Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-03-24

-. ~ 1Aa 1Attcn Ine plu laltQf, steny.
hearted a. be WAS, drew bis eoss sleeves 4
them
Some fond from hellItempsed ne. saia
re vretched men, q lat: bas TIE law fees
You from me Marion. said be. bitterly.
loHFs ny death = whispered the weeping
| God bless your noble heart, Marion -
Now can bear my Judgment.
Il death loves shining mark a. does
malice Every petty undsfling Who owed
Walter Clay 1 grudfe, took this ounoftnnitv
e pay ~ dAlas The past was fansackcd
ior All the little minufite If his histors !.
dark hints and i5uendcss were lhrown out
10 PreJndice still more the public mind -
there were cowardly stabsi1 the dark, from
Pusiiianimous williams, who would have lived
tcrfh fear had their victim been free 10 face
them Reporters nibbcd their pens with
an appetite and the sextras teemed with
exaggerated accounts ofl the prisoner and
the trial Even the sacredness ofithe wife,s
sorrow was intruded upon BY. those rure
f.ons, my hare-a Paragfdph giatrg. Then
there wereytbe usual number Of sara.ious
people, who shook their empty heads, and
'falways expected be would turn cut 90 be.
cause those who held their heads "a high
generally did
First and foremost were these Good
asamafitians-at the atrial !; noting every fit.
sfhg expression OF the agonixed prisoners
fpcc, aud only wishing il we're in their now.
e. % proiong his AGATE suffering and their
exquisite enjoyment, month"; itas1d IF hours
GOOD enough for him, was their FINAL dox.
o1toey when The verdictlofI Guilty was retN
dered II will take hiavpridc down neg i
Oh ! most pharisacal censors who shall
say that with equal opportunity and tenn.
tation, Your Wanted virtue would haye lei
ter stood the test2
1.-THE worst IL over NOW. said Wsl,a. -
Marion balhed his semplca !. will sirpr.
gle to bear the rest. sincp YOU do nnt dessrt
me- Marion but Nettie, poor Netiie + and
tho strong man bowed bis head aud wept,
atthe heritaga Of shame fSr that brave boy
And 70 days, aud weeks, and months,
dragged eirsiow length along to the di.
vided pair If, in the livery Of ignominy
baaring hisIsentence rs best he might. amo 3
tae desperate and degraded !; experiencing
every moment fortune of refaement Of
which their dull intellccts and deadened
seasibilities knew nothing .Sts; pointe
out as the felons wife, By the ruds crowd.
shrinking neryously from notice trembling
At the apprehension of insult, as she toiled j
on heroicslly day BY day for daily bread
Whence CAME that quiet dignity with
which Walter ;Clay exacted respect even
from his jailors Ali Mere soas 4 trus
heart thfob6ing.for him, outside those py;sen
,caHs Nightly was he remembered ii her
prayers Dolly she taught their boy to lib
tEvEN Now) his fathers name. .pa.r....
g e his ear was that ligktactssU ~ bout
words which she cheered bis sinking spirit
Hopefully she painted the future this trial
past,) when, in some home beyond the seas,
liz should yet be the happier for being so
chastened by sorrow, and where 10 mali
cious tongue should remind him ofshis temp
tation Or his fall SSestly upon his ear fell
those soothing worlds {frUl uttered by sacred
lips) Gland san nd more
No, Walter Clay was not deserted quitei
Heswas not degraded, even there aud thus
while be could bold up his head and boast
Of lovetso devoted, so pure, SO holy
The hour Of emancipation came at last, /
and Walter Clay stepped forth under tho
broad blqe sky, once more a fireman and
in theziittle room where tie horoic wife had
suffered and toiled, she opee more clasPed
her husband to her breast
And Nettie where is be ? Let me kiss
my boy;s said the joyful father Where's
On tA3 Sariom's bosom said Marion
with choking voice.
Dead, And you have buried this sad
sad secret in your breast, and borne this
great grief pashated, lest you add TO my SCR.
row and he knelt at herfeet reyerently.
:: God knows you had enough to bear
said Marion as they mingled their tears to.
gether aud gazedsat the long, bright golden
trees, ali that remained 10 theu of little
Nettie.
What an interesting couple I said tray
Cling artist, in Italy, to his companion
rhataa omants face reminds one Of d Madon
ma pensi!e sweet sndl touching If she
would but sit to mel Who are they, Pic
tro7'
They came here about d year since-liye
Ia the greatest seclusion. and seem anxious
| liz ts avoid AL contact with their own ,coun-
I trv,neu All the noer M In 5frp s3less them