The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

I ftiendlass ana without ths msans 81 gsttin
food; then dea4h cana, A1d took away %
little boy; then was compelled % paw
ny jewels g bury ny child; then nv apps
tito Tor drink grew more and more, and, on
BY one, everything went to the pawn-bTo
keT's, until, alter long years Of sorrow, an,
| sickness, and wretchednese, and unhappiness
and misery and crime, came to the miser
able outcast 70 whom You threw the paltr,
coins this evening in the Park
What 4 interrupted the lawyer, were 70,
that wretched being who crossed my patl
this evening" to whom l threw some small
change
'Yesr she replied, lam the same Tire,
picayunes and dime, and | have laid it GU
Ut interest-where think it will help me I.
better life. But don't interrupt me till
finish what have to say. l am going away
to distant country to live cannot live here
more and before went, l determined q
come and tell you plainly how we'll have
come to understand the great wrong which
You have done me. % well as those who are
sleeping under the snow, away over in
Would it not have been better, Gilbert
Thorne, had you kept your ten thousand, OF
my dead fathers money, whichever it was,
and have kept me: too? Would il
have not been more like q man
and Christian-yes, better in the sight OF
God, had you turned my too loving heart to
its best accsunt. and permitted mo to have
lived out my little dream? should never
have troubled you or yours. The little child
who sleeps now in Greenwood might have
lived to some good purpose. Gilbert Thorne,
wish you to remember this night, and to
call to mind that have come here on this
Christmas eve, the anniversary of our first
meeting, to have final reckoning with YOU
came not for money, you have placed the
last in my hands which shall receive from
you--three Picoyunes and dime only
came to you to say that knew it all, and /
knoU the source Of the riches Of Gilbert
Thorme'
The lawyers face grew dark.
But | came not to upbraid you; came
not to expose you l came not tor do you any
harm only came, ere my departure, to
bid you a kindly farewell, and to tell you
that out OF the great sorrow and wretched-
ness which has made me the miserable out
cast which | had came to be, holier, better
spirit utters full forgivness for all the evil
which have received at your hands
This is oil have to say, Gilbert Thorne;
all the reckoning come to make. and now,
slowly rising, may the great Gcd, through
the intercession of Him whose nativity the
of this night commemorate, keep
you and yours from all evil and harm, and
not visit the sins of the father upon the
children
As she said this she had risen to her full
height and her upturned face was lit
with a radiance which it had never known
before.
oh Jenny, Jenny groaned Gilbert
Thorne, throwing himself at her feet, for
Gods sakd curse me DO not say you forgive
me. This is my punishment; l see it all
now
Gilbert Thorne,' she rejoined, and
deadly pallor overspread her features, this
s 20 time Tor impiety my carriage is wait
ing, and must CO. have said all that have
70 say bat kncel with me one little moment,
that may lntercede for you
Her voice was singularly distinct but
very soft and low, and faint tremors ran
through her frame. The strong man was
bowed he knclt beside the outcast, and she,
whom all men reYlled, offered up for him q
petition to the Throne of Mercy, which was
aiken up by angels, and borne to Him who
suffereth not asparrow to fall to the ground
The words of that prayer dwell
ever in the memory of Gilbert Thorne.-
Fears came back to him as when child
The agony Of the strong man, bowed, pen
nay not describe. In vain he told her that
he house and all were hers; that he would
20 forth AMI leave her to her possessions
hat he would work as galley slave, any
hing to make up for the wrong which he had
lone.
She only said, Too late too latel All is
prepared for my departure, and must not,
cannot stay. We part now, Gilbert Thorne,
md let it be quickly over. Good bye r.
Ind she took his hand in both Of hers, and
pressing it once only to her heart, glided
rom the room.
She opened the street door, and as the cold
,ushed in, wrapping her frail form in its
;hill embrace, and moaning through the hall,
t seems to seek to drive her back again say
ny Go not forth; go not forth A moment
,nly she paused, while her shuddering
rame had need of all its resolution to urge
ner forth into the desolate night She closed
he door, and forth into the desolate storm
The went, out into the bitter night, amid the
lrifting snow and pitiless winds, leaving a
blessing upon the threshold, which she was
never to recross again, for him who had been
he cause Of all her ruin.
On the 9th Of December, 1856, the daily
papers of the great city contained among
heir city items the following announce.
nent:
Death from Intorication and Exposure
christmas morning Officer Styles, while
his beat at day break, found, par
tally covered with the snow, on the steps OF
. house in Fifth avenue, the body Of an aban-
Toned woman, commonly called Wild Jen
out whose real name is supposed to be Jen-
~ irwin. 19a-
She was taken to the dead-house, where
IN inquest was held-Verdict; Died from
and exposure. She is sup
posed to have lost her way in the storm,
while returning intoxicated from some reyel
he previous night, and becoming bewildercd
md chilled, sought refuge on the steps where
The was found. She riH be buried in Pot
er's Field"
Thus ended Z the life ofJenDy IRWIN.
| boots not now to record the secret sat
sfaction which mingled with the remorse Of
hilbert Thorne, as, reading his morning pa
per over the rich breakfast service, he learn
ID for the first time the fate Of Jenny Irwin.
The world thrives well with him honors
md riches await his every step They talk
Df making him Judge and if they do, as
hey doubtless will, it requires no great gift
Of prophecy to write his future life
The ermine will fit him well and grace
fully, to the world; his judgments will be
clear, and impartial, and fair, to the world,
his actions will be above reproach, to the
world he will be constant church-goer
and devout Christian, to the world he will
write book upon some hackneyed subject
of the law, which shall to the world appear
rery profound and learned, and then, after
not many years, he will die The courts will
be closed out OF respect for his memery;
Tor it is meet that Justice should pause to
weep when good man dies. His distin-
ruished brethren Of the bench will meet in
solemn conclave, and pass Resolutions of
with his afflicted family. express
sive also Of their high sense of his public
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