The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-03-13


hinges a mud-hoe near ard the pigs looking
through the doors at q bcsotted man If they sym
psthized with and had a fellow-feelng for him in
his degradation, Mr. Thomas Gray said to his wife,
How would you like to live in such place as
that, my dear2 ?" "Not at all, Of course" was the
reply. "There is no knowing what may happen"
said he "my friend there, Mary Bell was trce
years ago to all appearance as well of as YOU are
to-day but her husband speeuated high, lost, took
to drink, and there she is"
al can't hel ? that" answered Kitty, "no drunk
ard can put me into such place as that"
"Dont be too sure. deary," said Thomas Gray.
"Sure ?" answered Kitty with spirit, al amjust
sure as this, there is not living whose for
tunes would follow down so low as that"
"What would you de-, pray p let US know the
secret"
Gone thing would not do" answered the young
matron promptly. al would not tc drunkard's
wife"
How would you help yourself?"
"Wherc there's will, there's way" said Kit.
ty, but don't let us talk about that surely shall
never have drunken husband" and with deep
shadow over her brow, that came like present.
mcnt Of evil, the ride was continued in silence.
Two years went by, and Mr. Thomas Gray grew
more and more easy. Bad bargains were made,
spcculations entered into, convivial compani, MS
drew him from Niles to the capital. His well fill
ed purse made him everywhere welcome. Kitty,
good little soul, seeing thirgs 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 fer
college all in her own pretty cottage, adding dol
lar to dollar, like wise little wife. Then in the
long evenings, when her husband was with his
club or down street, easy fellow that he was, her
fingers grasped good steel-pen, and many pleas
ant tale went forth to the world, well paid for,
through Eastern journals.
To make a long story short the crash of 1857,
found Mr. Thomas Gray and his father, the elder,
exactly under it, and down they weut so low that
old Billy Fitch, the drayman declared he could not
find enough left of them to pay him for hauling
the goods to the 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 a beam in his own barn and the
end of his wie's patent clothes line, and on that
evcntful morning Thomas Gray, Jr,, lay stretched
his whole length upon the counter Of lager-beer
saloon if not drunk, 50 stupid he didn't get home
till morning"
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