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vRAX.K'K3:H,liiN.C.--WIir)NESrAY, OCT. 20, 1869
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Tempere PaWicatiODr Society; N- Y
13 HEV. DRi VILLOUGHBY
AND 'r--..- .
B5t npoff hia feet rn thf' iriiddle oft )u
room. thjs VauV'e'oJ all this ""commotion
VWXfAriJw. a 8.niall boy, perhaps eight
yccrs tld, ragged and dirty, his whole
sptiMnce indicating poverty and neg
Jec He rubbed Ins eyes with his dir-
iJ.fc'l '.'. t 1 'J-. f" t T f it t
iy;-v kduckics, iookcu rueiuny rouna.
aid, ood tnotionlcsf.
Wbat is your name, little boy, and
whom do you want to see ?" said Grace,
"My name is Bub Davis, and I want
to see the minister," said the child.
And why didn't ye. kuock at the
door like a Christian V said Dan.
,1u,0an8e,M said the boy, looking tim
idly up in his deliverer's face, " 'cause
1 wanted to smeir the slapjacks."
3Iother, the child is hungry," said
Oracc..-" Quick, Katie, bake some
warm caes. You poor little fellow,
yon Khali smell them, and taste them
too." ' 1 .
-While the cakes were baking, Mrs.
Willoiighby examined the boy's head
phrenologically.
" I really don't find any bumps," she
Raid. -"Yes, here is quite a large one
on this side. Keep still, child, I am
tot going to hurt you. Grace, run to
the medicine closet, and get the bottle
of Bay rumand some thick brown pa-
rr." r; '. .". - . -,
v'I aint.a-goin' to take it," said Bub J
jDavis.
The lady looked at him in astonish
tnent. -
" jyaf me, child," she said, "nobody
vrantsyou to take it. I am going to
rub a little on the outside of your head,
to tike down the swelling, and make
it feel cool and good."
;'! iaint tf-goin' to take it," repeated
th boy. " I promised ma I wouldn't.
It'i naaty stmT. It makes pa sick and
cross. I aint a-goin' to take it."
After this repeated expression of his
determined purpose, the young teeto
taler fmt his feet clos", together like an
obstinate mule., and looked defiantly in
his tempter's face.
What a singular child !" said Mr?.
"WI)!otighby. "Doctor, do you hear
that?' 1 But the doctor had disappear
ed,iMWell, never mind about it now,
. dear. Eat your breakfast, and if your
head swells very bad we'll' put roH
water on it." ' " ' '
He needed no second hi Miner,' nd
Katie's substantial buckwheat cakex dis
appeared as fast as she could cook th m.
:;lt.If it lasses??' he inqnirpd. fifrri
peeping into the syrup enp.
".les, fsain vrace .inn he
11 U'-of
a bountiful supply upon hi t,
"i?nSi 'rand his greedy eye told
the rest of the story.
lienne had ?eaten till he coutd e?u
no more, Grace pursued her inquiries.
Why 3do Vtou I want to see the minis-.'
tJ'8W v4: ,
Pasends his respects, and he's sick;
nd wants the miuister should come
awl seeiiim" i
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Ivwill tell him," said Grace, and
iboisitpr -departed; in a - more legiti
nJite way than he entered, Dan giving
flt aaiiis private opinion that his head
was no longer the biggest part of him,
nd "that a pVe of oxen couldn't pull
Dim through that, hole in his present
condition. : -
Tbey'tnust be miserably poor, fath
er," Gcace.said,! when she reported the
child' errand. - " The boy ate like one
tarnished,1 and his clothes were very
thin an3 old." 1
'"Yes; and that family might be in
as oomtortable circumstances as any
raechanic'sin town,"' he replied. "Da-
yia is a good workman, and can earn
his twenty dollars a week when he
sober; but 1 understand 'he has not
dono-a day's work for a month."
" He has been sick;1 the boy said."
