The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-07-12

the contents OF the glass over her
with an 6atiI. be babe her bekOiie, ant
when she tTifale6 To. obey lilo, with .
still flerer oath, He balde lssR leave ths
. ciIili. Ille struggle III her mother.
breast hetween fear Of her ehIltlS saftl
ty aud 4 desire 10 obey her husband
was painfully apparent on her care.
worn c0unteRance but she 0beyed
placing the child BY its father, return
ed to her weary watch outside the
door. That he was proud and fond
Of his child, as well he might be was
clear enough, but he could scarcely
stand steady moment, and having
taken the child up III his arms, les
danger was evident to all. The tor
tnred mother could no longer bear the
suspense, and she rushed In to take
the child. With an oath he warned
her off, and raised his arm to strike
her, but the little peaccmaker threw
one arm around his neck and the 9TH
er around her mothers. and, With
gentle violence, drawing them togetll-
er, said:
Dear papa, kiss mamma; don't
strike her"
In an instant, the one noble feeling
still uncontaminated by the blighting
influence Of drink, flushes his cheek
and brow, tears, at the thought OF the
base, cowartlly act he had so nearly
perpetrated, rise to his ewes drawing
his gentle wife to him, as tile little an
gel Of peace had requested, he i'm
prints kiss on her now sunlit face,
and with one arm encircling that gen.
tie, loving, long-sutfering woman, he
quits, let us hope forever, tint danger
olls place. Need add that my doubts
were solved, and when next saw my
friend had taken the pledge!
Some seven years after this occur
renee | was passing the self-same
house, and all the circumstances came
wildly back to my mind; curiosity,
and perhaps better feeling prompted
me to enquire If the same landlord
was there, and If he could tell me any,
thing of the persons who had so deep
ly Interested me. | briefly recalled
the circumstances, and asked him il
he recolected them.
"Ay, ny, SIR" he said, ''that little
lass you saw, lost me one OF my best
customers, Mr.. -" started at the
name, for 1t was one that was Begin
ming to fill Fame's trumpet. ''Mr.
-, at the time you speak Of. used
to be here every day of the week and
all day long; he was quite gentle
man, and uncommon smart at paint
ing; but bless you, sir. he would do
nothing but drink and smoke, so peo-
pie would not give him commissions
and heard tell that they were very
badly off, poor things, for it was only
when they were without a penny that
he would turn to and paint aAlittle
picture or do a job of sign or the
like; but since that night that you
and me remember SO well, he has
buckled to in good earnest; he has
got a fine house, and people come in
their own carriages to get him topaint
chem. The worlds gone well with
me, sir, so have got him to take my
two little ones; and as you seem to
take an interest in him, we can make
an excuse to 60 and see how the pic
ture is getting on"
| GLADLY assented and cab soon
took lis to Mr.. IS door. The foot
man, recognizing my companion, ush-
cred us into handsomely furnished
drawing-room, while he went to seek
Mr.. - in his studio. A lovely wo-
man was seated at table, bending
over water color drawing, and 1t
was with difficulty that | could bring
myself to believe that it was the same
c,lreworn, timid woman | had seen
seven years before, on that bleak
March night at the door Of the rum
palace; yet such was the case. Hap
piness and content, those vernal show
ers of the soul, had gently done their
genial, gracious bidding, and In the
happy consciousness OF husbands
love regained, of noble spirit raised
from degradation to rectitude, honor
and fame, she sllone out in her true
claacter--a high-mirded, Christian
woman. Over the mantlepiece was
an exquisite miniature ofa child, with
soft hzel eyes, and clustering chest
nut curls, and underneath was written
in small old English characters. "Dem.
papa, kiss nmmnta, don't strike her. "
Need | say that this was the little
peacemaker, and that ten times its
weight in rubies would not have pur-
chased the limned likeness Of the dar-
ling child that father and mother alike
loved so fondly and SO well!