthe
= ~ soetlv 6ssngaging Mmssf from hsr, b
y hnahSa his sabA and lsenng cn she bed, (ase
a aaxionaly int her kce. Esr eyes wore slose
3; but her fp nsved - il in p1yer:
III aHsnry; vhsse are yoa hintly ssked th
ri TSe ~ anevsrsd in his les, moamfal voio
IT aHemy, Hsnry,s - sid p . leudsr ton
,o.l,nd ~, ailse second, adde1 apoet babe,
= - H. Ii