Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-07-12

| Hprnpn hnr,n tto lo,.
was 20 clad TO see bio,. nnd r fol. nrsolt
taller, and brayer. md bnttny os bo :tno1
by nv side. cloricd in my stro;ob, banJ
some boy, and fhoncht. Goa fnryiv. mn
that he asperf.ct NJ o,J bo,r, ,.y,o,J
ed with love and pride. Iu. nrids wns ore.
dominant.
That same afternoon ra ts',.;uo of ,yor
ace, and the pale cnmnan;on s,t by tho
side Of my wife. shall never f,rcn; how
she looked. as the snn stre,urd in and l,;J
across her golden l,a,r h,nd,.d OF, s,,,o,tf,
aud sbnine ON each aida of her fnr,.hn,5 :
nor how pnre and snotless sha sacnnJ ~
me. tho,yb,. if Hor,co r.ts . wiz. a..
sweet and sensible. and modest as tbis It
tie woman seems TO be-. md mt ma of
those Haunting. louJ. f,sLienabl, hel,.s
how glad | shall be! At that moment .h.
git,-shu seemed scarcely NOR. tbana rirl
to me, took from its shefa photograph al .
bum and slowly turned over its pages.
had just turned to speak to nv wife.
when heard fall. We both spranr up.
There laid poor Nelly. as we had Learned
! to call her. like a dead woman ON the floor.
She had tainted away, und the album WAS
under her hand.
| Susan had the creature taken IN stairs
andtended her for two dlys, ike mother
Il cans make i. out. she would saw. in
Il puzzled manner, the poor child won't
speak-cycrpt to answer Wa or noN,anj
she seems to avoid me-
spoken;' gaid |, eagerly, for I wanted to
tell the news, L think Horace is caught
and will soon bring vou home danchtnr
50 You will not need this sicllv co,nnnn.
ian. for Imust say il is not nlr.sant,nhav.
woman about WIN fnints awav =, tb,. sl;g,,-
est proyocation.'
Don't talk 20. john. sai1 Susan. and
then together we smoke of onr son ncJ hi.
urospccts: but there was a clnnl nnnn NV
wife's brow. and n strnoon f,r.nnJin.. in
NV own heart.
The next day We were s;ttinr side br
side, Horace and +. He had br,n ,,,;n'r
me ahou, ts.no,hcr's Communion. When
.hc door oppue0 and INV win nnnoaraI
leading the shiinbinr rirI by the hand -
had never srru S1snn.s faca so ,yb;,o
and stern. |,nt .Jndr,. nf my hnrror ,ybnr
t that gjy,. with II cry th,t sh,ll novar fnr
r,t. sfretcbrl her nrm, -,oy,rls NV SON
Mil, She exclaimed. ~ if m nenny. %
john, Juhn. how could Won tr.at me- sn1.
Did see ariphfi Vr bnv. nv SON
sh,inliD, and .htyrrinr lil-~ one in nm
ar,,r li.. his eye. dilatGi hisli,s n,rta1 !
.Wna, does il nn,n u,r,cn wh,t Ions
il mean J, | crirl
1T means said my snsan. in n yo;ce
such as had meyer is.ur1 fro9n bcr rrutle
ips before, .taat We klve brought a boy
INTO the world 10 put ps to shame. il
means th,t This poor child is nut mans
wife,
MAY you never suffer what suffered, rs
/ heard those words. NAV yonr heart ney-
er he s,abbed. as with a knife tipped with
ngikon. clear to IL. core.
lie ducs nor DEWITT, said Susan, stand
ing there ikea w,onrcd onern. Il, hi,
m'the, saw he dared mi deny it,
O.Iwas overwhelmed. luuiliatel The
nriIe and rlory Of nv hi, passed away in
! that dreadlt.l hour. Aiq SON could it be
nv SONNY sDot,rss boy, whom [ almost
considered uu example to his own old f.
ther1 Could 1t he ti,ut he had stained his
soul in this manner: that he had done n
dishanorublr, frndisA deed; that he had
been on the point Of adding to his crimes
.proyitcucr brought this child here. to
her riritlul home continued Susan -
SIZE ,,eycr dreamed. till she saw his face
in that album. that our sonwas the man
who had deserted her. Look at him
tarr,. is not Il word of denial dares to Issue
from his deceptive Hps.'
Mother: nnther.' shouted Horace.
nassjountnly. and then crew very pale.
dearly as loved YOU, Horace, | don't
know what to think. What to saw ft
tprcd. all broken dow. felt us if INV
old head was turning white; and SO it was.
is this woman YOUR wife,
o. john, nioaned the pale creature,
i cosll have spared YOU this, and crept
away from vour sirht forever, but -
.i}ut [ would not allow il, - said Susan.
NV boy seeued terribly ayed.
Answer me, Horace, is this woman your
wife =
She is. father; he said, sll.cyingly
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