The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, February 12, 1886, Image 3
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She should know all that had been charged against -diss Churchill, and hhe should deny it, and there should be an end of the epi P0de. lie was not shaken in his belief in his wife's honor, and if .she had not given him all her confidence it wa, be cause she had thought it would Imperil his love for her. " Has .Mrs. Tregarthen returned?" lie asked the. servant who admitted him. " Xo, sir." ' Let me know when .she docs so.' " Yes. sir." Ho sat a long time silent and alone, nnd then rami! into his mind the not too did. cal commendations bestowed upon Miss Churchill by tin; Captain and his echo, the Lieutenant. He went with them into the theater, and the magic of the beautiful voice touched him again, lie went anuw through hi pleasant f ancle of h-r, and his defense of her :igainstqs,olhiid, and his lir.st meeting 'with her. and his second, and his third all the story of his eourLship floated through his mind-and he would have -hworn to her immaculate puntv, or 'would have died to prove his Inillim it. It grew dusk, and tJu- early summer moon was.already hining with nglio-,1-Jy silver gleam in the darkening violet of the sky. rears began to r.sc in bin mind, and he pictured the delicate sen sitive thing in shame and soreness of heart over this pardonable .screey of Jierrt, hid ng hcr.elf and fearing to ap proach him. He remembered how ho had ashed his question "If this thinir true and how, without a word from jer in answer, he had turned awaj' and I'Mt her. Ilis fears began to rise higher and to take one or two horrible fornix, ' which prc-euud themselves persistent- It neither increased nor dissipated Ihc-o Je..r- when he had run down to the Hate of the .Sea and had learned that she had left the 's'and two or three hours a jo. and had returned to the mainland, sending the boatman back to await his pleasure. He took his seat in tin boat at once and bade the men gie way. l'eforo they were half across she narrow water-, he. could .see his -own home on fieri ay Head, and could make out that the one lght which twinkled in it came f'om his wife's room. His heart seemed utmost to lly from his body as he sent lefoio him his message of forgiveness and nfleclioii; md wJ en t'.e noi.e of ti.e boat ground .against the s iiiiglc he left the little vessel with a leap, and ran to the houo Wliasti:. A man servant met him with an uninterested face, and handed him t letter on a saher. "Mrs Tregarthen ordered thi to be given you, sir. on your return," ho aid. V'Whcre is Mrs. Tregarthen?" asked the bus! and. 'She went up to town. sir. bv the sevi ven express.' returned the servant. ie. mmurcii ins ma-ier. turn ing away to hale his f::c and trilling with the letter in his hands. Took Miss Farmer with her, sir and the maid." The .servant followed him into the room he entered, and the: e turned up the lamps and laid hands upon a trille or two' upon the sidcbonid and the table. Von nmv said his master. cuietlv. T!ie man retired, and Tregarthen sat down by the enter table, drew the lamp elo.-ir. and opened the envelope. 1-ora time the slender letters danced befoie his eyes, and he could not make out a word 1 ut m a while he mastered him-clf and iegautoioad What ho lead was incoherent and agonized. It w.is written in haste, with blots and erasuies. and thee were blisters upon the p:i er where the writer's tears hail fallen. She had known her own un worthiness in keeping her .secret all along, she wute. but she hail net er dared to tell him what her past" life had been. And now he had discovered her dupl eity and wickedness, and hu could uot bare to face him. Mie had gone away, and she begged him to for get her. ihil.hc Iocd' him. and she prnyed Heaven to bless him. There was much more to this effect, nnd while he read, the shadow of a horrible doubt fell closer and darker round his heart. What was there in the mere discovery, taken by itself, to tsxeite such anguish as the letfr dis played. What lay behind the discov ery? Was it likely that a wife would run away from her husband and her home on a provocation so trivial as the discovery of itself afforded. Then all his heart rose up to defend her and he was torn b twen doubt and trust, and love and f ar. and the little mild pas sions that had dwelt within him dilated to giant si-e on a sudden, and took his eoul for a I attle-grouud, and shook it With their eontli.t. There was no sleep for him that night, and all next day he wandered vaguely, trying to make up his mind to pome course of action. His wife had given him no address, but it did not seem to him at first that it would be difficult to discover her in London. But was her flight in itself a confession of worse than he knew, or could he bear to hear that confession if it had to be made, or to hear her denial of it and to iave to doubt her still? If people always did the plain, common-sense thing, always spoke the Tilain truth, and always looked circuni- stances in the face, the world would be 3 improved out of knowledge. Mrs. Tre- sjartken had taken perhaps the most foolish of possible steps, had disguised th. and now ran awar from the tances she had herself created; you shall not despise her if I In it- It was an innocent cour age which had led her more for her aiBter's sake than her own to the stage. 