Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-03-27
MANS Sin and woman's Weakness

A WRoNGEp AND DECEIVED WIFE-TmE FOLLY
OF WRITING LOVE LETTERS.
A tired husband went home from his work one
night recently, and, taking off his coat, REQ uested
his wife To mend 4 rent in tho sleeve, then sank
upon the sofa and behind the evening paper
Wife-like, she took up the coat woman-like she
diyed into the pockets. From tho inside pocket
she drew forth letter. drec in delicate chiro-
graphy TO her husband. With darkenng brow,
she quickly took the suspicous-lookiug missiye
from the envelope, and, without noticing the date
began to read
"DEAR GEORGE Il am lonely, Oh so lonely,
since you left me last Thursday night"
"Ah, ha, that was lodge night he told me -
said the now thoroughly Interested woman as she
glanced viciously over at her husband, who ap-
pcared to be Just falling asleep. "Oh, how can
you sleep with the weight of this deep sin upon
you! But I'll see what more the brazen huzzy
has to say. If 1t kills me- With one hand pres
sed 10 her throbbing heort she read on:
"I know | am foolish, darling, but when Won
are away there seems to be barrier between me
and all that is lovely. The sun does not shine
half SO bright the moon is but q white spot in
the sky, and the stars stare coldly down, wher
you not with me, lord of my life and heart =
"Was it for this? was it for this =" moaned tn,
unhappy wife.
Fortune speed the day when NAV he unitet
in those indissoluble bonds that ne sacred in tn.
eyes of heaven and earth
"What mockery. Does he or She consider tina
his VOWS to me are not sacred? What are the,
going to do with me anyhow, woudery Poison
perhaps. Oh, false, falls periidIous man. oh
| wicked, hcliish, designing woman Still the sui
| ferng woman read the letter, though each wor,
burned to ashes Il thousand hopes ond JOYS:
| "When we need no more meet clandestnely
and trembe i'll each others embrace"
I'D make You tremblu il had YOU in my EN-
brace q minute"
"When my head may be plllowed in safety up
on your breast
"The fendess
And your Rrias twiue N loving pressure abou
me-
"tures!"
"And youi lips smother the tender words tina
would escape between them"
'Oh, the sirenie she-deyll,' hisscd tie woman
as she tried TO keep down the boiling rage With
\ her. she crushed the letter in her hands, the
| threw it upon the floor and splang upon it wit
| her neels rs though it were snake, and groun
| it into the carpet. Then, with clenched hand
aud compressed hips, she strobe rapidly back an
| forth across the room, ever and anon making
move as II 10 spring like tuy upon her hu,
band, who, with paper over his f: e was appa
| emily sound asleep, dreaming, perhaps, OF til
wicked temptress that lad come between hiI
| and his fond wife. Presently II reaction too
| place, and the wretched woman sank into cha
| and found reliet in that blessed panacea fer f,
| ID ale ills-a flood of tears.
Grown calmer after a while, she picked up I'll
| rumpled letter, smoothcd out the creases, an
with an air Of mingled despair and resignation
looked for the signature.
| "Your ever loving and devoted, but poor, NJ
prehensive-'
What's this! Flut-hut- -tcrng birdie. A-d-
Ada. Why, bless me. this is one OF my oil
letters TO George. What fool /"
| sound from the sofa, first like escaping stean
and then like car rattling DER the stony stree
assured her that her ridiculous actions had bee
II aanlh hay, hanI
the foolish woman flew to her room and locke
herself in, and she is almost miserable now
when she felt that she was a wronged and d,
ceiyed wife.