Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-06-22
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4 Sudden (OnVersiOnh
A TFRtLLING STORY .

/ an, Lawyer DN nlOItS 10 ~" VuN
possessed the conf ence of their the ds
IN re than he did, and no one was bet.
.er culcu'ateu to secure til" go"d vii
aud f icnd>Mp ef al with whom he
e m il contact. Business poured IN
upon him aud hn faHed not to give the
utm0St aatsiacton.
At the aye of twenty-scven Bryan
took t. himself "te from amongst
the most f vored ones IN the country.
VI ny Folton experienced STANCE
p idc VIII n >he gavr her hand to the
,onug lawyer, ana it none cnvird her,
many at least prayed tnat they might
be cqn lly + rtunnte.
But ere lon. u z oud came over the
SC n. G nyiviality ran high among
the N mberS Of the bar, and b yam
po--esscd one OF thosr peculiar tem-
pcramcnIs which At length Z We the
who'll" body ard al t. thu demon.
For three years he followed th1 '0clal
custom If tn times without negl ct
ing much f his bu-inc :, bat finally he
snrk Ieto the lowest pit of degr d ,tion,
when at the a-e OF thirty tye, he be-
cam" a co iirncd druuknrd. lie now
elected his eli nts altogether, he
nld not nun sober long enough at
any one time TO cary ii case through
court. The onl, business now had
on hand was the collecting OF me
debts,
On the evening of his thirty fl tn
blrth dAN, he joined the Wa>hlngt nj
rs, once morr ms br,Llt genus -none
on, upon the world Bat It could not
st long amid the eNa p IS "t those
who were his constant 'ompanlons,
aud he sank a, rap,uly he had risen.
In one $40 year fir m that time he
was q m ser bic aud d 4'aI d thing.
i opIc WIN hA left not and accounts
with hlm to Il Ct, called at hS hu g
nd on lnqai where h could be l''rnd
hi wife would tel them wa~ aw y.
p woman! th,y co ld not bea~ to
i~putc with her, and w"uId 90 tne:r
way, thou h they knew fnlI we'll that
toe rem Il : OF DANIEL Br1au were
prcsratc on his bed room floor.
One day NJ Nln>on w"ut t, see him.
Vim on lett accounts to the amoun; OF
>ver taou>and liars, win Mr. Bry-
an, and lac wls anxious to see him.
HI, poor wite as,wcr,d q hun rs u-ua -
that he W - "w,y. MY d'ar madam,
rot rn,d NJ Ninsou, i know your
misfortune and appreci It" your feelings
bit | must see your hu u'band. II |
c see III u tor one minute can le.rn
al wish to know
Mary Bryan spoke not word, but
NTH tea pul eyes turned away, 'd Mr..
Y n~on fol owed her. He tount Brv-
IN in a back rrom stretched Il full
length upon the floor with Jn9 Of
nrdlord rum t his SIDE. With much
effort Nm,on aroused the poor lncbri-
ate o >emic nsci'u Lrss, and asked
. m il he bad ne an, thing with the
notes and accounts he had left with
INN. 'Ye-,' an weed th lawyer in
Il weak, hlccupin- voice, I've had the
mon g, tor you ov,ra nonth. I've de.
ucted my per ccna.e, aud YOU will
find tn rcst i, that trunk. Mary cot
the key
Mr., Bryan was called in, the key
p oduced, aud V, son found Al mon y
four th"us ,nd aud some hund ed
dollars, all right aud slt'.
In hi~ worst moments BRYAN never
'used ior ms If singl p my hrld IN
trust Hundreds there weie VINO work
ed hard t" reel i'm the wandeter, but
withot effect. Y ars went by, and he
snrk low r, yet his vii" lett hi" not.
Her bro her, a Young lawyer named
Moses FtIDon, often urged her TO for
sake her husband. off ing at the -ame
time, comic table home beneath his
own roof, but she would not ist n.
At length all hope was given up.
Week after week would The fallen man
he drunk IN the fDor, and noI even a
d y OF real sobrle,y IN rk d IS course.
| doubt il such another case was known.
CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.