The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-06
took the implied censpre, patiently and

tense had been resenting for herself an
insult to her wifely purity, from the
false friend of her husband, because she
dared not cause the bloodsbed demanded
by a false code of honor, and then had to
endure reproach as having allowed it
would you look upon her as an offender!
l say it to you as I would to my W
father. You know Captain Bartlett, and
you know Frederick. Should l have
made nv husband a murderer2 or signed
his death-warrant myselff"
at was a hard matter; ~ and he leaned
his head down upon his hands, forgetful
fol-, the moment that l had forced the
| clew that I had desired him to follow IN.
to his hands. But / had accomplished
my end, and it helped me to bear the
womanly shame that this whole scene
had humbled me with. "Yet you desert
ed your post in the. face of duty" he
added, presently..and conscience echoed
the sentence. a2 a4 tEs O.
The promise of shelter vas we'll kept.
But for his thoughtfulness ! should have
exposed myself to comment, and odoub
to censure.; ( for / was tempted to turn
reckless of the public opinion, that would
have dealt hardly with me had l braved
it. The town was filled with those who
would have recognized me, but kept to
the secluslon my kind friend had prOyld-
ed for me, not even trusting myself TO
pass through the streets where l might
have. met my husband. The cold, stern
inquiry of martial law went on with 81
lent vigilance, turning against him the
light of impartial justice, so lar as men
1900 .,1o.a. Ir,t O n nrnfranfa1 an hQr1SS-
ing as it must have been to him, so bur
dened with anxious and distracting fears
to me, "a alone and powerless to help,
since | had laid down my right to COM
fort, | watched and waited, and prayed.
Yes, prayed, without self-deception to
come between me and the past, for | saw
that the very root of ali this bitterness
Law far back In the vain, trifing, wicked
girlhood that had thrown the evil shad-
ow of lightness upon my pure welded
life. And this had drawn upon me the
insult which had blasted it. What else
had kindled the fire of jealousy i'll that
large true heart but the remembrance OF
these things, and the haunting whisper
of the tempter, what hath been may
be-" Reproach ceased to go outward
and Justify my life, but turned toward
the true centre and source of the evil in
| one long vigil of remorSe.
When | opened the book "i all conso-
lation. i seemed only 10 find an echo of
the voice that haunted me.
"They that plow %iniquity. and SOW
wickedness, shall reap the same"
Nv harvest was without s%carceness.
1t was so long before I came to know
| what was offered in the forgiveness of
Heaven held out to every offender. Per
| feet oblivion ofthe past! This was what
SO greatly longed for; and its only hui
| man condition, r%cparation :" far as our
| ability may reach.
| Restore the Eden my husband had de
lighted to picture III our early married
| life I could not, or even the happiness
| that watchful love might give in its
| daily miuistrations | could not hope
| that he would restore me to the place |
| had so rashly forfeited; but could sur
| round him and his children with unseen
Influences of good. ] could share with
them through some secret channel the
| fruit of my own industry, and thus re-
lieye the necessities that were coming
upon them
| had an object in life once more, i
motive for rcdoubled eXerti"n and such
! dreams. of a possible future shortened
The trial was ended now. There was
no longer the fcverish prompting or
temptation to snatch some passing
glimpse of my husband. He had zone
back to his post, To await III solitary IN
action the result. which rumor, already
pronounced unfavorablc. Still | hoped
against hope, looking ever into my old
friends face, when he came to say fare
well, for some traceof assurance; though
| knew he was Sworn not to divulgc the
sentence | would have given so much to
know.
"How long must | waite" said de
spairingly. "This suspense will kill me.
SO much better TO know the worst at
once. / have SO many friends in Wash
ington; can | do nothing there ,"
Your father is doing all that could he
done. He is nsing every effort He he
lieveS in the innocence of Mr.. Lemon. as
firmly as yourself"
How my heart went Out toward NV
father fnrthis unlocked for Interest, with
more affection than | had c>el felt ini
him before But my new lie coi"Ird all
things.
You shall have the earliest possible
intelligence
And with this promise | stayed the
eager craving Of the weary silence that
followed 1t came al last, before even
the public announcement, and was all,
and more, than | could have hoped
Above all was | comforted with the ac-
acknowledgement that the clew had given
had been unconscionsly followed. Fred
erick's name was cleared from every
shadow of o%tfense, and the same sentence
conveyed the censure of the court on the
instigator of all its proccedings-a cen
sure that developed into graver charges,
and eventually in the shame and ruin
Captain Bartlett had proposed to bring
upon an innocent man Ny oracle had
not spoken falsely; for l had lived to see,
They thotp'owi niquity and sour Wicktdpeas,
shall reap the same"
| had not deserved to he made the
messenger of the glad tidings; but when
Colonel Craige said, Go tell your nus
band, my child-for this will reach you
before he hears of his acQuittal-that he
has come out unscathed, aud that You
were the successful advocate when my
heart yearned so ineXpresslbly to comfort
him how could l deny myself longrr?-
| did not even wait to realize the joyful
truth fully, only to send upward "a song
nf fhgnkSpiyipp " and than sat INV faca