'In mmmB a. ns.rdnnB.hle fear which had " J w 'JnflPicr silent as to that episode in her .ABrIt is one of the ways of women to look their best in the eves of the people li they love, and this leads them to reser vations and pretences, a weakness characteristic of a whole half of hu-asaa-ty most aot be judged too severe- far. When sk ran away, she did so be- iir v caase a tender conscience, hitherto void of "crcat offense, exaggerated her little folly into a crime, ..lie made up her innocent mind that she was one of the wickedest women in the world. She had married her husband under fal.e pretences! When Tregarthen turned his back upon her she read a final renunciatiou in the act, and was persuaded tha Hhe had lost him forever. She had no blame for him then or afterward, and .'ho recognized the justice of the imagined sentence, even at the moment when its weight first crushed her. The perfect trust which love should iJave in love is a flower of slow growth indeed. Often enough life is over before it has reached to its 'full bloom, though there is thh compensation for its laggard coming, that when once it blossoms it can know no decay. Mrs Tregarthen went to London, and naturally enough fought the one place there which sue had known bo fore a respectable, if somewhat dingv, board. ng-house off the Strand. The stout landlady had not forgotten her, and received her kindly. There was a faint flavor of home in the s'uffy bed room, and at least it was better to be there than to find a nest altogether strange. Hut the foolish fugitive had run away without any provision, and had made no arrangement for those bodily needs which continue their claim in spite of sins or repentauces. She had twenty pounds in money, and her maid, being bidden to pack for London, had naturally foreseen festivity, and had put up all the hapless lady's jewelry. There was no fear of imme diate starvation, therefore, but none the less that terror loomed from the future. She was sure that she was forever part ed from her husband, and when the first agony of that certainty had settled down into a dull pain, "she had to think of ways anil means for her sis ter's sake, and in a little while (for a reason she had not hitherto dreamed of) for her own. The maid, who was for the firt timo in London, was poorly impressed with town life, as may be fancied. The stuffy lodging-house was not the .-ort of place in which Mrs. Tregarthen's posi tion gave her a right to botow herself, and the maid knew it. Once or twice she had surprised her mistress in tears, and she hail found out very early in the history of the exposition that there were no ideas of festivity in Mrs. Tregar tticn s mind. She began to put two and two together, and after a week she spoke. j beg your pardon, ma'am, hut it is 1113 wish to leave." "How is that. Mary?" inquired the mistress, with a sinking heart The heart had sunk low enough already, iu all conscience, but it fell lower yr.t when the maid spoke of leaving. fl re garthen had himself eng.-ged this wom an to serve his wife, and the exile was ready to cling to anything that bound her. however slightly, to her home and him. "Well, ma'am." returned the maid. 4 since 3011 ask me. 1 don't understand things and I'd rather go." There would he one month the less to till, but that was little. The maid received her wages and went away, though sho kept an eye on Mrs. Tre gmthen, having fancies of her own con cerning the reason-: for tins curious es capade. The expected gallant never appeared, however, and when Mr-. Tre garthen went abroad she took tiie child with her. and. after a purposeless walk, returned without having spoken to a single creature. In these circumstances the maid's interest in her late mistress ileelineii. and she fo'iiil another place I and went aw:iy, content to leave a urys terv unsolved. The poor lady set aside all her gayer dresses and attired herself in .somber ra mcut, as typ fying mourning, and when one day Mr. Lorriiner caught sight of her in the street by accident he took her for a widow. "Kan away from the stago to get matr ed, did she. poor tiling!" said Lor rinior to himself, not unkindly. "Well, if love's young dream is oer. she'll be ba-k again. I'm a bus'ness man, and I can't afford to mis a chance like Miss ( hurchill a second t me." o Mr. Lorriiner, without partlcular ly violating his conscience, lit a cigar, cocked his hat a little, and dogged ivlrs. Tregarthen home. "I'oardiug-house. Mrs. Barnlcy. lie-, spcctablo poverty. Married a widow er. Widow left hard up. Encumbered with little girl, i'oor thing! poor thing! lift her now on cas. terms." Mr. Lorriiner cocked his hat anew, b.t oil" the end of a -e ond cigar. Mruck a brown-paper fusee on his trou am. lit the cigar with an air of victory and walked homeward Shortly beloren.ne ' o clock, beii g by that time in the full j glory of evening dre.s. he scrolled nast the liouso a do en times or so. and hul j begun to examine the windows w th . some impatience, when a servant g rl came up the area steps, tearing ha f a ' dozen .uos of d iferent sires and made her way toward ti.e corner public- 1 .'r . public- I t d her. j i hou-o. Mr. Lorrirner intercepted tio-Hl evening. 