The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-05-27

well as I could. My fourth son we
educated for the bar. He was adm It
ted to practice, and soon became a RE
ing man. But the evil star was eve
him too. He became a drunkard. HI
lost all self-respect, but still he ha,
clients. One of them was widow ant
six orphans. She retained him in al
Important property case. 1t involved
| fortune. He assured her he would
gain it, and he did. He gained tht
case, sir, and pocketed every dollar him
self. Then he became more and more
dissipated, and was at last found deaC
In a common bar room in st. Louis"
'Poor man, your sorrows are very
great That blow was shocking"
"Oh, it was terrible, sir, but there
was worse to come. My second daugh
ter, a beautiful girl married a young
merchant They seemed to be very
happy. Four children blessed theil
union f-lovely children, the image Of
their parents Fanny's husband dotted
on her-he Thought she dotted upon
him. But she deceived him. One
evening when he went home she was
absent She did not return that night
He was distracted. Next day one of
his clerks was absent. He made in
quiries, and learned that they eloped
When the news came to me it almost
broke my heart" t3saas
"Shocking, shocking !" L observed,
but without needing my Interruption
the old man continued:
"Sarah, my third daughter, was al
ways fooish girl, full of romantic no
tions and fond OF reading novels. A
month after Fanny's marriage she ran
away with travelling tinker and came
back in less than a year in rags. Poor
Sarah! L could not blame her much,
for she was unsteady but the disgrace
almost killed her mother"
t- "No wonder, sir, it might we'll have
bowed your head, too."
at did, sir, it did; but bore it, I
had to bear much more. My fifth son
joined the army, and as he was good at
praying they made him chaplain. Then
he took charge of the mails of his re
iment, and looked alter the correspond,
ence OF the nrrn--But he fell. He
was detected opening letters sent to the
soldiers and taking money out of them
and the Colonel had him drummed out
IF camp" --,
"And you survived that I"
eyes, and much more. These dis
graces were terrible !! but could b. ave
borne them. The greatest of all was
to come. had another daughter, a
giddy young creature, and though
am her father, 1 maysay she was hand
some-She- e-was fond of dancing, going
to the circus, anc all that. One day
she was missing, and we searched high
and low for her, but she could not be
found. One CT our neighbors went to
New Y York, and while there he went to
see the Black Crook. Oh, sir, it was
dreadful news he br,ught hon ., One
of the girls he saw on the stage was our
Julia. We tried to break the news to
her mother, but it was too much for her
She sank nnder it and died, and 1 bur.
led her three weeks ago."
"That was the greatest disgrace in
deed"
30, sir, wish it had been; but no,
the greatest is still untold. My sixth
con. Frank, became pugilist, and is
now travelling through the country as a
prise fighter, asseciating with roug hs
and pickpoekets and making my old
heart ring with shame whenever l hear
his name"
"Your hair may we'll be gray, after
that"
"Worse than that-far worse.
have not mentioned my eldest daugh-
ter. She Joined a missionary society,
and was appointed treasurer. One day
she disappeared, and the money in her
hands has never. been found. The
minister Of the town she lived in was
missed. et the same, time, and two
months after I heard of them in CIu-
cinnati. 1 then lost track of them
and did not again hear of Penelope un-
til last week, when. l learned that she
had Joined the Mormons and was the
tenth wife of scoundrel in Utah:".'
"Good heavens, sir how can you
bear such shame as all this p q
'1Shame ah, sir, these are trifes to
the last and greatest shamei"
'sThe last and greatest !? Surely
there can be no lower depth of infamy
than you have told me Of"
"There is! there is p said the old
man, with horrible groan- My sew
enth and youngest son was elected to
Congress, and is now sitting in that
marble building at the other end ofthe
avenue"
The old mans head fell upon the ta-
ble, and left him to weep over his
terrible disgrace. ,zz.s- =