The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-11-02

slept but little, and would sometime dodge
from room 10 room, a. II pursued by .
malicious foe. He would secreis himself
in the attic, and in the cellsT; but lhe
presence of his wife, who sought out HE
haunis, appeared TO restore his wandering
sens es. She Tried 10 soothe him and 10
turn hrs thoughts in other chanpels. Shs
made an effort to get him 10 ride, snd
sometimes succeeded in doing SO. She
brought AIDA 10 amuse him, and the little
one would try TO climb his knees, and
would look earnestly inlo his face saying
Poor papa! What ails papsf But bs
would thrust her aside, and tell the mother
to take her away. He did This very rude-
ly and sptefully one day; and when lille
AIDA put up her lip to cry--for her heart
was nearly broken--lhe mother said:
Don't, Mr.. Pypsr-how can you hs
so cruei The child has done no HARM
'T'is not strange
That s'en our loves should, with our f6nuuss
change.'
Mr.. Pyper. you are beside yourself
You certainly will kill me with your re-
proachcs. If | have done wrong. | will
try to do better in future. We can gel =
living can work
why, in the name Of heaven, then,
have you not done III said he very an.
prlly. you have had three or four SER
wants here, constantly 10 wait on you. whIls
you have been as helpless as chlld.'
Mr.. Pyper, you may dismiss every
servant to-Jay, and will take care Of Ad.
da, and do the work myself | will do any
thing raher than see you so unhappy.
The day Of reiribution had arrived -
The unhappy woman felt, thalifihe misery
OF a whole lifetime were crowded into
few brief hours, it could not exceed hers.
Regret, repentance, modification and dis-
nal fOrebodings. by turns convulsed her
whole being; and. like the trembling reed.
that becomes the sport Of the tempest ~
was she at the mercy Of that terrible sr"ia
that swept over their hearth and ihr
home. Her husband now upbraidrd her
constantly. He cursed The day Of lhrir
union, and called down the maledicliUu "f
heaven upon his entire household. tia
seemed 10 hate his child. and 10 abb Il
avery thing that he had once loved. II
would lie foolish to repeat what he ssid--
it was the incoherent speech, the rawlings,
ola mailman. 9A
The day before the note held BY Nd
Brown malured, Mrs. Pyper was sitting IN
her chamber, dwelling upon her husband's
unhapiness, and the gloomy prospects be-
FIRE them; when suddenly she was STAR
lied by the fall Of something in the anic
which Jared the whole house. She r'rg
for the nurse 10 see what ii was. Bu, fer
,unalely, all the servants were out listening
to an organ grinder in the street. She ar
cordingly went herself, and what iliI'.k
you she foundl At first she saw noihi'a;
bu, in turning round chimney, shc ui''r'
ed The widest and most unearthly shri ~
that ever fell upon human ears. Mr.. P,-
per was here. He had fallen. A nrs
was round his neck. and staple to whrh
il was attached above, had come out, sud
thus was his suicide defeated.
II were not giving veritable hi''"fv
Of this air lir, might give loose rein %
fancy. aud allow Mr.. Pyper To kill hun
self in more poeticsl manner. And vet
lf man is fool enough, or mad enough !"
destroy himself when he has lived too I-.'.
sud must necessarily sbridge some Vi -
luxuries, he may as well swing in 'he
attic, as die by less gross and siOlt1I
means.
Mrs. Pyper did not swoon-she v 40
moi one of the swooning kind. Furihrr-
more ,he alwa, had presence OF mind -
She went 10 her husband, took The rope
frum his neck, and, quick as thought thurs,
il with the staple, into an old trunk that
was standing near.
The Lord have mercyv cried Biddy.
who BY this Zinc, had reached the top "ft
the stairs.
Holy st. Frsncisl' responded John,
whats the matter with himr
flush! hush!, said the mlstressi 'he had
a.
How naturally will some people u'''r
iaIsehood--jusl as i(lhey had always be'n
used 10 il.
MIR. Pyper manifested signs Of life. and
tho servants we're ordered TO take him in .
the chambcr below. They were then dis-
missed. and the wife applied herself assid.
uously to the work Of restoring him. The
vital principle was much more nearly ex'
linct Than she had supposed. Al length hs
opencd his eyes, and fixed them upon hr
in amazement. He looked inquiring
AS # trying to ascertain whether he h,i
made an effort TO ruthlessly thrust hmsei
Slowly he recovered his CONSCIOUSNESS
and the manner in which his intention
had been defeated, he understood intuitiw
IL. With feeling Of impotence he turned
his face to The wall ssd exclaimed
That staple! that DAMNED staple!
Mrs. Pyprr could restrain her lerlinRs
no longer. Like the pen, up ERE, which.
when il onco breaks forth, blasts with It's
consuming breath everything with which
il comes IN contact, so the violent en, .
lions aud passions which had been pre-, in,;
upon her inner life. expressed ihenselv,s .
III most startling aud fearful aspect Sha
became cold and rgidi her face assumed
the hue Of death. Like statue, she SIT
on the bedside, the impersOnaiioD Of hop''
less misery. When this overwhelming
sorrow gave way. she was filed with re-
morse, with the consciousness Of not hsv.
ing lived true life in recklessly squsn-
daring wealth. which had involved thout