Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-05-19

They did not speak word to each
other as they hastencd along. After
going a distance Of several blocks.
they stopped before house. over the
door of which was q handsome orna-
mental gas-lamp. bearing the words,
"Oysters and Refreshments.
1t was strange place for two little
girls to enter, and at such an hour, but
after standing a moment, they pushed
against the green door. which turned
lightly upon its hinges. and stepped
into large and brilliantly lighted bar
room.
Bless me-" exclaimed a man who
sat reading. "hcrc are those babies
again"
Ady and Jane stood near the door
and looked all around the room. But
they did not see the object Of their
search. and going up to the bar. they
said timidly to man who stood be-
hind it pouring liquor into glasses:
HAS papa been here tonight"
The man leaned over the bar until
his face was close to the children, when
ho said in an angry way:
II don't know anything about your
father. And see here! don't you come
any more. II you do, I'll call my big
dog out OF the yard and make him bite
YOU"
Ady and Jane felt frightened as well
by the harsh manner as the angry
words Of the man. and they started
back from him, and were turning to-
ward the door with sad faces, when
the person who had marked their en-
trance, called out loud enough for them
to hear him:
Come here, my little girls"
The children stopped and looked at
him, when he beckoned them to APP
proach. and they did so.
"Are you looking for your father?"
he inquired.
eyes. sir" replied Ady.
And what did that man at the bar
say to you?"
"He said that papa wasn't here. and
that if We came here any more he would
set his big dog on us"
"Hc did?"
EYES, SIR"
The man knit his brow for an instant
and said.
"Who sent you here?"
Nobody" answered Ady.
Don't your mother know that you
have Gomez"
"Ycs, sir. She told us to go to bed,
but we conldn't go until papa was
home. And so we came for him
first"
"IIe is here"
"Is he?" And the chilirens faces
frightened.
~ H.. h. Il 1t
the room. aslecp-Ill wake him for
YOU"
Half intoxicated, aud sound asleep,
it was with some difficulty that Mr..
Freeman could be aroused.
AS soon, however, as his eyes were
fairly opened, and he found that Ady
and Jane had each grasped one of his
hands, he rose up. and yielding pas
sively to their direction, suffered them
to lead him away.
ooh, dearv exclaimed man who
had looked On with wonder and inter-
est. That's temperance lecture that
| can't stand. God bless the little
Ones" he added with emotion, land
give them sober father"
IL guess you never saw them be-
FORE" said one of the bar-kccpers,
lightly.
"No, and / never wish to, again;
at least in this place. Who is their
father"
Freeman. the lawyer"
mot the one who few years ago
conducted with so much ability the
case against the Marine Insurance Com
pany."
The same"
els it possible?"
A group now formed about the man,
and a good deal was said about Free
mans fall from sobriety. One who
had several times seen Ady and Jane
come in and lead him home as they
had just done. spoke of them with
much feeling: all agreed that It was a
most touching case.
ITO see," said one, "how passively
he Yields himself to the little things
when they come after him. l feel
sometimes, when l see them, almost
weak enough to shed tears"
They are his good angels" re
marked another. But I'm afrai,
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