The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-02-21


he tired 10 keep hmselis 81 that he could nJt ;hins
he wanted tho courage of a man to look his dan
ger and difficulty ia The face and overcome II; fIr,
/ Ellen mind my words, the man that vii 10 X debt
and danger steadily IN the face anl resolve In
overcome them Can DO SO. He hsd not means, lie
said to educate bis children a. bvcame them; he
grew not 10 have means to hud them o! ;hrir poor
patien, mother the proper nscss-ariss OF life get
he found the San. To keep the whIskoy cask How
iuy, and to answer the baiiis knocks Of adrul,.iIu
by the loud rear Of drunkenness, mad, a. 1t was
wicked. They got iiat last, III spite OF he care
taken to keep them out, aud there was much iigh
ing ay snd blsod split but not to death and
While the riot VII. a foo;, and We were crying
robnd he death bed of dying mother here
w.. be they had raised y ten gallon caSS Of
~hiskey on the table IN the parlQr, and astrlde on
! it "a, my father hourshing the huge pewter fun
".i '. 80 hani AID tbs black lack streaming with
shiskey IL the other and auij tiO fSu,ns of hot
punch that flowed over the room, aud the cries
sHd oath. ola 6gking drunken company his voice
WI. heard swearin. he had lived like king, and
would die Ike = kiug ~
! Aud your mother I asked.
| Thank God ,hs died that night-she died
before worse came She died on the bed that be-
fore the corps. was cold was dragged from under
her-throngh the strong drinL-lhraugh the bad
meas Of him who Ou.ht to have saved her not that
he was bad man either, when the whssey had
no power over him, but lac could not bear his own
reflections. And his end soon came. He didn't
die like a king; he died smothered in ditch.
whore he fs!l; Ee died aud wa. in the presence of
/ God-how Oh, there are things that have HAD
wh.skey as their beginning and their end, that
made me as mad as il ever made him Tue man
takes drop, aud forget, lis starving family; the
woman take, it .H. ftge.s she is = mother and
a Itz the t,f lrplAul--1 ilt igrpT
G!a:ker, deeper curse than ever was put Oh 1t by
foreign rover or hardmade laws -
God bless you! VIZ, Larry half sreathed eja-
culaDjon.
L only repeat ould Stacys words said Ellen;
you see never forgot them You might think,
she ouuuuueI. that had had warning enough 10
+ keep me from having any thing to say to those
who war too fond Of drink, and thought | had :;
but how Edward Lamhrr got round me with
hi- sweet words. sui wa. lonc and unprotected.
knew hr had little iondnes. fr tic drop hut
in hnn, young, handsome, and gay yhearrd, with
bright ey,, and sunny hair. it did not seem Ike
the horIi .hiug which had made NE shed no tear
over my fathers grave. Thin. of taat, yourg
giri he ds,u. doe,u'tu.ese man \ beast ~ fis'
but 1t Will DO 50 before is done with him. bad
enough power over Edward, and enough memory
Of the past, to make him swear against il, except
So mucu at such AMI such q time. and fIr a while
he ws- very particular but ons used 10 euicr
! him, and am not going to say but mig have
managed him differently | might have goI lin
On il-genily, may be; ; but the pride got the bet.
ter Of me and thought oI the line came Of, and
had married hi,n Sho wasn't my equal, and such
nonsense, which always breeds disturbance be-
tUiKt married people: aud used to rave when
, may be, il would have been wiser it had reasu.
, ned. Any way, thing didn, 60 smooth not thai
10
and : dry enough wheE the fault was done; still
, he would come home often the worse for drink
and now that he's dead AM gone, aud no ginger Is
. stretched to me bl; iH -curU or hatred, thin.
