The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-07-10
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the confidence Of his friends more tha
! he did. and 40 one was better calculate
! to secure The good will and friendship {
Q all with whom he came ia contact. Bu'
1 mess poured IN upon him, and he fsile
4 not 10 give she utmost satisfaction.
At the ago oftwenty.soyon Bryan too
D TO himself a wife from among the mos
favored ones oftho country. Mary Fel,oi
experienced a strange pride when she CAV
herhand TO the young lawyer; and Il non,
envied her, many ~ least prayed tha
they might be equally fortunate.
But ere long cloud came over On,
scene. Conviviahty ran high amonQ th,
members Of the bar and Bryan possessed
one ofthose peculiar temperaments whioi
at length gives the whole body and sou
up 70 the demon. For three years he FOL
lowed the social custom Of the times with.
out neglecting much Of his business, bui
finally he sunk into the his lowest pit OF
degradation. When At the age Of Eve
and thirty, he had become confirmed
drrnkard. He now neglected his clients
altogether, for he could not remain sober
long enough at any time to carry any case
thro' court. The only business he now
had on his hands Was collection Of some
debts.
On the evening Of his thirty fifth birth
day he joined the Washingtonians, and
once more his bright genius shone out up.
on the world. But it could not last long
enough amid the examples Of those who
were his constant companions; he sank as
rapidly as he had risen. In one short
year from that time he was a miserably
degraded thing. People who had left
notes and accounts with him TO collect
called At his house, and upon inquiring Of
his wife where he could be found, she
would tell them he was away. Poor
womanl they could not bear TO dispute
her, and they knew full we'll that the re-
mains Of Dauiel Bryan were PROSTATE up
on his bedroom floor,
One day a Mr.. Vinson went to see him.
Vinsoh had left notes and accounts TO the
amount Of several thousand dollars with
Bryan 70 collect. and he was anxious
about them. His poor wife answered
him as usual-that her husband had gone
away.
My dear madam. returned Mr. Vim
son, 4 know your misfortune, and l ap-
precisto your feelings, but | must see your
hurband. IL can see him for one min
ute, | can learn all wish 70 know
Mary Bryan spoke not aword, but with
fearful eye turned away, and Mr.. Vim
son followed hor. He found Bryan in a
back room stretched at full length upon
the flood, with a Jug Of Medford rum by
his side. With much effort Vinson aroused
the poor inebriate to a state Of semi-con-
sciousness, and asked him If he had done
anything about the notes and accounts
which he had left with him. Yes, an
swered the lawyer in a weak, hicooughing
voice. I've had the money for you over
month. I've deducted the per centage.
aud you will find The rest in that trunk.
Mary's got the key
Mary Bryan was called in, the key was
produced an6 Mr.. Yinson found his money
-four thousand and some odd hundreds
Of dollars-all right and safe.
In his worst moments Bryan never used
for himself single penny held in trust.
Hundreds there were who worked hard
TO reclaim the wanderer, but without ef-
feet. Years went by and he sank lower
and lower, yet his wife left him not
Her brother q young lawyer namd Moses
FELTON,, often urged her to forsake her
husband, at the same time offering her a
comfortable home beneath his own roof,
but she would not listen,
AT length all hope was given up
Week after week would the fallen man be
drunk on the floor, and not a day Of real
sobriety marked his course. i doubt il
another such case was known. He was
too low for oonviviality, for those with
whom he would have associated would
not drink with MIN.
AL alone in his office and chamber he
still continued to drink and even his very
life seemed the offspring Of his Jug.
In early spring Moses FELTON, had a cal
TO 20 10 Ohio. Before he set out he Wis
tied his sister. Heoffered 10 take her will
him, but she would not 60.
But why stay you here?' urged the
brother; 'you are all faded away, ant
disease is npon you. Why shoule yoI
live with such a brute?
Hush, Moses, speak not, answere,
the wife, keeping back tho tears i vii
not leave him now, but he will soon leav
me- He cannot live much longer
AT that moment Daniel entered III
T apartment. He looked like a Wandere
! from the tomb. He had his hat on, an
( his jug in bis hand.
/ 'Ah--Moses-who are ye? he gasped
Cor he could not speak plainly.
= Tie visitor looked At him for 3 fe
J moments in silence. Then a. his feature
!. assumed cold, stern expression he saiC
a in strongly emphasized tones.
o Il have ever been your best friend b
d one. Ny sister Is an angel-but mate
o with dtmon. have loved you, DAME
I. as / mover loved man before; you we
D. noble, generous. aud kind, but ! hate "
1. now, f0r you are a perfect devil inca
N nate. Look, At that woman. She is n
ID sistef--'sha might now live With me
er comfort, only she viii not do il while y
n are olive, y0t when you die She viii cor
b 10 me. Thus do l pray that God y
he soon give her joys 70 my keeping. No
N Daniel, sincerely hope that the frst
Ier telligsnoe which reaches me from my
ne tive place after / shall have reached !
new home, may be-rHAT--EoU--ARh
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