The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-12-27

/ just 20 give her strength 20 bear hes
srsub'ss. bat sapidly iosnd hsssslf de-
pendent on it. and often sank = aleos
in ,h. siupoe Of iatoxieaGjaD, alter Z
battle Of words betsesa two paopla
whose whole world could onee bo lseu
in each others eyes. sfE
Nrigbbors summed then. end ,1tu
even OF those Who had MOD AsAsu
downvsrd would nov rive ,aAao evsn
word Of pity. Sooldin6s and eryinl
were the spsndo n0t ufln kaAed 6om
their misersble chadrsn.
Mary Connolly had jsst come home
one night from . day. wahing snd
scrabbiog. She wss quite sober, Sor
che had been working fse her old a,is-
tress. Mrs DcoslDsu; bat tAeugh 1oheg
and quiet, there s-Was little Of thA Rid
fresh and neat Mary Naspirs to b
traced II the woep, patched dress, thl
dishevelisd heir sad rcd foeo. Ther}
was still less Of ths bsadeoma- -Irial.s hDy
sLo bal stoleA ~ girlish h.seh TIE
uokempt., blsar-sysd man. ahseea1y
With drink. who turned to greet hes
With Asill1 lsagh - skssen1saeA
'Esas velcemsv ad1hlG' he said.
-Surs fvS been i0ngis( fSt sfght o
yer,pusty face
The WOMAN 6ushed. I, dAsk peialal
blush spresdins sli over tho fsee bsu
% far feaS psssty; ~ <hsssvse-.hS
swsssd . Sps1p,6sly thsnsA 1unHo :
'Surs - vsslda't b. sivin; rnesyer
back slans. whom I tell "a hov I hsys
been 1ongin' the sight Of Yosr lace?'
An the few shishqS you thihk I've
got eth nse. she sasWured seofAfuily.
Oh. .sdsslia. the ieAt oe tAs ssns's .
even purtiss NsR y@selE' ri n..s
Then ysll. be disappnisssd. the
.ain:s b. praised. tor NOT . panny ri
mine will aver cross yoar hand sgaiu,
II Id nsverlsid sjep % ~. it'se hspp,
woman Ia bs sAis seSy aiehk'
Msry had eona Ao@e dstssmfnsa 10
control hsfalf. 2 whatsves 1aepaosa.
but her tongue che could not eossnani.
Dennis answered in laneuags quito -
violent - hsr ows; ab0ivS eSpsels:a
passed quickly between husband aaA
wife. till st hast in . I,arokysp al rage,
he seized the lish'ei lamp from the
table and bs LED IL st her. u h asasd
Jess than an instant. end yet aha vas
already envelopcd in flames. !.
For some monenta the u,An was ut :
t.riy dnz d. stupefi-d, at the eight Of
~h.t be hsd done.
He heard her shrieks. her scrrams Of
agony. and never moved; she aow from
side to side Of the room. every moment
increasing the famss that lsapsd arosnd
her. People from the street burst open
the door. and Dennis, q last aroused
from hia stupor, hslpsd to sm0thar the
dames With blankets isnstched from
their wrstched bed.
It was tso late. Tho unfartuuass
woman was burned b you'd the pessi>
bility 1T recovery; hut shc lived long
enough to remember how she used 70
love this man, snd 70 feel that the love
was not dead. obly sleepipg. Nothine
that she said could be construed into .
charge Of any kind sgsinsth her husband.
I Sure hs alwsys loved ~. poer Dan
mis- Perhaps / wasn't O. good . w1s
~ ought to be; but b lessd Ne al-
ways. know he did
She turned towards him - che spoke
and with smile thal sssasd to restore
much Of it, vanished beauty 10 Der thes,
untouched BY the Gre. che olossd her
eyes With . gsutls Sigh. end passed
into the sleep that will not b kssten
tall time shsll be no more.
The conscienos. stricken man was
changed to the core Of his heart. He
worked like . sisvs for bic moehssiess
children; and his one prayer vas 10 live
tor their sake. For bic owa' - would
welcome death: for, slsepiAg OK waking.
that figure snvslopsd u 1aasss = sver
before his eyes. the shrieks of thst an
guished voire~ ere ever sineiag In his
ears. And he knows that it viii be -
till the hour Of bis dsath; but siaeess
repentance and sarssst Pragss eays hin
hope that y last 0od's foIQivnSn will
let him asses his lost vie II hsavoo.