Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1852-12-16


recalled to mind the wrongs which he had in
flcted on that uncomplaining woman, his
heart was melted within him. There is no
chastener like sickness; the most stony bosom
softens beneath it. He thought of the long
days and nights during which he must have
been iii, and when his insulted and abused
wife had watched anxiously at his bedside.
Oh! how he had crashed that noble heart;
aud now this was her return! She prayed for
him who had wronged her. She shed tears
of JOY because her erring husband had been
restored, as it were, to life. These things
rushed through his bosom and the strong
mans eyes filled with tears.
Emily-dear Emily" he said, "I have
been villain, and can you forgive me? l
deserve it not at your hands-bul can you,
will you forgive wretch like me? 20
81 Oh! can forgive your" sobbed the CRATE
ful wife, Eyes! yes! but too gladly. But it is
not against me you have sinned, it is against
u good aud righteous God"
81 know it, know it," said the repentant
husband, sand to his mercy look. | cannot
pray for myself, but OH. Emily pray for me-
He has preserved me from the Jaws of death
Pray for me, dear Emily"
The wife knelt at the bedside, and while
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back with closed eyes On the pillow, see read
the noble petition for the sick, from the book
of Common Prayer At times the sobs of En-
lily would almost choke her utterance, but the
holy words she read had at length, soothing
effect both on her mind and that of her hus-
band. When the prayer was over, she re-
manned for several minutes kneeling, while her
husband murmured at intervals his heartfelt
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side. Her husband would again have spoken,
to beseech her forgiveness. But with glad
feeling at her heart-a feeling such as she
had not had for months-she enjoined silence
on him, and sat down again by his bedside to
watch. At length he fell again into calm
slumber, while the now happy wife watched
at his bedside until morning, breathing thanks
givings for her husbands recovery, andAhed-
ding tears Of joy the while.
When the sick man aWoke at daybreak, he
was changed being. He was now GONZALES
cent, he was more, he was a repentant man
He wept on the bosom of his wife, and made
resolutions of reformation which, after his
recovery, through the blessings of God, he was
enabled to fulfil.
The fortune of Walpole was mostly gone,
but sufficient remained from its wrecks, to
"ilp" iiLi tue COhllOiiS, tuOdSn not tne lux
uries Of life. He soon settled his affairs and
removed from his splendid mansion to quiet
cottage in a neighboring village The only
pang he felt was at leaving the home which
for so many years had been the dwelling of the
head OF his family-the home where his uncle
had died, and which had been lost only through
his own folly.
Neither Nalpole nor his wife ever regretted
their loss of fortune; for both looked upon it
as the means used by an over-ruling Proyi-
dence to bring the husband back to the path
OF rectitude; and they referred to it therefore
with feelings rather Of gratitude than of re-
pining In their quiet cottage, on the wreck
of their wealth, they enjoyed happiness to
which they had been strangers in the days Of
their opulence. A family OF lovely children
sprung up around them, and it was the daily
task Of the parents to educate these young
minds in the path of duty and rectitude. Oh .
the happy hours which they enjoyed in that
white, ine-embewered cottage, with their
children smiling around them, and the con-
sciousness Of q well regulated life, filing them
hearts with peace.
Years rolled by and the hair of Walpole be-
gan to turn gray, while the brow of his sweet
wife showed more than one wrinkle, but still
their happiness remained undiminished.
HINTS ON PAPER HANGING" Many fe-
yer has been caused by the horrible nuisance
OF corrupt size used in paper-hanging in bed
rooms. The nausea which the sleeper is aware
OF on waking IN the morning in such a case