The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-11-14

and he who should have received and
protected her cast her from him. Was
there any help ?i9i Was She utterly
abandoned by God and man? Sud
denly these words flashed across her
mind, CA; very present, help" Oh,
would he not help her? Ter eyes,
that had been as wide and wild as those
of some hunted animal, softened and
drooped to the ground, and from her
soul prayer went up to Coda
prayer such. as only mortal anguish can
press out from the human heart. They
all stood there strangely silent, waiting
for what should come and the boy
held his mothers hand tighter, and
looked round upon them with angry,
cleaning eyes. 80 e. ...,.s q. q, ,.f,..J !,
Suddenly the woman looked up-"If
l had stayed in bed and slept until you
came back for you breakfast, as you
told me to do that morning you went
away, I'd have had long sleep little
Katy would wake and cry for her break
fast too soon." z9lo if1s sil ofe9i
She watched him as she spoke, with
her whole soul in her eyes, and soon a
change, a great change, came over his
face. All the doubt went out of it,
and his hands. which had been clasped
together, were thrown out towards her
while he gasped out, .sub
"'Twasn't l did it, Mary, twas the
drink, the cursed drink. Sure l could
never have gone and left you and the
children only for the drink. I'll never
touch it again, Mary, any more than i
would deadly poison. And this is the
baby, little Jenny; and where is little
Katy; sure you didn't leave her be-
hind" 81. 1-.- 4 .2oiq3sI
"God's will be DONE" said the woman
aye, Paul, | left little Katy behind, all
but one curl of her sunny hair. She
islying safe and quiet under the church
yard sod. Oh my darling ! my dar-
ling !" and she lifted up her voice and
we ptaloud, with an exceedingly great
and bitter cry. 4. 81. e,-. .-.-,,-
The group of men who were observ-
ers of this strange scene, moved off one
by one towards it's conclusion. AS
they walked up the field questions were
asked and answered as to the previous
life of Paul Conway and the circum.
stances which led to what they had
lust witnessed. The facts were as fol
lows: tsfe.ts~l ...sge-.r ,.g..f
Paul, when young man in Ireland
had been the gayest of the gay; nc
one could surpass him in the whole
country side in singing song, dancing
a hornpipe, or playing game at ball
Handsome, witty, and good-natured
he had been sought by every gay com
, pany for their amusement, and wher
at length he chose Mary Ashton for biz
, wife, many shared her own opinion
that she was the most fortunate o
women. But, alas at every wedding
christening, wake, and funeral; at eve
ry assembling and at every leave tax
ling, on every occasion, whether merry
or sad, the inevitable whisky-bottl,
had been produced, and Paul, almos
before he was aware, had imbibed
/ fatal love for it. The love of compan,
: and amusement too, so natural in on
: sought after as he had been, made hin
3 embrace every opportunity of attend
ing fairs or merry-makings. On thes
t occasions the drink flowed freely, eve
, ry friend was treated and treated hin
in return, and Paul Conway ueve
' reached home without being pitiabl
' object for his young wife to see. r,p5
a By degrees people began to thin
3 that perhaps Mary was not SO fortunat
8 person as they had thought. "Thoug
e Paul was as dacint boy when he wa
/ himself, as you'd meet in a Summer
e day." the time when Paul was himse
;. grow more and more seldom; he 500
# became utterly besotted and degraded
It until even the whisperings Of his frs
@ born, his pet, his plaything, little KATY
!, failed to draw a kind word or cheerft
q smile from him.. us9 H. vrea
p By the time little Jenny, the seoon
;. child, was born, bitter poverty ha
e dimmed and faded poor Mary's prett
!, face but still she clung to the husban
h she had so loved and admired, St
10 found excuses for him when no OF
" else could. 1t was the badness of tt
& times that drove him to desperation
Y or it was the cruel men who followe
A. him and tempted him away from he
3 anything was better than to belle,
Ip him utterly lost. 's2 a2os- @ 2''i-t'
,r But the drink had done its wor
and burnt all the manliness and hon,
le out of Paul Conway's nature, or
could never have done the heartle
10 deed he did. One morning, when Ii
10 tie Jenny was about three months oil
he rose before his wife, and biddir
IS her with usual kindness of manner,
n. remain in bed until he returned for b
ID breakfast, he left the house, never
return. He made his way to seapo
t. town, accompanied by man who h:
,e enticed him, with accounts that "ne
and happy land, where wages we
,u high and whisky cheap" and the Sc
e, ond morning after that on which
had left his poor wife, with her ty
fe, helpless infants, to await his return,
had shipped for the United States.
ly The seven years that passed betwe
k, that day and the one on which my 81
!" ry commences, had been spent by Pa
nd Conway amid scene of the d eepest de
radiation. Working hard at time
"a for nothing else than that he mig
wv spend his wages on drink, he riot
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