The Columbian fountain., 1846-09-04
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Rev. J. 7. WARD, Assistant Editor.
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II
to one of humble cast. But ah how
imperfectly did he understand the de-
votedncss and the firmness OF woman's love
If, instead Of fearing to shock the feelings
of woman, man would only con6de all his
cares aud sorrows in her whom he knows
by The endearing name of wife--tell her all
in adversely as well as prosperity--she
would only love him more devotedly, and
console him in the hour Of trial. slw
But James feared to do so; and in order
to drown his cares and alleviate (') his
mental suffering, he now increases the
frequency of his ,potations at the wine cup
He beanie melancholy, and at times morose;
he was seldom at home, and when there
he seemed no longer to delight in the fond
endearments of his afectionate wife or the
sweet music of his innocentprattling babes!
Mary saw her error-now she pleaded coax
ed, implored with fearful eyes, but, alas! it
now seemed too late. The demon of the
wine cup had fastened upon his soul---a
burning thirst craved necessarily which
he in vain tried to quench by habitual
draughts of liquid poison. !, Poor man !
where is thy boosted moral firmness
where has thy late decision Of character
fed to where now is thy cability Of gov
erning thyself' All, all swallowed
up in the Unsuitable gulf-stream of intem-
perance Where now is the influence of
the Mary3 All the influence of burning
thirst has overcome that hitherto tallis-
manic power Her fearful entreates move
him to the utmost recesses Of his calloused
So,,l x.b,la ~, bor proeono.. h,,f x,,hop tba
tempter again appeared before him, all mo-
raj resolution vanished. va
James Willis has fallen-he is undone!
Another period Of two long weary years
passed by, and Mary still hoped on with
wolnan's untiring fortitude against the swell
ling tides Of adversely. Hoped All, how
vain Ita8A1b 6laa3ea gafa )
James is now miserable drunkard,
grog-shop renegade, and staggering street
loafer Poor Mary sustains herself under
her afflicted trials with christian resignation.
By the dim light of the midnight oil she
assiduously plies her needle to gain mea-
gre pittance to sustain her dear children,
her only remaining earthly solace, and her
poor degraded husband, whom she stills
loves with all woman's fond devoiedness'
She is now sorry that she did not exercise
the influence she possessed over James
when he was temderate young man, suing
for heart and hand. Like macy others, she
regretted her erring course when it was too
late to make amends for the past ANA
Reader, allow me to take you back, in
imagination, to the evening of the 23d of
December, 1874, in the well known town
of l.. Come with me to that small
tenement in River alley.-Look in that
dreary apartment That wan and weary
stric ken countenaace upon which we can
still trace the faded lines of Mary! That
sweet little boy and girl who are looking
up in her face with fearful eyes are her
children--ths offspring of one to whom
she gave her full hearts affection in her
early days Of happiness and prosperity.
In little Alfred you can trace the perfect en-
bryo of his fathers manly form and fair
features, before they were obliterated by
the demon Intemperance. Little Emma is
fac simile of her mothers lovliness--but
oh may she never suffer the pangs of ago
nv and misery that her mother has endu-
red.
Look behold the form OF a. man rises
from am humble mattross in the corner Of
the 70 ON he gazes around with a wild
and vacant stare, aud springing to the,
floor utters dreadful yell, followed by a
deep sep,,lchral groan. That is the ema-
cated form of the once high-minded James
Willis, now raving in all the horrors of
delrium Iremens THE wife Of his bo-
som flies from him as from walking
pestilence, and her children cling in fear to
her trembling knees. Three men rush in
from an adj dining room, seize the maniac
and bear him forcibly to the mattress where
they had left him a short time, apparently
in a state of repose. He raves like bed
lamite, and the men are obliged to hold
him down by main force. See his desperate
strugges-hear his fearful shrieks !! Now
he l{ancies he sees huge anaconda abou,
to .fasten his serpeniine coils around
him
The monster--the monster let me
go-see. see. it is upon me--there' there !
don't you his fiery fangs-his g. larog eye
balls ARE, fixed upon me-O, God ne Is
crushing me--help help!' help! IL a. :
aud the poor man shrinks under the CO
yer exhausted, fancying that ne IS about to
- -, 10 On who can imagine