The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-01-18
The -Anti-AEOnopolist.


A aentlemanly- looking man, follow
ed bv another, more rude in his ap-
pearance. entered.
II believe [ have the honor of ad-
dressing MIR. Charles Albro % said the
gentlemen.
THAT my name, sir, said Charles,
who did not recognize his visitor.
II have some private business with
you, sir can [ see you in another
room e. said the latter-his manner,
though polite, so firm that it implied
command rather than request.
II know Of no business which can
not attend to in the presence Of my
Wife, SAID Charles, rather stifiy.
Il am al agent in the q. S. 2. NJ. q.
Department" said the other blandly.
II presume / need say no more for you
to understand my business
Charles stood for an instant as it he
had been struck by thunder bolt--the
block left his cheeks his tall frame
quivered like an aspen in the gale
then he groaned: st,-losr and
| damned forever
Suddenly, as if struck by the hand
Of death, he fell senseless to the floor.
He had been to suddenly awakned
from his dream of security and bliss.
so, heaven, sir: what is the mat
ter You have killed my husband y
screamed the bride. and she sprang to
his side.
ssNo, madam, he is only in a sWoon,
from which he will soon recover. [
am sorry, for your sake, that | must
n h,1+
must secure him while best | can
said the officer kindly, while he ship
ped pair Of steel handouts upon the
wrists OF the senselesS man.
"a prisoner For what crime !
o, he is too good, too noble, to commit
a crime Of what do you accuse
him Z"
COZ robbing the United States
mail = said the officer, assisting TO
raise Charles to chair.
so, it is false-I KNOW 1t is-tell
him so my husband-tell him SO =
sobbed poor Annie, as Charles opened
his eyes once more.
groan that seemed to come up
from amid the wrecked fragments OF
a broken heat-a look of indescrib-
able agony-was her only answer
His tongue could not utter the word
which would clear her fame before
her.
What did she do2 Did she, as other
friends afterwards did. turn from him
with sudden scorn and lorthing-
friends too who had shared the pro.
, ceeds of his guilt! Did she do this
, No; she placed her hand upon his, and
| I 3 - Il ~...
| are prepared to go wherever you deem
it your duty to conduct us
But lady,you are not under arrest!
, II am his wife, sir; and where he
: goes will go. Even though he is con
/ yicted Of this crime of which you &C
, cuse him, | will not desert him. / an
> his wife. his widowed mother 8 daugh
ter -
[ A last scene. He had been tried
convictek, sentenced There is nj
need that should have waded through
} all that in this sketch--itS main Incl
! dents. true as they are, and the mora
: they convey, the lesson they inculcatt
to the young and the tempted ARE al
\ that purpose to lay before the reader
Y An elderly lady, dressed in deel
j mourning, trembling with agitation
2 leaned upon the arm of Annie Albro
: who has been utterly disowned b,
!. her proud father. It was the mothe
{ of Charles, and they were waiting a
@ the railroad depot TO take a farewell
!. of the wretched convict, ere the SheT
j. if bore him away to thedistant State
$ prison.
t lie came. pale, a shadow Of his for
b mer self. utterly abashed and almos
l. heart broken. And sheer was on al
t most every face as they placed tn
It young convict in the car. Not a Loo
e that was not cold as the iron whicl
0 gyyed his hands, except the glance 0
that mother and that wife.
s. Wife young, and early baptised i
n sorrows bitter waters, yet wifely i
" the noblest sense.
d Where now are the sneeTs Of tn
" assembled crowd VINO had gazed so col
e temptiously on the wretched felon; no,
where, when they heard that Lowell
d and accomplished woman utter cheel
5 full words, call him husband. and spea
y of future yet to brighten for hir
II and heri