TRIEUD OF TEMPER AUCL
rornaAL orcar or the ordex op the fiuexos
OF TEMPERANCE.
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Claim of Ten or tuotb Tisme will he re
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Tho Happy Man.
irppy the man Who -will net'tuhe
The driuk that dxs intoxicate ;
Which makes the oioblestr works of Gofy
"Worse than ;herbeafc,tbrt'tieo; the o(L
Happy the man w"no tries' to save,
Onr children TromtfTne drunkard's grare
And trains tflhem up 'to'hate Ute.fo,
That's laid bo many millions 'low.
Happy the roan who will not rest
Till fre from drink the world i blest -.
The fruitful source of mo and shame.
Of wkked decdstoo fouMotnome.
No humau titind can estimate
-The woe thia dewon does create.;
Lord help us in Thy name to go - 1
To cot.juer and .drstrey thin fee.
Storn (Eorucr.
THE DRUNKARD'S" VIFc.
Twenty-seven years ago I was not
what I mn now. My eye was then J
bright ; my cheek was tho picture f
health, and my heart was light j
blit?htoine. I was a stranfftif ito
care; I had then never experioncett
one psng of disappointment .f.risirip
'from hope deferred. The world wae
'to me i full ol promise; anil iray im
agination looked for ward rto many Ha
ture years of calm and tranquil hj-.
pinesf.
Twenty seven yearsLV How often
does memory carter me back U that
gren "sunny swotiin uy eccistence!!
I was then a delighted, Inppy wife,
Mv husbanil as one of the most
promising and iMeHgeni'yonng men
in the village. lie was to mo so
kind anfl nttentivo so lull of affec
tion anil 'tendamow, li ilvtd ihim
then-I lovo him still, amPI trutH
ahall love him until I die. Our pros
pects then werv most encouraging.
Well ddil rmsnlber the tlear.tiful
manin wltfch my father gave me,
and Ihe splendid furniture with
whi-ch it wfl -etored. TThe costly
ti
Jebcwrll, withtue gittering vases
il glses wlwoh 4xxiverli sit, a.d
the ilegant lcnters which itpaHdeU
so briHianiiy-vril'itJro iwh;o twines
contained in them. 'Olithat-wine! !
lhU wine ! IIow liko the serpent it
ftolo into the cden of our bliss ami
stamped a curmj on 'me and .iswh;,
unutterable and indescribable. :Iict
I'wjfl then your.t; iatiH fiKingtrtiess.
I poured out tbo wine for my young
convpan'uMia as'they called upon me.
: T laughingtj urged those who were
temporate to driiVk only one glass.
Like a fool,il vas-pporliBg-with'tho
very temptation thomost'tatal to the
pac!0 and I: f unino&s ef families. Ex
perience hitler, -a.'d ersperien-pe--has
taught me thi ; and the agony
of heart, -and tho tears of anguish I
have shed 'tor thin, my youthful fol
ly, can only bc;lion .at. the i plg
inent. One' - year after tny marriage, II
gave, birthto my lirst43orn a far
and beautiful boy. Oh,M,mv - many
hours of happiness -pure anil mml
loved have I intwsporttiig with
and nursing. that young immortal !
How fondly was my heart attachetl
to that child;; :tnd yet how little did
I then feel for his true intci est; how
little gratitude did T then feel to my
Maker f"r I lis gooidness- to me; and
how little oLIiguUion i to teatii my
son, in his early and 'tender yiF8,
his dutyHo'God. I was then blind
ed with my pins. I had experienced
and eiijoyeditoo many morels to
feel cratelul'for tbem';uiti ;it -Mvas
only vwhen'fBsforUtMettame and laid
Hs!iroc'lracl v.peirme that' I was led
by the infinite grace and mercy of
God 'to 'think of my obligations and
duties.
Well, time rolled on. 'Another
and another were added to my fami
ly; an I nine years after my mar
cris.n;etl was the mother of five ehil
.tlren, all of them boys. My luts
'ibaud had, by his :!atteatin to ibcsi
mess secured a bandsse fertntic,
xc& ur.TTWiy;prospetU were most
encouragktg. I He was' to .ne still
kindly affecUcnate 6,11 that-a . hms
band could'be. 1 waa still a 'happy
wile and a gratified, delighted moth,
er ; no cloud seemed resting oyer
me. But why need I dwell on this
fair side of 4he picture longer ? My
tale is of woe -blighted hope ; and
t my appeal U the! list painful eSbtt
. of a wifea arid itfthera heart.
