Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-01-21
The Drunkard'S Home.

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the few remaining emherS of fire, rocking
her p,niug babe, and occasionally mOiSten.
ing her fcvrriSh lips with drop nl water,
The child finally slept, aud soon the moth
'er fell INTO dreamy state. and dreamt a
a horrible dream. Presently The drunkard
husband threw wide the door, and stag
gered into the room. As he entered, she
sprang up from her chair and stood trem-
bling and looking al him with the expires
sion of an aG'righled maniac. Her dIStem-
pered fancy has converted his stumbling
step into haunting noises, her dream had
rnug in her ears. A. lhe man stood poi
sing his swaying body, without hat, hls
rves bIoolshot and swollen. his tangled
hair hanging about his Sqnalrd features, he
looked as he returned her stare Of terror
with the hIrar unspecnatIve eye of drunk
pnnpss. almost as horrible as the figure
she brhed in her sleep. lie soon began
his abuse in 50 savage a tone that the un-
happy wife sobbed as though her poor
heart would have broken. Nlutltrd rs
were the d.unhard'S senses by the strong
porarun~ h4 had taken, his ear caught lhe
sounds and he slowly mrned his obvious
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