The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-11-15
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ssml#fHuft sHsisst Hni I. wish vaa
hNitlu .arfisi l,rasvis IN. isets psen.
ihp tin trial lAtl vHs tsllrsl, mil snaus
siHn.l lie pledge Sfill There. i.
rsefssl,rfe. atrs many whp snr.is
ns..lsl tle pluflEe, Nlutn their rliuf,s
ialletl III rssneh.
TIM evening they asrr addressed Ii,
ssft elalneni speaker. wllp ~ f,,s,I,
tl,e terrible evils IT lhteln,urance, anl
liz 'l,,s, " making ssffs eiiurt III sasv
The people from II. III WY which,
struck intns ~ many ienfts
Little Nunni. Wallis walked hum.
with hsr parents iii Very shunghtful
murl. anil all the n.st ,lns r,r rutll
not -I,aka ~ tho disturbing thoughts
nhirl, SEEMED ~ fuilns everywhere .le
went
When tlle hpur for meeting came,
her father and neither were detained Ii,
company. Int Mamie begged IL ~. anil
~ WAS charged ~ call fur ail uI.irr
sellnnlmair fur company.
~ she trippe,l down the street tow.
ard the hume ~ her friend. sl,e Thought
inurr and murr al,pus tho lecturers
wpr,lr. anil Il strong desire ~ IL sul...
thing for The good eause sprung MP in
her little heart
CHANGING across the Atrret inst then,
she ss'w, walking slpwl, along. ai,lirm
heai nnd slutling rirp, poor old Mr.,
htlllmaD, n confirmed lnnknrl. who
llseI IN Il strisl,sal oil l.vnar Ii, Il mar.
row by.sire.t. nnI Nilpsr daughter vi.
sl". shrinking, sensitive child, WIS il
selipnlinnt. ri Nnunis'a, wIo often liz.
frienlrl her from the rl,ln ia,,nts III
SOME ~ their .hpnglitIrss school.
mates.
Now voiee seemed ~ whisper In the
litllr girls eDf. "'lhafa Ii Your chance.
Ark that man ~ 90 ~ ilo meeting ~.
night that will be ono step
hut Mamie rneoilr.l from, that almost
~ terror, Ill" Ind never spoken ~ iii.
man ~ hrf life. and many Il time hI,c
hasl crossed The sifuri ca avoid meeting
him
Oncr ali. hnd bern ~ ILL., hulsr III, III,
crfaid, II was poor md wreieluI
c,lpngh, compared with NaunirN own
hntnr. hui Mr. ktIlmau, tlnnpl, M In,
snlil Who spsni tlass null nights III
W"ar, suffering. managed. viii, The lleip
~ her lltile rirla. f. keep il neat nn,l
rl.aiis 1ia#i,leA this. when nile ~ lie
prppled NJ liz I.d, III. helneI a. ekr
yut u 1Anis living. and keep the wolf
from the doof, by .lpibg old Jobs of
sasing FIR kindly neigi,lors.
a ffnil, dnlirntr woman, MIlD bore I,er
trials pntienil, aHi ,ineomplaininpls,
ssIl,el,ling the children from tll,ir father
There u bni one thing IL h. said II
lives like hers fhr mnffUrs nsre mt
nj btrned ~ tL9 sfaLe, III 0i,tru
iUess
Jttnt - Mamie rana ~ % the father
caila IN and tIlr ri,ti,lr.n Al,rn,,k out II
Lls .ny. anil h. ffpau.J anil aI,pk. IL
them - priiiilf tint wIien Mamie
reached homo AI,n threw herself into her
fathers arms. rArIaimiJ.g. viii, d Ia,rrt
~ happy tears. "Oh. I'm ~ piaI Won ure
my tHlu. an.I I'm not slisia's sister.
hIur. tilon she l,n.l avoided tho drunk.
Ard more THAN ussr. MIL un., tonight,
II seemed ~ though sle could moi 20
henr him. No aie reasoned Will, the
sttiss, Aasing, sharply. What should
rnfs about III H. II nobody II me-, md
n.y. papa don't drink. nor - @gut
Dsnsis's paIa docs broke In the voice,
aud think how hapI, she ,Aight b. il
b. didn't
Mamie sload still il minute. her it'll.
hands tightly elrnei,ai, hnr heart beat
ing very inst
Then si,o sndllenly cried, - mM 10
~ "t,d rfii Irrosa tl,r street quickly,
LEST ep,ijHRe should fail again.
II q
ont. Please. Mr.. StilIman = Tho tnai,
wheeled around ani stared NJ her IN
atn.zemrnt II was years aimee he had
l.en addressed ~ respectfully, for Nv
tile mrn aud boys H. WA dubbed "Old
htiIlman tl,pn9Ii hardly yet past mid.
dle ages. anI few wsiuru or children
.,af crossed the path ~ tin qr,n old
drunknrsi,
II Mamie ir.n,bl.l ~ lin look, slls
MA little treasured by lis efo.s tone. M
b. finally aakeJ, Well, ~llat will W
hAsrf"
a1leaso." she fatiersd, won't yen
como - TIN temperance meeting ~.
night"
Temperance meeting. NJ. What
should l n, there tyrf" liz answered
sharply. mud then strobe on. leaving
Mamie with t.nrs II fright aii Iiauy,-
iOintmeDt In l,or es.s.
HIT her Yur.ls and pleading voice
followed him aud ssafned 10 i,npei him
~, till finally ~ found himself III thu
iN,r ~ iii. hall,
Tho sound u music enme iioaiing
vttt earnest. hearty voices singing h
sDUG ~ invitation aud, ~ Inst. l,r edged
y, n thu d1Dr. nni slipped into i Iaek
seat nHI,Dflestd.
Tbers Mamie. one ~ u ialf iuz1i
little girls In white dresses nnd bjn0
ribbons, who, with hanLf.sls III pledges
and badges. we're fitting through the
ball. suddenly e.pied him, and eay. d
litttH pleased cry. "OI. You did come
Won't yon 1ign til pIadgeY"
No" he answered, with 40 black 4
ff0~n that Mamie went quickly on
aiding ~ himself, II wins fol b come
here.
TIN next evening Mamie could mi
feel satisfied In .Iite ~ her rebnfi. md
finally concluded ~ NJ anil call III
Bnalc.
Nr. BiiIlman was III home. lint sat In
silence With Hnaie male ready IT, ~,
and mt daring Nj Speak, Mamie ~ns
passing Dsif nj tn l.,uf, Lint suddenly
sprung bael, and IaiI ono LITTLE hand III,
his shoulder
Wont yuH ~ with nsY" si,r asked.
H. shook her ~. but after she went