The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-04
A Singular History.

About o'clock Of the morning, recently,
The members of several families residing
on Wade street near Central avenue were
startled from sleep by a loud and per-
sstently continued knocking at the street
door of a two-story frame in which a
widow lady, Mrs. B, aud two children
were known to reside. AS the knocking
continued and increased in violence, win
dows were raised, roughly-tossed heads
and heads neatly incased in night caps
were thrust out, and many eyes were
turned to the door, at which man. q
stranger to that neighborhood, was ham
mcring vigorously with a strong fist and a
heavy boot. At length, a window above
him was opened, and from within came the
crying of child and the "hush, my DEAR y
of its mother; and then another night
capped head was added to those already
seen in tie family illumincd darkness.
The woman asked who it was that demand
ed admittance. AS she did this, every
car that waited for the reply was strained
to catch the words, and every owner OF
ears that waited was disappointed. 1t was
given in words ineligible only to the wO-
man for whom they were intended. But,
although few in number and spoken low,
they suiliced, for the widow dropped the
window with q scream, and her bare feet
battered quickly along stairs and floors as
She descended with rush and opened the
door. The mau entered and the door
closed upon him. There was many a
wink, many whisper, and not few loud
comments upon this affair.
1t was late in the morning before the
Widow B appeared at her door, and
when she did so her face was all smiles,
and her step lighter than usual, for she had
a firm grasp upon the arm of her visitor
Those who had noted the nocturnal visit.
and many TO whom the circumstances had
been related, were prompt in appearing al
their doors aud windows as Mrs. B and
| the stranger walked by and took car on
the Central avenue. The latter was noticed
to be tall, handsome, and well dressed, AND
to be very attentive to the pretty little
widow, who held his arm as though ia
miliar with it.
When they returned to the house (late
3! in the afternoon) the widow called IN two
| of her most intimate lady acquaintance!
| from the neghborhood and introduced
| them to the gentleman, styling him my
husband, Mr.. B." OF course every
body was anxious to know how the deac
had come to life, and the story was easily
told and it was not very romantic. 1t ap'
pears that previous to the widows
coming to this city she had lived in Ne"
! Orleans. where her husband, then dlssl
pated fellow, had deserted her, going L
Mexico and engaging in the broils o
that country in the capacity OF cap
tain of cavalry. He was not des
perately wounded, nor did he become
dictator. He simply kept on in his caree
of drunkenness until delirium tremen
set in, and he came near dying. When III
recovered from this he became changed
man. reformed in every respect; and as ~
renewed his deceucy, began to long for M
wife and children. In the mean while the
wife, supposing him dead or lost to ne
for all time, left New Orleans and came u
this city TO live, announcing herself as
widow, and seeking employment, whicI
She obtained. Her husband, who Is
wood engraver of ability, has secured EN-
n,oyment in New Orleans, aud intend
returning soon in company with his WI
and children. And SO ends the slmpl
story of a lost husband found, and scan
dul SPOILED Cincinnati Commercial.