The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-08-06
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The last part Of this speech was delivered in
a manner sufficiently pathetic to have drawn
tears from the eyes Of female oyster, and did
not fail to produce its effect upon the two
ladies, who regretting their inability to solve
his doubts became 50 much Interested as to
ask, "WhO was Sue Withers?' question
which perhaps by this time has suggested
itself to your mind.
The pilot drew himself bolt upright in his
chair, gazod for an instant upon his auditory
and replied in husky voice, "Susan Withers
0Gght be Mrs. Mellen, the happy wife of a
confidm husband, aud the mother of-such a
family as mought be. But she aint-she' the
widder jackson, with nine small children and
two at the breast, and not a cent to bless her.
self or themselves with. Poor Sue Withers!
! Her mother did it, she didn't. Yes, | might
have married any gal on either shore; but |
waited for Sue till was nigh upon forty years
old, less min my chance every year with the
rest in course. We was engaged, but wOuldn t
get married till I'd got Somethin' together.
Well, | went off one winter on a cOastin'
vy'g down east Q've never liked down east
since) and we got froze up in the Penobscot,
same as we've been here in the PatapscO and
while was thar, suffrin' with the cold for
her sake, it was done. Poor Sue Withersl
The parson came along 'tineratin'. He
was a dreadful slick man, shaved regIar ev-
cry day-talked so pretty in the pulpit, Che
want one Of your powerfuls,) and so much
prettier out Of it. So perlite he was to the
woman kind! Oh, he was regular eel pot.
He wouldn't take folks with a grip, but re d
suck EN- right in, he would And he sucked
the old woman in, he did, the KNOWN creetur;
and then it was all up for me, for Sue always
tOwed right under the old woman stern.
Says she to herself, says she, what thing
it will be for Sue,' she says minister 1
wife to have folks kind O. under her-to
have him walk up to the front pew with her
after the rest is in and sot down, and have
him turn round aud button her III, and look
as much as to say, that is my wife to be
SO respectable like, and to know all that
going on in the parish, tool And every now
and then, for somebody to send her basket
Of eggs, or pair Of chickens, or leg Of NUT
ton, or pig, or load Of wood, and hope she |
accept Of it. Whereas, all you can say O
Mellen is, that he's handsome. He isn't no
body, and never will be anybody. Susan, taxi
Mr.. Jackson" Sue took him--I was froze "
ever since.
I'll allow for the minister, he didn't know
he was coming athwart my house, and conse-
quently after he'd done it forgin' him, and
used to 60 and hear him preach sometimes.
used to sit in the gallery though, right over
his pew, so l couldn't see her.
He fell in with me in the street one day,
and he wanted me to go to an inquiry meetin'
to his house. Says ], Il can't, but there Is
one inquiry hows ever; L like to make. Is
Sue happy? Don't she ever say nothing
about old times?" got it out by jerks,
though thought the upper end of my heart
would come out with it.
The big tears started into the minister $
eyes. So they did into mine. | put out my
hand--he put out his Il. We both shook hard,
but kindly. He used his cambric; | used my
Jacket sleeve. We slowed round together--he
went up street; Invent down. Poor, poor Sue
| WitheTs'
At the conclusion of this melancholy story,
the pilot resumed his semi posi-
ton; while sympathy for the misfortunes of
Miss Withers, brought upon her by her mer-
cenary mamma, was expressed by suitable
silence interrupted only by the howl Of the
blast aud the heavy pattering of rain upon the
deck above, the only moistened checks on the
occasion being those of the anchor watch, who
was seeking a partial lee under the topgallant
!, bulwarks, far from the sound OF the narrator
voice.
Timc and change are said to conquer love
{ and the space of few minutes, when the at.
r tention Of all was turned to the storm, had th(
/ effect of diverting the mind Of Mr.. Mullen.
| "Well," he continued, "it is pleasanter ta
/ king this southeaster here than it would be of
the capes; not that mean, ladies, that thcrt
would be much Of any danger, though ther
might be to a stranger on the coast withou
S pilot, he added, with an air of Importance
But the fact is, wrecks dom often h0ppei
here on account Of the trending of the coas
Y aud the Gulf, which is great help in gettinI
9 an Citing. It's real provldential, it is SO, Q
q else we might get to be the same hardene
, villains they are at Key West, Barnegat, an
: Cape Cod, instead Of the virtuous, moral peo
Y pie VIC are