Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-07-15
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The pictdres were put into Frame and Mrs. Scrog-
gins produced her money. ~ !, 5s-5s4s 49,
:, g Nothing, ma'ain, 7 shall not charge you any
| thing"
!. But, sir, I am, able to pay
The artist shook his head, resolutely refusing 10
t6uch her money. Of course, Mrs Scrogglns was
grateful and gave the artist an invitation to take tea
with her, which he accepted. In the course OF The
meal, the daguerreotypst told the story Of his own
le-how he had been brought up In the midst OF M
temperance, and knew all dboHt it. His father had
died drunk and leaving his mother penniless, he had
supported her from the profits of his portable saloon
Mrs. Scroggns of course sympathZed with tie yohng
man, and readily understood &by he would not take
pay for the pictures.
But wha, was better than all the young artist look
quite fancy TO Jim's only daughter. pretty girl o.
eighteen; and after ea insisted taking her dagter-
reoype And the sly rogue pretended that The hrSt
was not good one, and took another--one OF which
| he took away with him. sz
The tea things sete ceated away, and when he,
did go, the poor girls heat followed him, and half
the night she laid awake 10 think OF him.
CHAPTER III.
Jim Scroggins recovered from his debauch, hut the
first thing he saw when he came into the kitchen III
the morning, was two daguerreotypes which lay up
on the table
He picked up one of them, and started bach in con.
fusion, when he recognised bis own distorted features.
He examined the othet. 1t was The countensnce of
the first, With eyes open and looking ten times more
hldious than the sleeping picture
"Good gracious ~ exclaimed be, "did ever lock
SO internal homeIy that'' and he proceeded to
scrutlnlZe the picture a second time.
! " Blame me ! if thought ever looked go cnnfoun-
ded mean as that, I'd SO down aid jump into the
| river"
81 hare seen them. though. that looked just Ike
that ate," cunnt1ed he: but them was drinkards-'
now aint drinkard though sometimes gel liz
tie slZzled. never lit my pipe at the pump, though.
Howsoever, them was taken for me, though when or
where have no kind of notion. There's the old hat,
and there's the old coat-no mistake"
| The footsteps of his wife caused him to drop the
pictures, and he FASTENED out of The house 10 avoid
the tempest whEh he thbug ght his Wickedness would
call down upon bis head.
1t is notable fact that he omitted his morning dram
on this occasion. and his wife took courage Like Il
prudent woman, she was, she did not say word
about the of ycsteray and permitted him
| to eat his breakfast in peace.
He got through The day without drinking drop:
but on the following day the old appetite clamored
for the usual dram, and in the afternoon, while his
wife was in the the sitting roomi he went 10 the clos
ct where he kept the bottle
But the FIRST thing that met his gaze was the two
dagueeotypes. resting against his black bottle There
was jim Scroggns, drunk-asleep; and Jim Scrog
| gins, drunk-awake.
" Them darn'd dogartypes !" muttercd hs starting
back in confusion at The miserable looking object they
faithfully shadowed 10 him.
Jim stopped 10 think He fully resolved never again
to be the oahsome being they represented him to be-
Taking the black bottle he went TO the door with it,
and with right good will hurled it on the oor-sone
where it was dashed into thousand fragments, and
the delectabIe stuff rre,rietably lost.
Halle, what are you about ," said voting man
Just entering the yard.
"Smlshing my rum bottle,' said Jim with admra.
Bile coolness You are the dogtype man, aint you :"
" | af1'
"WaIk in. if YOU please" said jim usherihg Mr.
Shadow into the sitting room, where his wife and
daughter
"Wfe,' said he, you had them picters taken"
| " [ did, James,
1--we broke the bottle, and as to looking like them
things again, never will
' Here is the pledge" said Mr. Shadow, who was
temperance man in practice we'll as in principle.
"rlI sign it, by Mighty p and Jim did sigh It.
"Now, wife. will you rub them things out"
Certainly, James, and Mrs S. went for the pic
lures.
And now" said the young man " Mr. Scroggihs
if you will walk to my saoon shall be happy
| TO take the real man God made him.
Pll do it and Betsy you shall come too, and Su.
sy."
Susy went with her father and mother though het
picture had been taken. Oh the way, Mr.. Shadow
walked by her side, and said great many silly things
The daguerreotypes were taken, and jim sur
prised 10 The difference between the picture of
drunken and that of sober one.
He drank no more liquor, and though this incident
happened three years ago. he is still sober, repua-
BILE man in the village The little place is all paid
for, and Mrs. S. is superlatively happy.
Susan, in less than year, became the wife of Mr.
Shadow, who. notwithstanding his name, is man of
substance and loves his wife all the more because he
instrumental in saving er from the degradation
of being a drunkard's daughter.