I well remember one ' bitter '-cold
night in iDecenVber, ithatl sat up
i long after my utiiil hour, waiting for
, roy huBband to return) trom hit bnti-
This was the t5rpt -Urae ' he
ness.
4ial ever laUl oat o lsrte as to
rfiarm me. There I art in my -chair
all alone, an inry waitmfithe nnd
ot every footstep "pon the jmTowent.
Qne, two, jreff-oVlock was oundecl
hy the faithfur monitor before me.
Still he came not. Tired and cold
I laid mysetf flown on nry pniow;
not to sleep, bnt to wet it with my
tears. .M-y heart wa oppressed with
a certain feeling 'that all was not
eight with ny husband. Abort
fonr olcW heftrrt i&v'mlJmrW
urig steps npon the pavement, ana
strange, Ioud voieca, as it engaged
in angry debate. The 'Crowd
stopped at my dorr. I heard nry
husband voica demanding adrais
sion. I descended to tire door and
opened itr lie looked at me Ftern
hy fr a moment, but observing my
n.i countenance, still wet with tears,
..hechangd.olor, - tamroered out an
qpologytfor keeping me up late arid
ascended to our chamber, lietoro
retiniug toHjeahowev-er, he WLent.to
the Videhoard $to . drink a; gkss -df
wine. Ulre decanter mxtro empty.;
he openeI.tho siddboard and looked
for-the tjug.eontainirng ihraiirly. This
was empty T al. IThis ujesised
me ; I know : that both! jiad. beji
.filleo a few days betoro. My eyes
weto ojwuvd, and itho AKtoundmg
fact that my huaband had become a
drimkard, and had ijust TcrtuVncd
from. a druriicen revel, burst upon
me. II covered ray face with my
lmiirV," .and bin ying them deqp 'dtr
the p-llow I tried to nshnt out the
trightful idea. Alal hujbaud of my
bosom the .beloved of nvy heart
the father of my tmUliren prosti
tuting his intellect and debaalne his
kcharactcr tv . intern oerance ! Could
ber? lift ar-se "the next morning ;
Mong tfterthe twual hour. Jsreak-
Tast'haU been Qelaywl (or him ; and
the eldest chilli ren whispered tbgeth-
r vte eniereunne room, an iiiougu
. . ; i - . a t. i.
they -were shocked at his altered ap
pearance. IB store be sat do wn to
the table,-one f the boys Was sent
to aci'rhain rumselling professor in
CHir neighborhood after some bran
dy. 'I know he had always 4raf& a
glas before breajefast, but it hall
never attracted my attention partic
ularly before. 1 now determined to
remonstrate with hini gently, but
firmly and induce him by a kind
moral iurtueace to abandon so peT
tmloiis :& ilsablt. ,&s -seen as" :the
breAkfast tasle was cleared, I en
tered the; parlor and desired ljim to
HolloYY .i6. He entered with a
cheqrfim8s-that-gladdened me, and,
closing the door, seatetf himself be
side rr.. upon the eofe. Jl, took Ihs
imid igeoUy ibeHveen -mwie, adi
looking up vinto his face with as
much tenderness as-I cofdd assume,
beganto upeik ef our first acfliain
tance -f -onr early lave ol our
marriage, and the bright projects
which wercthen open before is. I
spke ofour present fct?vnding and
influence in society,; of'Uie high re
spect with which we vtfre treated
by. alt; sndttbentl brenight the ques
tion home to heart, whether tie was
not fearful that all these fine pros-
leets mIt not be ruined if he con
tinued toi indulge his appetite for ar
dent fpir.ts. Ho hsteneil to me at
tefitively,- and smilingjy answered,
when I had finished, that "a glass ef
wine or brandy now and then .could
do him no hurt.; He was aotifearful
of becoming a ; slave to ; habit:; he
could break off when it hiirt -:him.
I might make myself easy about
hi n, for he understood his own in--terest
too well ever to become a to
per: .
TIs was eighteen yeara ago.
