Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-10-24
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY

Lay iShe JusS SuuuOIcht W uisOCin W.
was admitted through a partly opened
blind. Ny step was so light that no one
perceived my entrance. By the bed
side, with her head bowed down over
one of her daughters pale hands. which
she held in both her own, sat the wretch
ed mother. Itseemed to me as though ten
years had passed over her faded and
care worn cOuntenance her hair had
become gray! could not move-my
heart stood still. On the girls temples,
dark, round, blue marks with crossed
gashes, showed that the fatal cups had
been at their work /; the left arm, expos
ed by the withdrawn sleeve of her night
dress, was bandaged at the elbow-blood
also had been taken from the arm Oh,
God ! how my heart ached. The doom
Of the sweet sufferer had been thus sure
ly sealed. Fatal error The excitement
of the brain had been mistaken for IN
Fammotion.
l approached the bed; for the first
time the desolate mother heard my steps,
and turning quickly she sprang from the
chair, and placing her hands on my
shoulders, she bowed her head on my
chest She sobbed wildly, as though
her heart would break.
''Look, look, doctor, would you have
known her? Oh, God she is leaving
me-save her, save her l''
She sank fainting on the floor. We
gently raised her, and bore her to her
own chamber. In few minutes, re-
turned to my patients room. She turn
her head languidly towards me while her
right hand moved as if to take mime
How dry the palm was Her color had
faded away the round moulded cheeks
were sunken her eyes seemed double
their natural size, and of a deeper color;
the mouth was seemingly swollen, whilst
the lips parted sluggishly from the dark,
crust-covered teeth. With great effort
she said: "Oh 1 am glad you have
come back to me-do try to save me !"
Poor child her dark tongue was so
thlckand dry that her words were scarcely
ineligible. L felt her pulse it was very
rapid, and the blood felt thin like water
in the easily compressed vein. Death
was at its work in the young and inno-
cent
Sending the nurse from the room, 1
quickly took the young girls hand with
in my own. emily" L said 10 her,
edo you really wish to live ?" eyes,
yes" she distinctly murmured, 81 am
very yOung-too young to die !'' "Then,
dear child, tell me, what has shocked
your nervous system so terribly-tell
me-"
With strength that startled me, she
searched under the mattress side, and
placed small note in my hand. 1t was
slightly discolored, as though by time.
1 opened it 4; the date was over twelve
years back. 1t ran
"When you receive this, Mira, my ca
reer will have ended. By my death you
will inherit all Let my unborn child
have its just legal claim. Your child,
Emily, take to your home, as though
it were an adopted orphan. Let no. her
youth be blighted by the knowledge of
her unblest birth. 1 forgive you. Adieu
for ever.-H. T.
My God ! the doomed child was ille~
gitimate !! 1 stopped down and kissed
the sufferers forehead, and promised l
would be father to her. Come" /
whispered, "cheer up; your mother, if
she has sinned, has suffered much for
your sake-forgive her."
''I do forgive her." she answered /;
"but could L forget myself, unblest as l
am ? But must live to know the truth.
Oh, where is the right owner OF all this
wealth Ny memory returns now in
distinctly from my early days /; all seems
in cloud but l remember a small cot
tage in deep wood, where my mother
often came to see me, and tall woman
who took care of me ; then gay car
riage took me 10 large house /; but l
never went back to the wood again.
There mother left me a long time, and
when she came back-Oh, doctor, can
speak no more do give me something
to strengthen me, and l will yet try and
live %
A cordial was administered by my
own hands, and in short time sleep
came over her. Night again closed in !;
the wind had gone down as the sun set.
Another night of cold was ushered in
Woe TO the poor! Woe to the hungry
and frelcss
The wretched mother still retained
her room. By nightwatch, and fast, and
heart rt-corroding memories, her energies
had been suddenly snapped. Pride and
passion, so long her friends, had now de
serted her, leaving every heart-agony
deeply line-graven on her faded coun-
tenance. In all my life had never seen
such wreck The proud look of self
possession was gone, suppliant detection
filling every feature the naughty car
riage bowed beneath weight, as though