The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-05-17
Love for the Graceless,

That certain class of middle-aved
unmarried philosophers, whose great
enjoyment it is to sneer at all of hui
man natures most cherished preten-
sions of ennobling sentiment and COM
mon sense, derive endless aid and
comfort from what is unquestiOnably
very strong and frequently devel-
oped tendency Of the mortal heart to
bestow its signal devotion upon the
most graceless objects. Mothers are
forever dOting upon scapegrace sons,
Ill apparent preferment to their dutiful
and steady brothers the prodigal. af.
ter no end of foreign dissipation and
neglected home correspondence. re-
turns at last in rags to the homestead
to be almost suffocated by the caresses
and bOunties of the hitherto least dem
Onstrativc of sires: and multitudes of
instances can be cited to prove that
the heroically faithful wife is very
often the particular prize of the most
contemplate of husbands. Here is d
recent newspaper story to the point:
Some time in 1870 there were married
at Auburn, i'll this state, young man
OF the weakest possible moral charac-
ter and young woman immeasurably
his superior i'll that and all other re-
spects. For about year the purer.
better spirit restrained the grosser and
lower from any overt act of wicked
ness, but after that the husband began
to show his natural traits, and entered
upon vigorous campaign for the
breaking of his wife's. heart. Not
achieving this result with satisfactory
speed, he exercised portion of his
abilities III that line against society i'm
general, and at last made law itself so |
actively his enemy, that the better part |
OF valor inspired him to fly before il. |
Leaving town hastily by night, he also |
left his wife to bear her loss as best she |
could. And she-mOurning him as |
many an honest, loyal husband. diving |
in the harness for his wife and chill
dren, has not been mourned-waited
awhile to be sure that she was really
deserted, and then announced that she
would follow and reclaim 1.-THE wan-
derer' or die in the attempt. With
what little money she could gain from
a hasty sale of all the property belong
ing to her, the devoted woman, deaf to
I'LL remonstrances and appeals. started
On her weary way. She was able to
ascertain that he had joined band of
negro Ministries; and upon such indefi-
nite information as this she sped from
town to town, through Detroit. Chi
ago, st. Louis, Kansas City, Law
'ence and Cheyenne, even unto Denver.
n Colorado. The News Of the latter
'ity says that upon gaining the. wilder
part of the west the lady assumed
masculine disguise, believing that it
would afford her a better chance to ,
penetrate the haunts in which the pre-
ious object Of her search was likely
o be found. To Denver the love
base had led her at last: and on an
vening of last week, in one of the
Owest theatrical resorts of that corpo-
alton, she met him whom she sought.
The "wanderer" was no longer a min
trel; he had opened small grocery {
n the suburbs, and his presence in the {
DIV theater that night was but incl
entail to his visit to the town for
GODS. At least such was his story: ,
nd the disguised wife, whom he re- {
ognized at her'first salute, believed in =,
is reform and :wept tears of joy upon ,
is shoulder. Greatly had the true
cart ventured to find the lost one. l
ven though it must ever be doubtful |
, many minds whether the found was I
-orth the finding.-New York World. {
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