1113 dear. JJon t he frightened." The girl had pranced into tho middle of "the roadway. "I only want to ask you a question quite a harmle-s question. Half a crown, my dear." The coin rattled into one of the jugs. "There's a lady staying at Mrs. Marnley's a young lady, dressed in mourn ng goes about with a little g'rl. 1 want to call upon her quite honor able and correct 1 know of someth ng to her advaatage. 1 used to know her mii?rtn ......... M: ... .l.:il W'i.-l maiden name Miss Churchill What is her name now?" "Mrs. TrcL-artkon" said the nrl. I "That's her si-ter she's got with her." "Mr. Tregarthen." said. Mr. lorri rner. "Thank vou. I've got the namo all right, have 1? Tre- gar then?" "That's right, sir." respondetl tho servant, polishing her nose, with the bottom of a beer-jug. "Trcgar.hen. Thank you, sir." "She's at home now, I think?" said Lorriiner. The maid nodded, ajtf he marched at once to the door of the houe and knocked. Mrs. Tregarthen. sitting in her own room, hea-d thoknt ckand felt her heart so leap at it &: she was fain to rise and open ner cnambcr-door to listen But that was a common ex per.ence. Not a knock had come to the door of Mrs. Baruley's establs unem. since the unhappy Jadv had entered it. without shaking iier heart and flutter ing her nerves in this wa3. She heard the door flung open and then cimc the murmur of a male vo ce. iud stinct and low. The ma'd's voice cackled shrill and clear iu answer. "Mrs. Tregarthen. sir? Tes, sir. Walk in, sir. What name shall I ear, sir.-" It had been in Mrs. Tregarthcn's mind from the first, or almost from the first, that Arthur might love her 50 well that, in spite of her wickedness, tie muuiu cch uer oui ace .orgivc ner. ann tnis nope nau onoved aer up weighed her down, as such things ,will. ow sue benevea tiiat he re.lltr Hi ;? traced her, and her knees n-nv-i-u -. w; --- 4UBH S the door aml ctej MtcI.liMflUr 4 m-lfntiil tl- i Bku Mtnlfl MfJL to be in readiness for the servant's coming. Lcdging-hoje maids are not more observant or sympathetic than their neighbors, as a rule, but even by the Hghtof the one pa'e candle on the table Mr. Trcgarthet'-j fare had ?o much trouble and terror in it that the girl, when she entrtred with Ixirnmer's card, caught fright, and begged to know what was the matter. 'Nothing," said the pcor creature, with her e;es wide open and her fare as white as the lace about her 'In that for rnc?" tnroaU ci. ,.,,!.. .i ... i i i .i card, and when she had read the name upon it she dropped it with a little moan of escape and disappointment, and one or two half-hysterical tears , ran down her check. " The servant bustled about the room and got her a glass of water. ater much unnecessary clatter. Lorr:ner. waiting mi the room below, had uideline I notion' of a cav alry skirmish float ng through his mind. A moment later the servant, a petticoated avalanche, precipitated hcr bclf down-stairs. "The lad can't see you, sir. She's took rpiite fl!." "Indeed!" .-aid Lorrirner. politely re gretful. 'Nothing 'erjons. trust? i am t so sure the maid. ".She's . . o that, returned like a ghosF, and he can't scarcely sit in her cha'r, sir." Ixirrimer opened his eves with un- rn.r..,.. (,... it.. t...... t'l,A...n...l. nt pomids in Mrs. Tregarthen. and being nearlv :ilwav!s are. he had' already ar- m b')MmitiiA mn ti ml thimtrttil n n i tfttvj ranged terms with the laiiy. and hud her enthusiastically trumpeted, and con- 1 ;. ,., i .i. v. ..,. when the cavalry skirmish began over- head he had been returning thanks for .. .w. .,( r.i. ...,i.i?i. ,.r...ni.i t hirn (in recognition of hU having made a fortune out of her) 1)3 the celebrat"d aetress herself. The servant wr.s really frightened, and looked so. and Lorri rner himself caught the infection. "Hack as soon as possible." he mur mured, "(lone for a doctor." And he shot from the room to savo his thou sands and the lady who was to make them. He had noticed in the cour-e of his Iiercgrlnations to and fio before the louse that a doctor lived next door, and he rang a startling peal nt the medico's bell. The professional gentle- ' man ran wildly into the boarding-house without his hat, and was u-hered into 1 t'ic presence of a huly who received j him with perfect self-possession, aud assured him that she had no need for 1 his services. He was not to be got rid of, however, until he had Jolt her nulsj. and asked a question or two, and pro scribed a tonic. iWoro Lorrirner cnllcd next day the fr-'nt had told Mrs. Tiegarthcn of the int'Viest he had displayed. The actress remembered the manager kindly, but she had no mind to renew (heir old ac quaintance. She sent word down to h m, in answer to his inquir es, that sho was very much better, and was very much nlil nv.l to him frr hie kind in- onirics. Momc people would have ac- rented this as an intimation of polite dismissal, but Lorriiner was not one of th m. "That's right." ho said cheer ful h 'Tin glad to hear it. .hut ray I should liko to see her will our if it's quite convenient to her. If it isn't, ask when I can call again.1 "Show Mr. Lorriiner inic ho visitors room," she said, ;n answer to this mes- sage. lt might bo well, she thought. to get Mr. Lorriiner over at once. If it were impo-ciblc to avoid recognition, it wa still possihlo to let tho.se who recogni.'