The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-03-12

character, held 4 respohsible positson
IN absnk ID New York Twas pyo,,d
of him, ait, and looked for ward 10 the
ltime when bawoald be eae of the iora.
most bankers iuihe metropolis. But
there was another blow coming One
day received a letter from the ,presi.
dent Of the bank Informing me that nly
son vas dcfaulter, That Bic had an,bei
sled 5000 ,000iand started for Earepe
With waiter girl from ono Of the, cen
cert saloons.
That ives dreadful" said I.
"Ycs, sif,Y III was great Disgrace But
NOT The worst Another 500 settled In
! Chicago and becams agambIer. He
associated with the most disrespcctful
persoas, pugilists, black-egs, thieves.
atd vent down step by step until he
tina'ly connected himself with riff
enierprise Cor she relief ofsoIdiers ADD
I sailors. Oh lsow my heart bled whom
! heard how low he bad dasecdedp,
No wonder, sir, i was fearful"
~lt WIS fearful ,ssir, but I bore ibas
sell as | oosld Ny fourth son was
educated for the bar He MAS admit.
Ted % practice, aud soon became ayising
ma1. But the evil star vas over him
too. He became 1runkard. lie lost
all self rcspcrt, but still hc had clients
Onc Of them was widow aad, ak or.
! phaus. She retained BIN 10 an impor
lgut property casc, II Involved Tor
tune. He assured her he would catn
H. mud he did lie gained tlte ease, sir,
aud ppckeied every dollar Of tho moaey
himself Then no became more ana
more dissipated, and was II last found
dead IN a comnon bas.rooin Ia 81 f.ou
/ Is" sf Nf
"I'oJr riau, your sorrows are vcry
I great That bl8w was Shocking
"Oh, II was terrible. sir, bul there
was worse 10 come Ny seceud daugh.
tsf, beautiful girl, married q young
merchant They seemed to be very
happy -Four children blessed their
union---lovciy children, the image of
their parents. Fanuy's husband dotted
on bee -hc thought she dotted upon
him But she deceived him One
evening when he went home she was
absent She did not return that night.
Hc was distracted Next day ons Of
bis clerks was absent lie nlsdc ipqui.
ries, aud learned that they had elopcd.
When the news cnmc to nc IL alniost
broke my heart
Shooting. siaoeksnss' | observed
butwitlicnt heedins my intcnopiio !
the old nsn eohtiuued: 81
"Sarah, ms third daughter. was nj,
ways foolish girl, fall of romantic no.
tious ssd fond Of reading novels. Al
month alter Faany's marriage she ran /
sway wi.ha travelling tinker aud came
back 10 less than year 10 rags. Poor
Sarahl | could not blame her much, for
she was unsteady; but tho disgrace a.
most killed. her mother"
No wonder, sir; il nigh, we'll have
bowed your head, too
III did, SIR; il did; but l bore il. r.
had 20 bear much more. nv fourth !
son Joined the army, and as he was |
good at praying they made him chap. |
lain: Then he took charge Of the |
rails Of his regiment and looked after
the correspondence orsise men. but
he fell He wis detected opening let !
tefs sent 10 the soldiers and taking |
money out Of them, and the Colonel |
had him drummcd out Of camp 4
"And you survived THAR"
Yes, aud much more These d..
grnccs were terrible, but could have
bornc them The greatest Of all was
TO come. had another daughter, a |
giddy yoang creature, and though | |
am her father, may say she Is hand.
some. She WIS fond Of dancing, going
to the circus, and all that. One day |
sh was missing and we searched high |
aud low for her, bat she could not be |
found. 0oe Of our neighbors went to |
New York, and while there he went to
see the Black Crook Oh, sir, it was
dreadful news be brought home. One
OF the girls be saw on the stage was |
onr Julia. We tried tobreak tho news |
TO her mother, but il was too much for |
her. She saLk under it and died, and |
! buried her three weeks ago. Il
That was the greatest disgrace, in.
deed"
"0h. sir, | wish il had been; but no,
the greatest is still untold. Ny fifth
son, Frank, became pugilist, and is
now travelling through the country as
a prize fighter, associating with ronghs
and pickpockcts, and making my old
heart wiring with shame whenever L
hear his name"
Your hair may well bo gray, after
that"
rWorse than that---far worse. |
have not mentioned my eldest daugh.
ter She joined missionary society,
and was appointedatreasurer. One day |
she disappeared. and the money In her |
hands has never been found The
minister Of the town she lived in was
missed at the same time, and two
months after | heard Of them in Gin
cipnati. | then lost track Of them,
and did not again bear Of Penelope un-
I'll last week, when l learned that she
had ioincd the Mormons aud was the
tenth wife Of scoundrel in Utah"
"Good heavens, sir! how can you bear
such shame as all lthis?"
eShamel all, sir, these are trifes to
the last and greatest shamep
HThe last and greatest' Surely there
can be no lower depth Of infamy than
you have told me Of" |
There is! there isl' said the old |