HYegj'dear f from the effects of hard
dnnkfn. s He is wearing out an iron
emikTtriiion thy this' evil habit. : I am
glad he haisent forme. hasgiven
me an opii0ctunity. to deaL faithfully
with hm; Which I t-Tiall not W kIow- to
imp'roerT'
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!..l.'l..t tl! V t"
x' ''"'.uy-, t r, jl am surej a?
must be miecable ei n'igh, lying, there
so sick" and jfhr; without being lector
ed 'Poor f ifciw! ferhapg lie1 is tempt
ed beyond Ijis Vfrengih
drinking." 7 t ; li
. V There speaks the sickly senlim en
ta!m ot the day," said Dr. Willongh
by- " Why not call things, by their
'ight nam. my dear ? Yu do not
speak of the. profligate or the'rhurderer
a-a-.'jjoor fellow. -He is a sinnr, ae
knowleHgod to be such, and every where
in the Bible the. diunkard is classed
with these. From the time ' when un
der he law of Mopes he - was to be
stoned with stones tillhe die,' to the
day when Christ declared that from
within j out of the heart of man, pro
ceed mary vile habits whieh defile the
man, drunkenness is distinctly declared
to be a sin, arid I have no patience
with the mistaken pity that speaks of
the drunkard as ? unfortunate,' as more
sinned against than sinning. He is a
sinner, a great sinner in the sight of
God, and his only remedy is in the
grace and power of the gospel."
ttfDear me, doctor, I am stire I didn't
mean to say he wasn't a sinner, only I
felt sorry for him." '
An hour later, Dr.' Willoughby took
his gold-headed cane, and walked down
street to John Davis's home. A mis
erable home it was, and a poor wreck
of manhood who, from his bed, lifted a
haggard, unshaven face, and stretched
out a gaunt, shaking hand to welcome
the minister 1 - 'v
"It's, kind of you to come, sir, and I
wouldn't have". troubled you if I could
have crawled to your door."
""I came 'cheerfully, Davis," said the
doctor, " but I am sorry to find . you so
feeble. You have been very sick."
.." I came asnear goin'," he replied, in
his weak, hollow voice, "as. ever a man
did. The doctor says I'll never pull
through such another spell."
" God is good to you, Davi?, in giv
ing you one more opportunity' to re
pent," said the minister. "You feel
this, I hope. These repeated warnings
cannot be in vain. You have made res
olutions, I trust, on this sickbed,
which came so near being your bed of
death, -that you will never dare tc
break."
lie twisted the bedclothes with his
bony fingers.
'' . " It makes a man tel soleran-iike,"
k said, !" to 8t:md !is Fve done for a
week past, h.okin' doath right in the
eve. And I ealruhtte' to do different,
doctor, .hi n I g( t round again ; and
you see tH a's why I wanted to talk
with you for I've .been' n thinking and
my Wife' s been beggln' of me to sign
t ho pledge, and quit 'drinkin', and I tojd
herthfs niornin', says L 4 Jennie,' I'll
alk it cer with the minister, and get
lis '"mind on the subject.' I'm fiee .to
wn,' doctor, that I haven't done as I'd
uilht to of late years. I haven't-, been
o churi-h- with my wif', though J pre
mised my old mother on her death:bed
that I would ; but Ir have a great re-
peet for you, sirr nnd I wanted to con
sult with you about takin" this impor
tant step, and so I made bold to . send
my boy round for von." . . -
" 1 ou did perfectly 5 right, Uavis.
Let me know how lean help you."
Well, you see, sir,' T aint quite clear
iu; my mind about the total abstinence
pledge. There has one1 and another
been to me along hack, askin' me to
join, but I always bluffed 'em off, " for
says 1, 4 1 aint a goin' to sign away ray
liberty. If I want to stoD drinkm'. I
can do it without puttin' my name on
a paper. I guess I know when I've
had enough,' says I, and you needn't
come to me with your pledge." That's
the way I talked it, sir. Well, a week
ago last Thursday. -I . remember the
day, for toward night I began to have
the horrors the worst way; in fact, I
see snakes in my boots that mornin',
there was a few of us set tin' round in
Briggs' saloon, and this very subjec
came up. There'd been a temperance
lecture over to Barton, and Crazy Joe
was there of course, and. be came in
to Briggs to give ria a lecture, , 'a fed
while he was talkin, in; came yonjiic: mnst be care-"l not to give ; it .undj'e
Riley, the deacon's son, :, with ta to:r.l prominence. It isnot in societies,', 'or
abstinence pledge. And Briggs, lie pledges, or m any external machinery,
cursed up 'hill and downf for-Cra?
j Joe Bad iu st been jsavin' . pome v sha:
uiinss, and itnonglK he . dur?n t tor..
