Smyrna times., 1875-05-12
Belated Penitence,

We tell tn" story a7 we find it in new
PAPER Twenty wears ago Il pain were mar
rl'd and came to a town in this State 10
reside. The union was not a halay ono
lie grumblcd continually: he ncr,j-to,,tIv
abused her; and he even had habit Of
beating her. Before others ne WAS ,J:u,.i
bly, kind and afiectunatc: when sll, bore
the sable and ccrulcam marks of hi, elias
tSem"nt he would say to the ncjgLLor-
that his dear love had fallcn and hurt her
sell; and it Wa, thought when She asserted
TO the contrary, that She wa. Of course
insane. Once, by accident. he was seen Lv
lady to deal his wifi, trcincu,lou. IIov.
ana Tor ti'!S, aftcrdu" judicial Investigation.
Ii" was sent to prison for several month.
during which, woman-lllc. She cx,rtcd All
her energies to get him out. Just b,fr.
leaving the dock for the dungeon ne turned
to her and accusing her Of perjury in her
testimony, he badc her take notice thai h..
never would speak to her again. Til, v..
hIh' years ago. After his rclca,. ,I,,.,.
iIVed together, hut he kept hi, word Ijt.r.
any II" held II" converse with hcrcycrIt
through others. He would tell tb... chill
dr"h to say 80 and 50 to their luotl,.,.. e
Ills usual mode of communicative w;tI, L,.r
was ito retire to separate room and tb.r..
isNl" ms mandate" to Il lmo4-,nscr. So Lr.
went ON, til" great. dumb, ugly brute. for
All th's" y"ars-saya9o and silent. maLino
every day a recurring torment and every
hour shameful insult.
But a better time, at least. for her. came
at l">t; she was ABOUT to die, Sl. LaJ L..,,
~lrN for weeks, withno -yllabIc of -ymlatLv
ii'ln INN. when. IL he was working ,tnIi,IIy
IN ms garden, the doctor and i.Irr,,v,o.,,
told him Of her approaching departure
II" burst into tears. Ofcour-, he did, H..
rushed to the dcath-hrd believing like ,
great calf. II" bent over the form vl;,I,
he had 50 often beaten, still howIins and
weeping. He found his tongue. and i.
begged her forgiveness, for he knew wL,r.
She was going and the tribunal in 1bo
awful presence Of which She soon ni,bt
bear witness against him. And SO he
Fl"an"d and grovclcd, and crooked III. /
knees, and said he wa, a wretch. Will. .Io
of course She was an angel
II Is hardly necessary for u> to ,tqtc tIat
then and thcr" thi, vocif,rou. gentleman
wa~ forgiven. She claspcd the hand which
had been 50 coar>cly cruel to hcr: sL. .
called him tcndcrly ly name: ,Lr,g,,,,,.I .
ms r"NIaSs"S, >wcctly cntr,atins him nor
t" tax" on 50; and few hours before. hen.
t"ath She declared that the lat two day.
poor creature! had been the happio,t Of
I"r lie; Sh" only wished that th,v m;,I,
'' the beginning Of happy day, for her II,,.
F'h". oi course he must be- hmIlv. how.
Yer wrrtch'd h." had made her Iot. fo,.
nm must b" wedding garments. and C.tt,l
'aI'cS and pleasant sllutatou~ from every.
'"dy-f"r him who had been such dDnL
'"E to her! No doubt after the funeral he
eli exceedingly comfortable. for il is So
ne" to b" forgiven. We wish we rourJ
hnk OF hlm otherwise. We should Iil,cto
imagine hIm groaning and 2ricyously no,u.
'cilhg above the grave where She found
he nome which he refused her. But we
a" t We know that he Is happy. and the
makes Us wrctchcd.-N J. r..
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