Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-24

seemed rs contrary TO the laws of nature as
for the doe to love the tiger And vet how
many such incongruities we see paired. il
NOS mated. married BY law. IL not in spirit
The day that 1 made what l intended
should be my last visit. found my patient
sitting in chair. crying as IL her heart would
break. She was alone.
This is very bad for you to be exciting
your nervous system IN this manner said
in kindly rcproving tone. Has anything
happened too serious for little calm phil.
osophy to master?
oh. Doctor she exclaimed. Il am poor
miserable. heart-broken woman. alone and
iriendless.'
%, not quite SO had as that. think
answered lightly. Where is your hus.
baud?'
This is the first time had ever spoken
the word husband TO her, and looked to
see II she received it as familiar unques.
toned fact. She shuddered aud covered
her eyes with her hands.
Did yon see in the papers this morning.
she sobbed. the arrest Of notorious burg
lar. called Patent Hammer SMITH
Il ihink did see something OF that kind :
That was none other than Ralph wag.
ner
Good heavens! you amaze met cried
~ our husband a burglar
Sit down. doctor. and let me tell you
plinfnl story in few words; and then if
you can give me good advice and sympathy.
/ shall receive it with grattu lie; ; and IL yo u
scorn and cast me from you shall only find
| was mistaken IN supposing you had
heart
l seated myself and became all attention
i was reared in filuence. she resumed,
and for seventeen years was the pride and
JOY o! parents. AZ seventeen fell in with
n man some years older than myself. whom
believed 10 be perfection itself. NV
father knew better and warned me against
him. lie finally forbade him the house.
We corrcsponded afterward. me. clandes.
timely. and at eighteen eloped with him.
We went, as supposed. TO the house OF
clergy man, and then and there were mar.
ried, and then set off on a wedding tour.
The man had so wildly loved proved to
be black hearted villain, and soon robbed
me OF al! my money, and then deserted me
in strange city. lie afterwards wrote me
that the marriage was n sham. and ,ba. hc
had deceived me in that manner in ord er
TO revenge himself on my father for his in
suits
y blank followed this awakening from n
bright and giorous dream to a rea lity too
horrible for an ordinary mind to contem.
plate. had BRAIN fever. wrote home
TO my father the whole terrible truth, and
implorcd him to receive back his poor .brok.
en- hearted daughter. was a arced mend.
icant in 4 strange city and. God only knows
with what intense and fearful anxiety /
awaited the answer to that letter. waited
daysI waited months. None ever came.
was cast of -abandoned-ruined for
this world and FOR the next. At last Ralph
offered me his protection and his hand.
accepted. We were married. lie declared
he loved me, aud certainly treated me with
respect and showed affection. | knew not
that he was n house breaker, and when
found out asked myself what better was |
than he that should leave him? Sol have
lived with him ever since. nearly two years =,
and now he is arrested and ann alone
again in the world. Such is my sad history.
doctor. Now tell inc what TO DO"
Write again to your parents said
they may not have rece wed your letter.
or their reply may have been mi,carried'
i have sometimes hoped so, and want
to die in that delusion II it be one she
eagerly rejoiued. If were to get an an
swer now, and that they knew my condition
and have cast me of forever, it IN ight craze
my poor brain again
1t is never too late TO repent. replied.
-'Remembcr the word Of Christ to the men
who would have put to death the guilty wo
man for her crime. lie that il without rin
among YOU. let him cast stone at her?
We all have our errors and need forgive.
ness
After hearing much more ola similar pur.
port. urged II she did not wish TO write to
her parents TO give me her address, and let
INC ascertain, M my osn way. II they siill
lived and cared for her. She finally wrote
the address on u slip Of paper. l read it.
sprang from my seat. and looked at her in
utter amazement. ! understood II all, but
could scarcely credit my senses
She vas my sisters child.
/ pass over the scene tba. followed this
strange discovery.