KYcryifew:terjapnaoQ -eocietiea ia&
them been formed, and public fin
ion ipas-not so mneh enlightened as
it iacovcn t&e subject of the .tern
perance tti(rv'efaent, tl knew it &8
fashiouabla tokeep all kiafds of ar
deot-if irita in the house, i to i treat
every ealler ;xad onrEtaikn i Hi-society
was suctr lhatoor !&ouse was
often 'Ihronged -with visitors. I
knee that we shonld be derided if
webamshed! iiquors from the house;
arid et-so Uioroughly was 1 con
vlaced that my husband was a ruined
man unlet it was donthatil.ide
terrrined to make tbe attempt. ,'I
proposed it to bJjn; ;'a looked . at me
vwslh surprise. -
Wo, no,w i'he xcliimed ; " "that
J6nall never be. Our 'less .wealthy
neighbors anord it and so' roust we.roUld -Cni4 I had buried tbem
I can not and will not cotjnt t
that ; one glass of wine can Brt lo
any one any possible hurt. .ttihall
drinkone whenever I want H.,
Ml agree with you, my dear hus
band, that one gLv at wine -can do
n hurt.' It is.notier cnegtosa that'
J Qijj)!ain. T have noftoefi at late
vhst7ou firiuk inany in tke course
of a day. The habh has grown up
on ycMt wrth sfearfnlj. rapidity, and J
do ft-ar and a tftartekfloJ
lear -Cite cousequcnce.n '
TPoh. poh. nonsense, he replied- j
- - . . .
good-natuxedly,; "it .U all imagiaa
tiou." " . ; , .
'Imagination or not, my fiear
husband, it has affected me a ninth
as though it were a painful reality.
It was but yesterday that I saw our
two eldest boys aronnd 4te side
board looking wnsttuUy.at lle t wine:;
and,will you Weliave iit, our l'utle
Will got hold of some, and had to
be put bed -before four oclock,
o lipy he could hardly Ptand.' '
The side-board in ut be Iockdiw
coldly rrejoined ray "hu-bino. It
will not do to bo . so unfaxliicnable
as . to -turn oorlliquoFe ont .of doors.
Our pnrson ke6pa it and so do -our
deacons, and so do our professors of
.i eligion and surely if snch men as
these think ithere is no .harm in it,
ve may rifely allowiitrtorertJain."
Well, a fewr we'eka more rolled
away before 'my husband again
-st&yed .out after his usual hour.
Whenlie came liome this trine ho
was considerably intoxicated. 'lie
pushed me roughly aside awUe en
tered the house, unmindful of. my
A8t falling tears wy nights and day
became now-entbittered witii -a cer-
tain fearfuUoJking sorrow. .My
cheeks became ple, "my yea rrid
with weeping.; ;
For lout five years aftet this my
husband rfrequently came home in
toxvcaUtl. In vain I reasoned nd
i emonstftetl. CCfce netivas thrown,
ihev;ctinl wastcanght ; and ill the
prayers and agenking pupplicntions
ot a wife, ftnllYJl the teana of five
shamed children, could not -se. the
captive free. - - '
'.Two more,yeRrs passed away, of
deep and "indescribable -wetclied
'ness. Everything went wrong "My
children, who at first were shocced
ai their father's disgrace, now in
txtrn " began to 'ridkale jhioi. Ifiis
buiness -was cglected,Kdtfec,first
intimation that'.I received .f-the bad
state of hi aSairs wssan execution
levied hy one ot our rumselling pso
ftjssors jpon his store. 1 I immedl-'
ately gaiefi mortgage on my house
to release tay husband's effects in
tade. 'He promised araendfnent. I
believed him, and placed in his hands
&!l4he property which my: deceased
father has settled upon me. This,
however, was soon sacrificed l&e;the;
rest, and sixteen years after 1 my
marriage I found myself. a .wretched
outcast upon the world, with ? no
place to call my own? in which to lay
my head.
