Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-04-20

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Hardly had the mother Of Lizzie mis-
sed her child. ere she entered, leading
her father by the hand.
%, mo,herF she. exclaimed, with
jjos,yy-fit couuhtcnance and in a voice Of ex-'
uiiaffioan,-f iif i fMr. jerks has promised. /,
-. PROMISED 'wlliai Hope sprang up
in her heart q On Wild and aoterisg wpg.
her face iusbe5, and sisdiaifAh hen grew grew. dsaab
pale. she s9 Sat u Gpsah,ipg FOR az answer.
THAT lie tSo6ld isss aEysr sen me ano{her
:sIagg Of iiqaa0fr.s saaij Al her husband. -
7dat~ psiff Gf" n Tin tiiina WIN 'wSahiite hands We're
clasped quickly together, an ashen face
was turned upwards, fearless eyes looked
their thankfulness to heaven.
There is yet hope, Ellen said Leslie.
Hope, hope! And o, Edward, you
have said the word
Hope, through our child. Innocence
has prevailed over vice and cruelty
She came to the strong, evil, passionate
man, and in her weakness and innocence
prevailed over him. God made her
fearless and eloquent
A year afterwards a stranger came
again that way, and stopped at the Stag
and Hounds. As before, jerks @as be-
hind his well filled bar, andsdrinking GUS
toners came and went in numbers
jerks did not recognize him until he
called for water, and drank full tumb-
Ter of the pure liquid with heart zest,
Then he knew him, but feigned to be ig-
norant, of his identity. The stranger
made no reference to the scene he had
witnessed there twelvemonth before
but fingered in the barroom most of the
day closely observing every one who
came there to drink. Leslie was moi
among the number.
What has become of the man and the
little girl that saw here, at my last visit
to MiIanville?' said the stranger, speak.
ing at last to jerks.
Gone to the Devil for all care,
was the landlords rude answer, as be
turned off from his questioner.
For all you care, no doubt said the
stranen4, L;------lf Ar-----r----r- -
their real thoughts in passion
Do you see that little white cottage
away off there. just at the edge of The
wood? Two tall poplars stand in 'front.'
Thus spoke to the stranger one wh'
had heard him address the landlord.
Il do. What of it? he answered.
The man you asked for lives there
:. 'IndeedP
And what is more, if he keeps on a
he has begun, the cottage will be all hi
own in another year. jerks, here, doe
, not feel any good blood for him, as yor
may well believe. A poor mans pros
perity is regarded as so much loss TO hin
Leslie is a good meehanic-one of th
best in Milanville. He can earn twelv
! dollars week, year in and year out
Two hundred dollars he has already pal
q on his cottage; and as he is that niue
. richer, jerks thinks himself so much tn
j. poorer, for all this surplus and more, to-
would have gone into his till, if Lesl
= had not quit drinking
= Aha! | see; well, aid Leslie, as yc
call him, ever try to get drink here, stint
d the landlord promised never to let hi
have another drink r
n Twice, to my knowledge
- 'And be refused him?
.r Yes, if you remember, he said, in h
f anger, may l be cursed, if l sell him a
le other drop
10 / remember ii very WE'LL
nt THAT saved poor Leslie. jerks
ls superstitious in some things. lie want
d to get his custom-for it's worth havi
and he was actually handing him 4
10 bottle one day, when / saw il, and !
be minded him Of his self-imprecation. I
hesitated, looked frightened, withdrew t
lis bottle from the counter, anl then wi
d. curses, drove Leslie from his bar-roo
threatening, at the same time, TO hor-
At whip bin if he ever set a foot over
Id threshold again
Poor drunkards mused the strang
; = as be rode pas. the neat cottage Of I
reformed man couple Of hours aft
nd wards. As the case now stands. you
ii, only saved as by fire. All law, all p
teeiion. Is on the side OF those who ,
ed engaged in enticing you into sin, and
he stroying your body and soul In ia
evil work they have free course. L
* for you, unhappy -sretcbes, after II
ee, have robbed you Of your worldly goo
and even manhood itself, are proyit
-, prisons and pauper homes and for y
children dark shadow swept over
ar DRAWERS face. and a sltadls.r vent ~