Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-22
A CONFESSION.

may be turned away from temptation b,
its recital.
had been an mdcr-clerk in a large es
tablishment for many years. Natural,
economical, my savings had attained t.
such a respectable sum that | venturec
upon married life, quite as much as a RET
uge from the monotony of my inexpensive
style Of living, as in obedience to thos
warnings of nature which man is very
foolish or very bad not to heed in due sea
son. Like most men, however, adventure
of this kind are not always FOLLOWED
by the comfort and ease and hRppineS
which depend upon money for their pos
session. In the course ol time | came tt
repent the undertaking, for | was in debt
my family had increased, while my income
had not kept pace with my expenses. Ny
wife lacked the courage to practice The
sNI-denaI which would be consequent
upon retrenchment Of our expenses,
was daily annoyed by duns. | had Dor
rowed money in every available quarter
and a walk in the public streets was lite.
rally denied to me by the fear of encoun.
teping some one to whom | was ind, bted
tormy house expenses.
Returning home late one night, faded by
a lstless stroll through the town, | founc
the junior member OF the firm waiting toI
me. The house had received intelligence
after business hours, of transaction en-.
tered into on their account which required
the immediate transmission to an ISOLATED
inland town Of several thousand dollars
together with certain papers and state.
menis necessary to conclude the affair. II
Wa, 90 important an affair to be intau>teG
to the delay and uncertainty Of the mai
at the time. Upon a consultation Of the
firm. | had been selected to perform tho
necessary two days journey. | accepted
the mission with alacrity, for the reason
among others, that it wonld be such / re.
creation as would divert my thoughts lol
time from the perpleXitieS of my miscr
able condition.
With the usual foresight Cd the finn
everything necessary to my prompt depar
ture had been prearranged. The necdtu
papers and accounts, and the indispensable
money requisite to finish the transactions
were placed in my hands in an envelop,
addressed to the gentleman who had actcc
as agent of the concern in the matter. 4
letter Of instruction was likewise enclosed
remember well the bright September
morning on which started on horseback
and alone On NV ionrney, of which ac
complisled half The first dav. ARRIVING a,
a farm-bouse whose occnnant unhesit,.
tjnrly granted nv petition for a shore fo,
the night IN its 60mbIp hosnitolitv
The weather had grown colder rs tb,
EVENING came ON and nv tbe time ha,
reached the housp eyncrienccd . spnsihl,
chill | Ind with me flask If Iiouor an,
was furnished at NV own request ot he'd
time, with a small quantity Of hot watr
with which to compomd sort of nnncb
as an autidote to he cold | annrebendc,
having taken.
bad removed tbe naol.,pn If nono,
from nv pocket and laid it ON the fable
with view A, nut+,nu if nndor INV niIIou
bofoao rntiripo A. II Law ~, FL, ta,i, +L,
address wa, Tnnnrmost on rho loft hon,
MINER corner was q memorandum 81 SS I0l
enclosed" Twas stond,n| n1tL INV, Iool
ia the door SncoaoInc q fcy mE,non+
of entire s,Ioncn how'd q ston hoh;n,
me- and almost think folt q hroatl
unon INV face T,rnino suddan,,, rnnnd
I brbrld nv host WITH tbe bot watrr
had = ,IIcd }o, in q +nn,hIor ~ ii. Lonl
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