The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-04-08

man drunkard 40 college; one whole
year it took me to tempt him to sin,
to raise the first glass 10 his lips, and
now he is lost to himself, and to hu
manity, and his beautiful, noble wife
is our washwoman, oh, Eveleen, Eve
leenl | cursed him, and if there is
anything left Of him, / win bless him
yet. But what shall we do? / will
60 tonight" "No, not TO night
Mrs. Wilson said he would not be
sober enough to get home tonight,
and would most likely return sober in
the morning. She says she has been
to all the GROCERIES about them, and
plead with them not to let him have
liquor. Some are polite, and tell her
blandly, it is their way Of making
living, and that they are not respon-
sible; others curse her for a meddler,
while some push her rudely out of
their filthy dens, and shut the door
upon her.
Oh! it is fearful, terrible, that wo-
men and children should be thus made
the victims Of mans brutality and
beastly appetites; that when she goes
to men for relief, that she should be
thus abused, and even when she ap-
peaIs to the higher authorities, the
lawgivers of the land, to abate the
cause of her sorrows, that she must
be met with heartless sneers and cold
indiferencel Is it not adding insult
10 injury, to give man the power Of
becoming depraved, and then to spurn
us, their victims, as beneath their
care when we pray for helpl
/ CHOW, with your consent, instead
of our New-Year's party, we will first
strive to make the Wilson's comfort
able, and perhaps others. Next, |
Will devote my spare time in getting
signers to petition, and then will go
to Columbus, and give my mite of
influence in the great cause which is
now so thoroughly moving the hearts
Of the people to reform this fearful
evil, this crying sin of the land. What
do you sayl"
4 say, God blegs you, EveIeen, !"
and he folded her tc his heart, and,
lowering his voice to q whisper as he
pressed his lip to her cheek, "you
may save me too"
The next morning Mr.. Wade and
his wife, the united pair, united heart
and soul in the work before them,
went forth to hunt up the Wilson's,
and found, as suggested before, that
Frank Wilson, one of Gods noblest
and best, when himself, had been par
TALLY sobered in the watch house, and
had now returned to his suffering
family. Mrs. Wilson had not dared
to leave the children that morning, for
she we'll knew, that after such excite
ment he could not be trusted When
they went to the door he was talking
loudly, incoherently and ebscenely;
his wife was weeping, the little ones
covering away in the corners, for he
was not drunk enough to be imbecile,
and not sober enough to be sane
They were let in by little Mira, and
Mr.. Wade walked directly up to the
bloated wretch in the corner, and held
out his hand; Frank Wilson looked
up, and for moment seemed bewil-
dered and lost. 1t was but for a
moment, for though his senses were
deadly stepped in sin, they were not
deadened; no, he was yet in his sober
moments, keenly alive to all the finer
feelings that once stood forth as the
beautiful and good of his character.
They clasped hands, and Charles
Wade and Frank Wilson burst from
their lips, as tokens of recognition;
and then Wilson let go the hand of
his old friend, and leaning his head
upon his shoulder, while he cIasped
him in his arms, he wept like a child.
Who that has known the life of an
inebriate, but has seen these sudden