The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-23
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Vu"il ttN, iur lliSill 10 come. so that
you might be with me. Oh, Willie,
fnlf-dndfic yosing wife, unable to
say mofc, burst into an agony ofweep-
ing.
"Pslaw. Mary, you're nervous :
that's al. The care OF the baby is too
much for you; you don't 90 ont
enough You stay here and mopc
and ldiFse alone till yon get to imag-
iiing.eyerythihg fearful. Let me get
S.Mee mt once, as | wanted to do long
ago." MI
-DnL While, n nurse would moi
make up yodV absence. You don'l
know my heart though | am your
wife. But you are all in the world
care for-you and ollr babe; home isn't
home without you. could be con.
tent to stay at home always, with you
beside me. You know | don't want
TO tie you always to ny side, and de.
prive you of all pleasure of society
but Of late you are gone so much sc
much. know you don't realize how
much; but, alas, Ilo. Don't be an.
CRY at what ! yearn to say, for my
heart seems breaking, aud perhaps II
will relieve me to speak. ! could bet
ter bear yonr abseIsee, III you always
came home yourself; but you know
youdon't. You know your eyes Are
red and swollen. your cheeks burning,
your speech irregular, and your breath
the breath of The rum-cup or whisky
glass. Oh. Willie! for my sake, ifyOll
ever loved me, CeaSe this course. ~ II
you don't can't live. ltwears OH i've
day and night, to see you going thus
the downward course. 1t eats NY life
away. I've never said 50 much before,
and you know it nearly kills me to
speak so now; but | must speak or
die; only God knows my anguish my
heart is slowly but surely breaking. "
And another burst of tears thoked fur
ther utteraIcc.
The young man was silent, and great
tears dropped from his eyes among the
sunny cllrls that hay in their rich mas
ses on the fair head upon his
bosom. lie loved the beautiful and
gentle creatures who, not quite two
years before, had resigned her earthly
happiness into his keeping. lIeawas
junior pNtrlerin O mercantile house,
and no one Gould Wish for fiicr pros
poets than We're those before Willie
Graham. Not vet thirty. With Q per-
fect liest Of i home, as Elira wife and,
lovely a babe as ever blest the heart Of
man, how could he but he happy?
And 80 he has been till, the last six
moths, when he had become inveiglcd
into so-called young Mems Social
Club" This club occupied a suite
ofelegant apartments IN public hall
up town, where they met nightly,
ostensibly for reading. discussion on
topics Of the day, and their mental
moral improvement; but, alas! In re-
ality, for drinking wine, etc, playing
cards, and other pastimes in no man
ncr conducive to their moral well-be-
ing. Rut to return:
Ihe young man soon recovered ms
composure anl' Del'dlng over ann
tenderly kissing tne tear-wet H.ee,
said; "Well, hush, Mary darling, dry
your tears, be a good little girl and let
me 90 to-ssight. | Know it l. shame
to leave yoe, so often and long, ana
still more, that should make beast
OF myself, and come nome 20 my OAR
ling IN tlElt STATE; Due forgive ine
Mary. and tiMt shall never % repeat
ed. Let me % SO tonight IOr we
nave Important Dusl,'css 70 transact
at the club rooms ana promise you
~ mol 60 every hSl' as nave DTn
doing Dut only TWO nights n the
week, hereafter, Mondays ana frl:!afsi
tIcy are tl@ important DIsiiless hiSnls
Illell all Ihe res!o oi 'he hve liisnls ol tle
week you Slhlli nave me 70 you,sel
dear one. Does tlmt S'llsiy you:
lne young creature aepiieu oniy ~
ei"spM's "cI "In,s apu.' ''s ~. ',SI am'i @
soDDihg cohvu.siVeE. hc a''vMcu NV,
l,er 70 weep 0n ior aM'lle; e;,, "Ia 'llen' 11.
Craving UuC nls W.lIi.' S''u' say o'"-
ing, slAil sot0miSSm! !S
Un, no, no WINE moi 'o-n'sm,
OF all msNiS' lnnt maye @ n,e ,: :nas
nign. tell you my ,'. lau ,1 Si'cl' l,, u,'e;
dlln, ghostly loreo%n'sS, ~. M'y,
s!IliloI ..1 sl iylIe ny ,,i ss."s sS; Mou'u
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