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Joe, you know, he was well riled up.
He Hates the deacon, f;r he's ir.tef
with his:brj1r; - : tf .
Sayslkjggs I'm oppc eI to totahl .ier:Vu"T5niclLs1iii 1
to f total depravity aiid to totL ahti- cntrM, and perhaps iu
nence, and to all yonr Other totals.
Well, that 5 brought up the' whole hul
)ect. We had it hot for a : while, i R
ley talked string, and Joe backed hira
with hi queer crazy talk. By and by
says Briggs, The, minister is on our
side.' No, he ain't, says Joe, as quick
as iightnin'. I tell "yon he is,' 8 says
Briggs. If he aint, why don't, you
have his name at the head of your pa
per ? You can't get him to sign .that
pledge.' The minister's a larned . man,
says Briggs, arid he's looked into the
subject scientifically, and he'g found out
that the Bible goes square against tee
totalism.' u Well, yonng Riley, he nev
er said a word, and I thought he look
ed rather down in the mouth, but Cra
zy Joe took up for you, sir, and said
they was a-slanderin' yon ; that ypu
was a kind man, and a good man, and
tryin'to save souls from destruction,
and was it likely you'd be in favor of
what turned 'em into hell by thousands ?
" Well, I sat and listened awhile, and
then says I, more for the sake of , seein'
what would come of it than anything
else, I'll tell yon what I'll do, Riley,'
says I ; if you'll get Dr. Willoughby 'a
name at the head of that paper, you
shall have mine next.' Do vou mean
it?' says he. 4 Yes, I do,' says I; I
declare I do, and I aint the man to go
back on my word neither.' You are
safe enough, says Briggs, kind '"'of
sneerin' like. The minister won't
sign ; he's been tried betore now.' By
this time, Crazy Jpe was all in a twit
ter. 'I'll go to him,' says he;4 I'll
tell him he's wanted in the front ranks?
I'll ask him to reach out his hand, and
save a soul from goin' down to death,'
and so on. You know how Joe talks,
and off he went. Well, we waLed a
hpell, and by and by he came back,
walkin' in slow, with his eyes on the
ground. 4 What did Tie say, Joe?' says
Briggs. 4 Parson Willonghby is in his
btudy,' says Joe. 4 Well, won't he step
out to s:;ve a soul from goin' down to
hell ?' says Briggs qutin' Joe's 'own
vords. 4 Parson WiUoughbyV in his
Study,' says Joe, and-not another "word
would he say. , - . . ' ' I v ;
I'm inakin' a long tory of it," said
he sick man, puusing to ret a moment.
4 but I'm most through,' sir. T gave
that promise to young Riley without
hinkiu' much about : it ; but, doctor,
t's been on my mind ever, since. She
says I .talked about it when I 'was the
craziest. As I said, before I aint a
man to. go back on my word.C DrWiU
oughby, ifyou'll gn the total absti
nence pledge, I, will, and, the Lorcl-bel-
pin' me, I'll keep it to ihe d.iy of my
leath." ' ' . . ' , . '
More than, once fining.. this narra
ive, a slight rustling was heard, and
he half-closed door creaked suspicious'
y. Now it was Mhrown wide open,
and John Davis' wife, her face flnshed,;
and tears running down her cheeks,
burst in o the room.
44 God bless yon, John! God bless
you for those words 1"" she cried, ' run
ning to the bedside. 4t v e'U be happy
yet. O Dr. Willoughby, he -is saved
at last! My husband is saved at last !"
Her warm tears rained fdown upon
the sick man's hands, which she held
fast in hers. , vv-.- '
44 She's just wild over it, doctor,"
said John Davis. " She thinks if: she
once gets my name on that papev it
will all be right."
lie spoke in a tone of apology, but
his hollow eyes gathered moisture as he
witnessed his wife s emotion.