-d her know that she desired privacy, and it was not likeh that all wt.o had known h"r would care to make pursuit of iier. A st.ige-managcr w.'ic could feel any sense of guti licnc in approaching an actress must have had the practice of his profession wasted utjn hmi Wit 1 Lorr.mer 11113 s,n ol dignified rcsor.e which expre-sid itself without tiie pro nounced .stnndoifistinc': cf a stage atti tude and gesture was lost. He had 1)1113 ed many parts in hi time, and to him the saying of th" melancholy Jacques was literal all .he wo. hi was a stage. He took out the confidential fann'h adviser stop, and .ddresed Jlrs. Tregarthen m tone-ofgnrt n! .sympatlu. "i'ou left us. madam, in a somewhat sudden and "iicone:itio:ial wa3. but it was .mpossibie. for thftt or anything else t mitigate the p.o.isure and ad vantage of "having known von. You have our profouudest sympathy in the ca ani'ty wh eh ha- brought ;.ou hack t us. but that is tempered by the hope that you mav ultimatdv d-sfov. r that the profes ion. of which 3011 might have been the brightest oriMmeni. has sti 1 an attraction for .you. and that its tr umph oiler a concolat on not to be de.spised." This was spoken with the air naturn? to a master of the art of eouversat.on. Lornmer was one of those p onle whe take their theor es so to heart tnat they make facts of them. His t-.eorv was . that Mr. J regarthen was a Widow, and in reduced circumstam ecs. He w.v? . ! q: ;e ceriam mat sue leu mo siago ic be married, and was equally tnre that she would now return to it. "Do vou mean," she asked, "that 1 shall go back to the stage, Mr. Lorri rner?" He spread his hands abroad. and bowed, with a sweep ng gesture of assent. "Xo. I shall nc.cr go back to tho stare." out of his eves at once, and the - t -",,.-. I wrinkles faded slowly after it. I stage, i " Not go back o the madam?" he crietl. " Waste the superb talents God has given you on the mere desert air of private life? Cast away the splendid fortcne wh.ch only needs an extended hand to grasp it? Impos- J sible. madam impossible!" j M. Lorrimer spoke w.t'i so evident an amazement that he impressed t.ie listener in spite of h-rself. She had gone upon the stage simply and purely to make bread foL herself and to find an edu -atTon for pr sister. Few of the tr umphs o. joys" of stage life had come home to her. and even when they all seemed to lie wa ting for her. she . had been ab!e to surrender their P"! ise for the qu et rout ne of domesticity in Gor. ay. 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There were tired ! school-teacher whe had but tvrday locked the doors of their el.t.s-roouv i for the long vacation, to whom thi I free glad-.onte day was a foteta-ste of H'aven. A part 3" of x'oung girl artists. too. were there, with eager eye and deft, rapid fingers. There i something peculiarly pleasant about traveling by 1 water. aide from the scenery or an external matter. There seems to be an ' "l",0sl) :? '--''"--- " Rood- fellow.-hiji that we are not wont to ex- n"Ce rheii journeying by rail. No rtiauer wnai our station in me, or where our home, for the time being we arc on the same level, and are fa- acquaintance-". . ! s0 that one of our number t?ok "-' a n,or" 1'1Pt nnd read aloudan account of a vigorous J em- ! lance movement in one of the interi- 1 or states, comments anil some itis- rusfdon followed. One after another j joined in the conversation until in that I part of the boat it became general, j All the ladies professed Temperance principles, but held quite diverse opin ions as to the best methods of advanc ing the cause. Some believed in total abstinence and would include tobacco in the pledge. Others would draw the line between distilled and fermented 1 liquors, claiming that wine and beer I were not onh harmless but healthful in their effect. The latter c1hh made frequent allusions to Dr. Howard Cros ln and his reformatory work. linnng the discussion, which grew wanner and warmer, a lad3, whom we had noticed as apparently alone and unacquainted, drew near and listened with eagiu attention. She was a little past middle life, tall and of diguitied appearance. Her dark 3es and snow white hair presented as marked a con trast as did her pale face and mourning I garments. j " I don't sec as wine can he bad," , said one of the 3011 ng artists, "we al , w:i3s have wine at dinner, and papa and brother ifill often take a glass to- gether in the evening. I'm sure they WOllllI SCOm Tlie MICH OI Ueillg Cl.'lSsCll wUh thoS(5 .w--. us,! stronger drinks. J "' art" pieniiui men. Doth ol them." And she tossed her head with a proud little air. The lady in black bent forward, her thin, white