Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-06

sreht CITY, from ihiiures, no saia, OF two or Lei
hreel concerns he had been clerk for, and at 81
asst ne had run through with every dollar, n
'onld got no place, was without cent, could 81
not pay his room rent, nor in fact buy meal;
le was reduced, in fact, to the last extremity. @
" hat rapid tumbling down the grade Of re- v
probability was this and the smart, dashng "
smith, too--the Smith who used to cut us at 4
Chestnut Paee-the proud Smith, to present a
himself to the unpretending Jenkins, and beg h
he loan of five dollar bill to keep him from /
almost staryationl Yet, such was the facts- I
what story would l have for Mrs. Jenkins s
at tea time /
yeutured to ask him where his wife was.
" She is here with me" said he. |
"Whati in New York 2'' ,
Yes, In this great city, in q small room, /
containing all we have III the world, the little
remnant of our furniture, and here she lives
without soul to speak to her, except myself,
and the landlords agent who calls weekly for
me rent he cannot get; she is broken-hearted,
(Smifh's voice was shakey at this point of the
story, and his eyes were filled with tears,) sin
consequence Of my misfortunes, and cries all
uay long. would have sent her home to her
iather's, but have been hoping and hoping
to get something to do she Is without gar
ment fit TO go into the street with, and TO con-
fess the truth, so am - (he glanced at his
seedy and dirty costume,) 6 and, Mr.. jenkins,
many day in the past thirty days We have
not tasted particle of food.''
" You have no children2' ventured to
say.
"None, thank God, none," said he, "I
am spared that suffering In my present con-
dition.''
What picture, and his lady-like wife too,
literally starving to death in this great, cold,
selfish ethyl resolved to put my Inundated
neighbor on his legs again, if possible, and our
interview was about being closed by my hand
ing him the five dollar bill, to keep soul and |
tnnafhar ,atks aI,n
when, as stepped near him, caught smell |
oil his breath. A terrible suspicion flashed I
upon me--he drank2 There could be no mis-
take in it-that peculiar smell was only obssr-
able in the class caled soakers; itwasthe horrid
stencil OF completely burnt up stomach, the
stencil carried about only by the methodical
uaily uppler. made up my mind in one mo-
ment what to do. l charged Smith with drink
i.hgi ms countenance was one of those that
never snow dissipation, and he family denied
the imputation. however, pushed the charge
nome upon him, and he owned to me that
trouble had driven him to it. / never do
things by halves, and determined to save
smith it possible. He was made to listen to
reproof and advice, impaired with that kind
ness and regard for his feelings, which BROTH |
er would have shown; he felt it, was complete
" subdued, promised with the solemnity of i'm |
oath never to touch another drop. | spoke of |
MS duty to his wife, his poor, suffering wiio |
OF his duty to himself; of his only and last re-
source by which TO hold on to a respectable |
footing in the world, his character; begged |
MIN, as he valued his welfare, to never touch
the poison cup again, AMI would strive to
geI MN, rags and dirt as he was, into a re-
spectacle clerkship. / accomplished it
friend to whom appealed, us an act of kind
ness TO me, to put Smith into position, did
so and once more saw him and cautioned
him as to the fatal curse which Threatened to
p.gnt MN. He renewed his promise to me
with tefvor and solemnity which | believed
would save him, and | felt the proud con,
seriousness of doing good act; restoring the
happiness OF an almost broken hearted woman.
anu inducing weak and tempted fellow-be-
ing TO tNrn from the errors of his WAYS and
become true man once more. had told the
story to my kind-hearted wife, and she had
Wept tears OF womanly sympathy over the fall
EN- fortunes of the beautiful woman whose late
was linked with poor Smith, but thanked Heay-
en- that, at last, the husband had gathered
biinselfin his strength, and resolved to be a
man among men again, and that sunshine
would once more visit the desolate heart Of
his companion.
think it was just one week after Smith had
taken the clerkship had obtained for him,
when he called upon me at my office. The in
slant he opened the door ] smelled that horrid
cursed SMELL my heart absolutely sank within
me, for his wife, his poor wife, had been upper
most in my mind all the past week.
"Well, Mr.. Jenkins" said Smith, g have
you seen your friend Jones lately 1'' lit was in
Jones' establishment that had obtained the
situation for Smith.)
, =" NO." said /, Hwhy 2' | knew why; was
sure OF II before the fellow answered me. ssHe
4 has discharged me-" knew it. l was sure
- | OF it; his Internal breath told me so the mo-
q ment he put his head within my room. All
a my admonttions, all his solemn promises, the
necessity for character in his desperate situa-
!, ton, his poor 'wife-all, all went for nothing
: the telow,was> doomed. had me heart to
N talk with him then, but what little | did saw
+ went to his soul in language that left its i'm
print there, as though burned in with red hot
,s DIahu' told him he was drunkard, and
=. there was no hope for him. l had tOrewarnei
MN OF the consequences of drink before OBJ
famed Tor him the situation; he had earnestly
H. ahu. faithfully promised me that if | would
:! find place Tor HIM, he would never touch the
cursed liquor again. had pleaded with him
!. for his wtie's sake, for his own sake, for the
II saGe OF his friends, for the salvation of his
very soul, to retormj he had solemnly promised
and deliberately broken that promise. | told
4 him to go, tori could not at that time hold any
further communication with him. Silently he
took up his nat and walked out OF my room a
Inundated man.
!, Immediately called upon my friend Jones
his story was quickly told, and was just what
expected Your friend Smith smelled so in.
formally that could not stand it; my custo-
mers could not stand it; he was soggy every
afternoon and unfit for business, and | dis
charged him. Why did you not tell me he
drank ~
This was plain and explicit it was decided
ly to the point felt rebuked for the decep-
ton had practiced upon Zones, and had moth
ing to say.
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