Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
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permitted to give it publicity on agree.
ing to withhold the names OF the parti es
concerned.
Something more than eight years age
there was am Englishman living On
Market street with his wife and two
childSans-and.part -eSy the. brtfding %
whie1 fHresikd llAkseSas q grocery
store, and fer a time prOspered, but like
very many aLjlez aRlaas could not bear
success, and venturing too much In
til asssfs 1 fb slf5 sagstl k4HeR0Rsy fhere %as
no bankrupt law then, and debt was
perhaps not so nr6eh the fashion as it
has become in these latter days. Indeed,
50 involved did be become, that nothing
AHet9f h&sdrfght dishonesty could
ejfs bib LITTLE store from the suctioneer's
hammer. He was very sensitive man
as well as very honest, and to him debt
80 = disgrace hardly TO be endured. On
consultation with one of his friends. he
made I'M his mind to leave Louisville
forever. or at least until he could do
something toward mending his fallen
fortunes. With this idea foremost in
his mind, he bade farewell to his wife
and children, and committing them to
the care of his friend until he could find
for them a new home, he started North.
Casting about him, he finally brought
nm in Philadelphia, and started in bus
ines there on q small scale. He wrote
his wife, speaking cheerfully of his
prospects, but the letter from the hus-
band and father never reached the wait
inc anxious ones at Home. Receiving
no answer, he wrote again. No reply
came, and again and again he wrote, but
with the same result. He then wrote to
his friends, and shortly after received
letter in answer. with the terrible news
that his wife and children had suddenly
left Louisville soon after his departure,
and that vague stories were af1oat not
yery complimentary to her whom he
had hitherto believed the purest and
heat of ali her sex, and loved only as a
confiding husband could love. Heart
sore and cursing his existence, he be-
lieved all. and attempted to take his own
life, but through the intervention OF
some person who occupied the same room
with him, he was saved, and at last re.
covered his spirits sufficiently TO attend
TO business, which, from that time, ne
closely adhered to and strove to forget
the past. At the end of five years he
married a very estimable lady whose
he had casually made, and:
two wears later, had succeeded so well
in his business as to be able to pay of all
he debts whics. had driven him from /
mis- home seven years before. He lived
Very happily with his second wife, by
whom be had one child, and he never
permitted himself to think of the home
be had left in Kentucky.
Thus matters stood until few months
ago. when he one day received by mail
! copy of one of the Louisville papers,
and in running his eye, over the local
mage. he chanced to discover name
which at once drew his whole attention. |
II was under the head of Died" and
he started as he read three little lines. |
rhe name was that of his first wife, and
,he had died in Louisville. Could it be-
that she had never left her
nome. but had waited so many long
years for his return? And was the cruel
,tory that reached him mere fabrica-
ion? Full ofthe strangest emotions he
lad ever experienced, he resolved in his
mind these questions, and at last deter !
mined to satisfy himself by a visit to
Louisville and the grave of her whom
he had once loved. He made known
lis determination TO his wife, who
greed to accompany him, and with
Ter and his little boy he set out for this
ity. Arriving in this. city, he at once
instituted Inquiries. and was astonished
{ learning from former acquaintance
hat his wife was still alive and well,
nd furthermore, that since he had left
er. she had never once been out of the
ity The '.friend' who had written
i'm the story of her departure could not
q found, and he forthwith sought out
be wrofged wife and his two children
The ipy of the poor woman on once
nore seeing the husband she loved dear ,
r than her own life, was as great as her
rief had been at the fatal leave-taking.
he reporfed to him the story of her
riaIs. of how she had toiled for the sup
ort of herself and children through all
he dreary wears, never for one moment
oubting him, or that he would some
ay return and be happy with her once
oore. She further related that the
riend in whose care he had left her had
etrayed the trust, and had not only
efamed the absent husband, but had
ought her hand in marriage, and being
efused had left the city, swearing
,enpeance. She then asked him if he
lad been as true to her. What must
AVE been the anguish of that moment
when the unfortunate husband, now for
he first time realizing how cruelty he
lad been deceived, was forced to
his second marriage! Drop
ling on his knees he implored forgive
less of the injured woman. and it was
reely given when she heard his story.
yot only did she forgive him, but be-
ought him never to disclose the fact
f her existence to his second wife, who
q vet believed her dead, and to go back ;
o his home to Philadelphia and forget |
he terrible past. Whether the ldvice s
f the noble woman was followed, we
ave as vet no means of knowing. Sure [,
v she deserved better fate than that
which has befallen her. L
How tlfe announcement of her death |
ound its way into the papers has never |
cen explained Perhaps the same name
to another person. or it may !
ave been the work of the base wretch /
rhe was the author of all the troubles.
Courier Journal. '
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A WELL SPENT LIFE.-Ah! how l
weet it is when manhood's summer I
ay is merging into the glorious evening i
f old age, to look from the shadows OF |
he dark valley, which will soon be dis {
ersed by the sun of morning in a more {
lorious world, and contemplate spent T
fe where no Intentional mis-steps can
e recalled and where We can remember 4
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