The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-11-11
TREND in YOUTH" l told

ID follows a..
Poor hn! lie was the pride of the
toWu- six stars iiiau U, enea
his hotel "a, this line, and sought custom
by giving wne -uppers. john was pre-
ent al many OF tn -I-the sayest OF The
gay, ana The most .cneruuo OF the party
In TACT he early aid for all Oh ti.eln.-
Then he comm ned To "a down hIl. and
has conlinucd in the downward pa,h ever
since At times true friends hay, lre-
vailed on him II stop, but Iii, stops were
of short duration A short season OF sun
| slime w.,lld gieanl upon his home, and
! then the night hecaIue more dark a. u
dreary thau before.
He >aid he never wonld get drunk
again; but still he would take glass OF
:. me with a irieuil The glass oi VINE
WAS bat lie gate to let In the food. Six
years ag., he was wo,th sixty tluusand
louars. Yesterday he borrowed htiy
dollars to pay his mother inneral eX-
zen es The poor mother b ne vi Il. long
a. -hr could She saw her su,l-her dar-
ing boy. as she always called Hin
brought home drunk many times. And
he even bore blows form him But now
he Is at rest. Her darling wore her life
away and brought her gray hairs. In sor-
ro5r to The grave. Oh, hope this may
reform him.
Blu, his wife p | asked.
Her heavenly ove has held her uI
thus fnr but , e Is ony the shadow OF
| the Vile she was SIX years ago, he re-
piled.
My informent was deeply affected. and
| ~ wis |: curI~equen ~ asked no more.
Iva, la # "a
| debated with myself wh,:tnci to call or
| John at ALL But finally | res lycd TO go,
! though | waited till after tea. | found
John and his wife alune. They had both
been weeping, though | could see at a
glance that Ellen eyes were beaning
with hone and love. But oh They were
changed. sadly, painfully. so. They
were glad To re me, and NV hand was
shaken warm Dear c., don t
say Z word OF the past, John urged,
shaking my hand second time. Il
Know YOU spoke the truth five years ago.
| was gon. down hill But have gone
AZ far as / car-here stop at the foot.
have swurn aud my oath shah be kept
ELLEN and are going to be happy now. ;
The poor fellow burst-i into tears Ellen
followed -ulr. and | kept them company.
VI IL
true man. II fal.eu-became Il mere brok-
Ell glass the last fragment brightly re-
hecging the image it bore, Il poor suppll-
ant at the foot OF nope; begging grain
ut warmth for the hearts OF il ni>elf and
wifi; how houored and loved that man,
and how loved him still Oh how
| nnped aye more than hpped-I believed
! ne would lie saved. And u, gaZ,d upon
| his wife, 50 trusting. - loving, 20 true, |
! prayed more terventiy than | ever did be-
| foe, that God would ho,d ham up and
/ help hln hack to the TOP oi the bill.
/ In the morning | saw the children
! grown up to lie intelligent boys; and
| drought they looked pale and wan, yet
they smiled aud seen ed laply when
their ta.ncr kissed them v hen l went
/ there John tnnk me by The aud, and the
last words lie said we're:
Trust u,, hel!eve me now l will be
a man her.vetor.h while life lasts. -
\ little over twn years had passed wher
/ [ read IN ii newspaper the death of Ellen
! .An.lcrsnn / started for the town where
! hey had lived, as soon as possible, think.
/ ing that might help some ole. A fear
! Iul l,rcsenliment POSSESSED my mind.
| Where is John And r,ou? | asked.
| Dent know, III sure He's beer
gone The e three months. His wife died
IN the mad house. last week.
Aud the chlldren?
| On. they ho,h died btfure she did. >
| | .taLger,.d back and hjrrled from the
| place hardly knowing which way L went
| hat ,tinct led me tn tie church-yard
! | found ;,u graves whcl, had been mace
IN three years. The mother, wife, anc
twn children >elpt in them.
"An w',nt has ,lnur this?" | asked
myself, and voice anSw cIed from the
lowly sleeping places:
The demon of the wine table.
But this IS not all the wo k. No, no
The next | Saw-oh Coo was far more
terrible! raw II III the city court roo n
But tina, wa NOT the last
,aw my legal trieud on the day fol
lowing the trial. He said John Ander
son wa in prison | he itated to see him
the turnkey conducted me to his cell
the kew turned in IA aI ge lock; the pom
tiernu, door, with sharp creak, swung
upon its hinges. and | saw dead body
SUI pendel by he neck fl, III grating il
The window. looked at the horrible
+! face; | could see nothing Of John Ander
sou there, but the face | had seen in the
court room was sufficient to connect the
TWO; ani know this was ali that re
manned of him [ once loved so well.
And this wa~ II last of the demon
wa, K aud the lat act of the terrible
/ drama. Ali from The first sparkle o
the red wine, it had been down, down
/ down until the foot of he hill had beer
! final reached.
When turned away from the cell. anc
once more walked among the flashing sa
/ looms. and revei halls, ! wished my voice
! had power 20 ihund the life story OF
viii n had been a witness into the ears
| Of n L liriu,r NJ N -.