The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-30
TemptationsHand Designations of the
National Capital.

National Capital.
In the early days Of President Grant S
administration, young girl, employed in
one of the departments at Washington.
was generally admired for beauty of face
and graceful form, and numbered her adj
mirers by the score. Just verging into
womanhood, she combined the simplicity
aud artlessness OF the child with the grow
ing dignity of woman. Sprightly in con-
Nersation and comely in appearance, she
was sought after and petted-perhaps fiat
tered; and, If the oracles had been con-
suited, they would, without ambiguity,
have marked out for her a brilliant future.
Coming from a family of moderate means,
she was not highly educated but what
She lacked IN acquired intelligence was
amply compensated for by the remarka-
BILE natural intuition OF Il woman and the
tact with which she caught the habits of
the goodly-born She had many suitors ;
bat ambition had possession of her heart,
and her hand was eventually sought and
won by one of the private secretaries of
President Grant He was man of hand
some appearance and polished address,
hut, unfortunately, was a slave to drink
They were married, and apparently lived
happily, Before long, however, his con-
sttutlon sank under the burning power OF
whlskey, and, before their honeymoon was
over, he died a victim to the insatiate
thirst he could not conquer. He left, be-
Ileve, a little property; and with this his
widow again returned to Washington,
and commenced housekeeping in house
not tar distant from the capitol. In few
short months the widow became mother
and gave all her time to the rearing OF the
infant
A short distance from her house q Young
physician was struggling into practice I'M
der the inspiration of devoted study and
natural inclination. Already he had met
with some success. and was generally ac-
credited rising man The couple were
brought together, no matter how, and
within Il few months they were married
But the happiness OF their welded lite was
Of short duration Jealousy on the part
N the wife and moroseness on the part of
line husband led to au estrangement At
first the separation and indulgence in an
grv words ended with the day, but at
length the husband abSentcd himself for
days together. \ patched-up reconcilia-
ion was effected, but when they again Ell
LNl wa lIG Niliit IiOliSt, INC VIE SOON ltuIl-
I'd that her husband had succumbed to
temptations, and was ON the descending
scale of t drunkard's grave. 1t can read
NY be imagined that a truce under such
circumstances was soon broken.
The man now had aretuge which might
prove his destruction, but which silenced
the pangs OF immediate sorrow. They
yuarrelled, and inhabited the same house
as strangers to one another With a wo-
mans Iashness she pursued the bitter
course which could only offer an insuper-
able obstacle to a renewal of their marital
relations and the reclamation of her hus-
band. In the enforced solitude OF her own
nome, she welcomed the attentions of 9TH
er men. Soon again, then, was she seen
on the street, at the theatres, and in lux
uri0us restaurants of the city. The cul-
animation OF this is easily told Returning
one night from some round OF pleasure,
She found the house tightly locked, and an
inpenctrable darkness within A friendly
neighbOr told her that her husband had
left, and handed her the key Of the unoc-
cupied house
She did not enter, however, but came
down town in search of him Through
some means the hotel at which he was
stopping was discovered, and the woman
hesltated not moment to enter its por-
tails, tar past the hOur of midnight The
night clerk denied that the Doctor was
there; while he--poor fool was reeling
IN the bar-roOm, without reason and with
out sense she wanted 4 room, but was
informed that ladies were not accommO-
dated at that hour OF the night-the clerk
meanwhile casting suspicious glances at
the male attendant on the sidewalk The
husband, however, unaware Of the situa-
ton, stumbled into the main office. and
with bound the wife was by his side 1t
was no lovers meeting, but the shock
somewhat SOLDERING the man. mutual re-
elimination was INDUCED There, in the
presence OF a crowd of loafers and gaping
strangers, this aspiring physician and his
beautiful wife rchearsed the story OF their
lives colored and wrought with all the
passion which liquor can arouse and sus-
tam. For, be it known that it was early
discovered that the ambitious girl had
fallen 50 low as to partake too largely of
Wine To avert such a scene it was re-
solved to give her a room Persuaded to
retire, she insisted upon the presence of
her husband, and he as stOutlv resisted,
- 4H7 tA'tte O tilo uttS PIE 4uuo ne Ittli ell
tered a suit tor divorce on the ground Of
adultery. Her boisterous conduct at last
made the presence OF a policeman neces-
Sary, and her chamber was entered only
to lind halt nude woman brazenly con
fronting the intruders. 1t is not necessary
10 90 much further Her husband at last
yielded. and they were again together
But only day OF two elapsed, and then
the newspapers announced that both par
ties had made application for % divorce
one on the ground OF adultery, and the
other tor continued drunkenness. They
have never been together since, and now
their paths are far, tar apart. She enter
ed upon LIE Of pleasure, haunted the
streets and public places, and at last en-
tered one OF those gilded palaces where
reyclry and mirth are the price for the
sacrifice of virtue, and sin claims as its
own the victim, body and soul. He is an
outcast, living upon Il crust Of bread a dav
and trusting tor life upon the liquor pois-
on given him in pity by a former associate
and friend. | saw him the other night,
when, without a pillow on which to Law
his head, he was PROSTATE across the mar
bic counter OF the hotel in which his mon
ey had been Sguandered and his shame ex-
posed, Wash. Cor, Chicago Tribune
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