The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-05-22


her up, the uci@hbors are so indignant.
Tomorrow it will be looked into, and the
woman set free, have no doubt
" Perhaps her poor sick husband may
die i'll anxiety aud alarm MEANWHILE
" Well, put ON your bonnet, honest
wife. You can speak German. / should
feel easier, confess, if | knew more
about t he matter, and | will 20 to her
residence"
The wife hastily made ready They
had to 90 to 4 dirty, narrow court, rco-
pied by the lowest class. When they
arrived and inquired for the man, they
were shown into a destitute room, with
out fire or light, at the door of which
they knocked, but received no an
swer. When they approached the bed,
a man spoke as if just awaking, and said
III German:
" Olga, have you como I am so
cold, and have been dying for drink of
water. could not reach my medicine.
Olga, and it is long past the hour. But
poor wife, you have gone through much;
no doubt-and have they paid you %
The magistrate sent the oHicious
neighbors for fire and light, while his
wife gradually broke the news to the
husband, for he had not heard Of his
witc's arrest. The ncighbors were afraid
to tell it to Il man SO i'll. lie lying
wasted by slow fever almost to Il sltclc-
ton. lie seemed horror-strickcn at the
idea Of his wifc's disgrace, and turning
away from the lady, he wcpt bitterly
From calculations and fragmcutary sem
tcnccs, she gathered that he belonged to
a noble family in some little German
principality, and had been obliged, on
account OF sympathy with Hungary, to
fly with his wife. They had expended
all their means before they had been able
to get any employment, and since the
failur" of lrr husbands health, tie poor
wife had struggled to support them both
with her needle. lie turned to .hls
visitors again to explain about the coun-
tericits. lie said the ncighbors and
market people gave his wife bad money
repeatedly, thinking shrcwdly that she,
being foreigner, would not be likely to
know the true coin we'll. When she
| ignoranny tried to buy things with this
bad money, she was harshly treated
Therefore, when she had another gold
dollar given to her, he supposed she had
shown it to her ncighhors to ak if were
good, and had not been able to make
herself understood by them. lie had
not seen her since she left him 20 take
home some shirts to Mr.. BIS furnishing
store.
The magistrate perceived that these
people were innocent, and went at once
to obtain the woman's release, while his
wife stayed and busted herself in pro-
curing comforts for the destitute invalid
without consulting him at all about it,
for she saw that his proud spirit rcbellcd
against receiving as charity even the
means Of proloneing life.
1t was not long before her husband
returned, and never was there a saGdcr
or more tender meeting than that be-
tween the sick man and his liberated
wife.
Although medical attendance was pro-
cured and every comfort placed before
him, tic sufferer died that night, blessing
with his last words, the lady who had
thus enabled him to have the comfort of
his wlic's presence i'll his last dark hour.
The lady herself, however, felt kccnly
scli-condenncd. She told her husband
the whole story, shedding tears of pain.
" What dreadful chain Of sin and
sorrow | have occasioncd,' she said.
" / do not think you were in blame"
the husband replied. "For you only
LEFT the dollar to be given to the true
pa&scr Of IT'D
" Oh, no | was almost sure the mar
kct woman would not be particular. |
thought she would get rid Of it the first
chance she had. | said that is no con-
Germ of mlnc.' 1t was an Indifference to
right which has had the force Of ntcn-
tional wckcdncss. See what series of
SINS | occasioned. The market woman
gratlied her revenge first, and did dis
honest act besides; then the hateful
hypocritc put it into the poor fund in
the Misunderstanding i'll the very tenn
pie. The moment his wife spoke of his
contribution saw detected guilt in his
face, but he told more falschoods-hc
pretended he did it by mistake, and that
he would make it up. The poor minis
tcr's wife, tempted by poverty, became
dishonest. Oh, what agony it will be
to her to remember it, and to me to
know that | occasioncd it d., And the
starving, innocent German lady, who
came near being deprived of her hus-
bands last kiss, and who endured hours
Of misery, knowing that he was suffering
in her absence Oh, husband,
'Onc i'll deed,
Sows countless sccd'
| shall never forget This lesson. PRAY
God that every one of my sins of omis-
sion may not be followed by such train
of mischicf.'
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 u 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 cflaced. But that she knew BY
experience could not be-
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