The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-30
Ghe1,ttelliaeates.
A rALEOF LOVE AND WOE.
Vile Number 1 MOurns Twelve
Years Tor u lost Husband.
Found at LaSt-Number 2 For
gives AlIRnd DIeS-AHnppy he
union.



In East Tennessee, prior to the break
ing out Of the late Civil war, there lived
young husband surrounded with the
pleasures Of happy family andthe com.
forts Of this life. Attic first call to arms
for Southern Independence, he bid adieu
to his young wife and only child and went
to battle for the cause lie believed to be
just and right. In the winter Of 1864,
being broken down and unfit ior service,
he received his discharge and fastened to
his home to greet his wife and child,
whom he had not seen during his term OF
service. His home pleasures, however,
were OF but short duration, for soon after
his arrival he was arrested for disloyalty
and banished across the Ohio River. The
war over, he again hastened home, but
there we're none TO welcome him but his
dear wife and child. During his absence
the immediate relatives Of his wife, as
well az his former friends, were enlisted
on the side OF the Union and had imbi-
bed strong hatred for him and all rebel
soldiers. To his deep modification he
was soon made aware that his presence
was unWelcome there, and il he remained
in the country he did 80 ut his great peril
He started out on foot, and with brave
resolve determined to live or work hard
in order to buy home for his family.
Arriving at Atlanta, he went to work in.
dustriously, and soon gained for himself
The confidence Of his employer and those
with whom he was associated, But he
was not permitted 10 cherish his antiCi.
pated pleasure long, for while toiling
with laudAble ambition amid newly made
friends he received the sad intelligence
that hia vile and child had sickened and
died. This was reliable, as he thought,
and he became sad and dependent. No
longer could he toll and labor for them,
aud with detected spirit he became a
wanderer. After five years Of wandering
in the far West, amid the wild scenes Of
frontier life, he turned his steps back TO
the states, and on locating moi far distant
from Nashville he met u poor but lovely
widow, with her only child, daughter
scarcely ten years old. A new era seem.
ed to dawn upon his future, and soon his
acquaintance with this good woman ripen.
ed into love, and he resolved TO take her.
self and child and he to them husband
aud father. He did 30, and several years
ago he settled down in Nashville, where,
by industry and economy, he has accumu-
lated some property, and ever since then
ill now he has been regarded as al up.
right and Just man by all who knew him.
Not very long ago an attorney OF our
Nashville Bar received a letter from
lady in East Tennessee, stating that
she was informed that her husband,
who had left her shortly after the clOse oil
war, had died in our city, leaving consid.
cradle property, and as she aud her only
child were poor and in needy circumstan.
Ces requested the attorney toexamine in.
to his estate and inform her OF its condi.
ton. The attorney, on learning the sit
ualion Of things, communicated the facts,
Ns be understood them, to the lady in
East Tennessee, and she believing that
her husband had proved recreaut to his
marriage vow, concluded TO file u bill for
divorce and alimony. It was prepared
and mailed to her at her home, and in due
time it was returned to her attorney,
sworn TO, who filed it in court, and obtain.
ed nm attachment, which was levied upon
all the property claimed and owned by
the husband. When the writ was served
upon him, he was at his usual business,
which he suddenly dropped, aS II struck
by lightning, "Great God, what il that
You read, Mr.. Sheriff ~ On coming to
from this shock, he took the paper, and
seeing that it was in the name Of his long
neglected but not forgotten vile, he rush
to the attorneys office for more informs.
ton On being told there was no mistake
the poor wretched man stood before him
with great beads Of perspirAtion dropping
from his forehead, and exclaimed. "ls
there no remedy? Tell me, lawyer, what
am | to dog Is there no escape from this
disgrace? Ny poor w:te-nO, the woman
have loved for the last five years and
called my vile now lying at the point OF
death with consumption, and her poor
daughter, who from childhood has called
me iather, will forever curse and hate nv
name"
The dying woman was made aware Of
all the facts, and angel like, just before
she passed away, expressed the desire
that her husband-for auch she would
call him unto death-should 20 and live
with Mrs., and be to her and their
two children devoted husband and faith.
er; ashe had been in the past. Appro-
priately and quietly her remains were
inferred, while over the grave bent the
form OF man whose every emotion no
pen can describe. Thoughts Of the liv.
ing and dead ordinarily rivet attention
10 the past and future, and bring us for
the moment TO contemplate scenes that
We too often would like to forget; but to
this man, situated as he was, there was no
escape from meditating then, and perhaps
forever, upon the manner in which he
had conducted himself towards two Of the
noblest Of women,
But the attorneys personally unknown
client possessed agenerous and forgiying
disposition. She had no desire 10 prose.
cute his restless, uneasy spirit. She said
In writing to her attorney. GIi tbonVbt
that my husband would be kind and Food
to me in the future as he had been in tbe
past, although am comfortably situated
in the home Of my aged father, who bit.
terly opposes my leaving him, yet, /, for
the sake Of the child bore my husband,
would leave the roof that now gives me
shelter, and share his trials the balance
Of my days,n The Wretched husband on
calling at the attorneys office, was shown
the letter Of his wife, and alter reading
and devouring It's contents, exclaimed;
God bless her. Noble woman, thou art
the same archangel Of mercy and good.
ness. She shall not only have my kind.
ae's and love, but / will toll and labor
Tor her all my liie." Seeing his willing.
ness to share his little fortune with her,
The attorney drew decree, which Is in
Tended As a matter Of record In our law
court, diyesting all right, title and inter.
est he had IN and to his real estate
aud yestingit in hia vile in fee absolute,
and the cause in court continued q. We
hope, TO Be dismissed.