Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-06-03

had not seen her since she left him to take
home some shirts to Mr.. B's furnishing store.
The magistrate perceived that those peo-
lple were innocent, and went at once to OBJ
tain the woman's release, while his wife
stayed and busted herself in procuring COM
forts for the destitute invalid without con-
sulting him at all about it, for she saw that
his proud spirit rebelled against receiving
as charity even the means of prolonging life
| st was not long before her husband re-
armed, and never was there sadder or
more tender meeting than that between the
sick man and his liberated wife
Although medical attendance was procur-
ed and every comfort placed before him, the
sufferer died that night, blessing with his
last words, the lady who had thus enabled
him to have the comfort of his wife's presence
in his last dark hour
The lady herself, however, felt keenly
| tself-condemned She told her husband the
| whole story, shedding tears of pain. "a
.4s'W hat dreadful chain of sin and sor-
row I have occasioned,o she said.
81 do not think you were in blame," the
husband replied. +.For you only left the
dollar to be given tothe true passer of it."
"Oh, no! [ was almost sure the market Wo-
man would not be particlur I thought she
would get rid oft the first chance she had
[ said that is no concern of mine. It was
an Indifference to right which has had the
| force Of intentional wickedness. See what a
series of sins occasioned. The market wo-
man gratifed her revenge first, and did a
| dishonest act besides; then the hateful hyp-
ocrite put it into the poor fund in the church
cheating in the very temple. The moment
his wife spoke of his contribution [ saw de-
ltected guilt in his face, but he told more
ifalsehoods- pretended he did it by mis-
take, and that he would make it up. The
poor minister's wife, tempted by poverty,
became dishonest. Oh, what agony it will
be to her to remember it, and to me to know
| that occasioned it! And the starving in
nocent German lady, who came near being
| deprived of her husband s last kiss, and who
endured hours of misery, knowing that he
was suffering in her absence! Oh, husband !,
- Gone il deed, ...s..r,-..s.,..f...-s-
| Sows countless s ed. ed.-..s..z.ss...@
I shall never forget this lesson. Pray God
oHdo OFCIy OIlC VI LII Siuo VI Oiliooiou aldy
not be followed by such train of mischief" !"
To be reminded of her fault, the lady had
the dollar set in plain bracelet, and wore
it constantly upon her arm. Every day the
base coin left green mark from corrosion,
and as she washed it off, she thought how
blessed it would be if the consequence of sin
could be so easily efaced. But that she
knew bv experience could not be.
In the three days since she had first been
careless of the right, that dollar, which she
had suffered to slip through her fingers, had
brought sin or unhappiness to herself, the
two hucksters, the minister's wife, the hy-
pocrite, and the ill-used foreigner. They
none ofthem--would ever during their whole
lives, escape from the consequences Of her
culpable neglect in not stopping the circu-
lation of that couterfeit dollar.