The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-20
Reunited.

d. t.ti az .ss.r 81.
The front door Of neat house, of mod
crate pretcnsions, just outside Of an In
diana town, was hastily opened us night
was coming on and'a man was thrust vio-
lently into the street, Or rather the road.
- The man. who was elected was young,
. and might have been handsome had it not
been for the dissipatcd appearance of his
features and the untidincss of his dress.
AT the moment he was evidently intoxi-
Gated. ...
The man who elected him was an elder
ly gentleman, whose face was rcd with
honest indignation, which also showed it,
self in his voice and his language = e..
Albert Wakcly was lawyer of ability
and promise when he married John Byrd's
daughter Nary although he had already
contiactcd3a a fondness Tor drink :.
This passion did not abatc after his mar
riagc, but grew upon him, and at the birth
OF his boy he had become no better than a
loafcr, shcltcring himself with his wife in
the house of his fathcr-in-la law, to whom his
family looked for all the nGcessarics oflifc.
John Byrd was not the man to patiently
endure his son-in- laws worthlGssncss and
iltrcatment Of his wife, and at last, when
.Wakely came crawling into the house after
prolonged absence and dcbauch, he
opened the door aMd expelled him forcibly.
"Go off" he exclaimed with his voice
full of anger. "Go off, Albert Wasely,
and never darken my doors againl You
have no longer home here, and you shall
never set your foot in my house after this"
Wakcly murmurcd something about
wanting to sec his wife.
''She don't want to SEQ you. Go off, l
say No body here cares what becomes of
YOU"
The old man went back into the house
and closed and locked the door, while tho
young one stumbled up the road, his hat
over his eyes, and his faculties apparently
dazcd.
He thus wandered on, never looking up,
nor glancing to the right or the left, stupid
and purposcless, until he reached the bank
of stream.
walked into the water if he had not been
seized and forcibly restrained by a man
who had noticed his strange movements.
"What, Wakely, is this you2 What arc
you doing2 Where are you going?
''I don't know" was the sleepy reply.
"Whcrc am II"
"You would now be in the water if had
not stopped you. You have been drink
ing, Wakcly. Come, lot me take you
home." II.
At this word Wakely suddenly straight
ened himself up. raised his hat and pushed
the hair from his eyes.
''Home!", he exclaimed. "I have no
home"
In response to tho wondering questions
Of the other, he related, more lucidly than
might have been expected, the story of his
expulsion from John Byrd's house.
.'That's nothing" said his. friend.
''Comc to town with me- and straightcn
up, and it will all be right in the morn
ing"
"It will never be right, Mr.. Henderson,"
replied Wakely. 'rhis is the end of it. 1
have been driven out and 1 deserve it, and
I will never set foot In John Byrds house
again. That ls not all. Il will never drink
another drop of liquor as long as l live, 80
help me hcavenl"
''Don't be rash. 1t Is good thing to
quit, but you will have to ease off, yon
know"
"Ncverl will not touch another drop
If I die for it. mean to leave here and
lead now life under new name"
''lf you really mean that, Wakoly, can
pat you in the way to make man Of your
self. am going to Colorado. 90 with
NY NlAN III phJ yOui WY tutA llClp yOll
tolnake yonrEown start in life. ~ Is 34ss
! q 9Iffyou will do that, Mr.; Henderson,,
you Will earn my Lifelong gratitude u" "
When John Byrd re-entcred his house
lie found his daughter Mary sobbing as if
her heart would break
"What have you done, father ?" she
asked. ~ [t-Es gtsy.,, !,
''What have you done9" - s
II have driven away that worthless
vagabond," lie roughly replied, "and have
ordered him never to darken my doors
again. j.
You might have given him another
chance, He is my husband, and he is the
Gle las had chance enough. He shall
not be your husband much longer. He
shall torture you no more. will got a
divorce for you"
II want no divorce" sobbed Mary. (
'You don't know what you want You
need divorce and you shall have 1t.
have taken this matter, into my own hands.
Worsham iis,readyt and anxious, to marry
YOU"
~
d Six years have passed since Albert
j iWakely was s,immarily elected from, tho
louse Of his fathcr-in-lew. y j, q s. I, s
lts ls AT the mouth Of a sanon in southern Cell