The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-05-28

el"eSt uauButeT, Blrl OF tWeiNP, was ironing IN
the kitchen. She came in with woful face,
saying,
Mother, dear look here. Fathers lsst linen
neck-cIoth was hanging on the chair, and baby
pulled 1t off aud switched the corner of it into
the fire. II twas half burned up, before could
put it out. What will father dot
The child was reproved too sharply, for not
taking more heed, and went crying to her work
: II is too bad, said the mother that we mus,
| be the one to sulTtr always But father shall
not b. the loser by the carelessness of his ppo.
pie. ! won't put up with it. That bad dollar
cam; f'om the congregation, and it shall go
back to them
| s. she put on her bonnet, AMI went to the gen.
.lenan's furnishing stor, kept by Mr.. g., MEM
Der of their church. She bought her husband
new neck cloth, which she hoped he would never
know from the old one.
That very day the lady called and asked TO
see the Reverend Mr.. -. She told the story
of the counterfeit dollar, and asked if he had
| seen anything of it, saying she hal come to re-
deem it, The minister said it had luckily fll-
len into his hands, and joyfully did he hasten
| TO his wles ROOM.
God verify numbers the hairs of our heads
he said. He will not sufr.r one of his little
sparows to fall 10 tn. ground. Give ma the
bad dollar, for lady has come to give US good
one in its place
Then came the agony Of confession TO the
hitherto honest wife. She will weep and wriths
| to her dying day at the remembrance of that
look OF surprise AMI wounded trust, which her
| beloved husbanIs face wore as he heard il. She
went at once to the lady, and told her all. 1t
was a brave deed, for she was a ministers wife,
with whole congraation watching to detect
slip from her upg!sh ness. The lady, she feared
would b. sure to report her delinluincy, but she
had fallen into marciful hands, aud her fault
was kept secret. They went together to ths
| furnishing store.
The store-kaeper eximined his till AMI desk
| Ihar' was NJ such dollar TO be found aud no
could tell to whom it hand baen given. Oa3 of
the shop girls had prob 'bIy passed il without
seeing that it was not good. The lady left a dol
lar to replace it, should any one bring it back,
and went home disappointed. Her husband
Was magistrate, AMI she kntw that he so
strict IN bringing offenders to justice, that she
never mantioned to him this counterfeit, for fear
of gazing ths market woman into trouble for
passing it, knowing 4 to b. such.
Tnat night her husb md came home from his
otiics looking exceedingly weary and sad. Hi.
wife pressed to know the reason.
'Ol,' said he. the duties of my Office are
sometimes So painful | have jus, had to send
such nice, lady like looking womin to the
lookup for the night, because it was too latc to
examine her at once. She seemed in great dis
tress about something but she cant speak a
worl Of english, SO l couldn't m Ike it out. |
think though her husband is sick
Why not let her 90 an | take her up again in
the mornns7
. We'll shs is aecusel OF a serious charge-coun-
terelting-- AMI her distress may be all sham, OILY
plan TO get her husband off, 4 don't want him
warned. have set watch about the house, but
can do no more until morning There are great
numbers Of counterfeit gold dollars in circulation
and this woman, her neighbors say has tried to
fhraa within | bov
ious 10 discover the rOgues but don't believe
this woman has anything to do with it. However
| had to shut her up, the ncighbors are so indig.
nant. To morrw it will be looked into, aud the
woman set free have no doubt
Perhaps her poor sick husband may die Of ankle
ty and alarm, meanwhile.
well, put on your bonnet wife. You can speai;
German. | should feel easier, confess, if kncw
more about this matter, and We will 90 to her res
idence.'
The wife hastily mall rea ly. They hal to &c
to adirty, narrow cot, peoplel by the lowest Irish
When they arrived aud inquired Tor the man, the
were shown into destitute room, without tire OF
light, at the door Of which they had knocked bu
received no answer. Whel they approached the
bed man spoke as if just swuking, and said il
German
4, Olga, have you come? am SO cold, anil
have been dying for a drink of water. could moi
reach my medicine Olga and it is long past tho
hour But poor wife, yol have gone through
, much, no doubt-have they paid you ?
The magistrate sent the Off ;ious neghbors foI
, fire an 'iglt, while his wife gradually broke the
news u tue husband for he had not heard Of hi,
wiFs arrest. The neighbQrs were afraid to tell il
to man so ILL., He was lying, wasted by low
fever almost TO skeleton. He seemed horror
struck at the idea of bis wics disgrace aud turn.
r ing away from the lady he wept bitterly. From
ejacl.a ions, and fragmentary sentences she gather
l. that he belonged to q noble family in some lit.
tie German principaIity. and had been obliged, Oh
account of sympathy with Hungary, to fly with
his wife They had expended all their means, be
fore they had been able to get any employment
and since the failure OF her husbands health thc
poor wife had struggled to support them both
with her needle. tie turned to ms visitors again
to explain about the counlerftits He said, the
ncyhboraoO and market. people gave bis vile bad
money repeatedly thinking Shrewsly that She be-
lug n foreigner, would nOt he likely 10 know the
true coin well. When she ignorautly tried 10 bay
things with this bad money, she was har5hly treat.
i ell Therefore wuen she had another gold dollar
given TO her, he supposed she had shown it to he!
negdoors to ask ii 1t were cool, an had not been
able TO make herself understood by them. He had
not seea her since she left him 10 take home some
shirts TO Mr. BIS furnishing store.
Tae magistrate perceived that these pc1p'e wer1
4 Innocent, AMI went ut onca 10 obtain the woman.
release, while hts wife stayeI and busted herself in
procuring comforts for the destitute invalid, with.
ont consulting him at all about H. for she saw thai
his proud spirit rebellsd against receiving as char
i;y cvcn the means OF proi1lEing life,
RI II was not long before he. husband returned and
never was there a sadicr O, teaierer meeting than
between the sick mln and his beratol wifi, Al
though medical attendance was procured and
every comfort placed about him. the sutltre, died
that night, blessing with his last words tho sla Is
who hail Giabed hIE 10 have tine eom.or, OF A.,
wiie's presence IN his last dark hoar
The lady herself however, fl,t k,ealy sel..,on
d demned. Sne told her husband tie whole story
?, shedding tears and pain.
Il What dreadful chan of sin and sorrow hay,
> occasoned she said
Il do not think you were to blame h'r hushan'
replied for YOU cfI the dollar to he given to tn,