Well dofl-remember a bitter cold
morning 411 .JanuaKy, iniy husband
had been gone'all night, andI was
seated by a cheerful fire in our
southeast parlor. I ? was thinking
over - the- days that wore. past, d had
r forgo ttr.' that my eye had lost its
lustre, that my cheek was colorless
and that it had experienced so
many years ot sorrow. T was thiAk
ing of my father nd mother and
hew tenderly hey loved nae; of .the
companions of my youth and ,the
happy bridal day. At th-t moHHsnt
I was aroused by a loud and vioi
Ieint Jtaockixig a t the door. A -jrotip
f men entered) amongst Whom I
ilcxkkdd w vaia for my bnsband.
tiThey hn!rloomeUiey said on n un-
fleasacv4mnnes. 'My husband was
Uaibtnkrqpt, an6f they had come to
ttad 1 'his house and propei ty. I
requested perraissiort to examine
their execution. It was levied by a
I rumselling professor oreligic.
I gave up my splendid snan'sion
and all its costly furniture nwithout
a rourmjcr. fl followed-say husband
to A laide 1 built, Iow-thatthed cot-
k t,v2 down orr the edge of the shcre.
LEveo therdflcould hare beenhappy;
but -Lbewoea and sorrowsawaited
;me. f I waslicre destined to see t wo
of my sons become toe actons of
intemperance, and (bllor ihe other
three to their, long and talent -abode.
in
their infancy.
I well remember a. cold, stormy
and dreary eve, in the depth of win
ter. Twc my boys had been
oft' that day hing 'the Iwo eldest
had ccnapanied 1 their father to
town, and I sat at home over the
earlj expiring ember?, endeavor
ing to piepue aomelhing for my
youngest aon, w.ho was strrtched on
.the .low .bedbeaide me neasVjr 1 gone
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fell tast, as the low moaning voice
reached my ear. I arose to assist
Uini, uuti. noticeu a mortal ,paie-
die diad come aver ihis face. J
tflioreu stuwardd the bed. wne
gap tWr breath and-it was all aver j
with him foi ever. . '
An hour elapsed ere. I hcaid aay ;
sound without, save the torni.
yoicoa wero Jthen heard .approach
ing the'.cotUige, and iin aifew.ico
merits my husband and my two eld
est s0ntood before nie,"-dripping
I .with rain, and, shall I write hS all
of thein beatly intoxicated I can
not, oh ! 'I cannot describe 4he hor
rors of that fatal night.
Hut- tlie morning brought new
horror$; Olrl.iow ca i i. write it 1
and yet my heart has become so
burdemd with griefithat I feel that
I must give yentito my tale of woe.
Thd boat in which my two sons had
gone a fishing woe found upset
few rods below tho house, and both
of them tyereifound drowned bepide
it, with thiri6shing tackle in their
hands. Vhat a scene for a mother I
iDeprived.fh one short night ot three
' children, and these three the delight
of her soul ! My poor heart, whieh
had hitherto borae up under all the
accumulated ills with which I was
afHicted, now gave way. 'No tear,
no sob escaped rae ;; but a .low,
brooding melflpholy settled upon
my mind. Days and weeks passed
by. I was insensible alike to harsh
Eess..and pity. Even the iron heart
ed, rum-selling Christian, who came
tosee me, .ippeftred touched with
oiy situation', and was heard to de-
cigrr, tnat u lie was not command-
edto tlotik aTter his own family, he
would cover sell any more rum to
my husband.
.vWheu Iawoke to returning con
sciousness, I found myself in another
dwelling, much more , comfortable,
and. ray husband . seated botide me,
anxiously regarding me, ; He had
been so shocked th'e death of our
children, all c itvhich had f arisen
from his beastly haVitifor run3,that
he swore he would v never : toste --a
glass flf aln, 'During the si x weeks
of my fiieknens, .he had religiously
kept his word. Sqveral of his for
m e r?f rien ds'.h ad' heard of his reform
and bad come forward to assist
him. They procured him a situa
tion in a large manufacturing estab
4ishmcntvitthevilla2e ,' and, ws had
rrernoved from the t Hatched cottage,
apwn by tbw river side, toa small
and neat d welling. But oh I another
dond dense, dark and fearful
came over our Preside. Well do
remember the night. Oh, yes ! it
is stampetf with a fearful torce -upon
my memory forever.
It was a cold, windy Saturday
-nightju November. My husband
had gono;to wtr iiimielliflg 'Chris
tian's store, against my advice, to.
buy groceries tor family use. Ten
o clock had. passed ere he returned.
My fjuick eye detected an unsteadi
ness in his-steps as hejentered;; and
iis whole appearance betrayed' the
effects of ,his deadly enemy. I
passed -a sleepless cigrrt; my couch
was literally wet .svith tears; and in
the agoijy of niyfeeart I wished I
had never 5 been born.