} may he might have done better but, God de-
? ienl me, the last was hard 20 bear, Oh boys :
said Ellen, If you had Only heard her voice when
sic said that, AMI seen her poor ould lady Stacy
no wonder she hated the drop 10 wonder sAe
( dashed down tie whi-kcyI
You kept tbs mighty close, Ellen, said Nike
i Iucvcr b ard il before
i did uo: Ike coming over H. She rcclird ;'hc
last is hard to tell The gill turned pale while
f She spoke. and Lawrence gave herI cup ol water
Il must be told, she said - the d0nth Of nv ia
Il e. proved the effects ofdcNberate drunkenness
! What have TO say, shows what may SyhGppcn from
bcint even once untble to think or act
. &" had one child sad Stacy, ous, dAr.in'
, blue cy ed, laughing child. | never saw any 80
hyul-uWe. never knew any 50 good She was
Il mos lhree ycas ould, AMI lie wa, fIuI Of her
he SAID he WAS, butIt's quare ioulEe.s that de.
sirDyS what It ought To saw. II was pat,cln
OF Lady day, AMI vel knew tia: E!warl would
not rctUrn y. lie went he said lac would. he al.
Ecs, sworc he wnuld bu; the promise of 4 man
gwen TO drns has No more strength IN It than n
, rope nf ,.nd tons ,uIsy and wouldn't 60 II |
, h,i, may be- it would ~! have ended su. Tie e.
vrnirg came Oh, and | thought my baby brcu he'd
hard IN her cradle | took the candle AMI went
over 10 look at her her little face was red; and
when Laid my cheek close to her lips 50 n. not
to touch thcm hu. To- feel hsr breath it Sas hot
veiy hot ,he tossed her arms aud they we're dry
and burnius The measles wtre about the coun.
ny anl W.. frightened for NY ,hiii. 1t Was
only half mile To thC doctors knew every foot
of the road and 80, leaving the door ~ the latch,
Resolved 10 tell him how my darling wa'. and
Thought should bc back before my husband, re
turn Gr..s YOU may be- sure didn't grow uu Ter
INV feet n,n with all speed aud wasn't kept
long the Doy,or said: though it seemed lorx to
ne The moon was down when | came home,
tho the night was iins ! he cabin We lived in
was in n hollow hut when was ON the hill, and
looked down vher, I knew il stood = dark mass
thought sAw white light fog coming ont of
1t; rubbed my eye~ and dartel forward as wild
the havk in the heavens when | reached the
door | saw It was open; the ftimc cloud came out
Of 1t sure enough white and thick. Blind with
that and terror together ! rushed to my
chlld's cradle, ! foGud my way To- that in spite Of
the burrng aDl The smoherng. BIT Ellen; FL.
len Murphy my child the rosy child whose breath
had been hot on my chcck only little while bc.
fore, she was nothing but a cnlrr Mad as ,Gl,
| saw how 1t u minute. lhc iuhCr hJd
come home ~ expected; he hnd gone To- tie era
die to look nj lis child had dropt the candle into
the straw, and unable 10 speak or stand had fallen
down and asleep ON the loor not two wards from
my child Oh how | flew tn the doctors with
what had been my baby; ! tore across the country
like binshcr laid It in his arms told him If
he didn't nut life in It I'd destroy him in his house
lie Thought me mad for there was nn breath ei
thcr cold or hot coming from It's lip' then. ]
couldn't ki,. il in death; there WAS nothing loft of
my child to ki-s think ofthat ,nalch"d it from
where the doctor had laid Il; cursed him, for he
looked with disgust at my purity child. The
whole night long wandered in the wcols nI New
tuwnbirry with that burden at my heart
Bu, her husband her hgsh,ndN inquired Lar.
~ IN accents Of horror; what became of him;
di she leave him in the burning without calling
him to himscfl
No, answered Ellen; I asked her and she
toll me that her shricka, shc supposed, reused
him from the .uF,caiion In whchhc must hut for
,hcm have urrf.h,l lie staggered ont of ihc
place. aul was i1uul so1n after by the unighhnrs,
anil lived lu. riuE Lul only tb 'c poor heart