Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-01-05
=s... From The Philadelphia Times.
Another SELF ,nadaess, and "a Me thod

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4 ny pyspossessing aud PRETTY sp2keh wo
;. man, some@ here between sweet six;eel
: and twenty five years OF age, drove up t
: -ioor of the Insane Hospital, over whIel
Dr. ----- pre- sides, and inquired Tor tat
. genilemau. She was usiiefed in.o tue re-
: eeption room, where sheawaIied the com
ing Of the Doctor with all air OF aeath :
fence which rather fascinated the servant
who looked upcn her with eyes oil admi-
ration and unieigned pleasure When
alone she amused hersell-a woman al
WAYS wili---lD gratifying her curiosity bv
inspecting The various articles in the room
critically and thoroughly. Tie doctor
being announced, she received him with
Zone Of those bewiIdenng smiles which
snnae women know SO we'll how TO beato'
aud whose lutluencv 10 G.aa OF ieeins
can resi- t. The Doctor welcomed her
with more Than his u,ia warmth, and
soon learned the ob;.c, Of her visit.
She had come, ihe said with glance
full of melancholy, and a tone Of more
than womanly tenderness. 10 ascertain Of
the Doctor in person, whether she could
secure private quarters for her husband
who was s,lbitc, to intense fits OK ab'fa-
ton Of mind, but whose conduct toward
her, bitter and cruel Il, It was, could not
ALLEVIATE her love for him, which was the
all pefvaJng passion Of her soul. He had
gown SO violent of late that she wished to
have him secured from violence 10 liimseii
as well as to her. (and here the charming
tcreature Wept fer some m0ment.,) and il
She could mike an arrangement with The
! ~ srtnr stp ,trYpI fhaf shntlB bp tl,t
as private as his most secret thoughts, and
her husband beyond the scrutiny OF visi-
tors. And Sire said lier heart would break
she knew /, would, aud we.h bitterly and
long.
The doctor, as all who know his KIND
and tender -heartedness Will readily imaG-
inc, was not insen>ible TO the touching re
eiiai Of his visitor, and with that lrankness
which always character.zes him, promised
to give her hu,band private apartment
aud his special care; and also TO shi"id him
from the gaze OF cagsoaty-sresefs VITO
run down nu5lic institutions.
The lady was not long in arranging
terms. intcrningled with tears; size was
not long in settling the details Of her bIs
bands confinement; she was mol long. in
short in taking her leave. Aud as she
s,epp ID into her carriage, aided by the
Kind hand Of the Doctor She turned hei
beautiful face towards him. snd cast upon
hin, GLANCE that was full of tenderness
and .ol;oi,pae and ;psni.ed him anew
w,th aouittt,o on and pity.
III. caffi,se drove away, the DOCTORS
80. r,.louinr amid In, clouds of dust
which followed in lis wake, until it vas
entirely los, TO view. Down to the
bridge along the crowded thoreaghfare.
over the pe6bled way OF Chestnut street,
q a fashionable, If not the fashionable
eweIry establishment of our city, the car
Rage passed. lis sweet and solitary inmate
slancing out and smiling within and
grow ing radiant with ii thought that re-
quiles another paragraph to learn.
She aligh,ed. and ghded into the bazaar
Of gold ard silver aud precious stones,
vita al, The stateliness ola queen. One
or two of the een,lemanlv attendants ran to
6 IN her wish. She wanlrd,io Sc &c, pla e
Of silver are.no, 100 elaborate in design OF
NO, knanshjp, nor vet too plein-;ome-
tlnupnsa, tasteful and beautiful. The