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

week, the feeble and the errlng nature,
would weep, and sit and pray, and
resolve; OH every such nature could,
aye, would be redeemed, If tempta-
ton were removed out of their path.
Charles Wade found that his old
frien was not now in condition to
converse; but he gained from him a
promise to stay at home till evening
when he would call again. In the
the evening he went and found him
writing; a long. long talk served to
renew the old friendship. Charles
Wade acknowledged and asked for
giveness for his former error, and
frankly confessed to his scarce sober
companion, that he felt himself, even
now, as it we're, standing upon the
brink Of destruction, and that he was
about to make firm resolve to tam
per no more with his passions and his
appetite; "and I, said Frank, "will go
with you. Here, in the presence Of
my oldest friend, in the presence of
my children and my wife, | will
pledge myselfto become sober man,
If you will give me the means Of sup
porting my family till ] dare present
myself to men, and ask for employ
ment. Over and over have | tried,
but before my eyes were clear, or the
brand Of shame had left my face, the
wants Of my family, the cold reproach
of the world, the gnawing Of tempt
alton and the goadings Of conscience,
have driven me back to the old haunts,
to drown in beastly inebriation the
sorrows Of the hour. Yesterday !
took the lowest step in degradation;
robbed my wife, my poor, toiling,
suffering wife. You will say had
robbed her before, broken my pledge.
and done my worst; and SO had, but
somehow there was a kind of salve to
my conscience, in thinking all was le-
gally mine, and that in the eye of the
law had right to it. never took
from her a cent before, that | felt she
had worked for-worked for! only
listen to that, Charles; it was my
tongue that said that who had
once looked upon woman as immacu-
late, the connecting link between man
and heaven, and man, the fallen-~l
who would have been insulted, and
prompted to spurn a man with the
heel of my boot, had he hinted that
my wife, my delicate, refined beauti-
full Caroline, should ever have been
by me compelled to get even meal
of victuals, and yet, Charles, |, yes,
l, Frank Wilson, crept out Of my bed
yesterday morning, and like a mean,
crouching hound, took from her pock-
ct, the quarter which she had earned
by scrubbing floors on Saturday, and
which was to have purchased bread
and meat for their dinner" and he
pointed to a group in the little back
room, +" l stole it and bought a Jug Of
-, oh, God Charles Wade, now,
now, now while you have your man
hood, flee from the wrath to come
Charles Wade soothed, encouraged
and strengthened the wretched man,
amp promised him work and help
"Come to my counting room to-mor-
row, l have work for you there; we
will be alone, by my side you will not
fall"
Frank promised, and the friends
parted.
That week Mrs. Wilson did not go
out to wash, and the children won
dered why, and little Helen lisped
her fears that they should have no
Christmas, if mother did not 60 a
washing" Frank Wilson heard their
wonderment and remark in silence,
occasionally holding out his hand, or
turning them to his knee, by gentle
words and kindly smiles,; but while
the children wondered that their
mother did not go to work, or weep
through the long hours, they won