The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-02

left him forever. In his utmost wrath at
the event, he could not accuse the ma1eTnai
fugitive of that which should assure 70 MIN
the sympathy of mankind ; and where SUCH
sympathy cannot at allbe counted upon by
a mind not thoroughly disinngenuous, a
sense of injury very soon sottens into
bene6cept reproach of conscience. A few
DAYS of Wondering over his troubles brought
the deserted husband to the conviction
that tender heart as well as hard head
should have some office in domestic gov
ernment and this wholesome reflection
resulted in the discovery that his heart was
taking the supremacy at last, and that he
must regain his wife at any cost. Months
of inquiry amongst her Southern kindred
elapsed before he had ascerrained that she
and the child had taken refuge with old
family friends in remote part of Texas:
and then his conciliatory letters to her did
not evoke gracious replies. Having tried
secession and found certain luxury OF IN.
dependence in it, the fair rebel responded
to all overtures with disdain, and would
not be placated Angered again, the hus-
band wrote, more sternly, that ii she per-
sisted longer in such disposition he should
visit Texas himself, if only to reclaim his
child. Indignantly showing his threat, as
she chose to deem it. to her harborlng
friends, for their alliance in her continued
defiance, she was dismayed and still more
; irritated by their suggestion that 1t would
indeed be the wisest for her to return
to husband who evinced spirit to make
amends in future indulgence for past exae-
ton, She, now, was the one IN the wrong,
and the candor of friendship in telling her
so did but in intensity her perversity. In
spite of false friends she would still main
tain her independence, and after year Of
diplomatic letter writing, to make her hus
band believe that his proposition 0freunior
was being carefully considered, she disap
! peared again with her child and Jewelry
,, leaving him and her friends alike to fnC
her again if they could. A visit to Texas
thereafter by her husband resulted in hi
, determination to try no more, and he wen
! back to Wisconsin a saddened man, who
having done his duty, submitted the futur
: to providence Knowing that she was ii
: fault, and inexpressibly tortured by tn
: knowledge, and yet resolute not to comics
/ or amend, a woman will commit almos
= any extravaganza of wrong-headedness. l.
= her second fight the fugitive boldly wen
! to California, where, among strangers In
= strange land, she thought to carry out som
. Iimpracticable scheme of self-maintainance
:, For this she was about as we'll fitted as 70
= digging in mine, and after pawning he
valuable jewelry piece by piece and Twin
:, forlornly upon the proceeds" as long a
9 : possible, absolute want stared her and he
: little daughter in the face. Her stor
Il comes now from the San Francisco Bullet
to whose informant she said :-"Often
6 have walked by the side of the bay, thinl
= ing how soon could end all my trouble
- by leaping into the water. And L shout
- have done it, too, am afraid, but for N
~ poor child" Misery of that depth is goo
:, for the soul OCCASIONALLY; and in this ca:
- it induced the sufferer to write at last
a her husband for pardon and help. Bot
~, ~ came as quickly as the mail could brir
70 them the first Internationally and witt
- out a syAabel of reproach, and the secor
- to the extent of nearly $1,000. Furthe
-, more, in chivalrous consideration OF IL
~ wife s probable feeling as to living again
" " community familiar with her earlier SO
~ ~ rows and precipitancy, the husband volu
n tarily undertook to dispose of his buslne
4 in Wisconsin and make new home WI
! her in an other State. Thus, with conce
.. sion greeting penitence, the union OF the
"a two has been finally restored, doubtless to t
- assurance of future in which both will
u the happier and wiser for their experien
10 of the vanity of practical extremes, the /
"A utility of domestic government witho
n mutual fondness and concession, and t
~, ~ folly of independence without unselh
- principle.