Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-11-18
NUMBER 81.

shook with terror when first felt
: it, though | knew hot why; but 1
, never trid MY husband, ~ .r ,f'
i endured this vague unrest for
months and then. without my hus-
bands knowledge / consulted our
physician. cCdlt see Ills lips trem.
bic rs Idcscribed my pain, but was
not prepared when he told me it was
ia cancer. A cry of anguish escaped
me, 4 death cry. | bade him come
again with otl,ers, tie best in his pro-
fession, and not let me die. 1t was
of no avail, my cries or my prayers.
They told me | lad but few months
to live. .Ii
Tho fear of death had no place id
my heart, but the death that could
not think ofwas being parted from my
husband and child i pictured hint
forgetting ME when | was IN tlIe grave,
and perhaps caressing another with
the SAME hand that had held ntine.
/ thought of nv child Is size would
pass down tile years into womanhood
unattended by 4 mothers love or
care, and my heart cried ont night
and day. u.. .lI,
III they could hive gone with me
could have welcomed everything.
Why should they not? | do not know
how or when the first thought can,e
into my mind, but it took possession
OF it, aud MAS continually before my
fancy. | asked the doctors if they
could tell me when must 90, and
they gave me two weeks more TO live,
made my arrangements as well as /
could, secured arsenic from Il neigh
boring city and waited for the time
to draw near.
"Thc physicians wondered that J
kept ON my feet so lpns, but hail
that 70 uphCid me which was stron
ger than death. asked tnem 10 tell
nrc when began my last three days
when they said that | had but that
time to live, began my work.
caunct tell Of tic three days that fol-
lowed. They passed away. i saw
NV baby die, and thanked God.
saw my husband breathe his last, and
tl,en tottered back 10 my bed that | b
might go ut once and join them,
She had told the story thus far in
mechanical way but now she broke
down. remained silent. "What
more shall | say7' she continued.
"You see that did not die. | hail
taken more poison than lad given
my husband, but instead of killing
me, it cured MY cancer. My God,
.herc is no such sinner under heaven
as am , ard ~ vcu not suppose
that death would have been a thous-
aud times preferable to this' But
had sinned to grievously. ! was
afraid oflife or death. had taken
the lives of Others, but it would have
been more sinful in the sight of God
to take my own. | have carried
the crcss that made for myself, but
oh, my God =
She broke down again and was ST.
lent any friend" she resumed,
''you cannot have committed such
wrong but what you may yet make it
right. Do not fly from that which
yon have brought upon your:elf.
There is room in this world for rs
pentance and restitution; there is
none in the Other word. God keep
you in his love-
With that she left me-, and saw
her no more.
thanked Col that was alirt I
raised mrs voice in praise that | was
yet where | could work out atone
ment for what had done. | was
ready TO meet the consequences Of my
actions and when the physician camo
around in the morning after the Sab.
bath, | was allowed to 20.
FASTENED to the train and was in
my room before many minutes.
determined to 81 n: once 10 Mr..
Jackson and confess my crime. ]
felt better for having made this reso-
.lution, walked towards his. hoGse
but met him on the way.
"Ah, Pom" said he pleasantly,
here, letter I'VE hal in my pock
els for some days and could never
think to give it to YOU, IL must
haze been put in NY box by mis-
take"
Itook it the writing was Fred
Manciesters; | thanked him and
walked on n step to open II. The
first thing to f..1 out wasg drift on
Now York for fvc hundred dollars.
I was saved, and dropped on my
knees there by the roadside and
thanked God.
When IN" directors were in their
room told them of my crime and
EhInded in my resignation. But they
refused to accept it, and Mr.. Jack
son vas the one who insisted that /
must forget the thing had ever hap
pened.
cant u, that, because ! cannot
cease thanking God for all his good
nr~.s to Inc --OM FGroGic Fr,epf.
An engineer from the Black lillls
reports gold at twenty ce1ts n
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