lingers working cnnvuNivc I3'. and her dark C3es glowing with in tensity of feeling. Then, as if she could no longer keep silence, she ex claimed: "Ladies, I am a stranger to 3011 all. but 1 must speak." Assurances of welcome followed and she began: "Thirty years ago I was an only daughter in as beautiful and happy a home as am of you can have. Hut in that home their lurked an enemy, un seen and unsuspected, that was des tined to make a wreck of joy and peace and love. "My father was a lavish provider, and enjoyed high living. Svines of various brands were never absent from the s.ideboard, and both wine and 1 brandy were used freely in the culinary i department. In that atmosphere I re ceived my earliest impressions; and "grew up to think no more of drinking wine than tea or coffee. At eighteen 1 began to receive attention from the young man who afterward became m3 husband. One day he was dining with us. and, as I had before noticed, did not taste his wine. In a pla fit wa3 I accused him of being uiigalhmt, and almost commanded him to drink it. Iu a cpiiet and respectful manner, he replied: " Do not urge me. please.' But a willful spirit pn--.-e.seil me, and I in .sUted.. declaring that I should be seri-ou-dv offended if he refused. He raised the glass to his lips and drained it to the bottom." i The speaker paused, evidently stnig j gling to control her emotions, but soon continued: "Ouring the six weeks that elapsed betweeiitli"t time and our marriage he drank wine in mv presence many times. and I noted with pleasure that he who was so usually quiet became ga and witty. lut on our wedding day he urank too much. Even I. who knew nothing of Temperance principles, be gan to see my mistake in urging upon him that first glass. I can not tell you of that day (she shivered) save that when I saw him becoming intoxicated and sought to remonstrate, he bluntly answered: 'You have yourself to thank.' "Ah! it was too tme. "ifeiore a 3ear had passed wine no longer satisfied his craving and he re- srtel to brandy. My eyes were now nil,- . .......! K.. : ....... ,.. !-- T-. .iiiij viuw, unt ik o ivir int.. All k's sober moments I tried to reason wiin mm ana induce him to let it alone. He would only reply: !" can't. El I in or. I wish I could; hut from the moment I tasted the first drop I was a lost man You will have to besr it.' "He never once argued that he was all right and walking in a nafepath; he seemed to realize his condition and was sad even to despair. At times he gave me the bitterest reproaches and curses, but I felt that I deserved them all. When onr first baby came, I hoped that it might prove "a tie to hold at home the father, for he syh ISwMjgk mm earthly power mmmUL keep la. Il-ssi-ed to karc kiss at Vmk. aded iris comisf. Fee. aot intoxicate!, that awfal kwk despair was -Here krt-brekia thsa the hilarity of drsakWrnsm. 0 ay ecm toar rooma t we baby fetM-aa to walk tkcioor. Aftsr tkwi wmf' ? " -r!? m'TmJ?mJm' ? " - - !- .k- "tW. -T'r.'Tm.rwVT,w. " --- -i-l Mil..-,. 1 - - -- u isjofiSK m; mmm. mmmmm , t -. " - kii ta aaiU ia ai. rrS . j -.. - . . --. AMab!? vS aBi mi riL - M mSBI sSBaBTS la aa- t r-f ta -crnta. fat ' T ? 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Which : was caue and which effvet " I did not know, but the two went together, and the down-hill course wa. r'id. Final ly the crash came our old home with all its wealth of adornment m sold under the hammer. My parents came to my home temporarily, bnt they never had another. Father drank to such exceM that in a few month he died of delirium tremens, and mother, heart-broken, survived htm but a short time. "While m3 children were yet very young I saw unmistakable evidence that the thirst for drink wa born in them. From their birth I tried to guard against cer3 avenue of danger, hoping to save them by preventing their learning the tatc of the poison. Hut their fpther's own hand mixed for them the deadly draught. He was in toxicated at the time or he nev t would have done it. I had left the dining-room for a few moiueuLs and came back just in season to see the younger of my two little boy- smacking hi hpi ovv the sugar iu the bottom of the tumbler. Like a mad woman I seted the bottle for of course it was near and htir.Vd it through the open window. Then I half dragged 1113 b3s to my own room, telling them they had taken poison, and I treated them as heroically an though it had been arsenic or strychnine. As I passed out of the door my husband laughed a drunken laugh, saying " Seeut to me ou"ve changed 3our mind since you taught me to drink.' "When m third baby was laid in my arms, I praved for I had learned to pray then tliat he might be spared from the curse. As I h. Id him to my breast I thought of the poor s avo mother who gave laudanum to her child and let it sleep to death in her arms that it might not know the bond age of slavery, and I understood. For is not the victim of alcohol a slave? What bondage so cruel, what fetter. so galling? Far better that a hod should be loaded with chains nnd ncotirgcd with the lash than that a soul should be fettered and scarred with sin. () Clod.' I prayed, 