Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-01-29

me ln me REORGANIZATION aH0
dishonor. E had no friends; i wa
3 deserted wife. MV b0aFdeFs bad
gone, and my scholars we're grad.
ualiy leaving me. Ny prospects
were cherries indeed, but Sod wei
still my friend. repealed the I'D.
vances Of this fend in human shape
and he left me IN a towering pas
sion. MalevOlent reports were
spread ab0ul--I was In despair
Because | preferred virtue and pow
erty 10 disgrace and the emOluments
Of q mistress | was 10 bedespised,
Misfortune continued TO follow
me. My remaining furniture was
sold 10 pay Mr.. Saunders. What
to do I knew not; that wretched
man followed me like q fate, from
place to place, ! obtained a situa-
ton as nursery-gOverness his blast
Ing breath poisoned the atmOs-
phere, aud l was obliged to leave
1t. | got situations IN stores and
sh0w-r0oms, but invariably he con-
tinucd 10 injure me in such a way
that my services were dispensed
with after q few weeks. At last |
found employment in the Lowell
mills. | depOrted myself with the
greatest circumspection-made but
few acquaintances, attended faith.
fully TO my duties, but after awhile
the same prosecutions would begin.
The men about the establishment,
who were not gentlemen, address
ed mo in a most ins0lcnt manner
and | knew that my husgaud's part.
ner was still secretly prosecuting
me. went to the proprietor only
TO be told that women who con-
Quoted themselves with ~propriety
were never insUlted. Besides the
fact always prereded me, or become
known in some manner, that | was
a deserted wiCe-and II told power.
fully against me. particularly will
my own sex. l was as near DIES.
pair as | could 10, driven almOs.
wild by the neglect Of those imme,
diaiely around me, and still follow
oil by the man who was the caus,
olall my suffering.
Well he Is dead nOw-and some
times l find myself wondering, Gu
riously, ifGOd can forgive him.
i, One day an emplOye, finding m
alone in the wOrk.rOom, anxious I
finish n task | had undertaken
placed his hand on my neck, an
F.. called Inc his darling. All my spiri
| was reused, and with one vigOrOu
l blow | sent him reeling to the flooI
and lett him lying there. | sha
! never forget how exultant ! fel
seeing him at my feet, stunned 70
the moment. The next day, NEE
ing him, | took from under m
0 apron q small pistol which la
procured.
= "You sec that | am able, now, I
: defend myself" l said, ''touch II
y or speak TO Inc again while | al
here, AT your peril"
= lie went Immediately and rcpcr
/ I'd That | carried concealed wcaI
ons. 1t was proved that | did, an
G tho employer gave me notice to qu
the establishment.
g When | look back on that perit
sometimes, | wonder that | keI
: my reason. What to do now,
knew not. 1t was impossible
q place myself hey ond the power
that terrible man, my husband
y former partner. | wrote to
u mother, %beseeching her 10 use b
y influence in protecting me. 1t "
an unwise move for no had her o.
o | never received an answer.
: Providence gave me a friend
:, the person OF a sailors widow.
! Herson was purser's clerk, or som
= thingiOf that kind, on one Of L
English steamers between Ne
y York aud Liverpool, and throuI
!, his mothers exertious | was pr
y yided with a place as stewards
- I eXulted now In the thought Iii
| should 10 longer he followed
y the cruel prosecutions Of the m
who had become my deadliest en-
my. My plans were secretly {
: ranged, | provided some pla
=, dresses, cut my hair short, wore
=. false front and a hideUus black ca
:! and thus alfred took my humL
!" position with thankfulness.
The voyage proved a stormy o
~ and / had several sick persons
~ my hands. One morning when {
he wind was blowing q perfect ga
I'M one Of the surgeons came to II
!, and wished me TO take care Of e
tlcman who had come on board sit
% lie had ruptnFed a blood vessel,
said, and needed extra attenti,
though he was out of immedii
d, danger.
-, j was conducted to the state-ro'
~ which wa quite dark, for the
" valid had been asleep. ! gave Q
look at the pallid, suffering 70
whittier than the pillow on which
1T laid. The blood receded TO
oe heart-for there before me-, laiI
my husband.
IL heard vaguely the words OF
~, surgeon. "paid assistan."-''cap.
us nurse and then ] was left alo
ia with one whom | felt had dee.
y! wrOnged ne,
"WIll you give me some water
he asked, flintly-and then, "w
is your name, my good woman Z
| quietly replied, Bartlett"
eIt lie looked steadily at me, as
(, spoke, and grew pale, ! put
question.
nd "When have you heard FIR
I'D your wife?"
to "What do you know about i
n he cried eagorly-and then-in
he lower, sadder voicc-I have
n ..gn. y