My fcnkbnnd's descent wasfearful-
HvraeM. Within a few weeg'be
wa seen lyincj at' mid-dav-'in the
stieets,'" absolutely help! ens, and the
sport ot unfeeling oc vs.
lie was now a common rlaberer
upon thd wharves, and Ail tliewioney
he obtained was fpeatlfbr rum1. I
was compelled! fr ia -aubsistence to
take in eewiag ; AnJd often - have I,
after a hand day's wofck, . during
which!! had oot tasted -a monthf al
f focid, been oompeHed to relinquish
to-kmi-jEny earnings, with which he
would .get ; dreadfadly intqjicateiil
My l former neigblvors and friends
stpodaafar offU All had dserted me.
I was jmisef aWy 'wretched ; ljpw
cocM it be otherwise? I was the
wife of a drunkard 1. '
Nearly fonr years have since parsed,
and. I am now the tenant of a. poer
house. My husband is -still altve,
they say, a wretched wanderer on
the face of the earth;; And iny '.ixroj
boys have becu&e! the rnost jprdfii
gate and iaiaadoned sailors, in : the
nary. I am a wife and. a raotber,
and II have still all of.a wif's and .a
7T
mochef-! aolicitndcfor tlie: objects
nce) dear and still so tenderly bo
!ove 'iJut, ah ! w.hy do I weep?
There wemnny -wretcbetl widows
and maay mienible wivea in this
poor hi8e with vne, who have been
bronglrt here by the intempiranco ot
their htHbands; Uiere are many tears
shed in this house ever rnined pro
pectand blightr.l hopes; there are
many thearta broken" with angnisli
and tendered desolate with sorrow
and .often in th still hour of night,
have 'J heard a deep" and convulsive
-sob, and then th mention ot a name
dear the heart ot some , of my
wretched vom.rwnieiuf. j
"HOT ANOTHER DROP 9AJU-
IEL."
Diniel Akin had become a .com
mon drunkard. So fully "had he
come under the dominion of his ap
petite tht he was perfectly. misera
ble when he could not corarpaud the
means ot gratifying htsj tthisst.' Me
had neglected his famiiv fill his wife's
father had taken her and' the:chil-yj
dren to the parental roof. He had
spent all his substance fbr tdnuik,
and" was. kept from the poor house
only by performing menial services
e l ! .
ior ms iooq, ana oy uie . Kinaness 01
Thoraas Edceflton, :f member-of the
Scciety of Ftfienrt!, who 'had knon
hiua from bis youth, and had a strong
hopa that ia :the course of time Din- ,
iei wonic-fioe'DiBiiouy ana turn again
in the night path, llhe leaning iner:
chant iin -the -place had let him have
drink as ' money lasted, but ; would;
trustihim no longer lie wasoafing
about the store one j very oiigli,t
moorilight evehine, pleading with the
merchant to trust hirri for a drink.
His reply wa: . ,
"Not a tlrop more, D iuiel."
He remained awhile ; longer, and
left. As the cool air of the evening
fell npon him, he all at 5nce, vbegan
to utter his feelings in iherfollowirig
strain : :' . :, !
" Not a drop more, D.iniel !'
AraT drunk, er am J briber ? Not
a drop more, Daniel: ; Did Has
kiria think a drop more wonld hurt
me? No, burmtytuioney was gone.
He has got the shoes-," my . .wife
oougui Tor jepme, ami paiu , wim
her own earnings. 'Not a ,roP
more, "Daniel'.' ;E)aniel, what say
you to that-? ll say so, too. 'J once
had good .clothes, and now Jl have
nothing but ra ;s. 'Not a drop
more; tmtil'I have others as good as
when Mary and I were married, il
onco had a good watch, but that has
gone, too. 'Not a drop more,' until
lYf.Ave another as good as tho one 1
pawned ito .Haskins for drink. I
have sen'the time wben I had a nice
food horse and buggy,' and could
ride 'Into the village in good style as
any, man in the piaco. , Not a drop
rocr?, JDanig.nntu I own anotner
horf e acdibuirsfy-as good as Jthe one
I once had. I once had cow, which
furnished my family with butter and
cheese, 'but Haskins has got them.
