Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-04-23

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mist be paid or ycur husband must 90 TO Jail.
| have no discretion in the matter. Can you
fiLd means to pay the debt? If not, perhaps
you had better 90 and see your landlord; you
may prevail on him to wait little longer for
his money and not send yorr husband to
! jail
Yes, Sally, do go and see him, said Ralph !;
4 am sure he will relent when he sees yoU.
Mrs. Lyon let 90 the arm of her husband,
ard darting from the office, ran at full speed to
the house of their landlord.
oh srr she exclaimed, Won cannot, you
Ill not send my husband to jail
Il both can and will, was the gruil reply
a. man who drinks up his earnings rs he does,
ard then, when quartor-day comes, can't pay
his rent, deserves to 20 to Jail
But, sir, consider
Don't talk to me. woman If you have the
moaey for the rent, will take it, and let your
husband go free if not, the quicker you leave
here the better
1t was vain she saw to strive with the hard
hearted man, whose face was like RON liur-
redly lea, inr the house, she h1stcncd back to
the cfhSe, but her husband was not there. In
her absence he had been removed to prison.-
When Mrs. Lyon fully understood this, she
made no remark, but turned from the nagls-
tratc and walked home with firm step. The
weakness of the woman was giving way to the
quckenng energies OF the wife, whose nus
band was in prison, and could not be released
except by her effort. On entering her house,
she went to her drawers and took thcrefron IL
silk dress. but little worn mothers present
when she was married: G. good shawl that she
had bought from her own earnings when hap
py maiden Il few articles Of jcwCIry, that had
not been worn for years, most oi them presents
from Ralph before they had stood at the bridal
altar. and sundrv other things that could best
be dispensed with. These she TOOK to a pawn
brokers' and obtained an advance OF fifteen
dollars. She had two collars in the house
which made seventeen: the balance Of the re-
quircd sum she borrowed from two or three of
her neighbors and then hurried Off to obtain
her husband release.
For time, the rigid proceeding Of the land.
lord prcTed useful lesson TO Ralph Lyon. He
worked more steadily, and was rather more
careful of his earnings. Bat this did not last
. a great while. Appetite long INDUCED, was
strong, and he soon returned to his bad habits.
The shock the imprisonment Of her husband
Produced awokc Mrs. Lyon 10 the necessity
of doing something to increase their income.
All that he brought home each week was hard
" erough TO buy food and it was clear there
would be nothing with which to pay rent when
the next qnarrer-day came round unless it
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Matters at last reached climax. Poor Mrs
L!on had not neen aole 10 ger any'hing TO d'
for week, and all supplies OF food, except
, little meal were exhausted, AN ANXIOUS Ga,
h"d closed, and at n'Ght-iaIl the mother mad
some has.y pudding ior the children winch wa
eaten with l'ttle mix. rms consumed he
t entire store. She had four en- dren the tw
oldest she put to bed, bnt Kept ihe two young
5 est, one five years old, and the other three, u
with her. She moved about with iirmer ste
than usual, and her lips were tightly closed, a
if she had made up her mind to do sOmethin