The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-11-15

style-but shrewd little Kitty insisted
that plain way was the best. She
did not desire any such display as had
been made by some of their neighbors
who had grown suddenly rich. One
day as they were riding gaily by mis-
cradle looking howell, in the suburbs.
with broken windows and doors off the
hinges, mud hole near, and the pigs
looking in through the doors at be
sotted man-as if they sympathized
with and had a fellow feeling for hin
in his degradation. Mr.. Thomas Gray
said to his wife, show would you like
to live in such place as that my
dear?" ''Not at all, of course" was
the reply. "There is no knowing what
may happen" said he, "my friend
there, Mary Bell, three years. age
to all appearances was as we'll off as
you are to-day, but her husband spec
ulated high, lost, took to drink and
there she isl"
81 can't help that" answered Kitty,
''no drunkard can put me in such a
place as that"
"Don't be too sure, deary," said
Thomas Gray.
"Sure?" answered Kitty with spirit.
81 am just so sure as this, there is not a
man living whose fortunes | would fol-
low so low as that"
"What would you do, pray, let us
know the secret?"
One thing would not do" answer
ed the young matron promptly; 81
would not be a drunkard's wife"
GLOW would you help yonrself?"
"Where there's will there's way
said Kitty. "but don't let us talk about
that, surely / shall never hrve a drunk
en- husband" and with a deep shadow
over her brow, that came like a presen-
timent of evil, the ride was continued
in silence.
Two years went by,and Mr.. Thomas
Gray more and more easy. Bad bars
gains were made, speculations entered
into, convivial companions drew him
from Niles to the Capital. His well
filled purse made him everywhere well
come. Kitty, good little soul, seing
things going little out of the way
would persist in giving music lessons,
and teaching the young girls Of Niles
to paint, and then fitted up class OF
earnest boys in Latin-for college-alI
in her own pretty cottage, adding dol
lar to dollar, like a wise little wife.
Then, in the long evenings, when her
husband was with his club, or down
street, easy fellow that he was, her fin
gers grasped a good steel pen, and
many pleasant tale went forth to the
world, well paid for, through eastern
journals.
To make long story short, the crash
of 81 found MIR. Thomas Gray and bis
father, the elder, exactly under it, and
down they went, so low that old Billy
Fitch, the drayman, declared he could
not find enough left to pay him for
hauling the goods to an auction room.
Town lots big houses, and all went,
went together, and Mr.. Gray, the elder
was found one morning in October, Of
81, suspended from beam in lis own
barn-at the end of his wite's patent
close line, and on that eventful morning
Thomas Gray, Jr., lay stretched his
whole length upon the counter of 9
lager beer saloon, if not drunk, so stu.
pid she didn't get home till morning.
The terrible suicide happened on the
very morning when both families were
leaving the great house, to move into
the very hovel which, two years be-
fore, Kitty had declared shenever could
be brought to live in. Three days be-
fore her husband said to her, with 6
thick tongue you've got to come to it
Kitty; after all, you see tain't so easy
to keep out of novels"
Kittymade no reply, but, with reso-
Lutte will, went on her way. When the
funeral was over, she led the weary
rtNbroken mother and wife, and the
proud, paralyzed daughter, to their new
shelter, and the now sobered husband
followed.
But what sight met their gaze! the
howell was neat cottage, every win
dow pane in its place, the floors clean
and neat, the pailings white>washed
the mud~hole gone, and the pleasant
comforts of humble home on every
hand. Into it they walked mute with
establishment to find the favorite fur
niture, even to Susan's piano,
"Where there's will there's way
said Kitty gravely-"I had anticipated
trouble, and with the money! have
; been laying up for few years l have
been able by the kind assistance of my
husbands partner, to secure this in my
own name, and make it a comfortable
home for your mother and sister; now
it remains with you to say whether I
shall be the wife of man the wife Of
a damakdrd l will never be any long
er than the law will compel me.