The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-08-28

uhNt W0en iull III Ntaeic lldu given lne
ostensible head and silent partner an
opportunity for long, uninterrupted
chat, ".hat II everything in this world
was on the equal footing that 1t ought to
be, woman would not be imposed upon
by drunkenness as she now is. The
whole burden Of your brothers dissipa-
tIon falls upon your shoulders. 1t seems
that when men make the laws that fos-
ter drunkenness, they ought themselves
to meet the burdens that intoxicatiom
imposes"
81 know they ought. but the question
is, rhy don't hey' My angel mother
went to her grave victim of intemper-
ance, having lived for twenty years
life of poverty and drudgery and degra-
dalton, and have Inherited the conse-
quences Of her humiliation-her large
family of dependent children and her
son, my poor brother, who was begotten
OF drunkenness. | am walking in her
footsteps, only: her drunkard was her
husband, and she was compelled, by
law, 10 live where he chose to place her.
Ny drunkard is my brother, and have
the right of choice as TO where l shall
live and what occupation shall follow.
My mother was compelled to divide the
scanty earnings of herself and children,
or yield them to the last farthing, to
pay the head of the family's liquor bills;
/ do the best can for Jim in the same
way because he is my brother, and be-
cause know the poor fellow inherited
his tastes and longings from my father,
and is to be pitied instead Of being
blamed, and I am glad ] can do so
voluntarily. If Henry would only al
low me the opportunity to print a series
Of articles in the Gazette, touching upon
this subject, and the need of asylums for
unfortunate inebriates who have inher-
tied the mental and physical malady Of
drunkenness, might find vent for much
that is pent-up within my busy brain
which the world ought to know and act
upon.p
"Won't he allow you? / should
think he would be glad to get your arti-
cles to print"
Annie snapped her sewing silk ner-
vOusly, as Alice made this remark.
Then she paused moment, while
shade OF bitterness crossed her beautiful
1 features.
-"YOu don't know" she answered, as
she re-threaded her needle and resumed
her work; "you can't imagine how
much there is that really stands be-
tween Henry and the performance of
his duty. He is very ambitious and de-
termined to get on in the world; and is,
Of course, dependent upon the sufirages
of men for opportunity to rise. The
Woman Movement, so-ealled, is very
odious in the estimation Of a great
many OF his political friends. He could
not keep back my identity from the
knowledge of the proprietors of the
Gd=ette, and it would hazard his politi
cal expectations if it were known that
he favors my views upon the subject Of
temperance"
"Does he tell you this ?''
VII NV h0 AO[on RNah " AAANs AAG
insulted me once by casting imputations
against my character, and / never will
speak TO him till he makes proper
acknowledgements"
''There think you are at fault, my
friend.n
"Why?" +.
because people are prone TO believe
on the strength of evidence. Men, gem
orally speaking, haven't particle of
intuition. My mother was very much
incensed at you because you declined to
become her chambermaid. You may
smile at the idea, but she really thought
she had made wonderful sacrifice to
principle when she offered to give you
employment aud little Dick a home.
When you checkmated her plan so
cutely and quietly, was delighted, but
she, being angry, and having already
heard dark insinuations against your
character, grew accusing and suspicious.
Your brother, not possessing the sixth
sense of intuition, which is such
marked trait in both you and me, could
not see any other reason for your refusal
to become a servant in our home than
the one my mother imagined in her
anger, and that was that you would
have been perfectly willing to go with
her, only you had found a JeIIo0-father
had told her so-and that, as women
Of that class would not go out to service,
you must he one of them. Henry
wasn't half so badly to blame rs mother
was You ought to forgive him. He
doesn't want to think you're wicked.n
"The whole world couldn't have
prejudiced my heart against my broth
er % said Amie, through her tears.
THAT, again, is because of your supe-
rior intuition. You have had nothing
but this sixth sense from which to form
your knowledge of your brothers. polit-
lcal position in relation to the Gazette.
And yet you have been making a very
eloquent appeal and apology for him
since we began this conversation
ITO be coniinued.l
/, Scott county, Mimi, has the most
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