The south-western., 1856-03-12

| to be the result Of fererish derium, and was
confirmed in her belief that he was very i'll.
She followed him up and down the room. en-
deavoring to soothe him by expressions of af-
fection and sympathy, and begging him to let
her do something for him. Might she not
send for the doctor, or should she bring little
toast and tea? or would he have his feet put in
hot water, and 60 right to bed? OF would he
consent to let her apply just one neat little mus
tard plaster? it would give such instant relief tu
| his poor head
| But Pemberton secuted at all her proposals
declared her offers came too late to change
his opinion as to her indifference, and continu-
/ ed to rave about her unkindness and the change
he perceived in her feelings to him. The more
Louisa protested her love and constancy, the
more unreasonable and unconvinced he seemed
to be; till she was ready to cry from mere vex
alton at finding all her protestations disbelieved. .
and her husband obstinately of the same opin-
ion STILL in spite of all she could say.
| At last, when he was quite tired out, Penn
berton allowed himself to be SO far softened by
Louisa's persuasions as 20 permit her to lead
him back to his lounge, to try to get a nap
She covered him with her shawl, and sat beside
| him smoothing his hair, till he appeared to
| drop into sumber.
Remembering that she was needed to give
some directions to her cuok, Louisa endeavor-
ing to rise noiselessly, with the intention Of
stealing softly from the room. But at her first
movement Pemberton exclamed--
What is the matter? What is the matter?
Nothing replied Louisa, quite furried, i
was only going to speak to the cook moment
/ Going to speak to the cook!' repeated Penn
berton, contemptuously. Pray, Mrs Walton,
make no excuses for relieving yourself from the
dull task Of attending stupid, sick husband
pray, go and talk TO your cook E@%
Dear Pemberton, how suspicious you've
grown said Louisa really distressed. Her
husband interrupted her
1 remember the time, when nothing, howev-
CT delightful, could win you from my side for a
now, though am III, a miserable cook cannot
| fry potatoe, but you must run to look on, and
leave me to suffer alone.'
My poor husband, are you suffering much?'
asked Louisa, soothingly -.--.- ..-:..t.yr
Ny greatest suticrlnys are mental replied
Pembcrton, severely, as he suddenly hid his
head in the cushions Of the lounge, while his
frame shook with strange agitation. #
Louisa flew to him in alarm; she was con-
! vinced he was about to be seized with some
kind of a fit. She hastily snatched the cushion
| from his face, and 10 her excessive surprise
discovered her poor, sick, suffering husband
convulsed with laughter.
For some minutes astonishment held her
spell bound--then the perception Of husband S
ruse, and the lesson it was intended to carry,
| flashed upon her. She stood irrcsolute-half-
angry, halfamused--n doubt whether to be
indignant or take part in laugh against herself.
| Fortunately her better nature prevailed; and
having relieved her feelings by calling Penn
berton ''an unmtigated humbug." she joined
him in fit Of unrestrained merrlment
She candidly admitted her defeat--acknowl-
edged that Pemberton had proved himself an
excellent mimic and had not much oyeracted
his part
Better than all, she was too sensible woman
not to profit by lesson so fairly set before her
and from that day dated great reform in hel
conduct. ..: .5 ....
True, from force of habit, she sometimes
ces; but whenever this danger impendcd, Penn.
berton was sure to be seized with timely re-
turn of his fcverish rawlings; and SO, by out He
roding Herod always contrived to remain mas
ter Of the field.
t:Five ~inters--dark and d:eary winters
have we spent upon the Five Points, surround
ed by want and suffering, by beggary, shame
and crime The fact of living here is not in it
self so hard as the lack Of means to supply the
wants of the worthy poor, and to afford shelter
and protection to the houseless. We have been
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witness little bare feet treading the icy pave
ments, until the nails have been frozen from
their toes; to see skeleton fingers reached out
to us, and hear their cry for bread when we
had no bread to give. We have been COMPEL.
ed to leave the widow with her new born babe
upon her bosom, fliendless and shelterless upon
the street, because we had no shelter for her
to see boys ri pen into criminal manhood, and
girls into wanton womanhood; we have been
compelled to hear hundreds of unfortunate beg
in vain even in the name of our Saviour, for ar
opportunity to reform; and when denied, seen
them give up in despair, and afterward die
j hopeless; and all for want of little of that o
which thousands are so prodgal. Thisis hard. .
The above is from a recent address to the
New York public by therev. L. NJ. Pease, the
1 benevolent head Of the Five Point mission
establishment. New York can now rival the
great cities of the old world in its startling con-
trasts Of extreme penury and great wealth.
gaunt hunger and overfed luxury fashion and
famine-rags and ruff1es-vice and virtue-al
erowding her avenues in juxtaposition, hideous
and revolving until the eye gets accustomed
and the heart calous to the spectacle. No can
did man, familiar with the facts, can doubt fol
moment that a greater amount ofhuman mis-
cry is pent up within her twelve or fourteen
miles ofsquare than could be found in the whole
sayeholdng Section. But New York is nc
worse than any other city ofits size in the world
it is probably better. Her miseres only H.
lustrate one inherent vice of what is called free
society, which, like every other form of social
organization, has its peculiar defects. L has
no unity-its interests are, in fact antagonlstlc
Capital is not forced to promote for labor, but
on the contrary, uses its powerand seeksi Its ad-
vantage in obtaining labor as cheaply, and do
ing with as little of it as possible. 1t employs
and discharges without moments reference to
the employed or discharged. A thousand OF