The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-02


uurollng and pcrusing lengthy aoeu.
ment, "is n pctitioe --siyucd, among
OILERS, by quite number OF respectable
end iniiucntial citizens, praying FOR the
PARDON OF one Taomas Cslcraft. lately
convicted aud sentenced 70 the peniten.
tiary for the term Of Eve ycnrs, for the
crime OF forgery. Madam, Whist is this
man 10 you 7"
lie Is my husband, your Excsllsncy,"
iNUcrcd the woman, trembling ncryously ly.
am sorry Iur u, midam-bccau,c itI
Is hard tor INN of feelinp To deny IN
petition OF wife IN behalf of him she
has solcmnly vowed TO love and honor.
but my sense OF duty becomes paramount,
10 feelings, and | must refuse Your uray.
er' rms man though your husband. has
no rcCeeming antcccndents, aud | am
sorry to say | do not ihink he merits, cx
ccuiivc clcmcncy."
"Oh! say not so, your Exccllcncylm
cried The poor wom,n. sudd,nk starting
from her seat, and dropping down u,op her
knees before the Goyeraer ais always
meant {, d. right; but he has teca un.
ior,unate; and In a moment of in. unity
II can call II no les,--insanity caused
by want, and a husbands aud fathers
dcs 4 give bread to his starving vie
aud children -he wrote another mans
name To note, aud got Il cashcd, intend.
Ing TO p1y II soon but was discover.
cd, arrested, aud 10 now grooming uut hi.
life within the dark, gloomy walls or c
prison! On! pardon him, your Excelcn.
cyl pardon him! as you hope God to par.
don you; and solcmnly declare to You,
he shall Immediately leave the Statr, aud
never again ofind against it, righteous
| laws!r
While shr was thus spc king, in n
wild, impassioned strain, she iinpulsiv Nv
threw back her heavy vail, aud revealed
to the asIonishcd gazs of her listener the
pale, carewoin. but s,ill b, u,iful fca.
tires OF woman last vergiug upon fvrty
At the sight of this face, the Governor
started buck. clnsped his hands, aud, like
one pctrihsd with amaz ,ment, kept his
eyes rivetcd upon hers, without farther
gesture or motion, and with even h.s
breath suspended.
"po.my eyes deceive mel or do be
hold in this kneeling figure the one,
|, happy Mary Ellsworth" hs exclaimed
the moment her musical voice ceased.
"Just Heaven! who speaks that name ~
almost sbrirked Tho kpeeling .s,;tion.r
atnrting sud Ienlv to br, foe, cl,sn;na
her tcmp,es with her h.nd.. .,J sx;,n
/ her eyes IN wild nmazemrnt unon M.
ruler of State,
"Mory.' he groancd, cit Is Walter
HarwoOd you see before you-lhc once
poor, pcnpiless man, who always loved
you better than his own life, but whu.p
suit you rejected, und whose exist,nct
your rejection has ever since renJcrc,
miserable; for though the Governor of
State, Mary, aud blessed. a. men call il
with honors, wealth and power, am a
beurt q lonely. wretched being, who live.
bccauss il is u dury. and with only h,
hope Of finding happiness in better
world. Would 10 God we had never mel
again!"
Tho interview between these twu he
ings, after lapse of nineteen years, was
IL ANYTHING, more painful than the ON,
slrcady recorded. She freely told him o
all her troubles uud rvrrvws, how he
parents, having been induced to sell lhcii
properly to enable her husband TO cnte,
into some spcculntion; had soon been
stripped of all, and had died in proverty;
how her husband had since sqnanlcrcd a Il
he could lav his hand, ON, aud then, fall
inp iuto habits of dissipation, had grndu
aliy sunk lower and lower, TN Grim,
had been added to his o,her faults an,
he was now, u7dcr the assumed nam, o
Thomns Calcralt. sufr riny the pennll,
of broken laws: and finally, how she hor
self. descrting him never. had. tbrm,oI
GOOD and evil repprt. In wenl npd wne
wealth and poyerty. bnnpiness nnd misery
chung TO him a, a gunrjian angle mich
eling TO the wicked Iur his saIvn,ion
"Oa, had Won only a. loved me. MIr,,,
\ rronncd Governor UlrwonJ. n, h, hurie,
lis Cuce in hi, hands and save ven, !,