Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-04-12

children, and kissed them; then he went
10 the bedside of his wife, and, while some
powerful emotion stirred up in his soul, and
made his chest heave, he murmured:
kiss me, Lizzie" .
Tightly that wife wound her arms about
tho neck of her husband, as though The
love of years had entered in that one kiss,
us she pressed !, UPON his lips. ..le
"There-no more" he uttered, as he
gently laid The arms Of his wife from his
neck; "These things | have bought, are for
you and The children;" and, as he spoke he
left The house. ........,..
I Mrs. Wilkins arose from her bed, and,
iremblingly, she examined The, articles upon
the table. She found the loaf, and, in the
pail. she found the milk; one oil the papers
! contained TWO smaller bundles-one of tea
and of sugar; while, in The remaining par
Gel, she found nice lump of butter.
"Oh," murmured the poor wife and
mother, as she guzed upon the food thus
spread ou, before her, "whence came these?
Can i, be that Thomas has stolen Them!
No, he never did that! And then that
look-lhal kiss--lhose kind, sweet, swee,
words! Oh. my poor, poor heart, raise moi
} a hope that may only iall and crush lhee!'
"Moher," al this moment, spoke her
son, who had raised himself upon his ell
bow, "is our father gone2"
"Oh tell ne. mother, did he not come
and kiss me and liule Abby this morning?"
"Yes, Charles"
, "Yes, yes, he did!" cried the mother, as
she flew TO the side Of her boy, and wound
/ her arms about him.
"And mother" said the child, in low,
trembling accents, while he turned a tear
! fuI look TO his parents face, twill not faith
er be good 10 US once more?"
That mother could not speak--she could
I only press her children Tore fondly 10 her
bosom, and weep mothers tears upon
them.
| Was Lizzie Wilkins happy, as she sal
| her children down TO that mornings meal!
At last, ray of sunshine was struggling &c
gain entrance 10 her bosom.
Toward the middle Of the afternoon, Mr.
$ Abel Walker retired sea-captan, of some
! wealth, sat in his comfortable >parlor, en-.
t gagged in reading, when one of his servants
informed him thai some one at the door
wished TO see him.
4 "Tel him 10 come in" returned Walker
"But it's that miserable Wilkins, sir"
/ "Never mind" said the captain, after o
5 moments hesitation, "show him in. Poor
! fellow" he continued, after The servant had
5 gone, IL wonder what he wants. In truth
lpily him."
II With trembling step, and downcas
F.; look, Thomas wilkins entered Capiair
: Walkers parlor.
1 "Ah, Wilkins" said the old Captain
. "wha has brough, you he:e?"
The poor man twice attempted 10 speak
=, but his heart failed him.
D "Do you come for chariiy?"
/ mo, SIR quickly returned Wilkins
!. while his eyes cleaned with proud light
d Then sill down, and out with it," sale
: Walker, in blunt, but kind tone.
Captain Walker" commenced the poo
g man, as he took The proffered seat, :"
, come 10 ask you if you still own ,ha, iul
: cottage beyond the hill"
y I'll do"
n "And is i, occupied"
d "No."
= "ls it engaged"
}. "No," returned the Captain, regarding
e his visitor with uncommon interest; "bu
d why do you ask!"
}. captain Walker" said Wilkins, in
n firm and manly tone, even though hi
;, eyes gIis,ened, and his lips quvered, Z"
n have been poor and degraded, deeply steep
e ed in The dregs Of poverty and disgrace
Everything that made life valuable, hay
d almost lost. My wife and children hav
o suffered-and God only knows how keenly
y have long wandered in the path of sin
d One after another, the tender colds Of friend
d ship that used to bind me TO the world, hav
snapped asunder; my name has been but
Is foul blot But, sir, from hencelorh 7 am
!, man! Up from The depths of its long grave
IS have dragged my heart, and love has sli
J. lis home therein. have sworn TO touc
,t The fatal cup no more, and in my hear
d there is no lie. My wife and children sha
S, suffer no more. for the sins they never com
re milied. | have seen my old employer, q
e; the machine shop, and he has even bee
Ie kind enough 10 give an order, in advance
if for necessary articles of cloth ing, food an
81 furniture. Tomorrow morning, | CON
mence work." - ss.
). And you come 10 see if you could ob,ai
l. your cottage back, 10 live in2" said Caplai
- Walker, as Wilkins hesilgled.
q Yes, sir; 10 see if could hire it of you
le returned The poor man. .....
es wilkins, how much can you make 0
" your businessl' blun,ly asked The old Car
ir lain, without seeming TO heed the reques
Mt My employer is going TO put me on jot
G. work, sir; and, Os soon as | get my han
in, can easily make from Twelve 10 Gou
n. teen dollars week.
n. And how much will it take TO suppo
Ie your familXP
he AS soon as get cleared up, can easil
ed get along with five or six dollars a week
he Then you might be able 10 save abo
th four hundred dollars year.
fe Il mean TO do that, sir
il. A few moments, The Captain gazed in
tho lace of his visitor, and then he asked,
h, Have you pledged yourself ye.?'
~, Before God, and in my heart, hay
ps but one of my errands here was 10 ge, "
! a 10 wri.e-m pledge, and have it made
ng my wife and children
,or Captain Walker sal down 10 his tabl
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