'Not a drop more,' until these cows,
or others as p-ood, are mine again. I
once'Tiad this wallet-fall of bills, buts
now there's not a cent. Not,a drop
more, Daniel',' until this ; wallet is
well filled again.".: .: :.
By this time be had reached Hhe
place where he had formerly resided,
and he stood and leaned against the
fence, and mused for a long time in
silence, lie viewed the desolateness
of the AC(ne :by ithe light of tiie
moon, and his eye ranged over -the
house and baro, once hi own, which
had become out of n-piir. "He then
said: 1 ; "
"Ouch rI mvced t I4s I house and
farm JlerA -I ?ms born.' t Here my
father and mother did. I I was the
pri le of their' hearts, butr I broughc
down their gray hairs wirh soi-row
to the grave. Here J coriimenced
my married life, an-' all that hearts
oould wish was mine, ' Here Mary
and I took conifoit till Haskins came
and opened hi'i rnm shop, and now
he calk it Us I In that south joom
my "cJiiLdreu. were bom, arid Uiere
my Jennie died. Oh, how sorrow
ful she looked - when she saw"mt
take her shoes and starts for thtf store
to pawn them for rum while she laid
sick. , Wrfti j then now rne beggen
befere-sledied, never, t strike her
aother .again. ,I - can see her now,
her pale face, her wasted iform; but
she -caonot be with ote agaki And
oh, ray- wife, Jw shamefully ?I have
abused yonj 11 was poi yur.xan
iel that did it ! No: Kit was tha
vile rum that M "Haskins -Bold mei
No wonder yoa were taken- from me
by: those who loved you, and would
n t see yon abused. They woA'thave
wen lie house. They will -let
rae live, with yon. "Not -a" 'drop
moref Daniel, till the noose is mine
again. V'Npi'a "dr -iocdt5 Daniel,'
until these broadcrea'aregain in
my possessior and that f ife and
chihirm that are Jivifg, and in you-:
der. rooms, and csre are a happy lani-'
ily again. ' Not a drop morey Dan
iel, o Jielp ie( God, till; all - these
tkmgsraocompliahed, i thank
yon," llatkiBr,- for these woels. ll
shall notr soon: forget them.'"
i IXe had . become 4oo ranch occn-
pied with his thoughts, and spuke
in -a toneo loi:d that he tiflcot
heard ithe wagQP which iby this
time !i ad reached tho oad, in which
was seated the kind -hearted Quaker
who ;kas besp mentioned. .Ue. t)p
ped ibid 4io rae, ami heard ditinotly
the t? angaage which Daniel liad used.
As he closed his soliloquy be turned
and saw Thtfoias Kdgerton, who
eaid:L .r';; ... rt .
. uDanW. does thee mean' to 'keep
thr vow ?"
H. answered, "I do."
'rhe'has pmmised a great many
t,mes that thee wonld drirtk no
4nori. , AVtiat in.1ke the think thee
will keep the vow-?' f
:i I know, friend Eilgerton, 'I luve
often, often vowed to drink no mon.
but now'Tfrer different from whatT
-ever did befr.-My heart is bro
ku ( T fel mv. weakness, and i h.
lievo God will help.me'thia time;
"God errant that it may be so,
Daniel Get in and , take V sent.
Thee innt be hungry ; gi'h'ome
with me:' ,
On the way the Quaker drew .put
pf 'hjm aH that 'Ivta, "been written-;
and he advised bun't6go to Califor
nia. ' He told him to go "to " New
Tftn-c, and wnrk his passage round
the Cape. He determined no so.
The Quaker furnished bim with sult
able apparel. (
"Thee' wants to gee thy wife and
children "be fore fhee goes ?' w ' "
"Yes, friend. Kdgerton,! do, but
they have become'estranged frOw
me. If t vent, perhaps they would
not believe whatT sav. It U better
that3! should not see them. Indeed.
it Is better that they should not
know where I am. "I- want o pur
prise them, as f hope to do by com
ing back a sober man, arid .with
money enough to make them ?corn
fortable. 'I prefer that -you and your
wife shall be the only persons iu the
place who know where I am, and
what 1 am, doing:" , . ' 1
Thus, while riding towards the
qniet farm-house of the lQuJtker,Vthe
Avhole thing was arranged.ri When
they reached the place, the, horse
was put'in.the bam, -and they en
tered ihe 'hoose." He said to his
ttfife they-took seats by the fire-:
"Amy, thte may put another
plate Daniel viH stay with us a few
days, and ' then will go to Califor
ma:
The benevolent Quaker was con
fident that Daniel Akin would .keep
his resolve. j
At length, vwhen every thing ivas
in. readiness, theiiorse was harnessed
and before daylight, Daniel - Akin
was on:his way to a railroad station .
