The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-01

ifeci"nS wtte, implnring her pardon for
his improv vdeuce. She gently raised hlm
from his Supplicdtiug posture, aud bade
him say no more about it. But Troubles
come III gr"ups. Hubert aud the baby
were taken sick at once aud 10y The iIn,r
each had recovered, the twenty odd pounds
weIe exhausted, aud they we're in truth
beggdIS.
Virginia had some wealthy connect ions.
and bome was Offered her aud The lIItle
ones if Abe would leave her husband,
whom, for some ;ea>nu. they dI>liktd.
Like the true wife. she refused. thuucIt
ur""d tu accept the offer 10y Hubert him
self for he, too, veil knew What irias
and dcptivaiIonS hi, lowed ones must uu-
de'go IN his b"priess fight with The would
But, no Her place, She said, was 10y .i,,
SIDE Of him whom sie had taken for richer
fhr poorer. She had shared his prosperity,
aud would not foIsake IIm in adversely
Severe indeed WAS the struggle. BuSi-
! ness was compile ely derauged. Clei k
we're con! inualIy iciug discharged, aud
| there was no room fur others. DAYS. weeks
aud months passed. T!,e dreaded winter
VAS full upnn them : aud the lat Ie family
sinking lower aud lower ~ The chill depths
Of povc,Iy. Sulf,ted untold misery. At
last, poor Virginia succumbed, and lay
tossing "n the al"'logy tor IA bed, in high
aud dangerous fever.
lis an Ill wiud that blows nobody
good - aud The trnth Of this was eXenpll.
| fled even during thai TERI ible crisis. While
! thousands sank beneath the wrIgI uf lIa
/ br'It,eS they would never he enabled rn
/ discharge. others Welcomed the >toim tha.
cast such richly freightrd wrecks upon
heir sh"es. Hubert felt tins keruly. as
! day after day. III his solitary ramblugs in
/ the CITY. tIe met Tie well d. PSS"d banker :
, a"d merchants, whom he knew 10y Sight.
! There, IL his wr"tchrd quarters, lay the
! fever stricken fuIm of his wife, and there
| ~rr" his half starved, ragged Hrtle ONES.
| sntfr; lug actually ful the want rf food dIui
/ fnel. y tilhe. even, nf What some wealthy
! mcI chaut spent ou dIuurr UIrtyt.r ball
! would relieve their every want Why
should II he Could :hrIp be IA God and
such injustice at once? lie sought work
aud found it not. They sought uuiv
| pleasure aud Ia it WAS at hand These
! reflections naddened him. Smartiug un-
! der his tr"utiir>-s ltlng the vrce of con
science. aud seeing ouIy the en1inciaicd.
>hivrriug .nrms of all he loved on ealth-
| he th"ught aud The deed was cnuceivcd.
/ I'm opportunity was not hong i'll presenting
] itself. and The deed was deed.
| Not peuuN had the poor fellow earned
lie Whole day not ctuSt remained. aud
! e;atvai tou stared the little family cIimIv
! III the face. iiua dcd to despair hv hrs Ter
| Iible surroundings. I've SEIZED his hat ;ud
|
| ii'e night was iav"Iahle to his fatal par
! pose. Dark clnud> hid iie moot, and sIarS
aHd hcCZiug ind swept ildiN through
| the almost deserted >ttCetS. For Euuts he
! nalkcd--walked until the clocks tnlIcd the
uot'n "f night.
Hank Il step, uncertain as the tip>y
! voice accompanying 1t To some bacchaua
| Ian melody. Hubert seeks the f. licuhly
! 'hScniity of some convenient aliryway.
/ Nearer aud nearer the same uncertain stem
ap,''nIcl'c>, and now it SirI,S under tl,.
SICK ~ glare Of the street Lamp. From his
/ hiding place Hubert sees the !eyeiler draw
! folh costly watch aud consult il Dta
m"ndS gliSten on his Shlr, ft'ni. aud ie has
! livery appearance of being a ricli prey
Unseen 10y his intended victim. IIubert
sieahhiiy advances. With a mnrmutrd
''iiraven fuhgjve m.. - rtum his ht,s. The
! heavy staff ,trscendS and The uusu>ptcIniIS
! convIvlat Ieveilei lies ST unued aud bIeedItry
| at li'e robbers feet
/ Too la'e I" rescue. On, Hubert. on =
| our ife ard little ones ate icri>hiuv :
! Mud lac "beys he voice. Watch aud uutey
are quickly transferred. aud Hubert turn,
! t'cma alIn2ly away from the scene uf his
iii>i crime. He fingered too lnug. however
! Ills movements bad been Witnessed, aud
] npw The police were in hot pm suit. The
| startling cry of ''Stup thief echoed on
J The night air. and ;he rushing hrcezr .Irte
the shout along. Hubert ran widely.
| closely followed 10y the police. aud several
men and boys who had nned in the chase
| The pursuit was destined to be a short one
| however for Hubert fell on the U,scI,er
'us ice. and in IA moment he WAS in the
strong grasp Of the law.
The tIial was over; the sentence pro-
bounced wuman'S shrieks tauy pItr,us
| iy through the court: aud liubr,t Col
! Inns. The convicted fclou-lhe wet m of
! cltcnm>iauces-was remauGcd :" go.,4. PIE
/ paraioly To trauSpoTtarinn to Au>ir,iri.
Stll loving her, Nirginia's relatives
came To her relief, aud provided generous
! " for her. But the loving wife, anarn re-
] 'ncmbeIiug her vow Ia take him ''fot betl et, &,
/ for WORSE, refused to listen tn any over
turs Inning at eternal selara, non from
| her hv>banG, for hcleviug him the soul Of
| honor. aud aurIbuIing the cumm ssiun OF
| The crime. which he was :hen eX IIIHting,
solely to his love for her aud his chilhren.
| she determined, When his sentence shunld
'xpue. To join him under any cIIcum
stances, and. seeking where they were all
unknown, I" begin life anew, filled with
better purposes aud hope.
| Sixteen years bad glided into the ire
vocatle past years fraught with pa inful
| hncincs aud wIeiched Guubis To Virginia
| Collins for llube'i's sentence had long
>Iuce expired, and not a woId of him had
! 'eHched her. She knew that lie had served
! his time. and was discharged alive aud
we'll but whittier he bad beut his steps, "a
| what had been his employment. she never
! iearned. iseiusIng To believe him dead,
| aud trusting that he would yet return -
her, with the iIttie money left her by some
deceased relative. she retired to quiet
| village with her children. aud, nnlel the
assumed name of Greenwood (which we
shall continue II call her, pa,IenT ls waited
| for him to come. Her daughter, Virginia.
! bad developed into ii fine Iooking, iuteilI
| gent girl "f eighteen, and she WAS JUS: :ly
| proud of her but her most intense love
centered IL her boy He was the counter
! part of his absent father aud. for that. If
uoii;ing else, She worshipped him. He was
a noble lad, and ertaned The hi.he>,
| sense of houor-thanks to his mot"er for
| >he had strven tn iuculcate throughout his
raIy years, the best principles in him, aud
| had ~ucceeded
| The daughter, V.rgy. as she was called,