Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1840-12-03
rrM raEusprLL.s VICE MAnr.

TIA TREusDELL's WIFE MARY.
'TimUshy Trsusdell is the name We
shall assign 10 = very worthy. thIivinr
and Industrious mechanic OF New YORK.
who waS . baFlhsn 70 himself, a curse 10
hts family, sni . nuisance 10 society Al
large; ia short, one Of the most shame.
less and abandoned drunkards that ever
took the measure OF al unmade grave in
Gotham gutter. lie was not weaned
from his degraded propensity By ihe
IemPerance. or Tract. or any other So
ctety. Their logic wss labor lost on Tim.
who would have uneoIked the bottle
amidst tie quakings and thundeFS OF
Mount Sinai, and drained il by the crater
oi-explodtng Sesuvius. II was woman's
love that cured him, and ell women NAV
gel q Just idea Of their own importance
from bis story.
Tuough be had wife aad Eve beau,i.
fol children, Tim seemed TO be uacon.
seioGs Of the fast He Neglected his
work, squandered HE earnings. which
daily grew amallsr, and smaller, and spent
me hne 81 the pot house, I'LL the nigh
prosiraiion Of al hiss faculties. or the de.
Iesliul words mo more trust :" warned
him TO seek the shelter Of his wiss's care
aud protection. His children could DOT
so to school, because learning was dear
erd rum vas cheap: The landlord dunned
for his reat, and 3lrs. TFeusdeli wss
Obliged TO keep the house, because she
hAdno dFess d 70 appear abroad in, hay.
los pawned the last 10 pay the last fne
supposed on her spouse By the Police
Court. Misery, utter des.iiution and "a
mine, stared the anhsppy family Ia the
face. Il 10 impossible 10 exszQefa,e The
picture, even had We Eeom and inehna.
ton.
Airs. ]. was heroine, though not OF
romance. She loved her WORTHLESS bus.
band, aud had borne bic neglect, the
tears OF her ehlidrsa. the grippe Of famine
and the railing 0f the dTunkaYd. without
Fepining. Never bed her sxertions slack
ened never bad q harsh word passed
her lips. AZ night. when abe pat her
children 10 sleep. she wepg and watched
iof hi5 coming, and when be did come
drunk. as usual she unlicensed and a..
sisted him 10 bed without = murmnr 81
Feproaeh. Al last, her courage veil aieb
exhausted. she resolved upoa one lssl
desperate effort.
As night. baviog disposed Of her three
cldest children, she took her two young.
est by the hand and beat her steps 70 the
GROCERY heF husbsnd Was aecustomea 10
frequent. She l0oked iata ihs win8ow.
and there be sat. a. midst o. his boon
eomPsnions, with = Ia bis meoth
aad glass "a be bar vas sqidanl
excited. though act ysg drank. Gre
wasths asionithneni az that bad eompa.
ny, ADD enormous MF. Truesdeil's disnzy
sad Confusion. when his wife, pale a.
marble. end leading tso iai!sred and
barelooied babes. stepped up 20 the bsr.
called for three glasses Of biandy toddv
an5 aal down BY bis side.
What the devil brings YOU here
Mary sad be, moroselv.
H - very Lonesome 90 home. and
your business seldom allows yoa 10 Be-
thsfe," replied che meek wils. There
is ~ company ike yours sod a. you
csnn1i come 20 me. 4 must come 81 Won.
asYa night 70 shsfo your pleasurss as
wei az your SORROWS"
"bai % CONS 70 saeh q place e. shisp
exposialaisd TIN.
Ne pitce rtn b impFoper uhers nv /
hesband is" said poor Mary. eFFhas.
$500 - tsasa
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