The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-13

GOOD evening. NV dear she said in the coolest
way imaginable. and placed = chair for her friend
Stop | cried, my jealousy aroused: " 'h"'
man sits net down in my house ,
That man-a gentleman and my frieud-shaI
81, here, if please said my wife firmly.
My passion was excited then a. Il never was before
and | collarei the scouudrel. He was my match
but, God Of heaven, my wife cooIly put q dirk knife
that she drew from a cane into his hand. he staooed
me. | tainted and remembered nothing MORE MA |
found myself on a bed in my own chamber "a'ched
over by my house keeper.
Nhere-are-'hey :" | gasped.
Gone" was all She said
It occurred to me like a lash Of lightning that no.
body Was near me AZ the time | was wounded That
my keys were about ny person, and that had Teen
robbed perhaps Of all my available property Inc
thought threw me into an agony OF fear. l oFderei
my clothes to be brought 10 me. The keys were there
. liking oue oE them cut. I told Mrs. Hale, my house
keeper. 10 60 to my safe aud bring me the papers
tha, were there. Sue returned, her face white with
terror. to say there was nothing there, SUD ali tue
little doors were open.
Robbed ! robbed - | yelled, with curses and i'm
precautions, and again my senses deserted me
Brain fever eusuej. For weeks | lay deprived OF
reason literally ~tresding the verge Of the grave.
One morning | was conscious only OF a siukiug, death
~, feeling as | opened my eyes. Was II an angel |
saw standing before me, her soft eyes vei!ed with pity
looking down upon NE with the most commissioning
gentIeDess? For a moment | thought | might be Ia
heaven-but nO-l reasoned with myself. | loved
money too we'll. My treasure was II the earth,
earthly. Again | opened my dim eyes The vision
seemed waveriug now. but oh, did IL not wear the
ssinied beauty of sweet Lucy Manning 4 quiet un
utterable peace took possession OF my entire being. l
forgot wealth, health. everything. My passed life
seemed blotted out, and | was once again innocent,
untouched by the gripping hand OF aSariee, true. low
ing. and loved-and Lucy Manning was my idol.
But | recovered slowly. and At last my strength
surely returned, | missed her. As soon rs she saw |
could be lett with safety she had left me, and oh, the
blank-the dreadful blank.
| wandered around my room, now desolate. and
"a "a man aytip,,cas of mi rptSqrak'p hahlrs know
not why, bat towards my wife my feelings
seemed to have undergone a revulsion. | fear |
hated her. She had nearly ~beggared me. had de-
cei'ed me, shattered my health, destroyed all my
hopes.
Months passed before l was able to estimate the
damage that had been done TO me. Every means
that could he Pot forth were used for the recovery of
my money, bat all in vain.
One night | sat by the fire a cherries, disarpoin-
ted and lonely man. l had been thinking thoughts
that only burned my brain. hut did not purify my
heart.
III had only msrried sweet Lucy | said again
AMI again, " all this had not been So
My housekeeper came in with u letter-an unusu-
ally large package it was-aud as it bore a foreign
postmark | opened i, with u trembling hand. What
was that? a rustling, c%rumpled bank note.
and another came forth. until there laid up
on my knees twenty bills of the largest denomination.
A few trembling lines accompanied them
My busband,|l am dying my disCase-there
is no need OF telling you. Forgive me. and accept
this enclosed rs a faint effort toward restitution Ii
is not much over half that we took from the safe.
The rest isl know not where. | IN deserted.
Farewell, for ever
An icy chill thrilled me. 1t seemed as if her spec
trail presence was near me. [ shuidered as | rolled
the bills together, and threw them across the room.
Lie there, cursed of my SOUL" | cried. Lie
there till l have conquered myselt-ay, if the victory
not won till you are rotten.'
| shut the door up and sealed it, and for six
months | toiled like a peruiess man. till | partially
myself BY managing cautiously, | placed
business on a successful footing, and began a new
man. 1t took many q year to wear out my old hab-
is of parisimony, but every effort gave me a new and
agreeable pleasure.
Meantime Lucy Meaning became dearer to me
han she had ever .beah in tho flush of you'll en-
reated hAH forgiveness, humblei myself 20 Il confess
tested myself in all ways. aud convinced her at
Asst that l was worthy now as once | was only in
eeming. On the day Of my wedding. | opened the
ealed door. The bank notes lay where | had flung
hem | took them up with the pride ola conqueror,
nd placing them in her hands. exclaimed
They are no longer my masters use them as
on will"
Now | am q man !-rcieemed from the thraldcm
covetousness. | have three blooming children :
is an angel Of goodness, and | wa lie myself as |
ID at the beglnning-' By the grace of God | am
hat | am"