The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-11
Slowly, At Ienyt 4. abe moved toward tine

kcr, right soon." lie raid, turning partly
around, and looking buck II tho troubled
shoemaker.
'.Ihc moment | receive It, Andrew IL
going out with some bills immediately"
The door opened, noi>elcssls with noise
less steps drcori,g figure went ont, and
noisclc->ls the door wa, shut again. The
only sells. that took record III the circnm.
stance, WAS that III sight.
Mr.. Redwood, the merchant. who thought
his shoemaker, bill IT - little consequence
thai he would LII take he trouble IL write
check in order To cancel IL, left his ~toi.
some two hours alter the visit of Andrew
and started hutne t. hi- late dinner. tn
iiis way hc passed wine store, and dropped
In To order a case OIL choice Amoatiliada
the flavor of which he had tried and apprc-
we'd.
" Send il home within mn hour. | wish
bottle iur IN, dinner" said Mr.. Redwood
"a he took ont his pockct-bvok 10 pay for
the wine. "lt shall he done,a was the
ready answer.
n the merchant replaced his pocket hcnn
ami was battonlng hi, c.at over nls breast.
a poorly dressed woman came into the
store, and walked hack, with an air Of timed
irreSolution to where the two men--the
win. dealer and his custumer--wcrc stand
ing.
Well, what's wanted y said the Wine
dealer IN short, imperative voice. Ny
husband i very low, and the doctor has or
dered him some wiuc.o Tile wofnAn's sal,
pleading tone male il very apparent To the
dealer that she had come t. beg not to bu.
!. liza, he indeed = Tile Voice 1T the wine
dealer was halt insulting Il failed to get
none, frr my work AMI cannot 70 home
without the wine. uh sir, il You will
trust me for a bottle will certainly come
and pay yon The money i. earned, and |,
], promised this afternoon r The wine mcr-
chant laughed, Sne.ringly, n he made an.
swer 1T wont do my good woman, The
trick Il too stale" :. But, sir.
The urgenc, ot the case made Mrs Blythe
impnrtnnc .Thcrc--tterci That will do
Go now = aud the wine merchant waved
his hand toward the duor lmpatlently. Mr..
blythe turned and went away, not speak
my another word. The eyes Of Mr.. Red
wool We're IN Ter pale thin face and he
saw there mn expression that haunted him,
~ We arr sometimes haunted IL, face in u
picture, t"r many days aiterward
chant, IN algar way, n The Woman pass.
I'D inio the stre.t. :. u had eiscn her the
bette II Vine size would haze been H. drunk
A. a beast ~ halt al hour
Mi Redwood, M whose mepnary that
parting leah, u Ma Blythe had ,iaguerrco
typed itself, thought differently hut he
gay. no nttcraac. 10 III, thoughts.
That momans story was true one,
lac said to himself ~ he passed on his way
homcward. ~ wish had asked her resi-
dsnce - and be looked carefully around
linn, up and down the street, with kind
II vague hope Of seeing her Hut already
too long away from her exhausted husband,
she had hurried back u him with almost Nv
lng feet
"oa, Mary whispered feeble voice n
she leaned over the bed, huw hong you
have been away feel very fains--v.ry
faint Have you got the wine ~
Only the bitter wine of sorrow, crushed
out from an almost breaking heart, had she
brvught ksr her husband. and A. n lew drup.
tell upon hls lace, She whispered bach, hnsk
lily.
" Mr.. Barker could not pay me for my
work But he will send tie money in All
hour Or Two, AMI then will ~, the wine"
4 feeble sigh iluttered the breast III the
lashe> lay IN two dark lines upon the blo1i
less checks while a more death like hue
over~prca.l his countenance.
Edward Edward oh. Edward Illus
handn' Slowly the eyes IL the sick man
opened, but closed again heavily, xithon,
sending forth lcam III intelligence.
The poor wainan's strength was all gone.
Sinking into char, she leaned over upon
The bed, and laid her face against that -
her husband. ttS GOODNESS chilled her Ia
The heart. Already the death sian,., were
breaking through the relaxing p.rc-. 4
moment she tired u arouse herself 10 a new
effort. hut hope had died, and I'll. eaden
pail Of despair was ON her spirit,
Mrs. BLYTHE r II was the voice vi An
drew, the shocmakcr'sbos Mr. Blythe"
His hani Wa nI.en her arm, but she stirred
not Mrs. Blythe! | have brought yen
the money for your work. And Mr.. Bar
ker has sent y bottle VI wine tof Mr.
Blythe"
The Voice and words together penetrated
Oh. shut tiunr 81 the wuman'~ ~sns.s, aud
partly aron.ine herself, she ,nurmnssa, n a
fuller Consciousness returned Toa late !.
teo late" A thrill ii horror went through
th. boy frame, A., bending over, In eyes
rested upon the aslen lace II man wear
ing the CHASTITY image u death.
How little dreamed the weil-tn-lo mcr-
chant IL n scene like this, ~ hs ,ipped his
del,eafeiy favored sherry, and remarked up-
On it. quality ~ scene like this, which
an eas, act II justice on his part, in the
simple payment II hill, might have pre-
vented onee be lanksd IT the crystal
wine, holding his glass IL the light. the
countenance Of the roof woman he hal seen
at tile wine merchants seemed u glare NJ
hun, ~ il reflected from . mirror. But the
unpleasant vision lal.d IN d moment. BE-
tween that despairing eauntenanee and his
fallnr. u pay \ tniilne hill he recognized
no possible relation III effect and casl~e.
Yet was il even sol--th. relation did eA,-,
Need ". give any new shades "a our pie-
tnre--nced We turn the Kaleidoscope need
w aid word hy wa, ii application
What gueil The lesson i, complete enough,
and NIL additional groupings or eolorings
would but weaken the moral We seek 10 en-