Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-10-11
How Harry Lane was Saved.

Note-The following short temperance
story was written by Oracle Harrington of
CambridgebOro, Pa. The little writer
was onl y ten years Of age, and her 'cnpy''
was all printed out after the manner of
childhood.
"Please give me some moro vino, papa.n
AZ Harry Lane to his papa on dty at
.ener. Yes, Harry" said Mr. Lane.
shall hav H ~ want" Mr. L,ne
i wine on II" ,ble every dav. and
larry had lealn ned to like it. He was
me years Oh, an only child, an the
'.de and delight of his parents. In vain
s. Lane talked and reasoned with her
',band. lie would say ''he shall have
Il he wants it. can let it alone when
'tnt to, and so can he" Then she wonld
% and talk to Harry, but he would saw.
Papa drinks it, and why can't 7, man.
nap So ne Went on drinking every day.
md his mamma could only hope and nray
Years went on and Harry went with bad
1oys. and grew to be almos rs Dad rs thav
'Ne l,J when he came home from school.
mauima smelled tobpcco, and asked
m if he had been smoking. "No." he
ud' Il dom smoke few days after
nat his mamma found some cigars in his
.er. About this Tina bo haoa nn. ucoe'No4
n. EVENINGS awov fron, 80 " sPe"u
3 companions had nm unnin ny y,
cen sailor, and the boy, whose name
>as Will Jones, told Harry such stories
oout the sea that he thought he would
He TO be a sailor, and at last he deter
nlned to ask his father to let him 90 on
'o9rd ship as cabin boy. When be
-, ~ ..\Vbv marrr ;, '.nii' sni, C,n ,I 20 10
wa conld nnt snarn ro, '",u aa nr' hthe'
in reed Of tho monoy hon. 81 d" '.I' .I ,n We "'G nol
" .rhnr hnt ,hirh Ivy w11n,1 khow 'hat.
II viii hn timn nrouorh ,',L ~ .''o ooe"n'
'ior "''' ;, sal G' ',T,o HIr fnou9n when you are
30 nn,v tirtoon y H.. , .oIno"i'c' you
no 81 am not . hiIv a,I en,. ~, "i't'tr' i;t.
10 lre,tod like ono -, fio ,oil t;:;,I Ir"o "
nd WIN saiI. H. - sbor,' ,o," " iIl Ill.,, onGs'
lnnt vou on anpwa1,on N' "'' why
,,Im thinLing oEor. :, ~ o;, ;,
Thai niobt m his own ,,Ia,,a,'t, " i''' y
nonoht ,ho mnttor n o,.o! D'oto',"t IUom ne
.,id! ,.NVn,t br,,, oo, Il 40 gu" at i"ot hc
nscl; = rro.i n,a, ann u "n, ,'o Will come
ne bcI,cT'1 The nrvt ',' ri~It i,'I 'oo"er 20
d. vas d,rl, bo n,,,,t "'S".' M 10 Soon rs
,,ckcd his Globes in s,u "p W ,,aI ti'i rom,
nnnrnl il onf ~" ,'in! 49, '''GtIe'' ana
yoIt down sf.,irs owl ,,,,'. 1io 'Il'"
nj. rs Airs Lana fhn,abr '' =, ''0ouI 7oI1
.vrr,no wbon En ca,,,n7 hi. 's ~ EFenu tne
.,,1 hy. ,nd s,,1. : Won nn' nood N's'.' ,", u'l
- tIn ,n,aa h,cI. n,an no'" noT s''N
be home verv o,rlr ~ Ti ,o' l ,u'S
ed ont, nickoj IN h's sa,oboI "ea em, NC nul1
ior The denot liz had hourht "h'i hi, s."lte. ;S
,readv, So whom bo m %o, D 'hnso nt ~ n's .lche.
On train, and wss nj '''''0 no Ju'nPeu
II was ten o,c1ocL ,ho nav. .,
whom Harry oo, to Tho o;,r - 'o' hn uInS
nlendeJ 10 SION III IJo IVY yor, ".e,o 10, "p % lraI
shin that was Tv;nr .t n' ,ha i pn ooulu
,sked the eontain If 6o ,ra,,,oJ n",i' ',nu
nov, "Y,s.i Le said ..how i,o,.u a. o''T," T,',
nov had dvast.Lon .;oL a,,J 'lo
want another !" So if ,,,as so so,,i,I ~ J0'lSv
that night when the nonn oa'''a .,''' ''h"
was sailing over the soa t,r r.o,,, ~ Nv
md loyin9 m ,lher "''''0'"'
Mrs. Lane stavcd nm ,iu ,,,o o..,,a,.
wailino for Harry .nf " bon w. 10 -J;,i, I,ooN
anne then she wnt. NJ I.n Inr n0 "'u nol
went IN look for him hr, am ''"u Nv
Thev searched for him 'ponr d.,-I d.t =" n''n.
las, gave him IN for los, ""''' '"' ut
Year. nassed nm uarr,. ,.,r,,o,;,.,.
mt when he w.s nn shorn bo s,'I 'ir,. " sn"o'
hard and spent his monou U'' nc ,ha. h,'hN In ~
not want to o. hama thoS,h 81 ''n.t lie u"u
aad hours thinking of his |rtSa n1 ','' ,n'"S mS
when he was m sboro us ,an,v ",,r't' , Dncr
coaxed him n ao ,n;,h pmny py " uNe's
yhon he w,s doyn VIII ,naou ,"'.l' 't one unS
law On oc,onps With ;,a e, H. .uo WIZ lo
,nward him uo co.'s o ,In ,I s;.i ",nS conn"
men to draw hin, ' NV 'Iv hut sh" na' ] ,ol tne
canabt him beforo ,ha, ' hI Ivy ,i. t"o oc,TpuS
- H., tnJ;s my M '''n lucy