Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-15
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NJ Dairy HOWARD.


Nv husband WAS more de
ted than ever nav lover had heen. lie
seemed never happy stve in my preSen e .
burrvjnr home uiEht 80 that he mi-h
not lose an hour of th- p ea~amt eninE
Six months ps--eI nwty ere cloTi ap-
pearcd in my sunny Sky. then there came
chance NV husband was the same,
and vet not the s4me-tAe same passion
ate tenderness. the same stormy way
showing his iuvp. hut mingled wl h sudden
fitful changes Of temper foreign To iiS own
nature; at one moment multiplying kisses
upon nv lips and eyes the next striiinE
moodiiv of without a word ot eXplanntI"u
This with mysterious absences Ir"m hoin"
everv few weeks o"ra-io1ei N" some anN
ietv. ltut not vet wa~ the iu' measure o'
my trust "a 10 broken, inr | trusted Tau
as | did the an -tlS business ca * me
away, he said, ami grew more tender
after each absence. tur .es-'i hlS affairs
were hecoming emhIrrt~~a an ie@rIu-
10 crieve me he was tryiur tn conceal Il
Oh, those golden happy years iG3a.
ing across. it seems Lat yesterday, and
thirty summers are sewn between tho
"ther and no Paul wa StiH good and
kind prod gal of ctrcs~es and tcn Ter pet
names. and his great dark eyes crew
i,eavv with tenderness - he pressed He
10 his heart
should have been cry happv with all
this tenderness az Psui with my pleas
ant home. an the hide baby thrt came
to help hal tile love bear for him
But I was not so: for with all my Wild
love for Paul. with "a my tenderness Tor
my baby, there was tantai"us lear IN
my heart-a DIRE. 4 of some coming calain
itv ! scarcely knew wh"n ceased to ia"
happy and learned 10 be sal SomethIn
impalpahle grew up bet-"cen us-notco.d
ness. nor rele>SneSs-slmpty that NC
were far drifting apHrL
In the spring. Paul had business that
called him t. Philadelphia III, : gone
from Us two months !t seemed IiSe an
eternity. | thaa2h5 should h sorrowcd
nv soul ont durin1 thos1 lcn- weeks, or
grown blind watching down ttc lane
lie had been ilI. he said. an lost hcav-
ilv bv an unfortunate speculation That
was all: no explanation 1. hi~ nay >teriouS
absence. no word st regret ut nav l"neII-
ness no tenderness tar bIhv- Tlre -uh
between Us widcned, till even hope couli
not bridge Ii over
Itva, in October. when the crimson
maple and golden tusscls OF the ~nrac
made my forest home 80 gorgeous. when
the knowledge cane q ute that Paul wa
learning to love the rel wine. densed
1t fierce when uiv mother first toll N
It was whispered about. turned boldly
away. refusing to listen lur-her l'au my
husband and baby father was dearer to
me than the mother thut bore me
few weeks ol restleS>HcS~- 81 watch
Inc ana PRAYER. then knew thut my lido.
had fallen
could not ciye him up. le.ie2ed
Heaven with prayers ;hft he ms-ht be
saved from that tcar.ui fate that itaeE
might be spare! the wrctchejnes~ ot -"
ing my respect AMI oFe 1ie ou5- a''d 4
poweriess To- save it.
The fatal haiit srew upon him, comm
at intervals ct two and th~ec months, l'Nt
rome blasting simuusn, hrin-IoL ANGUISH
and da~olation ian Us crack NJ hen reason
woulI u.,a;u resume her sWry me wtu,d
mourn o er his SIN and wtrpIa bitterness
Of eoEL
Paul was aS vet no Vulgar drunkari
reelinc home ii In after night makln- q
home hideou> with his prc~cnce- A"nth'
went bv. during winch the .atI eur never
passed So lips, and once, Whole year
BABY had Ion passed ina Master NIilIr
and baby DroJhrr he i hi olt place
They Mere fine boys, hands me 'ad brave
and | Thought a. wears went on, h"T they
wpuld reclaim their father
There came time hen only week,
elapsed lctwerr t5.I> season ot >in-timr'
when could 10 .as..r ,,utrA from III,
villagers the ex-eul,T h,> Degradation. -
Asyet had been uhl,. to k.eT, 1t from m,
bows, bv teachiu- thcsa at home an Itot
letting them msA with th* tl a-e children
But Willie WAS a very bright rhtla ara.