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Ii. The Broken" Needle.
alike lived inade very o we f purp had comfor le bu morocco t tabl one y leg I can and 1 and assure lined one with you eye . ; fine nevertheless We flannel were all , w we here exactl were we y
valuable , members of society , and our company was sought after , hig I h soon and low found . myself altogether useless as a bachelor , so I
have I married did not set at kill myself once ; indeed wives down , myself as I m a arried perfect it was many the Blueb times hard eard , work and only shoul others that d
compelled Mfirst us wife to my was do that a delicate wore out iece , their of tender thread fram but es our . married
life was y of short duration . Owing p to the carelessness , of the person tur who el was snapped employ and ing us I , t saw he cord her mutilated her existence remains was
prema committed to the flames , even before life was extinct . No one can tell the extent to which my feelings the have been of
man harrowed or rather —one of lovel woman y partner deprived after me another of ; and has ere I cruelty have had
time to mourn the loss of one fair creature , my employers have forced commodated me in myself to another to circums marriage tances . colored and However worked , I always ally well
acabsolu with all tel . Some black of for my as wives I worked were occasionall , nay y , for several an an were tislaverbazaar y I , felt it duty to be consistent .
was My indeed y last wife beau , was tiful a and beautiful my as she piece was of much blue taller sewin than g silk , she of any
dura my former tion . wives Butalas had ! been , she , was I looked not destined forward to to thread a union the of longe weary r
maze substance of life a with sharp , me ; thrill I suddenl ran throug y came in con tact with my leg a heavy was
broken . , , I was tossed aside as useless and fell to into this crack , from
which " Whilst , disabled I lay there I am I , had I never the expect ineffable misery emerge . of seeing my
bro cha t r ming sand but work not di w , sconso with lat e im widow as leasan married tlas to sh e had e of done my py
with me , there is no ay law to prevent a needle from marryinghis brother , ' s wife . I wish there were k . to lie for of
So too here thers I lie have , and from here time I am to time ely joined me ages , bu . t Some I don't kno my that I have gained much comfort or consolation thereby
as I w have to listen to their complaints and lamentations in , which is
addition to my own grief , gradually Julia rusting Goddakd me away . .
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422 _GATHEBINGS FOR GIRLS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 422, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/62/
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