New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-20
A WIFE'S STORY.

CHAPTER VI

But their absence retarded my recovery When oaee
my sseltss cry have them back ssd Deco Needed,
/ recovered my reason; slowly but s1rely 1 grew
gutter.
Ny Aunt Aston hsd come 70 Burse me. Dwell it
TO her ;ha. had 10. been consigned 10 t1e tender
merciee Of attendant At m.dhouse-nerc'es sen-
der eroueh for me, 10 irith Sh, watched viii me,
bearing my violence aud con ealing the extent OF II
az much as ste eoue and abe plessed fer me TO be
allowed 20 zee my Children. DR. Ryton had loved ny
husband az friend 90 he had hardly i-nee to pity
me; be left ne much 70 tae C are OF stranger.
When could be moved my aunt took me and ny
cbicr,p I, nsw place. cid II ask or csre where.
II was b. the sea- wild, lonely, lovel, place. was
perfectly ease hen but a. weak aud helpless AZ
cbid old not suffer much, eveo mentally; for spir-
il and fesh alike sabdued; my mind was 81 worn
and much veal sned &c my body.
Noboey saT there but my aunt, NY children,
the nurse DR.. Ry'op, who saw me of,en there and
Stayed sometimes unwiliingy for days together, as
much 10 watch them AZ TO attend me. aad Mr.. Moro3,
the pastor Of the District ssed, most oving spr.
lied man. In him the besuty OF Holiness, bat
do not fetl it, He tried 10 quicken my spiritual HE;
to rouse me from my almost iiiouc ap.tny, ana 70
tim broken spiri. upward Ny culy ssswer to him
was, Leave ne; let ne slOse; let NE be quiet
Ny poor srnt sighed far mors b. svily th,n Of Cd,
an shook her bead; sbe fought me drifaos toto
euot' q world laden with cargo OF Unexpected SIN
that III st SINK me etefDay.
"shall We not tell her now Would it no. be bet
ter she asked Of toe -hsired Old man, who w4s
turning from me disappointed but unweared. lie
"Be patient and hopeful; with our merefu, all
plying Father, nothing is impossible. 1t is no. His
time yet.
they left me al am dying" and strange ecstasy
Ever, day through the long months of early and
midsummer was carried down close 10 the seas
m,ree aod laid there q mattress 10 the fierce, hot
sun But that sun did not scorcn or even warm me;
nv heart .as high dead ana was always cold,
DR.. Ryton thought me sinking into lifelong idotcy,
with my frequent moan AID ceaselees complaint OF
cold. But was living trough,-Efe but 30 fai at
and 90 deep down, they could no. know it; it wu
Cbly ow and then hat vas Conscious Of il myself.
SO lay there day by DAY, following my children
did NOT come very near they we're half afraid of tbe
slli, whit figure AID Of the wild eyes hxed on them
dAy after day.
When will papa come home when will he come
and play here with usl' they ssked DR.. Ryton one
day.
They were hushe1 up and taken away; anil the
WORDS seemed TO me TO come back cat OF strange
dream Of come far past
Ireuember that ofun l he'd up my hand fesbly be-
tween ny eyes and The sua-a gesture they did not
u, ders' aud. ! wanted TO watch nov, daily, 1t grew
more transparent; for became thinner pale, more
shadow day by day. The bright sun never burnt
me diving -thvuebt my brain was dead already
TIA Thee Er this most chiefly among Thy tender
arc numberless meIci,s, o Goal 1 thai K Taee for
t.is mos, Grven,Iy. did rot die; lived
Sumu was DOt ytl wearing Lto AuVtnu Nueu
my robe boy, my frst-boD, my young Harold, was
taken Ill. They Gil lot know thaG underetood them
VIII, they talked o. fever aud Danger Ia my presence
IL was fesuu o. on.day 10 me, tie day on W 1ich
esId them. Yet hardly 60, uus, or it was resar
IeciOn to knowledge Of pan and dread Of de sth.
rheir uorts souoded thuuder-oud In my esrs,
which lately had received sound very fdaty aud
Use very vsgn,ly. They stunned me only fOi
instant. ihisk my gradu u fading away bad been
half.voluhery; for was ofen dimly conscious that
.bat nil it. IN ria and Itya AoH
roE ! rose up II was wet, thiak, that day for
was laid on tae couch by fire. tney had spoken sad
ole away.
Ia II passage inst a srva1t, who started ba in
efII l. ht and ron 10 cell assistance. Boy criwled ur
8 airs and found my way 20 my chilfs room, and
we ( in and up 10 his little bed
Let er sione," heard DR.. Ryton say, as my
aunt sta, ted forward and vas Fastening 20 me. l
/ al ked him nost truly for those w1ris My boy
tn ned TO ne With be cry of Mamma, man nal
] was very weak, AID sank down On his bed, and
his fev.r-fushed cheek was laid on my cold bosom:
They let stay my boy fell quietly sseep-the first
IL ep be had hsd that had been quiet and refreshing
cir, g he ,s taken III, they said.
He awobe better. watched hun night and day;
new life came TO me second time through him. AID
he loved go lie would not suffer any one else TO
wsit on him. And watched the waning aud w.xng
OF the ft ver light and day and the danger seemed
10y had DO. turned 10 Gods in my deep, fresh agony
old not prD to him.
could not spk back into the oblivion of my death
in.life eat watching by .he dead besay of ny once
SO bold, bright boy; they talked of Heaven hope,
faith, meeting sd consolation. heard but beeded
not Of ell. Ny grief fierce and passionate e. first
l.id the ctios deed cold hand my heart, bat it
could not freeze still It. / was ouswIdly quiet,
lett they should think me mad az Ain; but my heart
burr ed, and night and day my splrit cried,
ooh cruel cru and p.iess!" II raved aySast
the Omnipotent; it lsshed itself into iDpoeat fairy
a., inst the Will Of the Gf,a, Calm, and Jast One.
Ny little girl they had seut away, but too late. She
fL H. and they broush her home. l xoald net be
lie, bite blossom-apd she bad pinned aud fretei for
her brother. 1t the day that my boy was laid in
the ground that my Lily came back to me, and !
ed with my grat, imlnshed, con zen rated
power Of Loving this fragile little form. PeIhsps it
was my inpatient love, my hot kisses, tina. confirmed
tie feverp POISON in her veins. She awoks In the night,
the second light after we had bared her brother
f DIX h, v Of Rss Of H ss s S
YVES restless and not, though. quite web.
"IsxPscted thl-,' he answered. "Pray Heaven
s.e may recover!
knowledge. at is not the fever; sac has ciuses
co d.
awe tball see" he answered. Oh how cruel his
coldness seemed
You mus. rave her !" I cried.
~ shall tyi" he answered, "bu. If she d.ss-'
Dies Have you-has God no pay" later
rupted.
Thele were many days OF hope and fear. Other
oh, sicians came and we're commanded, implored, 70
save her. Iprsyed for her life, wildly, on my knees,
with al the pow er had. But she gre. worse. Oas
Ii. hi could no longer bear 10 waeh her sutsrinss
iusb. cut into the zen air. 1t wss fresh, bljs
ing night, aud moonlight. ran along the s1ore-the
wsves broke noiry ulon the beach Alone alone,
"aiope !" that vas all the wild winds and the wild
sea saij TO comfort me- Turn 20 Nature for consee-
ton TeNa,ure the mighty AID all p tying mohsrl'
She hiDgs back your moan in your ieetni she Knocks
and echoes your CRY.