National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-05-22
The Fallen Reclaimed,
OR,
The Good Templars' Triumph.
BY r. s. ARTHUR.



was the drunkard's wife.
Not Il dollar, john! Surely YOU
will not waste II dollar % my hard
earnings, when YOU know can
scarcely get food and decent clothes
for my cnildrenn
As the wife said this, SHE looked
into her husbands face with a sad,
appealing expression.
must have Il dollar, Lucy said
the man firmly.
20 John, remember our little ones
the cold weather will soon be
here. and have not been able to
get them shoes. 1t YOU viii not
earn anything Yourself, do not waste
the little my hard labor can procure,
VIII not fifty cents do 3! Surely.
tha1 is enough for you to spend
for
Nothing will do but u dollar, IN-
cY. and that | must have if | steal
IL = was the prompt and somewhat
earnest reply.
Mrs Jarvis laid aside her work,
mechanically, and rising. went to a
drawer, aud from a box containing
only two collars, her little all, tOoa
out one dollar, and turuinc to her
husband said. rs she handed it to
him
Remember that you are taking
The bread from the childIen's
lmouths! !
Not as had as that hope, Lucy
said the drunl,ard, as he clutched
the money eagerly something like
II feeble surile fitting across ms dis
figured and distorted counteIlance.
Yes and worse! was the response,
made in n Saddcr tone than that IN
which the wife had first spoken.
How worse, Lucy "
John = and the wife spoke with
sudden cmTgN, while her counte.
nance lighted with strange CLEAN,
4 cannot bear this mach longer; |
/ feel myself sinking every day. And
/ yon--who pledged yours elf
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/ gave way, and covering her fee
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