, 1869-02-07
TRIED AND TRUE,

4 man Hea1tsk ef Rts wYsesa Mr,,h.
mMfaes Aaafn-HetuEas 10 HIS FOR.
msF Home and KIaau.s1ss 1,I,,r vrsr.
hisvs AHA Wilt, ''"s
From the Loat.yile cor..s- P.tt
"a q lt.ena reltfed to a. yesterday a most
siDen3ar story IN regard to an acapaIntanee
t cit1 II. mao to. vas iosnesly resident Of thls
melancholy interest such a attaches to + feT :
AG nstoFics- We were Permitted r. q, rs n
pnniieaty o. agreeing to withhold thrnames
ol me PARTIES concerned. @'-'''S3
something rnore than eight yeats aro the,e
IN ~ =. EnSesnman r NStng On Market street,
lhe build!rE IN which be rcsided b. ntcd a. -
E1oeesy etote, and for time prospcrcd. bnt.
Lke fcs3 Tnauy other men, could mi hc,.
success, sntt yenturiug too nucu In a rariS,v
o!epscalanons, he Lost money and soon III
tusseP'y in oebt. There vas no bankrupt Law
fashion As It has become in thr:a 1ster 49,, .a'
Indsed, 50 Involved did he become. thst
nothins Ehort Of doRn,Ivt: dLhonesty rnrla
save NJ little store trom the auctfonosr,s
nsmmef. nc was very sensitive uan ID
s,ty Tt.t ss very honest, and to him dcbl Eas
Win one Of Lis friends. he made m III. n.iod
70 leave Louisville lorcvc1, or At least mil
ae could 10 something toward mend;nc his
isEen fortunes: With this ides foIenos, n
~ mind, hc bade farewell to bis vic md
ehildfcn, and committing them 10 The care OF
rs s1fc1d until he could fnd for them a new
home, nc started north. Casting about
hin, be hnally brought up IN Philadelphla.
and started IN tnaihcss there On smail
tcale. He wrote hIa wife, speaking cheer.
iully Of his prospects, but the letter from the
husband md fathe er nerer reached the wait.
Ne. AnI1ous ones at home. Receiving no
answcr he wrote again. No reply cane. and
aGaiu and again he wrote, but With ths same
feeuit. He then Erote to bis friend, aud
shortly after received = letter in answrr
with The terrible news that his wife aud chil
n ufcn hao Suddenly lett Louisville soon after
Us US departure. and that vague stories were
be had hitherto believed III parest al 81 and a hest
Of all her EEK, aud loved a. ouis q cou{d1un
husband could lore. AeartAick and cursiug
ms existence, he believed all, aud nttcnptcd
70 lake his OWL lite, but through the Inter.
vcnt1on OF rome person Hho occupied tho
,si. same room With him, he VA, tasel. and At
70 onstnesf. vi hlch, from that time, be closely
sahttea TO ard sttorc 10 forget tho pa4t, Al
tae end Of hFe yeAr3 be Insrtied q ycry e5t:ma,
DIG lady Whoso acquaintance he had casually
maac, aud two years later, had succeeded 20
Ec!i IN By business a. to Be able to pay od
homo seven years before. He lived yery lap.
PLY With hla kecoud vile, br whom be hsu
one Guild, aud he never permitted himeelff,
think Of the home he had len In Kentucky.
Thus matters stood until iew mouths
ngo, when be euo dly received ~ mali
copy Of one Of the Louisville papers, and IN
running his eye oter the local page, he
CHANGED to discover name whicl, q, once
grey hn whole attention. 1t waa under tho
head Of Died." and he ktarted d IL rraG
the three little ltEcs. Tho name was that of
his hrss wife. aud she had died In Louss7il
Gould It be possible that shc had never lefr
nome, no. a nut haa walled 70 many long years fur
had reached him mere fabrication ! Full
o. the stranzcst emotions he bad ever expo
ttenccd, be reFolved IN his mind these ques-
llons, and ct last determined to katisiy him
cell by visit 10 Louiivlt!o and the grave or
her whom he had ouce loved. He made
Eho aho"n ms determination to bis wife,
and, viii her aud oef1npsny bls 1ll,,o ht%, haq'
he Get out for this city. Arriving here he at
once Instituted Inquiries, and was Astonishsd
on Learning rom former acquaintance that
MS nrst vito vas still alive aud well, aud
had nc!er once been ont OF the city. The
fritnd' who had written him the story or
her departure could not be fund. and he
{oHhxith sought out the wronged vile and
his two children.
The Joy Of the poor woman Oh once more
S'Nt. 49, QAG U1A ICFGN QEAftf
than her Own HE, waA as grcat as her rricf
hsd been a. the fatal Ieaye-taklue, She rc.
ported to him the story Of her trials, Of how
che had toilcd for the support or
herself and children through ali the
drcary yeass, never for one momeut doubling
him, or that be would some day return aud
be happy With her once more. She futthcr
related that the friend IN whose care be had
lcfs her had betrayed the trust, aud had mt
only detained the absent husband, but had
sought her hand In marriage, and being rc-
fused had lett the city, swearing for ven.
gcance- She then askcd him iC lie had been
as true to her. What must hare been The
unfortunate husband, now for The first time
reallzirg how cruelty be had been deceived,
WAS forced to acknowledge his second mar.
mage! Dropping on his knees ne implored
forgiveness Of the Injured woman, and II was
freely given when she heard bis story. Not
only did she forgive him, but besought him
neyer to disclose the fact Of her existence 10
his second wife, who as yet believed her dead,
It'd 10 20 back TO h[s home In PhlIadelpnla
ned forget the terrible past. Whether The
advice OF the noble woman was followed, We
have rs yet TO means OF knowing Surely
she deserved better late than that which has
be1allen her.
How the announcement OF her death found
lis way Into the papers has never been ex-
planned. Pcfhaps the satnc maine belonged to
another person, OF 1t may hnyc been the work
OF the basc eretch Who was the author OF ali
her troubles.