'remove the curse if tt be possible, but if not, oh. take him to Thyself!' (Jod heard m prayers. Only a dn3 1113 baby stayed, and then my arms were empty." Tears were streaming down the pale face, but a glow of solemn gladness rested there. "Oh, friends!" she continued, "of my three children, the one who never knew hi mother's love has "been my greatest comfort; I know he is safe with l-od. "M3 older hoys I tried with all my power to keep from strong drink. I taught them of the ruin which would surely follow its use. They hnd their father's example to shun. TIm3 seemed to understand and want to do right, but the fire was in their natures it could not be kept down. Willie, my first born, went to a druukaid's grave before he was twent3-two. "M3 husband, iu one of his season. of despair and remorse, took hi own life. "And Frank, my Frank can I tel' 3011? A brighter, fairer, sunnier tempered 103' never gladdened a mother's heart. He fell as did his father (i xcouKin placed the wine cup to his litis. Under the influence of wine he committed a crime, and to-day he is behind the prison bars at Sing Sing, a victim of wine, wink. "And can I sit idly bv and hear 3011 sa that wine is good and harmless? You can see my whitened hair and haggard face. Would that for one mo ment you could see the agoin of soul that has made me what I am and learn a lesson. All! he spake truly who said: 'Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging and whosoever i deceived thereby is not wise.' " There were few dry eyes when the lnd3 ceased speaking. But one of the teachers drew from her reticule a copy of the Murphy pledge and passed it around. It was an opportune move ment, a stroke while the iron wit hot The bit of paper was warmly wel comed, and at the head of a long list was the name of the girl-artist who was so positive that wine was hnrmles. Jennie Howard Brown, in Christian ut Work. AN AGGRESSIVE EVIL. The Rum l'owrr Constantly I'mclilng Out After Krr-lt Vlrtlin-. The Bum Bower is aggres-ive. If it did nothing but supply the besotted victims of its power with the means of gratifying the appetite to which they are slaves, deirying all others, its reign would end in a few 3cars, when thc-o captive wretches all filled early graves. But it is constantly reaching out foi new victims. Every bo3 who enters a saloon for the first time for a drink is looked upon as one to educate into the habit, one who is to be, as speedily a possible, made a victim of this awful appetite, that his daily wages may b" drawn into the coffers of the salooubt. On everv side, men are tempted to drink. Along the street of our cities the brillinntly-lighted saloons invito the thousands of young men beginning their career to 'drop in and spend their evenings. They are more attractive than the cold little bed-room in a boarding-house which is the only horur that thousands of than have. ihe sa loons afford light, and wjirnfeh and meny company. Is it any wou4er that our young men visit iiiemr xni me punctilious unwritten law of the sa loon is that he who is a visitor must be a patron, or be kicked out into the street as a "loafer." The boy drink, not because they like it, but to givi mem me entree, me onnu naoit n begun, the fearful appetite for ljqnor i bom. and the voung man's feet are on the. tiown grade. , The aggresj-ivenc of the Rnm Tower is not confined to the city. AH over the West, where a half-tlozen houses clustered together forra' t is statkmeajL is oitea we nrw "0 opened ia tke inciitet PPiJ tke tktrst of those wsdded ta tke kabit, and to sirs Jtosk Tktinu to join tke mutm arasy of drHik-rniBed are a tke dow award path. Wkea all tkese tkiazs are tks aisctmkl apolotrr ttat "if ferSsMtar then aa a4Nc,saM,TI amsaacs m Y ptoatkattk Vf arrMv ir to aasi stowa I Wkea all the tmazs are es wieWp-L prrsaas waaaa aarmssisBia fitras sa-swa hi aasaw. s-s iwbb -y vm - . -- .! ! J 1 " - ak aAk. 11 1 ' - - , . SSSSI aaJ aSBBm ir tut STS a OHIO DEMOCRACY. Am OcratnM for r n4 Hrty -mlHrrh Wrlu Th. often of the politic! .elhod of Ohio Democrat 1 nnk and jm. U to heaven " Thre method are an outrage upon partv allegiance The not only violate rrery principle of hon e.t3 and even" intinct of honor, bat they .el at defiance cvry dictate of -gacitj. They wrong the people who deciion they nullify, while they d grade tho party in the interX of which th-v are exerced- Ihe management of PemfKTaUc In terest in Ohio and rprciHrlhe Cin cinnati in due nee in thtxt nnnjjmrnt his been in bad dor for e.tr. Tb men who have coin, to the front have not been dtiur-iihel for character or ability. Thev belong to the cU f politician-. aUr.vy loo nuinerou. who value a narrow .nnd time erving expe diency mere than pnneip! Fyr jo iitical Hisdoiii uch men siibititutf-cnu-niiig, and for the tru mi thoU of p-rtj effeetitetiev they resort to the clum blundering of th ruHlau aud the crim inal. Kver ince the malign element which was content to leave AUen CI Thur man in retirement, and which con spired for the defeat of (Jeorge H lVndleton. became potent in State pol itics, the tendency of the Democratic policy iu Ohio ha,- lK-en .steadily' down