Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-02-12

suspicion that all was not right, snt
he decided to satisfy himself. On,
morning she got up very early, leav
ing, as she believed, her husband in {
sound sleep. After a few minutes b,
got up, dressed himself, put on a pail
OF rubbers, went softly down stairs
land in a short time he witnessed 8
scene that left no doubt Of her guilt
Hews fled from the house in haste
and within a few hours the lady fol.
lowed him. After an absence Of sew,
eral weeks she returned, insisting, in
the strongest manner, that she had
not seen Hews in her absence. She
was penitent and grief.stricken at hel
conduct. On her knees she imploreC
her husbands forgiveness. 1t wa.
granted, and once more Sharp and his
wife were happy in their domestic re,
l%ations.
A few months went on this way
when business took him to Lockport
On his return he learned that his wife
had left home, declaring that she
should never return. AS he still loved
her with undiminiShed affection, hi
followed Der, but returned after q
fruitlesS search of several days to his
desolate home.
Several months elapsed, and he
heard nothing from her but one day
he received intelligence that she was
living with her paramour IN Dams.
vile, New York.
Determined now to rid himself O
her, he went to that village, learned
that his wife was indeed there anC
that she and Hews were living to.
gether as husband and wife. He com.
menced an action for divorce, anC
accompanied the sheriff when he wen
to serve the papers on her.
When he entered the room wher,
she was she offered him her hand, but
he refused to accept it, saying: 81
can never shake hands with you al
might have expected this. You
think me an abandoned woman.
but l am not" she said. II should
like to know what else yot
are" II am a true but unfortunate
woman, butthere is no power on eartl
that could compel me to live there
with you again" "Was | not always
kind toyou2" Yes always; and | shal
always respect you, but | never loved
you. Never ] married you to please
my parents. In this | did a great
wrong to you and to myself, Many
aud many a night have | laid by your
side and cried until daylight, because
| did. But | was made to love nc
woman could love more than. l can
but you were not the one. If there
is a hell on earth, that woman finds
it who is compelled to live with a mar
she can not and does not love. The
heat of that hell is made greater when
she finds she loves another. Well, all
this | have felt. | resisted for a Ions
time the love that was offered me
though | felt / could with all my Low.
ing nature return it. But at last
yielded, and then, struggling with duty
and remorse, | returned to you, de.
termined, in case you forgave me, to
be truth itself to you hereafter. but
could not; | loved another better than
| loved myself, and | knew he loved
me as fully as Ibid him; and here l am.
You see poverty all about here you
see none Of those comforts and lux
uries that | enjoyed in your house.
But | enjoy here what | never enjoy
ed there-something that money can.
not buy. Here | love deeply and
truly, and here | know | am beloved.
MIR. Hews supports me by his daily
labor, and we enjoy what little VIC
have, with our mutual affections, bet.
ter than | ever enjoyed anything else
on earth. Have you come to break us
up? Have you come to-to-take-
take him to prison? Oh don't dc
that | shall go with him if you
do y she exclaimed, bursting into
tears. She was assured that nothing
of this kind was intended-that Mr.
Sharp desired nothing but a divorce.
said she, Il shall make ne
opposition. You are a good man.
Sharp-worthy of a good and true
woman find such a one, but be very
sure she loves you before you marry
her, and leave me to be happy where
| am"
The papers were served; the hus.
band and the sheriff left. Not long
ago a divorce was granted Mr.. Sharp
and his former wife is happy with her
new companion in Dansville. Query
How will life end with her"