He had not been inthevillag dince
the night when the words Not
a drop more, Daniel,' were uttered.
He was raissedfrom his enstomacy
haunts, ibutiit was opposed he had
gone off on, a spree, and so nothing
was thought oCbis absence. ;Iia
wife's father iTlved in an adjoining
town, and some thought he' had
gone there 5 ' 4 ,l'i " ' t
ffo fnqniries were made, ibr ma
ny rejoiced that lie was missing, and
cared not'for his retnnj. N. .
He had been- gone somewhere
more than J a -year, when the Qua
ker ;waBintte. store of;Iaskins and
remarked that lie wished hire a pas
ture the coming aeason. -.: ' I
"I have got oned will let yon have
Tree of rent, H you will put up the
'fences omthe place," said " Haskins,
"Where: is it?" , ' -"On
the Akin farm." .
"If thee will rent it at hat ,ate,
kthou must have let it get out of re
pair." -
"It is so, indeed ; I cannot' leave
the store to. see to it. The bouse-is
poor, ar.d the family that 'were in it
roo shiftless to buy wood, and burnt
uo ftiG rails. I had rather -sell it
than rent it. lit cost "m.Borae six
teen hondred dollars?'-
"Yes, hut thee paid ia goods and
charged thy own pwee 00 tlrem. ,
'tobe KnreI dM. Akin couTtf
not. get trustHd any where etsvVtantTI
was running -gi nat iisk In fretting
him have tlve g od. I "charged him
accorVlingryjJiist as. anybody '.ele
would dp binder the ciroumstances."
"Thee bas net 'Uil-'e what thee
would- takefr Ibe-place ;'I'WiH give
thee eight hundred 'dollars ior it, if
it is any ojct to thee. .'
... Haskins Vvonght k)Dg enough to
conclude that the-interest of eight
hundred dollars was tar better than
the farm, for the use of which he
realized scarcely anything, aud said.
Yon can have it. ,v .a , J
MThee can make out the deedto
morrow ami thee shall have thy
money. By t the way, does -thee
know" what haa become of '"Daniel
'No. He ha not ibeefi oaen iin
the village . fr more ithaa & yeirt
At any rate, I Kav&iot-8een hira.rt
We may "toll the reader what
Haskins did net Vjcnow. The 'Qua
ker had that day received a let ter
from Daniel Akin, : stating that he
was at the uiices, iund vatvork,,artrl
was sticking-to his motto. Not U
drop Bore, 'DanieV and that be
had laid up m fear feaodred dellarst,
and desiring him 'to tlnamrswhar.
the place he had ovned -co&kiifcs
pnrchasrd for, . . .. V-. - , i'
3Ir. Edgertoa " had t taken the
fAboxe xaethod U .find ut ' Ilaskiu'e
view. t?o cobfalent was ho ,;hat
Daniel iVk'u. would aoouk:ome4owo
a sober man, with money jp ibia
potket, Uiat he ventured' to .nnr-
lAse.itt, fordhe.piupe Qf copmg
it 'for him.
U wrote to Akin what he had
9
uun, ana about three. ra mths after
that by express ,Je dmd lent five
hundred diiilatsiin gold with .orders
to sell jit and remit the proceeds to
hini,.to go toward th,e term. Gold
commanded a fcizh .premium, and"
Jive hunt! red ibvcome'eight Jiundred
before it reached 'Edgeiton's 'Loud.
Afcm reguested him to draw up a
new deediving.the ivhole fpropec
ty toLLs .jYite Mary, and have it.du
ly reconld and left with ,the ire
ister f Deerls.
dn his luUer die xaid-: df .nr.
chance I should ever break my res
oiuuou,,i nave secured a home ,fur
my wif qnd children. I prefer,
however;, .that thny ahould rotiknow
ythirig of thLstiur.therejiopt. If
-I hveito come homej wi!lg;vevMa-
ry sine deed witli my own diapd-: 1 if
not,.yoiucan do it. Now that tha
farm is bought yop hap better jtvk
it fr I shall stick -to mv motto.
