The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-09-21


clp.cas wei. a. relate fact.
Mr Thomas Gray opened bis Office iu
Niles, and supposed, q course, all The
world uoald cal % him for counsel.
sud vas ior setting up 10 good style, hni
slrewd little KITTY insisted that plain
way was best She did not desire any
such display =. had been made by come
81 their ueigbboH. who had grown sud
deal, rie5
( One day a. they were riding gAyly BY
a miserable looking hoyel 10 be suburbs
whh broken windows and doors OF the
I hipQes, mud hole near, and the pigs
looking through he doors at besotted
man ss il they sympathized with and
hsd fellow feeling tor bin In his deg
radiation, SIR Thomas Gray said 70 his
wife
/ How would you Ike 10 live in such
place as that, ms dear
I Not Al all, Of course. Nas the reply.
There i no Knowing what may hap
pen, said he; my friend there, Mary Bell,
was three years $50 10 al appearances,
as well Of as YOU are to-day but her
hu.bsud speculated high, lost, took to
drink, and there she Isl
can't aelp that, answered Kitty; no
druukard eau put me Ia such place As
that
Don't be too sure, dcary, said Thomas
Gray.
Sure, answered Kitty with spirits,
sm jusl IS sure as Ibis: There is not
man living whose fortunes | would fol-
low down 50 low as that.
What would you do, pray; let us know
the secret?
One thing ! would not do, answered
the young matfon promptly; would
not be a drunkards wife.
How would you help yourselis
Where 1hele's will there's q way,
said Kitty, but don't let US talk about
that surely Shall never have druukard
husband, and with deep shadow over
her brow, that came like preseni- !
meut OF evil, the ride was continued in
silence.
Two years went by, aud Mr.. Thomas
Gray grew desperate. Bad bargains
were made, specuations entered into,
convlyial companions drew him from
Niles to tie capital, Ills well filled I
purse made him welcome every " bere.--
Killy, good little sonl, seeing things 60
ing liltle out of the way, would persist
iu giving music lessons and teaching the
youhg girls of Niles TO paint, aud then
flled a class Of earnest boys in Latin
for college-all 10 her own pretty cottage
adding dollar to dollar, like wise little
wife Tben in the long evenings when
her husband was with his club or down
street, easy fellow that he was, her dng
ers grasped good steel pen, and many
a pleasant tale went forth to the world
wei paid for, through tbe eastern jour
pals.
To make long story short, the crash
OF 81 found Mr.. Thomas Gray aud bis
father, the elder, exactly under it, and
down they went SO low that Billy Fitch,
the draJ man declared hc could not fnd
enough left OF them to pay him for haul
ing the goods TO the auction room. Town
lots, big houses aud all went-went to.
getber-and Mr.. Gray the elder, WAS
found one morning IN October of 81 sus.
pended from beam in his own barn, al
The end of bis wiie's patent clothes line
and on that eventlul morning Thomas
Gray, Jr., lay stretched out his whole |
length upon the counter OF a lager beer
saloon, ii not drunk so stupid he couldn't
get ome uuil morHing.
The terrible suicide happened on the
murnug when both families were leaving |
the great house TO move ia the very /
hOyel that, Two years before, Kitty had I
declared she could never be brought TO
i've ia IhIee days before, ber husband |
he'd ,aid 10 her, with thick tongue -
You have got TO come to IL, kttly; after I
keep oul of novels.
katy made no rcpy, but with reso-
late will went on her way. When the /
funeral was over She led the weary heart. /
broken mother ani wife, aud the para /
l,z d daughter to their new shelter, and
The now sObercd husband followed.
But what scene met their gaze! The /
hove was o neat cottage, every window |
pane 10 its place, the floors clean and
bright, The pllings wbite-washed, the
mud hole gone aud the pleasant comforts |
OF humble home on every hand. Into
il they walked, mute with astonishmeut,
to fiud the iayorlte furniture, even TO
snsau's piano.
Where there's will there's way,
said kitty, grsvely. bad anticipated |
trouble, and with the money have been |
laying up few years, have been able,
by ihe Kind assistance Of my husbands
partner, to secure this in my own name,
aud make /. comfortable home for your
mother and sister; now il remains with
you 10 say whether shall be the wife Of
man. The wife Of a drunkard | will
never be any longer thsn the law will
compel me shall hold the deeds Of
this property 10 my own hands. II you
will We can be happy here Ny school /
Is open Tor me even from the bovel; our
child mnst not live 10 see her fathers
shame. Fofsake your drinking company
aud / will be fsitkful 70 the end. If you
% on - heretofore, will take myself
and infant beyond your reach.