The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-15
owho is it," inquired the voice of the

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"No one except the dog l always take
when l stray far away.
Come in, then
I lifted the canvas, and entered. On
mattress in one corner, lay the poor
| fellow. On each cheek was bright hec-
tic spot, and his fine eyes seemed to have
gone far back into his head.
ooh! l am SO sorry l didn't come be-
fore!' were my first words, as knelt be-
side the rude bed.
why did you come at all?' he asked,
endeavoring TO be grutf.
"Don't let's talk nonsense, | answer
ed. "Do you know what is the matter
with YOU"
"No. only know that whatever il is,
it means death
| counted his pulse--one hundred and
Gfty a minute; palms of hands fiery hot,
and respiration quick and difficult.
"You must come to the hotel at once,
and be taken care of" | said.
81 could not breathe ut all there" he
replied.
| went to the spring, and brought some
cool water and then bathed his hands
and face. Not word did he say; but
the tears pressed out from between his
tightlv.closed lids, and his lip qulvered
painfully. | gave him mug full to
drink. and then prepared some aconite,
which he readily swallowed. had Sc
sccted some food at the house lit for an
invalid. and this he partook of also. In
an hours time the pulse was down to Il
hundred and ten, breathing less difficult,
and the hectic flush almost gone.
Il am better again he said rs he rails
ed himself on his elbows and looked ut
me. "What did you do it for"
"Never mind about answering" he con-
tinued, as | vainly cast about IN my mind
for the right thing to say. 81 understand
! it; YOU love your fellow. creatures
i bowed assent, for words just then
were out of the question.
"And YOU believe that every man must
have spark OF divinity in him some
where
bowed again.
If l am permitted to speak to any Of
the angels, when | land on the other side,
| shall say good word for you, he con-
! tiuucd, smiling for the first time. 81
! shall tell them how the tender pity in
YOUR ewes threw gleam of light INTO my
Gallons soul, and helped me to see some
goodness and purity in this worId-help.
| ed me to throw myself into the arms OF
my God and ask Him to have compassion
upon me
"What must this man have endured,
I Ia. taft
! for little kindness
'Please don't cry he went on. 81
want to tell you something about myself.
! Would YOU like to hear it?'
81 should ~
a am going to tell you, because |
want YOU to hold fast to your belief in
the inherently manly or divine. The
| person i'm whom this beliefs u certainty
can be of great service in this poor suf-
/ ferlng world. For tell you, my dear
| lady, there is no weapon that can over
come but the weapon oflove. You must
| love your fellow creatures before you can
help them, and in order TO love that
which is unlovely YOU must have this
faith in the divinity of every man and
every woman. This theory | have held
for many years; the knowledge Of its
truth newer fully understood till II
week ago; then the sum added up right;
/ to-day proved it. Fifteen years ago |
met with great disappointment. The
woman | loved, the woman | had mar
/ ricd. deserted me for another. She left
me one night rs slept, without word
/ Of warning, without our having had u
single moments unpleasantncss. | be-
lievcd she loved me us deyotcdly aS |
did her. When | awoke i'll the morning
had no wife, and it was not till many
weeks after that | discovered she had
fled with her paramour. Up to that day
had never touched intoxicating liquor,
never had contracted IL single vice.
From that morning when | found my
self alone ! was II changed man.
turned squarely round. drank, gam
blcd, lost my property, stole lied, and
cursed the God who made me, and almost
the mother who bore me. The guilty
woman let go-her lover also. | made
no quarrel with them. | only cursed
circumstances. | became at last SO low
and reckless that | joined II gang OF
burglars in New York city, and when
they robbed at night and carouscd by
day. | had no fear, because at any
time a stray shot would have been well
come. had no conscience. BY man |
had been robbed. | would revenge my
self 10y robbing in return. Their wives
did not want-their property | cared
little for, for many Il time in my fits OF
unsovernable rage have | destroyed in
the morning that which We tooka night
to steal. You do not shrink away-yOu
do not dcspisc me after hearing all this
IL am so sorry" | could Only an
swer.
"lf only someone had been then .sorry!'
! he went on. II did not know then that
| God was sorry. If there was God
which | very much doubted, He was
mad, enraged against me, and that idea
onl, drove mo deeper into sin. One
mig Int the gang to which belonged had
made arrange mcnts to rob the house of n
very wealthy man uptown, in New
York. This family consisted Of gen.
tleman and his wife and three servant
women. The coachman slept in the sta.
BILE at the lower end Of the lot. The
master OF the house was uiauic l" IcANe
his bed; the lady a delicate, timid crca-
turc who would be easily overcome il
she attempted any resistance to our de-
mands. At one o'clock in the morning
three of us had effected All entrance by
the back basement window. There WAS
nothing below to tempt us. The back
parlor was used ms dining-room, and on
this floor We halted. The silver had all
been taken up stairs except heavy nap
kin-ring which was the first one to
seizc. An uncxplainablc curiosity led
me to examine the inscription. There
WAS but one word-'LiZzie'-and that
name was the name of my wife That
moment | was seized with an uncontroll,
able fit OF trembling which tried in
vain to hide.
"'What i. the matter with you!