The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-06-23
VOL. xIv.-No. 25.
/ Dps and Downs. Wealth and Want. The
e Drunkard's Home. A

inioo!he wash to-day lit don
really need 10 60, either, bu, | belle,
u'Il send il down"
"Why will you put II in. Mary, if
does not need 10 gofn asked old AMI
Hannah, in her quiet but expressive wa.
{t'FssU lou see, aunt, we have but
very sn,slI wash to>day; 80 small lht
Susan will get through By one or tw
o'clock, and shall have to pay her jus
Ihe same as though she worked lllFnigh
so ------.," y tecl @
aSlop moment, dear" said the ol
lady, gently. "Suppose you were in tn
: situation poor Susan IS, obliged 10 toi
over tho wash<iub elk. days out Of ih
seven for the bare necessaries of life
wculd not you lie glad once il Will
10 get through before 4iRht, TO have
few hours Of daylight 10 fsbor fory your
selfaHd fatnily, or TO rest? Mary, dea
1T is a hard, hard way for woman tt
earn her liviag, begrudge moi tho poo
ctea,ere her half dollar. Tbis ia lb'
fourth day in succe ssion'sse has risen By
candle-light and ploddcd through lh'
cold hero and f.lhere 10 her customers
houses. Let her 60 a. noon If sho ge.f
ihroueb,- who knows but she may have
come from The sick couch of some Lived
LONE, and that sle codnis lie hours, ill
she can return, fearing she may cnmo
one too late. Put j, back on the bed,
and sit down here wkale | tell yo,r what
one poor washerwoman endured because
her employer Gid as you wohld 10 make
ssiat the wash" And the old Indy took
of her glasses aud wiped away tho tear,
drops thai had gaiheredn her aged eyes,
and then with iremulous voice related
Iho a,oty.
'sT'hero vas nsver a more bli,hesome
Bridal than that Of Ada Barclay; nevcr'a
msiden who weilt 10 the marriage altar
with higher hopes. Wedding the man Of
her choice, he who was dester to her
hhan her own existence, noble fellow,
II was no wonder that morn seemed a
golden waif from E.l.n. Few indeed
have SUMMER lifa IN prosp CT. Aud
for ten y.sis there fell no shadow on her
patb.Fs Her homo was nhe Of beauty aud
rare luxury--her husblud kind, gentle,
as in the days of ct''fisfIip, winning
laurels every year in hiS profession, ad>
|ing new comforts to his home, new jays
10 his fireside-and lille crib stood 10y
her bedside, its ienan, q golden haired
baby boy, the image OF its father, aud
dearer 10 those welded lovers than aught
else cath could Offer.
A series Of misfonddes and revcrses
occurred with startling Tapidity and swep'
Etom them everything but love aud their
hey; Spared to one another aud to that,
they bore brave hesr, and in distant
city began anew their fortune. Well and
strongly did they struggle, aud ut length
began once more 10 see the sunlight of
prosperity shine upon their home. But
slttle'whi it stayed, and then the sha-
dows fell. The husband sickencd and
lay for many month upon weary
couch, taaguisling not only with mental
pain, but ofeDiimts for food and medi~
cine. All tha, she could do, the wife
did. She went from one thing to an
other, ill a, length she, who Ind worn
satin and pearls upon her bridal day,
tel.d a: the wsshetub for the scnnnesl
living Long before light she would
rise every morning and labor 'of The dear
enes of her lowly home, 6nd then with
many kiss upon The lips Of her pale
companion aud sleeping boy, star! oui
through the cold deep snow, grope her
way 10 tie smoky, gloomy kitchen, 0nd
toll iI.are a, rubbing, pounding, rinsing,
slarching.-Aud when NIGHT came, with
her half dollar she would again grope
through the cold and snow 10 her off
times ligh,less and freless home, for her
husband was too sick to tend the fire or
strike a light. For six weeks at one
eime, she never saw the face of her hus-
band OF her child, save BY lampligh',
except on Sabbath. How glad she
would have bect ID have once in while
small wash gathered for her!
"Ada," said he, in almost a whisper,
81 want. you should Try and gel home
early ,o>night-be home before shutdown,
do, Ada" v ~
"l'Il ,ry," answered she with choked
utterance. YfE.g Il
ado Try, Ada. Ihave a strange desire
"a. see your face by suplight--lo day is
Friday.-I have not seen i, since Sunday
II must look upon it unceiagain."
s"Do you feel worse, Edward?" asked
sic, anxiously, feeling his pulse.
.sNo, no, think moi, butt do want TO
see four face once more bysunlight. |
canno. wait till Sunday" Id
Gladly would she tary by bis bedside
iii the sunlight should have stolen
Though their little window--but il might
not be. She was penny less, and must
90 forth 10 labor. She left him, sweet
kissesand sweet words whispered in loves
tones, reached the kitchen, Of her ems
ployer, and with troubled face waiied
fer the basketto be brought. A beau'i
fuLsmile played overher wan face as she
assopedv its ; contents. She could get
through easily BY two Love and anx-