Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-06-08
Whole No. g31.


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Mrs. Byers put her hand To her face 10 hide
tear that was rolIin down her cheek, and the
gals stopped lber niilins, and looked in the
IRE without sayir a word
my wife had little cumiu TO her fathers
estate, aud her friends made out TO save
enough from my debts to move us up here and
buy this little place and promised TO do bet
ter when got out Of my old lianis Our be-
einnln here was monsirous poor one but
vile splil' wasn broke yet, and my boy was
gellln Dig enui TO help me little so We
went to work TO build up "a new home in the
woods III good earnest. We went on for
while very well Ill one day | wen, 10 town 10
the election, and thar ] got drunk, and didn
come home for three days, ill they all thought
was TaurdeIed. and sent my little boy TO try
and find me. When cum home fell mon
sirous bad ] had broken all my promises. A
couldn't bear TO look my poor wife in the
face. But she iorgv me and promised apn,
his time ] made out TO 90 to town twice and
cum home sober, but the third time | GOT
drunk, and got into fight which Ike 10 cost
me my life. Well, after my wife 'nursed me
up aeln, thought never would touch anolh-
or drop of internal spirits, and didn't for bou.
three months. One day went TO town with
Il tOtupf
! sold the fodder and got the money. and the
man sold ii too sed ] must take glass with
him on the bargain. Well, bunp ou ,or .,
while, but he stuck me so hard thai bimeb, |
give in and we tuck two or three drinks 1'bc
next thing knowed of myself walked nm in
shuck-pen about mile from Town On mo
way home. Wagon and horses. and money
was gone and even nv coat and shoes wcr
mssn. Some Of the Murrilit,s tba, used :,
be about here, no doubt. cum across mo <,
drunk that didn't know whar nor who I WAS
and Jest cleaned me out Of every thing had
and put m in the shuck-pen TO keen the boos
from caln me.
"When my wife and boy cum and found m,
in that shuck pen, ifId had weapon of any
kind about me, do believe I'd tuck nv own
life on the spot Blu, they oot me home AL
put me to bed. wbar | laid abou, ,oa,
wantin to die worsc'n Id ever wanted 10 on
well before. But Sally. sbc s,ucL hv mo o,.i
nursed me, and watched me and talked encour.
agin to me, til I was able to git about apio.
kuow'd it was no use for me to promise any
more To her, and she never and mc to tn,
made me feel bad, and tried TO think
what could do tc make her have conGdnnc.
in rue agin. One night while was SICK the
! thought struck me- The noyt morpip M,
up and went out to the shop and got the bic.
gest auger had, and cum into the house. and
w,hou, sayin word, ] walked right up 10 the
FIRE place and begun born that hole
That aIger-hoer' scs l.
Yes, Sir; that very identical aucer-hole.
While was BORN away. Sally cum IN ,b.
room. Seeing WHIT was AT, she raised nm
her hands, Name o. sense. James,, Sos
she, " have you lost your senses - | bored
away while she stood and looked at me with
ont sayinr word. "rpar =" Sos null;,'
out the auger when was dome" When that
hole grows up, then II take another glass Of
spirits ~ Sally seed into nv idcc at once and
putin her arms around my neck. cried like ,
child. ! cried little 100, and maybe | kissed
Sally time or two. But that's more n ten
years ago, and the augcr-hole amt prown nm
yet"