Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-12-01

, your contempt, your preference Q
another? Rather again stand al
, raigned before a criminal tribunal
: than accept such woman as m,
! wifeT'
GAS a Seruanf, then; let me at
tend as servant on this little crea
ture, SO dear to me, so precious t,
me, 50 feeble, so-''
"Is it Cayendish's brat, that yol
plead for him so warmly?" cried !
infuriated that eve n my child be pre-,
ierred to me. And ! now attempted
to re move him " force from hel
arms.
"H clip! help! helpl'' laltered the
feeble, halffainting mother. But nc
one ca me, and persisted. Did y ou
ever attempt to hold a struggling
child "a child that others were strug-
Cling to retain-a young child-a
soft, fraiI, feeble child? And why
did she e resist? Should not she, wo-
man as she was, have known that
mischief would arise from such con-
tact? She who had tended those
delicate limbs, that fragile frame?-
The boy wakened from his sleep
was SC roaming violently. He strug-
gled, and struggled, and moaned, and
gasped. Button as6dden, his shrie eks
ceased. He was still, silent, brea tn
less"
"Deadr' cried I. .f
$50 she imagined at the momdnt,
when, at the summons Of her fearful
Tshrieks, the servants rushed into the
room. But no, had not again be-
come murderer; a new curse was
in store for me, When medical aid
was procured, it was found that a
limb was dislocated; the spine in
jured; the boy cripple for liie.''
"What must have been his fathers S
remorse!"
"Iis father was spared the intel
ligence. 1t was not for fourteen
months that I was removed from the
private madhouse, to which that fa-
tai night, ! was conveyed, ravi ing
maniac. The influence of wine, p as
sion, and horror, had induced epilep-
ssy; from which | was only aroused
to state of frenzy. Careful tire at
ment and solitude gradually restof fed
me. Legal steps had been taken by
the Brabazon family during my con-
finement; and my mutilated boy is
placed, by the Court of Chancel y,
under TIE guardianship of his moth
er. For some time after my rec@v
cry: became wanderer On the con-
tinen:, with the intention of wasti ng
the remnant Of my blightea existe1c 1ce
i'm restless obscurity But l SO on
felt that the best Precipitation, 1 he
best sacrifice to offer my iniuTe ed
wife and child, was the attempt to
conquer, for their sake, an homo ia
BILE position in society Igot plad ed
on full pay in regiment appoint
ed to foreign station. ] made over
to my boy the whole of my proper
ty. ] pique myself on living on my
pay--op drinking no wine : on DID,
senting myself from all the sed4c
tions of society. lead a life of
penance, of penitence, of pain. 81 ht,
some day or other, my little victim
will learn the death of his father, NJ nd
feel that he devoted his wretcHed
days to the duties Of an honorable
profession, in order to spare him
further dishonor as the son of sui
eide"
"Thank God!' was my murmur ed
ejaculation, when at this moment. l
perceived the boat Of the Astrae ea,
whose approach enabled me TO COVER
my emotion with the hustle of part
ing. There was net a word Of cd a.
solation--of palliation, to be offer Pd
to such a man. He had indeed $f
forded me fearful commentary Pn
my text. Never before had / duly
appreciated the perils and dangers Of
Wine!
sand Is it to such a stimulus
murmured ], as slowly joined nj "
companions, "that judge and jur pr
recur for strength to inspire their de-
crees; to such an influence, that ca p
tain and belmsman turn for couraE be
in the storm; to such a counsellor,
the warrior refers his maneuvres bn
the day Of battle; nag, that the mi in-
ister, the chancellor, the sovereig gn
himself, dedicate the frailty - of their
nature! That human life, that i u
man happiness, should be subject ed