The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-07-26

But Alec. cried Seaburu. hop is tins
Wby atc you here
Rnm my ia Ruu Im abou. dome
ior. hat wanted 70 SEE you They
told mg yon h,cl not iar away. aud /
would look upon one friend before
died
Bat beard yaa were pracle.ng IN
your profession Alec. aud doing well
So / did DO well when ! praohood,
Hal have made some pleas, bat /
have given up all that
Aud your father, whore Is he
Don't mention him, be taught me to
drink Ay, be Taught me and then
turned the cold shoulder upou me
when | drank too much Bat I'm &C..
ing, Hal going, going
Henry Seaburn gazed into thut ier-
rlble face. aud remembered wha; it's
owner had been the son Of wealthy
parents, the idol oi fond mother; the
fayorite II school, at play and at col-
lege light OF intellect and beauty aud
u noble generous friend And now,
alas Alec, can help you
Yes. Aud tie poor fellow started
higher up on bis pillow, aud something
OF the old light struggled for moment
10 his eyes, Pray FOR me, Hal Pray
for my soul Pray tnat | may 70 where
my mother is She won't disown her
boy She could not have done il had
she lived Oh she was a good mother,
Hal Thank God she didn't live to see
this ! Pray for me- pray pray pray
Let me 90 to her
As be sank back he fell to weep
ing, and in a moment more, one OF his
pnrcxysms came on and lac began to
rave. He thought Harry was his faith
er, and he cursed him; and he cursed
the habit that had been fastened upou
him under his fathers Influence But
Henry could not stop TO listen With
an aching heart he turned away and
left the hospital He could not 10
home TO dinner then; he went down
town and got dinner there At night
he went to the hospital again. He
would inquire after his friend if he did
not see him.
Poor fellow said the physician, he
never came out of that fit; he died in
half an hour after you went out.
1t was dark when Henry Seaburu
reached home You didn't tell Bridget
whore to put those demijohns, Henry
said his wife, She had not noticed his
face, for the gass was burning but dim
Ily
All! | forgot. Come down with me
Cora, and wen find place for them
His wife followed him down into the
basement; and one by one be took the
demiiohns and carried them into tht
rear yard, where he empted their con
tents into the sewer Then he broke
the vessels into pieces with his foot ant
bade Bridget have the dirt man take
the fragments away in the morning
! Not a word had he spoken to his wife
all this while, nor did she speak to him
He returned to the sitting-room, where
his boys were at their hooks, and tool
seat on one Of the tete a-tetcs. II,
called his wife and children about him
and then he told them the story OF AL
exander Lomberg.
And now, my loved ones, be added
/ laying his hand upon the heads Of hi
boys, ! have made solemn VOW tina
henceforth my children shall find NJ
such influence at their home. Tie,
shall never have the occasion t
curse the example Of their father,
will touch the wine cup no more for
ever! What say You, my boys will
You Join me in that pledge?
They joined him with glad, gushing
willingness; for their hearts were full
and their sympathies all turned, by
mothers careful love, right.
And you, Cora
Yes, yes she cried And may tn
holy lesson of this hour never be for
gotten. 0 God let it rest as an ange
OF mercy, upon my boys. Let it be
light to their feet in the time Of temp
tation; and so shall they bless through
the influence they carry with then
nom their home.