44 It will. , Oh, it will," she said, ea
gerly. " This good man will support
you, and my God will give yon strength,1
John, to keep it." ' f
"I am afraid you , are both putting
too much trust in a mere human instrn
mentalitv," said the minister. 5 "The
pledge is very good in its way and a
useful auxiliary. It is a help to many,
rnodoubt will-you; but you.
that the hope of your- cure lies,"4 John
Davis. - You must go back' of all these,
inntrtwi.eranee were merelya bad'-so-cial
uage, or' a custom of ill manners,
or anything not directly- connected
y ith duty to God, these voluntary hu-
its extirpation;
but it is a.. " My dear ( friend,' .your
only s,ufEcient remedy is that divine one
whicb. alone can conque the sin of your
evil nature. I pray God to. make .you
a Christian, nnd then you will be safe
indeed." ; ? ,
"O Doctor Willoughby," said the
wife, eagerly,''4 he'd have got religion
long ago if it hadn't been for drink.
In the last revival,! when so many were
brought in, he was wonderfully solemn
ized. I knew the Sp'rit was striving
with him, though he fought hard against
it. I tried to get him to -some of the
meetings. One'spell I thought I should,
but he took to drinkin! harder than ev
er, and drowned all his convictions. O
sir, if he'd signed the, pledge he'd .have
been a Christian long ago. His tolks
was all professors, and if there ever was
a godly woman his mother was one.
Yonder's her iBible." ,
' The sick man's eyes followed the di
rection of her hand. ;
44 It's mighty queer, doctor," sa d he,
" the fancies sick folks get into their
heads. My old mother's body's been
in the grave these ten years, " and her
soul in heaven,: I know, for,' as wife
- T
says, she was a godly woman, but I
could swear she sat there by my bed
one whole night since I've been sick,
and sang to .ne just as she used to
ihenIwad la ibabyJennieitwas
that night they said I'd die if I didn't
goto sleep; and how was I goin' to
sjeep with ten thousand devils in the
room all spirtin' fire at me, and droppin'
live coals on mv head ? Well, all of a
sudden, and right in the midst of it
who should I see but mv old mother in
the white cap, with a broad black rib
bon over it she always wore after fath
er died, sitting in her straight-backed
rocking-chair, with her knittih'-work in
her hands. Arid, doctor, she. was sing
in' 'Mear.' It made me tlrink of a
Snnday monun' in' summer time and
the old mcetin'-hbuse 'on the hill, and the
bell tolling and I a litllo shaver in my
clean white jacket walkm' by rcother'r
side.' And I soothed right down. All
the dreadful noises that pestered me so
stopped, "and I went' right to sleep like
a baby ' And once when T roused up
in the higlit'all of a tremble because I
thooght, those critturs were back again,
there mother sat rockin away, knit tin'
her stf Kikin', and singin 4 Mear She
sunz it all night, and the devil himself
couldn't stai d that tune, and he left mo
in peace.. Poor old mother I she's laid
awake ninny a night and cried wheii I
was down to the tavern drinkin' and ca
rousiuV '. - - .
" John! John!" said the wife, "she's
looking down.. from heaven this minute,
waiting' to see what you'll do, and she'll
sing louder than she ever sang .before,
and get all the angels to heTp her, when
yii put your name to; that paper."
f4VWel!,.wel!,mebbe she will," he
said. 44 Doctor, shall I do it?"
"By all me ins," said the minister
"and may your mother's God help yon
to keep the vow ! T You mut 30 to
him, ny friend. You will find your
own strength perfect weakness in the
hur of tri il. Cast yonrself upon the
heart ,of love tht" will pity and save
you.".;, s;yp7.':i
" And you'll go with me, doctor.
It's going to be a hard pull. They'll
all twit me with giviu hp my princi
ples and signin' away my liberty and all
that, and I aint the man I was to stand
against it; Drink has taken all the grit
out of me. 5 I. haven't any 'more heart
than a baby.: Butj Dr. Willoughby,
yon- are, a, good man, . and a strong.
Xpbody can make head against you.
What yon say is respectable is respec
table, and what yon do everybody else
may do. . ow just g with me, doctor.
Let me say. when they run nic, 4Th ere's
the minister, he used to have liis ob
jections against the pledge, but he's
signed it now. His name's right aJon
side of mine. Wher I stand he stands.
ril .be proud tq say that, . doctor. I'll
be sure! am riuht, and I'll go ahead."
"Davis, yon need no such support.
Make up youc mind what Js; the , right
thing, to do, and, with Godjs help, ire
speptive of my course, or any other
man's, go forward . ; and do ? it. Your
duty in this matter is not mine, neither
is nine yours. What is right for you
u.y- ic4jedit:ityra"nCf.fvcn:wrong
for me." yV:hsfi,
."I don't sec it, doctor. If it's a good
thing for me, why isn't it for you ?
