Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-06-04
THE LAWYER REFORMED.

THE La " L Il Il L u Ii II L ID.
The town clock had already struck ten. The
wind moaued doleiully II found It's way through
,hs creyices of the deapda,ed cottage, and as the
rain battered Oh tho window, i. told how com
fortress was ell without. On that nigh, many
family drew closer around their comfortable tire
sides. as they listened TO the elements raging
nround them. But there was ono poor oni'dlng
TO which WI have alluded, where there was no
comfortable hearth, but every thing looked de-
ISOLATE and lonely There bu, single room,
and thu, contained furniture of the meanest quail
,ty The wretched locking beds, the broken
chairs the naked walls the handful OF Goals al
most expiring the hearth, told OF poverty IN us
mos, naked form. On one oil the peds lay ie'
male whose countenRnce, sallow and efnaca'cd,
indicated the reveges of grief. rather than ct DIS
ease The close observer could still detect theTo
the lingering traces of beauty. By the exPuIng
embers sat young girl, perhaps OF seventeen,
clothed with a thin calico gown. Poverty hnd
suffering had not effaced tho beauty OF their couu-
tenance, but her eyes were red with weeping,
and her cheek pallid with grief, were siili most
lovely Shiyeriug with cold she was steadily
pursuing her work, for that was the sole depend
ance of the family for daily food.
Julia said the mother, do lay aside your
work and 90 TO bed. You will perish with cold
But mother,' replied Julia, brushing away
tho tear which was gathering. Il promised MI
-, the tailor, that would have II done this
evening, and besides there Is nothing leit IN the
house TO eat in the morning. So that mast I'm
ish this, before sleep And again she p!ed
her needle with renewed assiduIty.
Blu, where was The father, and the husband all
THE time? Deadl No. Gone 10 seq! NO. An
unfortunate debtor immured IN prisonl No But
he was tipping IN a Coffee House, upon the lee
he had that day by accident secured, for transact
ing a little piece of law business. And who was
he? Once he was the most splendid lawyer in
the CITY Of, but now was m outcast drunk
ard. The fearful habit of taking a lille, had
wound chain around him which he Intellectually
struggled to break. One after another OF his
clients left him, and one after another OF his
friends forsook him, until almost unaweFes TO
himself, he found himself penniless. houseless,
frendless, and street drunkard. His coDPaR-
ion sunk under the blow, and became an invalid.
HIS beautiful Julia. raised IN luxury and tender
ness, for q while greved, but as want, absolute
want, increased, she aroused herself TO NEE, the
exigency For year she had supplied the
scaniy living of the family, whilst her unnat ural
parent was expanding every cent he could get
for the maddening liquor. But it was evident
that her strength was gradually sinking unGer
the task.
julia, nv daughter sgain said the invalid
mother, in voice feeble and choked with grief,
.wha, j. 70 become of US feel that cannot
stand il much longer, and you will die from eN
posure.'
%, mother, DON, say so,' replied Julia in q
tone OF assumed chcerfuness, bat which tTembled
with emotion. for God has not forsaken Us yet,
He will sustain US
ooh. who would have supposed that we could
ever have been reduced to this, Dear George,
,hey Law all the blame him, but i, belongs TO
those ,rho made him a drEnkHrd
He was generous and noble once, and would
have scorned the idea of seeing his wife and
child suffer want! Bu, now he does not notice
II, and we soon shall be gone, feel in And
here the dsconsolate woman burst into tears, nd
Julia, Notwithstanding ali her efforts. wepi aloud.
But God has seen the suffering of these two
lovely beings, and prepared deliveranco for them.
The father had found his way home amid the
pel,ings Of the storm. The window curtain was
drawn a little aside, and through broken pane