Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-22
nssn pomEsTIC STORY.

In the Palmer (Mass.) JoaraGl Of the Sd in
stani. il the obituary column, we ind the fol-
loving announcement Died-H26, Mary, %,
wife Of De Witt Clinton Packard, Of ProTi-
dence. E. IL We also find the following edi-
torial paragraph, which it would seen has re-
lationfo that announcement;
II another column we record the death Of a
young lady who died Of a broken heart. We
DO not like 20 trespass upon the sacrednsss Of
domestic grief, to unfold the details Of her sad
story, bu- when he privacy If affection be-
comes public feeling, Z is not improper for the
press 70 place the events on record. Il is not
Necessary 70 repeat names or relate minute
particulars. It Is enough that we draw the
outlines Of a picture for the reader to paint
with Appropriate colors. Many months ago,
in the neighhorhood Of the toxin Of Belebertwon,
a Young man sought and received the promise
Of the hand Of q Young LADY. whose home was
in tie lap Of iuXurY, whose men-al and per-
Fonal attraction made all pleasant around her
Lke TOO many conhding ones Of her sex, she
trusted mans unhalloWed promise, and yielded
all 10 hin. From that hour he eEtranged him
self from her, and soon removed TO q distant
state. Whsnit became evidsn-that hehad ex-
posed hi self 70 the penalty Of the Law, at the
REQUEST of her friends be visited her 70 fulfill
the VOWS be had long before made. They were
married in one Of those hasty unceremonious
ways which occupy but little tine or attention
Late in the evening they returned to n rfather's
house, where be left her IN the street, promis-
inEtoreturn In a short tine. But the promise
was never fulfilled. She wrote 10 him, and re-
ceivei encouragement that he would soon pro
vide home for her, but delay followed delay,
I'll her letters and entreaties were unheaded
and unanswered. At length a pledge Of
wouan's love for hex husband zane into the
world % open new fountains Of affection to
the yoang wife. still the husband an father
cane not
The mother recovered from the confinement,
but, after repealed letters 10 her husband found
nc answer, the idea that she was deserted BY
him forced itself upon her, and she gave way
to dependency and despair. The child, par
taking II lis mothers grief, soon died. There
was nothing more hat she could live for: and
though suffering from no disease, she sank
upon q diving bed. Then the swift wing Of
lightning boreto the distant husband the intelli-
geBce hat she was dying He stiu hesitated,
but az length set cut to meet his expiring wife.
Conscious that her hours were few, she only
wished TO live long enough 10 see her husband;
be was Sill al 20 her. Her last words 10 her
friends were: Tell him that I sin love hin
that ] died for him. When evening Swallowed
the earth the husband came. As be approach
ed The bedside Of Lis injured wife, be was re
c0zHi1el, and the words He's come burst
from her lips. Already had the wing Of the
A"A.A -AHH @Aa az. a@aeA w A44H ~
and sle,was entering the dimnsss OF the dark
valley. Next morning In that room lay TIE
cgrBse Of a beautiful young wife, on which
the husband had looked for the last time and
departed.
Last sabbath afternoon the funeral OF the
yoElg wife took place under her fathers roof
Her ueightou and friends, 70 the number OF
i've hundred, were present; but the husband
who had left her 20 die for him was not there.
A deep ~y-sfecting address was made By her
former Es-or, and, Just as the sun was sink
inE behind the western hills, four young ladies
OF hey acquaintance, clad in garments Of white
bore tsr 90 q grave IN the garden, where the
green -u1f wss land gently over her. Such is
the story Of one who died Of a broken b art.
The grave IS 2 quiet place for the injured wife,
but where IN all THE world can there be peace
for hin who would thus bring souow and death
upon herr TIE story has It's moral, but we
VIII leave the reader to apply it; it Is full Of
warning and We leave the young to heed il.