And if you'll excuse me, sir, for speak
hi' plainly, it don't seem to bo just
right to advise a man to do what von
don't practice yoursel f."
44 The cases are totally different, Da
vis.' Yu have niade a wrong use of
on of the gifts of God, and to-day you
are suffering the consequences of your
sin." -You realize your danger, and you
feel so little confidence in your power
to resist temptation, that you believe
you aiq only secure by totally abstain
ing from all indulgence in those drinks
that have caused your fall. .Your safe
ty lie? in total abstinence, and you wish
to solemnize this obligation by a writ
ten pledge. Very well, do it". Next
to the higher duty of embracing the
gospel," and thus being saved from this
and everv other sin, it is the thitiir for
yon to do. But, because this is your
duty, it does not follow that it b mine.
Because total abstinence is necessary
for 'you, who have injured yourself by
hurtful excess, must I, who know how
to use it with other good gifts of God
in moderation, deprive myself of an in
nocent gratification ? This very gift is
xu vc.jf gut i
given re to use, not
t a ii .i i
abuse. All things
- .1- -1 .i. 1.3
is yours.' I musti practice .self-denial,
of course.- I must kwp this appetite
in perfect subjection, saying, 4 Thus far"
shall thou come, and no further,' ma
king it my slave, and not suffering ii to
become my master. But I must not be i
a coward. Because you, and others
like you, have been defeated, wounded,
taken captivei in the fight, must I turn
and run from the enemy ? I am not
b'aming you, my friend. You are weak
and your foe is strong. lie has van
quished better men than you. The Sa
vior respects and tolerates your weak
ness ; lut he says to those who arc
stronger 4 Take unto vou the wholo ar
mof of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having
done all': to stand.' To stand is better
than to fly, but to fly is. better than to
fall. Do yon understand mo, Davis ?"
44 1 should be a fool if I didn't," he
replied. "Yon moan to say that yon
are strong, and L am weak, ion can
be trusted to go free, and I must have
my hands tied to keep me out of mis
chief. You may walk in a pleasant
path with your head up, and I must go
grovellin' down in the ditch. Well, I
won't' .'dispute it. The Lord knovsTm
all yon say and more. I am weak, and
poor, and miserable, and wicked enough,
and defpised by all, and .you are rich.
and happy, and good, with your praise
iu everybody's mouth.. And you say
because there's all. this difference be
tween us, and you are up there, and I
down here, that my duty isn't yours,
and how can"! expect you to come
down to my level. Well, you'll say
it's presumptuous in me, but it's just
what I did ..expect, I thviight, seein'
as I couldn't come up :to iyour road,
mebbe you'd corae down to mine. And
if you look at it one way,. sir,? S high
as you arc, and as low as I am, we are
in s -me soft on the same track.- For
I didn't get to be a drunkard all at
once, Dr. Willonghby. What you do
now, I used to do once. I took a tum
bler of whihky.oh cltetion (lay, as you
take wine at a wVddin', or a hot sling
when I was goin' out to work in the
cold, Vs vou take a little brand v and
water on a stormy night when you go
out to Brighton district to hold a meet
in'. That's the way I began. I don't
suppose you'll ever get a-goin' on , the j.
down track as I have, but I'll tell you
- 1 this. Dr. Willoughby, if there wasn't
any moderate drinkers there wouldn't
be any drunkards. And now see what
a hard spot you put us in. You say
only drunkards need to sign the pledge,
and you'd have us put our names down
- au proclaim ourselves by that hard.
name to all the woridrYou say, iiere
you poor, mi jerable sinpfrlRin h6
pledge and bcTsnvcd Aty'iTi
so much asouch lis wjtl.i the tns of
your fingers. DdT itya call that Crfir
tian ? Dr. WillouhtA61f 1
do what you ask mc to do. rlui
name 'Iongside of mine on jJhat..P3pr
Yougive;ipyoume;;n
c.
:p my v:hisky. Iknow I m.aiost manj
jody and souly.If I !;c-m - diinlcin'r
body
I
've heard you say a deal when I;, ncd ;:
o go to meetinaboiit thaVvalne oan
to
immortal soul,' ? Aint tny,t fonl prtti,,
makin' that little saenbee for; qr dido . tT
it cost as much as some pthrrs t J vt r
A groun of , little ragged I chiidccn .
wei e playing in the next ro5in , nnd ? itt .
