I could learn of the
matter, it seemed he had been enticed into the affair by some designing
fellows, who judged that, owing to his simplicity, he would be well
adapted to carry out their wicked plans; and, when suspicion was
excited, they managed in some way to throw all the blame upon Terry, who
fearing an arrest, fled no one knew whither. Many years have passed
since I saw or heard of Terry Dolan; but often, as memory recalls past
scenes and those who participated in them, I think of him, and wonder if
he is yet among the living, and, if so, in what quarter of the world he
has fixed his abode.

THE FAITHFUL WIFE.

It is a mild and beautiful evening in the early autumn. Mrs. Harland is
alone in her home; she is seated by a table upon which burns a shaded
lamp, and is busily occupied with her needle. She has been five years a
wife; her countenance is still youthful, and might be termed beautiful,
but for the look of care and anxiety so plainly depicted thereon. She
had once been happy, but with her now, happiness is but a memory of the
past. When quite young she had been united in marriage to Wm. Harland,
and with him removed to the City of R., where they have since resided.
He was employed as bookkeeper in a large mercantile house, and his
salary was sufficient to afford them a comfortable support,--whence then
the change that has thus blighted their bright prospects, and clouded
the brow of that fair young wife with care? It is an unpleasant truth,
but it must be told. Her husband has become addicted to the use of
strong drink, not an occasional tippler, but a confirmed and habitual
drunkard. His natural disposition was gay and social, and he began by
taking an occasional glass with his friends--more for sociability than
for any love of the beverage. His wife often admonished him of the
danger of tampering with the deadly vice of intemperance; but he only
laughed at what he termed her idle fears. Well had it been for them both
had the fears of his wife proved groundless! It is needless for me to
follow him in his downward path, till, we find him reduced to the level
of the common drunkard. Some three months previous to the time when our
story opens his employers were forced to dismiss him, as they could no
longer employ him with any degree of safety to their business. It was
fortunate for Mrs. Harland that the dwelling they occupied belonged to
her in her own right--it had been given her by her father at th