The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-09-07
\ NlFE'S INFLUENCE,

-h'1ilt 'rot l.illt' llh!1l t!it il';l;'HfiS
red lips. t1eur:;l.l Al!.uil the Niilul
young beauty, WAS ll,, in Il ll',ol t,
appreciate: the VII. ,,,'ti4l vi he,r
aunt
~ don't Wait 10 give NV v.>ll>'lt f. a
union that would render Won mis-; :,!bI,,
Georgia. replied the Lady, truly;
land you-"uul,i you be- thu. lie OF :,
druukarl'''
:. lie promised me that lr- would quit
drinking, said C1tvl:!iA :. LITTLE. irt, fully
this time.
''lloW long since, ri,il,l'.
More than month ago +.
The lady Was silent for few NJ !ntals;
then she said. gruvelv:
't'torgj,l, told You at first that tlr
habit was coutirinr,! With Louis Howe
lie was IL Years Old when Inst !,v hin.
int, HlAtel He ~ Now -
:" But lac .A4av have. j ept his rsyuaiSe,
Auu >ophias + >.~,: ,'.' >
"|'unt dtluur yourself with, Mat he.
lief, Georgia. Louis Howe passed W
here last night So deeply iutyxis.tei tlut
he could servel! hold tire rtil4s You
need not look i!:tlv>iuluy:S, child; il is
true. II 4e WAS 4 Ill:,!t I'll high lu''t.u
l,rln!lp!e would hope that :. wife s;,l..
tie Intluence might save BIN. t:ft
think there Is no human help for him
\ long pause. during which l;tol-;,
was endeavorlnt 10 restrain the tears
that would CONT After a while Mis-.
chester continued, thoughtfully:
II have known one instance ,,.n Il
Niie's gentle 'tlltluenrt: saytu |. l.,,E,;,
uiun FROM disgrace and 4 lni>t:,i,!' death,
perhaps. But he had only jl~t i,..,l4 to
quan from the poisoned cup, and BE-.
sides, he was far superior III character t.,
Louis Howe. You remember that You
On tie happiness Vi \.lll '"u,in Adj,
Melh'.!l.n', and her husband They
were marrieu ;.lia !'o'l we =! loAiet-
ing school, ;. E
,'eorgi. looked NJ III s"rr ,..r,:..
ton.
81 will tell you Of it now Not |,,.t.<.,,>t.
| belive that any psrr Influence. .u'tl,t
ilctuate l. 'ulS, but BECAUSE i! Laple.t- It,
, be uppermost in my mimi. Ada was al
ways. Il Strange: gjl-reser, I'd, luotle-t
AMI gentle. yet yer. firm. and deci,tcl
sometimes. l Was never tired OF watch
ing her f;lce-she lived with INT t!l..n
YOU know. She ";t; III ;til RESPECTS >,,,:l,
woman As was rarely to be found!
zone day she .;t1lt. to me and told l,t-
hat one Of her admirers had proposed.
What vas NVur answer, A!:t" !
lsktu
:. I rejtrtel hi,n ierileuly, Aunt 50
pilie, she replied. 4 would not .'.rry
Irunkar Is grave
H.. # inks al. tilv >iiI
tor the purpose Of trying her
Ny husband must be totally stbster,l-
io,ls,' she said TRULY:
81 rejoicet at her decision. and Nas
still happier when She gave her PROMISE
TO Charley Melbourne to be his wife,
They Were. 'na>rit'i; ard at the. urgent
request Of both, | Nt1lt to live viii. ti,,.,u
i. their l.ew f.o!Iss. Their sky wu5cIoi(i-
less for time, ius after awhile | s:ay
that Ada lo,Ecd EtI :'hA cAreNurls.
did not Question her about it, Uut N;ait,i
until she should come to me, Ehit h She
lid before long
ooh, AuntSrrhi,., ain so misvr4be",
she exclaimed. | .>uvthed her tendery,
and after :, While, when she had b-rn!ne
cal1ner, she told Ilh all. That her ic-
jtrtcd sui1Or, from motives 1T rtyelI4e,
probably, was cndeNvul!ug t. draw
Charley away FROM the home Influences.
i have tried to Marlt4lill,' she said, 'l,nt
he is generous-tGa fault, and will no; be
lieve in the possibility uf such AN act Of
treachery. He went to the rlub last
night with him, and was almost angry
when I tried gently to demonstrate.
Oh! what shall >lo''
ADA was almost It~pt!riu2 then, and
it was nearly beyond ny power to en-
courage her At length, ,f,rwrvtr,' tslIe
II, ~
save him, and Determined ~ 10 every
ming in her power.
''lhat nigh harley did not come
home to ten | knew that ADJ. anticipate
ed Il repetition .nt TIE last nights ~ex-
perience | could not sleep, AND. for
dreary hours cuuldIlear% her walking
restlcssIy MP and down in her room.
Just ut II Charley came home.
With u wisdom which few persons Of
more mature years I,uSscSs, she sad
nothing to him then. His voire f"attd
into me somewhat ll>iily, ullI feared
the worst. An hour later my door was
opened softly and Ada rablt> in and
threw herself down on the side of the
bed Inurlnuriny .i,1!y:
"'Oh, Aunt Sophie, il l. Just us feared;
hurley has been drinking. He lead
him into temptation and will never be-
satisfied until lt leads him on to ruin.
He came to the door with Charley, |
saw him waiting outside. thiEkin" per-
haps to hear NY '.i'rHrl~A amt my
grief Like the :Tlld;un at the. stake,
However, / Suppressed an 1~s.
"'You have .a.te Is. i>hfv, dear Ada?
| replied, S',tlris,!i> but don't dtspai:
vet. He has 'l!, I'!St entered upon the
downward }"lh, ard YOU rln save llln,
if any earthly power ran.
tY u 4. T. ola
turned. But if you l!ll only known
my anguish when .l,,sentrrcl the room
an honr ago. he has never tanpcrcd
with intOXi'1,tin. IiIlInr<, ;:nI Il little h;,.
sufiiced to over, brow l..' completely
'For Il long time sl1" lu,,lrncI thus;
then she rcrrI,,.'ir" her REORGANIZATION
Of the day, and I'~,' in firm hope. Poor
Ada! I could up}'L" civic her agony. u..r
"Not one void IF reprouch to hcrhus-.
band came from A'i.o Ii ps the next day.
With smiling face an. cheerful words
she greeted him OH every orr;lsion,an
would have seemed the most sunny
hearted creHt''rr in the world to a casual
lobserver. 1t Was not :. business day
with him, and theref,re he lad no oc-,
casion to leave home. | arose from the
stairs, glanced int" Ada's sitting room
Everything was arranged It's only Ada's
hand could have arranged it, neatly and
gracefully. understood the tender
care she had employed, and hoped the
loving wife would receive herreWard.
''rhey come up together IA few mo-
ments later, and since my door was aijar
l could hear every word. Ada opened
her elegant melodeon and proposed
music. Charley hesitated and at length
told her that he had promised him-the
man of whom have spoken--to meet
him down town on very important bust
ness. There was short pause: Char
ley'-Ada's voice was trembling-'I
know we'll what he wants. Twice now
, he has led you into temptation. Will
you blindly fol low him agan?''
I" You are unjust to him, said Charley,
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