The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-24
Drunkurds NOT all BruIe-.

1919 viz L At-A1 mat L F"E "a pa u
this moment and therefore the principal part
of my work mas been mot ignoring other parts,)
in behalf Of those who have suffered a. | have
suffered. You know there Is 4 great deal said
about the reckless victims Of this foe being brutes.
No, they are not bru;es. | have labJred for
eighteen Years among them, and / never found q
brute. | have had men swear at me | have had
= man dance around me as If possessed Of devil,
and spit his foam in my face bur | ueyer found
4 man | would give up. 1t may take a long time
10 reach his manhood but be i not = brute. l
think IL i Charles Dickens who saws AWAY
up q great many pairs Of stairs, in q very remote
corner, easily passed by, there is a door, and on
that door l. written " woman And 50 in the
heart Of the vile outcast. away up a great many
FaIr of stairs. IN = very remote corner, easily
passed by, there i 4 door on winch is written
man Here is our business 10 find that door.
Ii may take a time but begin and knock. Don't
get tired but remember Gods long suffering for
Us and keep knocking a long time II need be.
Don't get weary if there is no answer; remem-
Der Him whose locks were wet with dew. Knock
on-Iust try it-UOu try 1t and Just so sure rs
you do, Just so sure. by-and-bv. will the CULVER
ing lip and starting tear tell you You have been
knocking at the heart of u man, and not of Il
brute. 1t il because these poor wretches are
men, and not brutes. that We have hopes of them.
They said - he i a brute-let him alone |
took him home with me and kept the " brute
fourteen days and nights. through his delirlum
and ne nearly frightened Mary out of her wits
one IlEhI CHASING hcE ABOUT the mouse Will Il
boot in his hand. But she recovered her wits,
and he recovered his. He said to me - you
wouldn't think | had a wife and child? We'll,
! shouldn't" | have, and-God bless her lit
tie heart-my little Mary is as pretty 4 little
thing as ever stepped. said the brute" | ask
ed = where do they live?' They live two miles
away from here - When did you see them
last? About two years ago" Then he told
Inc his sad story. said . YOU must 90 back to
your home again "Imus'ntg 90 back| won't
my wife is better without me than with me,
| will not 20 back any more ; | have Knocked her,
and kicked her, and abused her do you suppose
| will 90 back again - | went TO the house with
him | knocked ut the door and his wife opened
it. - Is this Mrs. richardson" Eyes, sir
- Well. that is Mr.. Richardson. Laughter And
Mr.. Richardson, that is Mrs. Richardson. Now
come into the house"
They went in. The wife sat on one side of the
room, and the - brute" on the other. waited
to see who would speak first and it was the wo-
man. (Applause.) But before she spoke she
fdgeted a good deal. She pulled up her apron
it all down again. Then she folded it all up
closely, and jerked it out through her fingers
an inch ut a time, and then she spread 1T all
down again and then she looked all about the
room and said, - Well, William % And " the
brute said, - Well. Mary laughter. He
had Il large handkerchief round his neck, and
she said, - You had better take the handkerchief
off, William you'll need it when you 90 out
He began to tumble about it. The knot was
large enough ; he could have united it if he liked;
but he said, . Will you unite it, Mary - and she
worked away ut it but her fingers were clumsy,
and she couldn't get it of their eyes met, and
the lovelight was not all quenchcd she opened
her arms gently and he fell into them, If you
could have seen those white arms clasped about
his neck, and he sobbing on her breast, and the
child looking in wonder first at one and then Mt the
other, you would have said, 1t is not a brute:
it is a man, with a great big warm heart in his
breast"
tell you it is IA glorious work TO get at these
hearts it is II glorious work to play upon Il man
to play upon him till you make him sing,-aye
and sing sweet music, too, y man came to me
at Covent Garden, summer before last, and said,
-'' MIR. Cough, want you to come into my
place of business =" replied, " am in a little
hurry now" d" You must come into my place of
business - So when he got me there-intO Il
large fruit stall, where he was doing business TO
the amount of two hundred and fifty or three
hundred pounds-a thousand or twelve hundred
and fifty dollars a weck,-he caught hold of my
hand and said God bless you, sir :" What
for? Have | ever seen YOU b~eiore?'' 81 heard
you. sir he said. Sin Exeter Hall, in '53. |
was Il brute" mo you were not" Well,
was worse NO, YOU were not well, |
was rs bad a. ever | could be- Then he told me
some sad things, and went on God bless you,
sir See what Il business | am doing! Look
hcre-sec that woman in the corner. it is my wife.
La how | have knocked her about! Would you
90 and shake hands with her?' II have no
Objection DO, sIr!' | went up to her and
offered my hand. She held back, and said,
My fingers are 50 sticky with the fruit, sir
- La said the husband, - Mr.. Cough, you don't
mind a little sticky fngers?'' [Laughter.l mo,
sir and | shook hands with her. Our fingers
stuck together; they were more sticky than | had
expected. Renewed merriment. Again the man
said To me, - God bless you, sir! wish | could
give you some lie went 70 a shelf full of them,
and began to fiji a great bag with them. THAT'S
enough, sir - but he paid no attention to me,
but filed the bag and put it in my arms. Go
along with you" said he - don'tsay Il word; 90
along with you God bless You :" | had, posi-
lively, to hire a cab to get home. Fresh laugh
ter.