Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-25

/ threatened with a fever | have done
everything for her | could, however, and
perhaps she may get over it
1 Charles Ellery felt i'll at ease. Not
one word had his wife said about his re
naming so late away from home, and as
he began to realize how much she had suf
fered in her loneliness, his heart smote
him with his coldness, Such little atten-
tions as Mrs. Ellery could bestow upon
her child were freely administered, but
some time ere the morning dawned, Mr.
ELery found it necessary to go for the
doctor
The FIRST gray streaks of morning were
beginning TO relieve the gloom of the east
eru horizon, when the doctor entered
where little Lucy Ellery lay.
you should have called me last eve
ming, Mr.. ElIery" said the physician, as
he felt the child's pulse, and examined
her tongue. Then l might have broken
up this fever, but it's too late now The
disease is firmly seated" Then turning
to Mrs. Ellery, he continued
I'm afraid you have not been sufficient
ly careful of your child You say she at
tended school yesterday ?"
Yes, sir"
"Then her cold must have been very
sudden, remarked the doctor, again turn
ing TO the child However" he added,
I IN sort of explanatory manner, I'VE must
all learn by experience. At such seasons
as the present, children cannot be too
warmly clothed when out of doors"
/ Sarah dared not look up at her husband,
for she feared be might misconstrue her
I faaliurs GLarla, Iara1 ,,o+ loCl,
wife, for he feared to meet her fearful
gaze
Mamma" said little Lucy, in weak,
husky voice, after the doctor had gone,
my head aches very hard o, if l had
had that sack yesterday to wear, should
not have been sick, should 1, mammal"
Hush, my dear; perhaps when you
get WELL papa viii be able to get you
one said Mrs. Elery, as she drew the
bed-clothes over the child, and smoothed
her burning brow
Like long reverberating thunder bolt
fell these simple words upon the ear of
Charles Ellery. For the first time he be-
gan to see the course he was pursuing in
its true light He had never meant to
wrong human being, and in his most ex-
cited moments of social frolic, he had
never dreamed that harm was being the
result His breakfast was eaten in ST.
lence, and promising that he would be at
home to an early dinner, he went to his
work
"Good God n' exclaimed Charles Ellery,
as he stepped out into the open air. "Is
1t possible that | have so long been sow
ing the seeds of misery in my family -
Yesterday morning my good, kind wife
wanted three dollars to buy sack for our
dear child l could not spare it! did
think so then did not mean to tell
lie. And yet, last evening | spent that
full sum for 1lOtjtiRg-aye g00rSs than no.
thing, for even now my head aches, my
whole system is out of tune from last
nights scrape Now, my child is sick for
the want Of that very three dollars Then
how have l deceived and cheated n14seIf
l need new boots. and yet have suffered
in their want and yet, what spent last
night would have bought them, and my
money would have been a source Of last
ing good but now have made it a source
of Lasting evil =,
In such meditation walked Charles Ell
lery to his shop A thousand scenes of
the past came back to his mind and
he saw thousand pictures of his ingrat-
itude to his wife, his child and himself
How many times had his wife wanted
some little article of comfort that he had
denied her, because he could not spare
the money-how many times had his child
begged for some small toy, which his sean
ty purse obliged him to refuse-and how
often had he seen some trifing article Of
food clothing, or ornament, which he
would have been pleased to purchase, but
thathe had not money enough and yet
on eacl of such occasions, he could dis
tinct! !YFemember having spent double
that sEm which his family's comfort re
qured sbr a mere nothing-for a a11rSe
than nothing Night after night had he
spent away from home, wasting his mon
ey. his health, his strength, while his poor
wife was lonesome and sad at home How
much # useful reading he might have
gained-how much of happiness bestow-
cd upon bis wife-how much money he
might have saved, and, above all how
much happier he might have been himself,
had those evenings beer spent beneath
his own roof
Charles EIIery was not blind, and of
course ne saw MS error lie was not lost
to kindly feeling and domestic love, and
Of course he resolved to reform.
When Mr.. Ellery returned from bis
days labor, he found bis child quite sick,
but yet not dangerously so. The doctor
had left word for him to 90 to the apothe-
cary's after some medicine, and after eat
/ ing his supper he started off and though
he met haIf-a dozen of his old colnpanions.
each of whom urged him to join them.
yet he had no thought save to return i'm
mediately to his home; and the kind
grateful look Of his wife, when he return
ed so speedily, senta thrill of pleasure to
1 his soul such as he had pot experienced
for long time
4 week passed away, and every eve
ming had Charles spent at home with his
wife He had read and conversed, and
laughed and PLAYED with his recovering