Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-03-06
s. Startling C'o1f6gsion.

called home from his workshop on
Saturday morning, by a messenger
who brought the melancholy IN
telligence~ that bis wife, Barbara,
had taken arsenic for the purpose OF
committing suicide, and was then
at the point Of death. He hasten
ed to her bedside. and fonnd her
in more agonysof mind than Of body,
she declared that there was some
thing On her mind which she wish
I'd to confess to him before her de-
parture, with the hope Of obtain
ing his forgiveness. Mr.. aine with
great emotion, desired her to 60 On
with the disclosure, adding that she
might assure herself Of his forgive
ness before she had made known
her offence.
| "Ah, Mordecai," !" eaid she, :Fyou
remember our large white pitcher
was broken some time ago; / pre-
tended to you that the cat broke it,
| but that was false, for I: myselt, did
| IT, 1t. r." =~ ~ .a .s Il.
<>*Oh, naydeaar,', said Mr.. Paine,
':don't concern yourself about such
a trihe. I had forgotten the pitch
| e., and it matters not now how it
| was broken.o
''1'Elere Is another 11atter,'' - said
Mrs. 2. after some hesitation. sST}le
six silver spoons which L made yon
believe were stolen BY the 7 ankee
clock-mender: I pawned them to
raise money to pay the milllner for
doing up my pink satin bonnet" "
IN ever mind It, my love,o said
Alr. Paine, encoura gingly~ Il hope
heaven willforgive you as freely as
I do.''
After short pause, Mrs. ?, BE-
gan again
g ! our best razor, which you
missed last summer, and made SO
much to do about. ! snapped it
away to q pedlar for tortoise-shell
comb.o -.
"The deuce we'll, weIl,'' said
Mr.. P, recolleeting himself THAT
is ali done now, and can't be amen /
ded- Think 10 mere OF it." |
i could not leave the world with |
such q thing Oh my conscience,'' re-
piled the fair peultent.
''Go on, 60 on," cried mfr. Paine, |
Il told you that could forgive
e1ything at such time as this"
Mrs. 7. resumed:
" on remember our boarder, ST.
NEON Drake, who ran up a bill for
six weeks, and then went of: in q
hurry without paying & cent. He
aud had agreed to elope together;
bHt he changed his mind at the last
moment, and ran away without
me-" -s
"Fire and fury do you dare to
tell ne this r. cried Alordecai in
great excitement. "But, as you are
dying, ! won't reproach You. I'll
leave YOU now 70 settle the affair
wish your OWL conscience"
'EStay an hear one thing more"
cried the repentant Barbara. %>The
dose I took this morning was in i
tended for you,. put it into your
cup Of coffee, hat ia my hurry to
get the thing done, I gave yo1a the
wrong cup and took the right one
nyselt.'' +
'sThe devil fly away with yor,
you Jade u roared Mo~decai, as he i
flung himself out Of the room. III h
tue entry lie met the apothecary y.
who had sold Mrs. 2 :, the fatal pow !
der. This medical man had heard {
Of the cornmotjon at I I'aine',a house, /
and sl1specting the. cause @ot it., he =,
came to administer hope and COM {
fort to the afflicted. +
"Don't be alarmed, Mr.. Paine" f
said he, ''the drug I sold to yonr II
wife was nothing but as1agnesia. I +
!udged that she wished to destroy /
herself, and [ tricke<z her in this :
way to save her Life. 'za..@.s e i
"You swindling rascal, - shouted $
{ Paine, S'ho" dare yots cEieat q Gus I
orucr il that shameful manner aud T
'btain her money On false preten- r
,es? Begone ~ b
And will, the exclamation be Vi t.
>Iently elected Ehe astonished Il
spothecary from his front. door,