Ue pause that succeeded Jjuhn Davls.
appeal, a sweet, childish voic:sang
t-iesc words : - ' !
" Jesus cliel f.r yon,"
i.JvJm(i-i)
Thank -aod, fa!ratidnVfi,jti n,r ;
Dr. . Willoughbv rose and walked; (o
the window ; then ho came r.nd 6todd
ly the sick man s side.
"Davis," said lie, "will 1 do alty:
tliins: in my power to help voit. I mean ,
anything that docs not invplyo;,thejgiv;
ing up of a principle. .P.will ns9istyoni
to obtain stead v work. I; shall' be glad'
to jive vou any peeuninrV ai'd you may"
need. These children must have warnr,
c!o thi-u sr. You shall not be Mclt.lp'
struggle on alonej my poor, fellow.
Friends will gather round you1" when1
they see you -pursuing a oTifivront
course. I hope to see yen yet v'PPX. :
and prosperous, with tlietsiiulin;ces
of your wife and rhildrefi gathered
about you, and to hear you raise a" p raj'-
- , ; .r- ni.'iUTffe..k
er oi I lanKsgiving to nun miosc-gmta ;
1 .s. -ufpiu
uas set vou ire.: , , ?: : , i
no puuseu, out i;iiu .iviA,4iu i
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i
44 With regard to the request you so
earnestly make, that I would lake, this55
pledge with you I can oiily say that it
is my can-fully studied and , iirmly t re--tained
religious conviction , that. iwin,
and other stimulating ?drinkslrelong
to the meats which God hath 'created,
and which are not to be refused, tVut"'
received with thanksgiving and Lval
ue even more than, meaU the liberty
wherewith Christ hath made mef freCv;;
Therefore I reject the abstinence 'yolwt
Anything in reason 1 will do- for , ypu,
Davis, but this is a part of my religion,,
and I cannot in conscience give it up.''
The sick man fixed his eyes steadily,
upon Dr. Willoughby's face while 1 he''
was speaking..;.. . ; r,,'.
" Do you hear that, wile?" said he.
"It's a part of the minister's religionto
drink wine. Shall I be wiser thari'.my'
betters, or holler than the prophet?
Hurrah ! S?nd Tim to fill up the black-
jug. Jl it s his reijgion v unuu. .wuie,- -
it's mine to drink whisky, and ,1 wU
drink it till I die!" 1 ? '
Jennie Davis had stood all thiji'tVme
by her husband's bedside. Her glad
look when she first entered the room
changed to. one of breathless anxiety, aa;
she listened to the conversation, tufnr
in her eager face from one to the oth-
erofthe speakers When she heard
there last dreadful words, she turned 'as
pale as death, and, covering her face
with h?r apron, burst into an agonoP'
weeping. r' . K .
44 Davis," said Dr. Willoughby, stern: -'
ly, 44 you forget yourself. My poor wo
man, don't cry so. Your husband wlll!
think better of this. He does not frfcaii
what he says." - - ' u:
i4 1 do mean it, lie -said, 44 and Yyh
rot you to back me. Moderation!--Ltberty
and whisky ! that's the talk! J .f
The parson's principles are good enough1
for me. ' If I stumble, I'll Vturnbleover
hirr, and, if I go to hell, 'I'll4' tell ' them',
all the m'nister sent mc there. IIurrah,?;
Jennie, we'll fill up the black jug -"
Davis," said Dr. Willoughby, U V
will not listen to such language. ' 1.
will talk further with vou on this' etnS -
ject when vou arc in a proper frame o
u Any time, doctor; ad weni'feten
out the'jugi and have a drink together;"
He said this with a laugh that made'
his face fiendish; y sf- ,?: v:.
The weeping wife f llo wed her fmin- ;
ister to the door. . :;." f
44 We. will pray for him," ho saitLj- j
44 God alone can save him; , T will,, set
him again." i , " ' r ' r w'-'-n -She
answered him. as iwell as ; sho
icouid for her tear?.
k I thank you, sir, bat I am afraidl
-it will do no good.
(7b be Continued.)
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