The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-10-17
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Malcolm, I wouldu't go,io1t 10 night
Come stay with me this evening" - ,.....s..,
Not this evening, Alice, have promised
t meet some friends this eFening, and must
keep my word. IWill be home in good sea-
son. 5...5:.s.s3, &
4 had hoped that should have had your
/ company. Come, Why cant yon thy and See
if cannot make you. as happy as those COM
panio9Ps. you are to meets Just this once
70, saa Alice ssi. 4. (. ssss e. s sss ss gss.
fellow go oft once IN 4 Shils ithout leaving
q crying wife r ~: 49,
Il oaa't help it, MaIooHn 7 Bat kiss me be-
/ fore you 60. .,is ,f.s
Thus spoke Malcolm Warren and his young
wife Malcolm was a young man twenty sew
en- years of age. His wife was one of the
sweetest dispositioned girls, and she made one
| of the best wives. She loved her husband
| with the whole energy of her pure soul, and
she knew that she was beloved in RETURN
Her two children, boy and q girl, often saw
her shed years when they were alone with her
in the snug little sitting room, and the boy was
| old enough to ask what made his mother cry,
and she dared not tell him.
Malcolm owned the, little cottage ip which
| he lived, and Had paid for it out Of his own
| hard earnings, while Alice had borne her share
of the furniture. Malcolm was an excellent
| workman, and he had never seen the hour
when he needed to lay idle for want Of work.
A better hearted man lived not in the town.
why then, weep? Ay,sfor the same reasons
that thousands of our fairest daughters weep
For, the same reason that hot tears are ever
| crying out their silent appeals for mercy
tears that ruin until they make food which
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'0,si Malcolm Ieo II had hish social ID p r.
ciety was pfiEed 81 aif-and he had been tin-
duleinc ia the false smiles of the cup. For
the last year he had been allowing his appe-
| tite to become strengthened. At first it was
only IAN occasional glass, then glass once in
While and then one or two glasses in day.
But lately he had gone SO far as to spend his
earnings, and nearly two months past he had
spent all his money with his jovial companions
/ Alice saw all this, and she knew full we'll
| where it would end, if not stopped. She kpaE
| her husbands nature and how surely he was
fallen. She had whispered to him her fears,
and he tried to laugh them off as idle whims.
| She had PRAYED to him to stop that fatal ca
reer while he vet had strength, but he had
been offended becaaGse size should think that
he would ever become drunkard. So Alice
was afraid to speak all her fears. Yet che
saw with clear eye all that was coming She
saw the broad road upon which her beloved
was travelling and her heart was aching: She
I knew that even now wantswas staring them m
the face! It was Autumn, aud that day she
had asked Malcolm for money to buy warmer
clothes for herself and children, and he had
none to give her He earned money, and
| where was it2 Alas! poor Alice knew to well
Malcolm's face, and size saw that its manly
! beauty Vas slowly bat surely eaten away. No
| wonder that she knelt down by her bedside
and prayed.
1t was Saturday evening-Malcolm was
4 going out. He was to meet some friends, and
l Alice knew that &c Was to meet them at tav-
ern. He had worked only three days the past
week, and he had the pay for these three day
4 work in his pocket That money was needed
| at home, bat where would it be on the morrow?
Malcolm, do not forget your Alice when
you are goneP 1ssK asZ
her. not as he used to, but merely because she
4 had asked him to---and when he left Alice sat
i down and wept. Her darling boy crept by
4 her side and placed his arms about her neck.
j He asked no questions, but he asked her not
| to cry. His little mind seemed to have some
idea of coming calamity. 1t must have
been vague, but it was clear enough to prevent
him from forcing the dread thought upon
his mother. Once more he asked her not to
/ cry, and then his own little heart burst, AID
mother and child Ecpt together. This was
! another drop in the poor wife's cup Of Attic
ton. Oh, how palpable must be the husbands
i course when even the prettling child saw and
knew the danger! But she could only clasp
and pray more fervently. And the little boy,
when his mother had done praying, said,
ttAmen.' saE :.
It was, clear cool evening, as Malcolm
1 stepped out into the street, and he tried to
i shake off the influence of the place he was
leaving. But he could not. He could not
drive from his mind the fearful countenance
of his fond and faithful wife. Yet he tried TO
crush the thoughts that were thus springing
into life. sPoohy said he, as the image of BIZ
II wife forced itself upon him. 1ts only o little
fun and frelic: Whose, business is it! Get
cut with your nonsense..
i And thus speaking, the young husband and
!. father closed his hands as though he would
i hold upon the feelings he tried to repress, and
then he hastened on. At length he reached
the tavern, and here he found his companions
; The laugh and joke commenced, and ere long
Malcolfn forgot all about his home, He sal
; in the bH room, and his sharp wit made food
'0s WHO, Who saws there's dassnsgers ass cried young
Han as BE raised the glass to, bis lips, . -. =
its the ravens .ereaE,' said anotKer Of his
Companions. Here's confusion to the.
fGoods exclaimed Maleolm,, D, posing hh
glass. Poison in the. bowl-ponsensei looi
at old uncle Adam; he's nsed it all his lifetim.
and here he is, the oldest man In town. Como
here's TO Uncle Adam. -,
The person to whom Malcolm had aliudsi
was an old white haired man, who stood at tn,
Bat Hith the glssssof rum in his hand. Hi
!. llafnS was Adam Sanford, and almost ninst,
wears hAd rolled over his frosty head, Hi
form was bent, and his limbs trembled, ant
vet his mind was clear. He hered the, re
marx which the young man made, and havi9l
set down his liquor untouched, he turned aps
!, gazed upon the youthful spectator. He knew
Malcolm Warren well.
: .Malcolm,' he said come with me. Cope
!; Come alone; T Would speak with you:. Come,
Thhlere was s0ihsthihg ttefs deep and mean
ING ip.the old mans voice, and a. he tnrne'
towards. the door Malcolm rose to follow. 4,
q :Detain him not said Adam, as some of hi