Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

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There II nd power on earth will make d
mar fsnd like the power Of drink. One
circumstances in my "reminiscences ] will
give to you ] was asked by an individual
to 70 md see the hartiess case then in town.
] saiI:
Il have no right TO 20 aud see him: he
will say u me, 'Who sent you to me? Who
told you was drunkard7 You mind your
own business and will mine; you xait till
you are sen; for; and when want you viii
send for you ] have no right" said TO
60 u him
"weli," said be- ahe Is hard case; he
beat daughter Of his, fourteen years Of age,
with a shoemakers strap, 30 that she will
carry the mark TO her grave
Said 1, .Hes brute
His wife IN very i'll now with . fever, and
the doctor thinks she cannot get over it the
man has not been drinking FOR some DAYS,
and il you can get at him now | think you
might do him good
thought would 20. ! knocked at the
door; he came TO open it He had been 10
one or two OF our meetings. The moment
he saw me he knew me. Said he:
mir. Cough, believer
Yes, that is my name; would you be
good enough to give me glass Of water, il
yoa please z
Certainly" said he, "come in
30 / got in. ] sat on one side of the table
and he on the other. There we're two child.
rem in the room playing together, and door
half way open that led into the room where
the wife was i'll. sat and talked with him
abouscverything | could think of except the
subject talked of trade and crops, rail.
road and money matters, and then drinking,
and he headed me off again. | looked and
thought saw malicious twinkle in his eve,
as much as to say, Young man you are not
up to your business yet
! was about to give it up, but, think
providcniially, ! saw the children. ] said to
him:
You've got two bright looking children
there. sir
20. yes, yes, bright little things!
Said you love your children, don't you p
Bless the children to be sure love them F."
Said !. would you do anything to benefit
your children 2
lelooked at me ms fhe thought something
was coming after.
We'll, to be sure, sir, a man ought to do
everything to benefit his children
Then stood up, SO that might get GU.
of the door as speedily us possible, and said
Don't be angry with me- l am going to
ask you a plain and simple question; You
know who | am, therefore you won't be an.
gry' Suppose you never used any more in.
toxicating liquor, don't you think your child
rem would be better OFF,
We'll, well, said he, "you have got me
this time
said |, "you have got good wife havn''
youg'
Yes, sir, as good a woman'as ever a good
man had for wife,
"And you love your wife 2 wa
"ro be sure do it is natural that man
should love his wife.
And you would do any thing you could
to please pour wife,
''WelI, ought to-
Suppose you were to sign q temperance
pledge, would that please her?'
by thunder, | rather think it would
could not do the thing that would please my
wife like that If were to put my name
down there, why, the old woman would be
up and and aboutiier business in two weeks u
"As she is sick, said |, then you will
do it
i
And he at once opened II closet, took Out
pen and ink, and spread out the pledge
and he wrote his name.
The children had been listening with eyes
ears and mouth wide open, while we were
talking about temperance, They knew VIVA,
Il drunken father was; they knew what the
principle of abstinence would d. for him
and when he signed one said to the other
Father has signed the pledge
"Oh, N.Y. said the other nov III 60 and
tell my mother and away she ran into the
other room
But the mother had heard it, and listen
ed to her calling, .1
Luke! Luke come here moment
Said he, "Come in here along with me
come in and sec my wife,
went and stood by her bedside. The
face was CHASTITY pale, the eye large and sunk
deep il tia socket and with her long thin
and bony fingers she griped my hand, and
with the other took the hand of her husband
aud began telling what good husband she
had.
Luke" said she, "is kind husband and
good father; he takes care Of the children
and is very kind to them; but the drink, O!
the drink makes terrible difficulty
That difficulty God only and the crushed
wife of the Incorporate man knows anything
about it.
The man shook like leaf; he snatched
his hand from the grasp of his wife, tore
down her night dress from her shoulder, and
said:
Look at that and on her thin neck,
close to her shoulder, was II bad mark Said
he look at that" and when saw the mark
of . bruise | felt my flesh creep Said lie,
look at that sirl did it three days before
she was taken down upon her bed, and she
has told you that she has got good husband.
Am Am good husband to her? God
Almighty forgive me I aud he bowed over
that woman and wept like child, griped the
hedclothes in his hands, and hid his face in
them And she laid her thin hand upon his
head and said
Don't cry, Luke don't, please don't, you
wouidn have struck me if it had not been
for the drink. Mr., Cough, don't believe
him; he is as good a man us ever lived
Don't cry, Luke,
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