The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

Ny name is IsabeI-Isabel DAILY.
4 nope you won't be bad again, and
enat they won't be unkind to you"
And he passed out of the dock with
tnese words ringing in his ears
hope you won't be bad again,
ana that they WON'T be unkind to
you"
And when he reached the cell from
which they were to take him to
she house of correction, the firm
ness that kept him up so far all left
ann, and crouched on the cold stones
nepurst into passionate fit Of weep
ing.
was not long alone, for his en-
dPTer had followed him, and the
p We severe master was now as badly
lbroken down as the clerk whom he
J n caused to be. punished SO severe.
I ~. The old jeWeller put his arms
around Hugh's neck and for several
minutes could not speak. AT last he
said
"My Door boy, I wish 1 could undo
this. When saw you standing in
the dock, you made me think of a
boy of my own who was ruined by
the wine cup and left me for | don't
know where. What can do? How
can l undo this ?"
There was no reply, for both hearts
We're too full to speak for a moment
but the young man at last raised his
head and said,-
81 am not crying like baby for
my punishment, and | haye nothing
but good will to you. If YOU have
been harsh to me, | don't Know it.
Let me becandid with you. | was
theft, and | was a drunkard-a thief
Tor the first time and a drunkard for
the first time but still | was both.
If you think you have been harsh,
then, when my punishment is over,
help me to 60 somewhere where |
can get Work-a long way off, where
my story is not known, and, as |
live, [ will repay your kindness ten
iold. And there is a young GIRL" he
continued, "charged with stealing
some lace, up stairs. Will you see
her? | am sure she is innocent, and
in the dock she forgot all her trouble
for moment, to ask me never to be
bad again. 1t was that, Mr.. Belden,
which made me give way so weak
ly."
Vhc parting was very sad one,
but The inevitable had to come, and
Hugh Murray was for six months to
come only mo. 49," in the western
corridor.
A few days after he had been in
prison he received a trunk full of new
clothing from his late employer,
some IuXuries in the way of food,
etc, that were specially permitted
by the warden, and the following
letter.
"My dear Hugh Please accept
the accompanying little gifts from
me, and keep UP good heart. |
send you some useful books with
which to employ your time. Your
friend, who was in such trouble, was
perfectly innocent, and was discharg-
ed, her arrest having been a conspi-
racy, and she is now head sales WO-
man Of the house where she was ac-
cused Of theft. | called and told her
yesterday how bitterly you suffered
from her sympathy, and the noble
girl burst into tears and bade me tell
you to be Of good courage and never
be bad again"
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A year after this there was a little
quiet wedding in Toronto, Canada,
and the bridegroom was successful
young jeweler, just started in busi-
ness, and president of one Of the to-
tai abstinence societies, while the
brides name was Isabel DAILY. And
as he held her to his heart after the
ceremony, he whispered,-
"Darling, do you remember that
you were Wooed in prison dock 2"
The one strange thing about the
wedding was, however, that when
they got to their new home there
was letter addressed to Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray, and it had a smudge on
it Just as ifan old-fashioned salt tear
had fallen on it, and all that was in
side of it was a check for one thous-
and dollars, signed by Everett Bel
den.
PeCk'S Son.
a young fellow who is pretty
smart on general principles and who