The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-28

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cheek grew pale, that eye languid, and
though 1 seldom met her, I knew in
my heart that she was suffering, and l
branded myself as a william.
At last she knew with q certainty
that i was to marry Miss Beliair. She
| sent me a letter, a touching letter, not
one word of ofupbraiding, not one regret.
| Oh, what q noble soul / had wounded!
But she could calmly wish me joy,
! though the effort made her heart bleed
1 knew it did.
1 tried, however, to forget her. l
could not. Even at my magnificent
wedding, when my bride stood before
me, radiant in rich fabrics and glitter
I ing diamonds, the white face of poor
Lucy glided in between, and made my
heart throb guiltily. Oh, how rich 1
grew! Year after year l added to my
gold My miseTly disposition began
to manifest itself soon after my mar
riage. [ carried my gold first to banks
! and then to nay own private safes,
I put cOnstraint on my wife, who had
! very generously naade-Over her whole
fortune to me, and began to grumble at
he.eXpenses. I made our living SO
frugal that she demonstrated, and final
ly ran up large bills where and when
she pleased. Against this I protested,
| and we had open quarrels- more than
once. -.-r.
My clothes grew shabby. [ could
not afford to buy new ones, although
the interest of my investments was
| more than could spend for rational
living. a. -..-rs .sf-.e
+ I finally grew dissatisfied with. every
! thing but my money. [ neglected my
! wife, and grew careless of her society.
SeVera gentlemen came to my house,
fhnV0 n XvnIIIH, hp-oF1f hnF and
celebrity. He came, thought, too Of
l ten for my good name, and / ordered
\ my wife to discontinue his company
She refused, and I locked her in her
room. How she managed to set her
| self free, I never knew hut in the
evening, when I returned, she was
gone from the house. That caused me
some uneasiness: not much, for l was
! soon absorbed intaking accounts of my
gains. ..EEsEF .E.g .ErrFt-W PAR
ItWas, perhaps, nine i'll the evening.
l had just managed to take up a paper
for a moment to read out its business
details, when the dOoEopeneC, and in
came Any wife, dressed bewitchingIy, as
! if just from an evening concert, follow
ed by that mOustached celebrity.
Good evening, my dear" she said,
in the coolest way imaginable, and
placed archair for her friend.
"StOpW l cried, my jealousy aTolIs-
| ed; 4that man sits not down in my
house."
"That mana gentleman and my
friend-shaH sit here if please, - said
my wife; firmly.
My passion was excited then as it
never was before, and 1 colIared the
scOundrel. He was my match but
my wife put dirk-knife that she drew
from a cane into his hand, and he stab
bed me. / tainted, and l remembered
nothing more till 1 found myself on a
bed in my own chamber, watched over
by my hOusekeeper.
Where are they ?'' 1 gasped.
Gone ~ was ali she said.
Tt occurred to me then, like flash of
lightning, that somebody was near me
at the time l was wounded, that my
keys were about my person, and that
had been robbed, perhaps of all my
available property.
The thought threw me into an ago
ny of fear. 1 ordered my clothes to be
brought to me. The keys were there.
Taking one of them out, told Mrs.
Hale, my hOusekeeper, to go to my
safe, and bring me the papers that were
there. She returned, her face white
with terror, to say there was nothing
there, all the little doors were open.
"Robbed robbed!" I yelled with
imprecatiOns, and again my senses de-
serted me.
Brain fever ensued. For weeks l lay
deprived of reason, literally tTeading
the very verge of the grave. One
morning l was conscious only of
sinking, deadly feeling, as l feebly
opened my eyes. Was it an angel /
saw standing beside me, her soft eyes
full. of pity, looking down upon me
with the most eOmmisserating gentle
ness? For 4 moment / thought /
might be in heaven; but no, / reason
I ed with myself, I loved money too well.
My treasure was all of the earth, earth
| ly. Again / opened my eyes. The
vision seemed wavering now, but oh,
did it not wear the beauty of sweet Lu-
| cy Manning? A quiet, unutterable
| peace took possession of my entire be-
| ing. forgot wealth, health, every
/ thing. My past life seemed blotted
out, and was again untouched by the
gripping hand of avarice, true, loving
! and lOved-and Lucy Manning was my
! idol. ErrtG8 G-EE-EE q IrE EsA
| But I recovered slowly, and at last
/ as my strength surely returned, miss
! ed her. As soon as she saw l could be
/ left with safety, she had left me; and
! oh, the bIank-the dreadful blank! I
1 wandered around my rooms, now SO
! desolate, and saw the many evidences
| of my miseFIy habits.
/ 1 know not why, but towards my
wife my feelings seemed to have under
! gone q Fevulsion. 4 fear i hated her.
I She had nearly beggared me, deceived
me, shattered my health, and destroy
! ed all my health, and destroyed all my
/ hopes.
estimate the damage that had been
! done me. Every means that could be
4 put forth were used for the discovery of
! my money, but all in vain.
/ One night sat by the fire, a cheer
! less, disappointed and lonely man. l
/ had been thinking thoughts that only
I burned my brain, but did not purify
I my heart.
! "IfEbadv only married sweet Lucy, u
/ said again and again, aiI this had
. not been So"
My housekeeper came in with a let
4 ter-an unusually large package it was,
and as it bore q foreign pOStmaTk,
I opened 1T withs1a trembling hand
4 What was that? Arustling, crumpled
bank mote G . Another and sanothel
4 came forth, until there lay upon ms
/ knees twenty bills Of the largest de
I nominations. A few trembling Hnes
accompanied them: vss-
"Ny HUSBAND-I am dying! MY
disease-there is no need in telling you
Forgive me, and accept this enclosed
as a faint effort toward restitution. l
is not much over half of what we tool
from the safe. The rest isl know no
where. L am deserted. Farewell, for
ever ~
An icy chill thrilled me. 1t seemeC
> as if her spectral presence was near me
= ] shuddered as I rolled the bills togeth
s. er, and. threw them across the room
EtsIiel there, curse of my asouIz!'' IL
cried.a tssIAe there till I have conquer
: ed myseIfi ay, If the victory is no
won till You are rotton ~
4 I.shut the door and sealed it, and 70
six months Tf0iled like q DenniIes