Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-09

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saw naked arm and haad lifted in the
crowd, and heard voice CRY out: THAT
is all true
The woman (aFirs'1 rose to her fsst,
and facing me, said 'sThat's a. true mon
-Ye're telling the truth !" and stretching
her arms to the audience, said The mon
kens what he's talking aboot."
When I concluded, she came on the
platform, and almost thought she might
tackle me. She was large woman, and
looked like hard hitter, aud never de-
sired to come in contact with "strong-
minded or big-fsted women" but after
looking at me q moment, she said /: "Tak'
a guide look at me mon. I'm q bit of Q
beauty, amt / 2" Then coming close to me,
would you gi' body like me the
pledge"
l answered at once, Eyes, ma'am."
A gentleman said: "She cannot keep it.
She will be drunk before she goes to bed
tonight; better not give her the pledge"
l turned to her: Madam, here is gen.
tleman who says you cannot keepit if you
sign it."
Clenohing her fist she said. 'Show me
the mon."
asked "Can you kecpit 2"
"Can 1 2 If l say will, | can"
Then you say you will"
81 will"
"Give me your hand on that" and l
shook hands with her. She signed it, and
l said: 81 know you will keep it; and be-
fore go to America l will come and see
you"
"Come and see me when you WILL" she
answered, "and you'll find have kept it"
1t must have been two years from that
time, / was speaking there again, and
after the lecture, gentleman said to me
81 wish to introduce to you an old friend,
whom perhaps you have forgotten, Mrs.
Archer, no longer Fire
/ was introduced, and shook hands
heartily with her and her daughter, who
sat by her l had noticed the woman
during my speech, for she hardly took her
eyes off me from the time rose till sat
down. 1 went to her house, and part Of
what she said to me was this:
"Ah! Mr.. Cough, I'm puir body; II
dinna ken much, and what little l ha'
kennel has been knocked out of me by
the stats of the policemen for they beat
me about the head good deal, and Knocked
pretty much a. the sense out O me; but
sometimes haze dream-I dream I'm
drunk, and fighting, and the policemen
haze got me again and then get nut Of
my bed, and get down on my knees, and
don't get back to my bed until the day
light comes, and keep saying; .God keep
me, for cannot get drunk any mair.'"
Her daughter said: AYE, mon; I've
heered my mither in the dead of night, ON
the bare floor, crying, God keep me !; and
I've said, Come to yer bed, mither; ven
be cauld and she'll tell me, No, no--I
Gamma get drunk any MAR"
| received letter from the Provost Of
the borough, dated February, 1869, telling
ne that Mrs. Archer, ("Fire), had been
faithful to her promise, was keeping small
provision store or shop had taken little
orphan boy out of the streets, and was
bringing him up well; and sending me
,er photograph.