ward. In place of an earnest endenr for the public welfare in the line of the cherished principle of the Democratic party, low ami, connected with mere personal ambition-. hav been made tiie objects of parti-an zeal. In the in terest of these ambition raucu.e and convention alike have Wi-n paeked and bribed and dominated. In trigue has taken the pUce of honorable fKilitical conducL Momentary success ias been preferred to nermaneut re sults. In-tead of the plan-which ex perience aud sngnclty siig;eted. Hie devices of the forger and the thief hve been adopted. Corruption has stalked about in hideous uskedne. aud ha not been ashamed. And the gi.v-p of a mercenary hand has been so laid u the springs and mechanism of party action that the purpose of the State Democracy have been dineredited and it methods involved in indelible dis grace, Thic downward tendency in Ohio pol itic ha recently readied the zero point. A lower depth of degradation than that which the McLean ring iu Hamilton County tin attached to the record of the 'Democratic party, it would be hard to conceive. When Mahoney, one of tho ou-tcd Hamilton County delegates, could stand fotth un abashed and state "Now that the tight i over I will say that 1 was not elected, neither were any of the Hamilton Coun ty Democratic candidate," party feel ing, purpose and method would seeni to have gravitated to the lowest point of infamy. It is the clear duty of the Democrat of Ohio to take instant action in regard to this matter. The evil inc uhu which ha so long dominated the action of the party must be deposed. This is a time for severe and hearty root-and-branch work. No half measures will answer. Those who have betr.vd the be.-t in terests of the Democracy must be awarded the treatment and doom of traitors. Their voices must be heard no more in the councils of the partv. and their methods and devic-s uunt bo disavowed and discontinued. If the Democratic party in Ohio is not to lo-e the lat ve.-tige of influence; if it i not to forfeit all title to the confidence of the people, it must make the mainte nance of,popular rights and the promo tion of the public woal the object of it endeavor, and these it must contrive to effect by a policy of tirity a well in ' wisdom. The whole country will watch with interest the cour-e which may be adopted to remedy the evil comlitiou of thing which has received such de plorable manifcatntiou. It can not be init that stiflicient wisdom, virtu ami energy will be found iu the Democracy of Ohio to provide efficient means for its own protection and perpctuMinn. But should nothing be done should the evil inllu'nce which h:w blighted the party remain unchecked, then it j will be strongly felt that it may be the ' duty, as it i the right, of the National Democracy to condemn and disown all affiliations which would drw to it dis grace, hiuiiilialiou and defeat. Wuth' iti'jton I'ost. WILL NOT BE FORCED. Frllnl Cipriani (!- Nu Kr-n on Cniiiiiil-ln. Mr. Cleveland's declaration that he will give no reason for his appoint ments places him in the same attitude auined by FaMaff when explaining to I'oins and Prince Henry hi memor able encounter with the knaves in buck ram Having stated that the night was so dark he could not see hi hand. Fsl stHtf added in the same breath that he was assailed by "knave in Kendal green." Bonis and I'rince Henry t once called on Fat Jack to give x rea son for this discrepancy, aud the col loquy ran a follows Prlnte lUnrvCom. tU us jroar reason: what jt thou to till ftri'n Cora"-, jour rcaon, Jnckr: your rea son! riiirtf Wht, upon onnipillon? No: wf I at the trip'l. or all thr rack In tlj wttrM. I uil not tell j-011 t,n ctnceUion Olwe you a raon on punpulttim' If r?fon were rs plenty at bUefcbcrrlt. I wiull atr no man a rraon upon ccnnptiUlon J Hence the discrepancy went nnct- dained and the question of I'oin and rince Henry remain unannwcred. Ionbtie FaNlafT could hre given a reason why h w able to ee the knaves in Kendal green, although the night wa. xj dark he could not dUtin rnih hi own hand, but he would ncv er do it on compulsion! Mr. Cleveland would no doubt claim thai h conld "render mot excellent reaon" for removing capable, trained officials tenia ftemmximtmt oC tke awhiic service and tke scandal af kk preteniBoas as a reformer. -Lea se saay ke "as plenty as -.ackksr-ries," hat Mr. Ctereland will mmt mn palaJon" state kaw it is tkat lasi aa aeiieTers to asbonaKr art IM-rti-sjM' vkile State-aa.- reWk are worthy. tkata nUissa raaafaljr Mr. CIssralajM. Bifsslina ial ijss sfMhoytfa- ,, 1 faM'i''JM sjesftsMl tsai- mm Jsassaaaaax- sasa wsta .as "immmmljB'X aot - MJ-ei n aras. aa--a--i war, anas; iisnu-Uft aaasv mwmm .i s-i---aaar - t 5B 1 land report for rmrral would 1 no ltrulon ontMe IV-sidallal prer-T-ativc. but only funuh. an ereUs opporfantty tn" him-olf aright, M he h. ant g-I tva why Houhl fc not b eajrr and j,!I In fnrnik thewf Wahiti;tuR ctitendetl thai In H where th jent- h.d tnrdooUu it was IkhioJ In ak uifti for hi- nHt,in- tfrtt t-Ainj, tlnl actwn. aal Why hnihi not Cleveland da th ne? It i kls prirtUrge. pf cuutx1. to rfo to rtndr snV r''-n. ht xh'it h dor for ihe purpose of defdn the lrel denti.l preroUv" he--j-.'j aitnelf to the mhi spMn whicH h. hinjj clonde! KalttTrstntin forcAady and nacsmty.