Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-10-18

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n sh ~ glEgG3 RYoUR INJURED WrFE.''ia IA
Z Her closets and drawers being searched
were found empty. and Harry, convinced
at last Of his loss, turned his face to tn,
wall and moaned. Asquick fever flushed
his whole system. and he became .delir
ipus. Il was midnight when the nurs'
returned, and fastening 10 her charge
woke her mistress, who Till then hat
slunbefed in Peaceful NDconseiionsnass
and told her The strange story Of he
husbands misfortune. The physician
still sal by Harry's bedside, when Mar
garet. frightened and tghastly pale, en-
tered her own room. ''ai' "',I "'7p
"lIary, Harry" she exclaimed; "my
husband, speak9to mel" Bsaai.aI sa !.
He is delirious, . said the physician
severely; "your tenderness has come toe
late, madam"
"a never had aught but tenderness for
him" said Margaret, wonderingIy, as she
met the sternly rebuking glance of his
eve. i2'I have loved him as | love my
own life; II would.,die for him this mo.
| ment.',', t,.,5.a =, EaG r,., ,s,,; ,,,s,
DR.. Long held up to her the note which
had /, been found upon her table,
The sudden flushing Of her coun;enance
seemed to him proof Of her guilt; but
comprehendiny at last the mistake INTO
which he had fallen. she sat down calmly
by him, and revealed to him the whole
sorrowful story. ...... 70
"Do you think he will Eve, doctor?"
she exclaimed, earnestly, at the close
There is no grief so bitteras to lose him
altogether" alja h.Ha u.u 5a. .r5'.sa,
Time only will determine. He was
thrown from his h"rse. and his skull is
badly fractured. Careful nursing. how
ever. may restore him."
! Margaret took her place by her hus!
bands bedside. releasing Dr.. Long,awho
retired to nadjoinug chamber The sick
man moaned aud turned resllessly upon
his couch, muttering fragments Of deliri
Gus speech. Alixiously was Margaret's
ear strained to catch his hghtest whisper;
sometimes he. murmured her own name,
and seemed 10 be recalling the days Of
their courtship, and the tenderness OF for
mer times; again he was wandering in
desolate wilds in search Of his lost wife,
and crying loudly, My Margaret. my
pearl, my hly-queen! hasany one seen her?
o, my wife, she is dead! she is lost!"---
But never once did the name of Eleanor
Morgan pass his lips. Tendelly and
carefully SIZE watched by his bedside three
long days; no Observation-Disclosures his
medicines, Or smoothed., bis fevered pill
low; no other, touch but hers cooled hls
burning brow; no voice but he 5 answered
his piteous cries AT last he fell into VI
deep and peaceful Sleep o, how almost
breathlcssly the anxious and and remorse
lul wliu watched lest the sligh'es. breath
might distract him., TOWARD morning he
opened his eyes. and looked fainty yet
earnestly about him. Margaret sat by his
head, famty concealed by the curtains,
and it was q moment before, he saw her.
Margaret" he exclaimed. at length,
rmy wite;. there, you have not left me;
| it was a dream, Il cruel nightmare--tell
me it was.'
~ lave never left y5u, my husband, l
am still as ever your true and devoted
wife, .aaauad .a1 10 .esisliu. r.
But was there not a note? Did not
some one say, | and my babe have sought
a refuge rlsewhere?' How was it Marg,-
ret? do not deceive mes '7h. m'r' o'afl2
st'tYou have been very i'll, my husband," /"
was her tender, fearful answer. '"You
have been delirious. ard had many strange
fanGies; but you are better now. You
must not talk however. or disturb your
self about anything Be assured that |
am still your own true Marga'et--yours
as dearly and ienderly as on the day we
were married." and she laid her face be-
sije' his on the pillow, and soothed him,
as one might sootbe an ailing child.
$50. Margaret, my love, my light" he
,murmured, ~ believe earth has not ap-
other like you, | love you this hour IS |
never loved you before"
Harry's' wandering heart at last was
fixed, iiever more to roam During his
long and tedious recovery. Miirgarers
,loye and pa ience were untiring, and he
appreciated. as he had never done before,
lie true wtnanIy soul that inspired her.
"Margaret, darIiuy," lie sad to her
one day, "a always loved you differently
from any other woman | ever knew. |
never saw another woman whom | would
have married, and | never for one instant
regretted having married y"u; but never,
until The moment when Tin my delirum it
must have been, though it comes terribly
real to me even yet thought you hadleft
me; had left me because Of my coldness
and, indifference, my criminal neglect Of
you, and my foolish attentions TO others.
T o, my darling, God spare me from ever
again experiencing the agony Of that mo-
ment!" ,gHt,dieaHgfai as 2tJea.
Then kindly and carefully she told him
all; Of Miss Ashley's call, Of her suhse-
quent walk, OF her hasty determination,
aud how it had been prevented. Tears
came into his eyes rs III, listened gar
.And you have suffered all this for my
wicked folly, Margaret. II shall never b.
again. Your face, faded and worn by
your ceaseless care for me. is more beau
Eliiul to my eyes than it ever was in The
days of. your glrlhood; il would make no
| diffeyen, 10 me now. If you weie planer