Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-08

sf the IaEseslss banking hOusss in The
elly. Ia s-s t.-via-. &. ..ss-..
Bis wedding tor. and. Oh the evening
either fetus0s AlR. Vahe end hts wife
metihem and es&oriea thenh 40 their
own house. which TIE father had pRg.
chased during their absence, as we'd
ding eiR 70 BIS daughter. n's
And 50 The sumner slipped eRAs
with them, alanes 8 lcze e seemed s.
have raaehad - zenith. 4ee s.
But now came the autamn, and with
il The long evenings, and sometimes
Paul tired and said: :ps2 iisaae'' 80
o.PIl 90 inst this once, Venie, darling
| met to-day Harry Define. and be made
me promise 10 come round 20 the club
tonight. You see, darling, they laugh
al me, and say I'm tied TO q woman's
apron string; and you know fellow
don't like to be made fun Of by his old
companions" KS aoEs ss4ssT
And Paul pressed . loving KISS upon
the sweet lips and said:
ssDon't ST for me, darling, but Ill be
home early. .9k recoir.." ts4 .haiil
Poor Venie dropped her head upon
the table before Der, and burst into Q
food Of passionate tears.
Paul had said the same thing half-a-
dozen times at least. t'Fd go Just this
once, and the last time Venie had
thought she detected the fumes Of wIne
in his breath on his return, and had be-
dewed bis pillow with tears long after
her husband had fallen asleep.
And tonight, somehow ashe felt thai
something terrible was about 10 happen.
and she continued to weep until the
fountains were dry, and then fell into q
feverish and disturbed sleep, often MUIR
muring: k ftt 81
l"Paul, Paul, now dou'l co. df'a
Aud so the hours sped on, aud Paul
came not, neither did Venie waken.
Twelve-one-two pealed forth from
the towers upon the still night, and yet
he came not.
But as three o'clock rang out, the poor
wife vas aroused from her unFefreshing
slumbers by something pulling heavily
at her feet, and with something between
a sob and stifled shrek she jumped
from her chair.
"PauI, Paul /" she cried. ooh I've
been dreaming" she murmnred, rub
BiRg her eyes.
"I wonder what time ID is."
And taking step forward 20 look at
the little French clock which adorned
the mantlepIece, she stumbIed over the
PROSTATE form Of her husband.
Surely she bad been dreaming; she
had dreamed OF seeing Paul lying drunk
10 the street with his clothes in tatters,
and his face aud hands besmeared with
dirt. '7' ~ - =
Il was hard enough 70 dream such
horrid things, but here IVES . reality
terrible reality. - 4 s-i'i- -
"Padl, Paul T. she cried, elineihS to
his neck, and sobbing, trying 20 rouse
him, from the drunken y iethargy INTO
which he hid fallen.. II .ssfT S.su
- Her Efforts to awaken him alI proved
futile, and poor Veuie could DO Hothfng
but weeh oveT him. % sss pas VS.
saA.PsdI, Paul, my 0wh Pau, yOudia6t
mean IT, I know p She mtfmnred; aud
thus the early dawn appeared, !, ana louncl'
her still at his siie..s sis'e SO
The Ere in the crate had died opt
long hours before; but she took no heed
of the biting cold, nor OF the tune.
But now The Iethargy Was wearing
of, and he turned uneasily in his sleep.
and mnttered :s -
l''I tell you, Joe Sanders, it's mine
my money, and III blow your brains
out if you don't give . up! You didn't
win il fairly"
Oh, horror of horrors what did she
hearl Had eridoIized husband eou-
pied gambling with drDkingi
The sun was mp ere Paul awoke 70. .
realizing sense Of his Illuminating siiua-
ton.
He knew that he had been intoxica-
ted. also that he had played, and played
for moaey, and lost--and lost what
didn't belong 10 him. ......t.
II was not the first time that Paul
DOremus had played, nor the FIRST time
he had lost, though not 50 heavily.
He bad before taken small sums from
the bank and lost. and on this paFticu-
Tar night his friends urged him to take
much larger sum, telling him he would
be sure to retrieve his losses. and Il was
with this faith that be went forth, max
ing a vow TO himself that be would
touch not drop Of wine, and should be
win Just enough 10 set himself right
with the hsnk be would stop and never
again 50 much - lay the weight Of his
finger on, the dice.sy 4tt
But when be had entirely shaken of
his Ietbargy he remembered all: he
knew that he had staked large sums,
and at 6rst won. aad then lost.
He knew that meeting oftbe direc-
TORS OF tbe bank was 70 take plare on
that morning, when all oi his embez-
zlements would be DISCOVERED.
And nov his only hope was 20 pres
frate himself al their feet and cue tor
pardon. .8 ess4s
He found himself utterly unable to
rise, and when little past noon he was
partially reused for an instant by vio-
lent ringing oI The door bell, be spFang
TO hls feet, exclsiming:
sVenss, vsnis, darling they We come:
the ofieers 70 H
Surely they bad come, and Paul Doge-
mus, who had been cougted and fat
tered snong The bess classes Of society.
was taken forth from hIs pleasant snd
pnce happy home, and east into . iel-
on's cell.
The news spread, sni Mr.. Vane and
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