- Chieuy Triir 11 m i 1 REPUBLICAN SPLlNTtncf JSr It Iho Ohto lnretl;alivn gt nit No vt hit wah 1 w,niwl. oh ti ftu-u truth. Tim D-uerev f ttt. L'titMti. as well a 01k, h ner hi sntdil ith Use wv Bnd!;tua x dfetd Slr iV-. JOMr ."seney. of Onto. h4 intr. dtd inU tke 11 te of Kpranta tive a ttt for tho repeal of ths Qrll--erMce la . (H cwurse tUero U n prspevt of pn -h a Wll w?jUi the llejMibhcatt h th Snal y y. t,H- 3rIf the Demoortie p .rtv n 0-Xrv- rvfu to admit D.ikti, tii Ameriertit p-)ple. wln my alway tx? depended upon to do th rfUt thlnsf, will be aVed to rWet a Conrv that will deal genllv With U- -wu tttti (D T) Vr.. Ksflt does not become (.enr.! But ler or (Jenr.-l Vent to opjno the ad mission of Dnkola. If justice i don. Siuith Dnkot-t will be .-dmittett a Mate, and the remaining jort.on of the Territory named "hmcoln." in ac cordance with the recwimuendittaii ti the Senile at the laM w,ou. .. 1 ' 7'rt6toif tSjrW'e repent, therefore, that "il there ".Terr- real, ubt.snthl. he.trly honesty In ihr counlry, aud not a niU erable. ilibhy, apinetess cant and mock, there Mould oe an eprc-ion ot indignation from every iiu.trter tliat would drive Secretary Whitney from the plrtiH he has degraded and debased. riffitiiMpo'i Jonrritt. Mr' Governor Hill declare lhnttho who expect htm lo atitagoitio Irr. dout Clevelauil will be dUrtppotnteiL He is nol rnj ungrateful, mother worda, as t do an injury to j mn who kindly gave one thousand dollnrs to protnoVe his election, in spite of lite f..el thai he wiia niutting on n pl.itfortu of sipi.nt opposition to the leading poller aud purpose of the AdiuitiUlrAUoit. Ut. l.OUtM (Itobf'ltftHOCtltt. S-fli wn foreseen by reflecting Dem ocrats that no petninnenl xltetlj'tft waa lo be adileit to the Democratic eaui by the Mugwump revolt, Turtle gtlu itothiug of an enduring ahie by tho accession of voter who join with lhtm on any other ground thnti nti agree ment in fundamental principle. Be tween the Democracy and the men whit left thw Republican pity a ptote-tHttU against the primary tlc:riuu that the mnjonlv must and of right ought to rule, there never wa and nvor cn he .1113 agreement in puueiplc. Ihulun Olobc (Pern). fsirDtiu tune, and a very brief time, should be given to Senator 1'ayne to aperso hluiself from tho ehaige pr ferrcd by Mr Douaxiu. If he diuis not clear himself beyond ah ado w of taint, then the Senate a a bodi iuut uopilrrt into the matter. Il can not do other wise. A Senate which absorb or tol erate a tainted ineinlHr become tniut ed iLself. Aud a tnlut-Ml Setutt iaii not long exist in a free country. (Jovoni nioiiU exist, at any rto in Atnoncn. by the consent of lhegocrned. And exni sent will never be given to the pro longed existence of a tainted Jjnat. iriuuittiijxjhi TtiiK-a. m Lost Hi Tornpor. Errly in .John Hhruin f'on'jre sional enreer he lost hi temper for tho first and lat time, no far a any of hl legtHlntive aoelnl know. It waa while he wa a member of the lowr Houe and during one of hi .peehe against slavery. He aahl onitliing that wa object ion dhle to the Sothrn iiiember. antl a rnnn nanted Wright, from Tuiitte'e, who was Hnd-rUt" fn lluence of liquor nt the tun", called' Sherman a liar. Slmnnnn did not hr the remark, but the official fyonr did and ineorporiU'd It into the OM. Sherman r il next dny and nm to a question of privilege H mted thrtt' he did not henr W right ue th lan guage, but if ttch a rvmark hnd ben tiiailc Wright wa videnlly drunk when he utl'-rml it Wright att'-rnplcl to rejily, but hi fnnd eotnplll him to sit down. loiter 111 tlie dny lie walked past Sherman' disk and gave vent to a necr a li did no. blurninn, appre ciating the instill, picked up a 1hx of wafers ami dlid it into Wr.ghtfae. The Southerner attmpte! to drw pivtol but wa orcrporrerd. The ex citnnieni wa in jreat that an tIjotlni ment of the Hon'; followed V.itj one expected that a dujl would be the climax of the trouble, but happily nothing of the. kind followed- Wright declared he would hot Sherman mm ight. and both mn w-nt aruI for Home time. On one occaim ShenuJitt met Wright nar the capitol. and peo ple who mv the men approach rmm another thought an encounter waa il witabl. Shennxn plac;l hi hand onr hi pistol, and, like the hinl-r In th jungle. Iookel the hfrat in the ej. Wright- nio'wl hail chjtnge!, and U passed on wjihout a word. (Mceciitit" leader. A Dmocrattc Surpnsa, The President "cnrd h scanty m jority in the decive St -t. ly r-aot " of prom! rmulc by hi$ snpjHjrtrs. and m sjva tke 1, mi ail J a 1 P-PwW Wfla 1Mb afa-aW-'Wv-l aasj priaeipMs. A -! p-BaaaaTBBra--saBL akl t-B-B-l-B-BaV a-hB-M-B-toa- sls-Tsa-kl Ba,aiaii BaarF-s wm tasi J-CaWaaa wQf&Mi to " I J bi f i i Jk. vt 3. 4 "4 - J -Si ' -T-I' J ? 7 W sa my ,:; I r try to l1 in civil 'i& I on hni- : "lpS' H'ltl.t p a-t-e k! 'Wk Knweml r -us. It i t-mm&-JS ;--:7-fr1J--;i-BKfeB teBBBBBBBBBBaaBacaB-B-BaBB-B iT'T, r ; -a ,-,:.- -s jH :irr--- i.-.- ;-.s ir?-.i . .j -- M t-"f " JL rti--;s' ?! V -') "t. sy H-E Mmm