;Kut a drop more, Daniel" 1
AnoUier -mr -passed. By this
tiriie. the old vQunW ,hal 4t0ojced
the ifarui mth cattle anr heep.
Thefeqcea were put in rep tir, and
,e.vr'l!"?Dtf Ht the ihouiitt avpro a
tioy apj)ear,aiice. , .,v ,, f.
E Another reraitjence ,came, .iwhioh
paid fot all the toik, and an over
ulna with which
.,C:rl,f,,.t0'8 were , busy, and ithe
villagers who chanc-d to pasa that
waytoprjil tht extensive rpaira
were going on-; still noiie ,prcr--nnicd
to fjuestion the'Quaker !wsith
respect to liis plans. , : . 1
These repab s all completed 'frtr
nitiire found its , way to .the hopje.
iVyAke t oxen ivas .seep on 4ho
fann. The -.villagers went aston
aleil toee thet Quaker driving ap
bugjry,
lie received the following short
note one day::. ' j -;
U h.ve arrived, all safe apdjoiind.
--rPIvase Ala-y anil., the chli-dren-v
V
Riding over to fthe -adjoining
tojvi), he called at Mary's father ji
and invited her and 1 the children ,to
go home with him, and. make him
apd.hia Wie aviait. JThay' accept
ed the invitation , and he took thrrp
home. " . . . , - . ' -;.-'
Ije.ptVct'nflevcoGjvhe. aaid, -'Ma
wj i have to go the sution, but thea
andtlie children ;t can r; stay with
Any." :IIo;went aprt Jgot flUlAnUl
Akin, and did not reach 'home un
til darkr lie 'left Darihin hiaown
fjouse, nicely faniishedj tto which
he had previocsly .conveyed ,provi
nioni, and Jett him there to pass tho
liie.nait monimg he istd : "Ma.
ry, I suppose thee'has heard that I
have fpurhased the old : place. I.
hav cot Jt hlteq up and want thee
and thy children to ride ovr and
see it after breakfast, Ji think thee
wil( HkeitV
They rode ever, and ware sur
prised to see-the clianges wliich had
taken place They coliKl acarcely
believe their" own yes." Thejr
looked through the 4 lower ' rooms
first. ;' Over the mantle jij ,the sitting-room
was a 4ftmc, and uodyr
the glass, in large1 Utters, were these
word:
"Not AxornnR 'Dbop'Dasiel."
Mrs. Akin said: "Oh, if Daniel
cmuld, only have said 1 those words
msi stoek to -Uen, this beautiful
place might have been his.' j
The Q.taker said : "Then thee
don't knowvwhere Daniel is ?"
No Fbave not heard a lisp from
hunt Ur more than four years.
VThee woofd like to ice him ?"
Tes, indeed."
' "Let us walk up tairs."
As th-y went up the first 'front
Daniel Akin slipped down tba ibuJc
ones, and took his stand in the sitting-room.
When thej returned
Mrs. Akin noticed a stalwart man
standing in the room, .withjiis back
to the hall door,- and started back
for an instant. (The .Quaker said.-:
"It is a friend, Marv. jUpon this
Daniel tnrned ronndrand in the man
with the vheaxy ibaard '. and ' mus
tache, site did not recognize her
hortbaud. - j
DonCt yon 'kno! Mry?
Ifaveyou forgotten, yoor husband -f"
' tWe leare 3ie reader to imagime
what the meeting was 1 The Q-is-kcr
said : , ri:
, must go and get Amy. )&Kjr.
mis noise ami lar are wune-rn-iel
has thel papers for thea.' Thea
can star bare 'as long as thee lives.
Thee IwHl . Uya . happily nowfor
that (piotJin,t!fca9ie over tho
Wqt ANOTuaB'Daop. Pakisxt
is has niottoi now, and will be daring
tHtU' t . l" ,
: Int An Ohio, school eiebratioiu the
auperintendeQt announced the title'
Ma song as Hiding tiie" Elephant
Home." When the sadiehca fottral
that it was "Write rrie a Letter froai ;
Home," he thought, itj prudent tfl3i- V
appear;
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