The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-09

tute women, and freeze out all you cannot
prostitute, advertise work for ''tramps," but
ridieule and skin when you get them, guard
the sanctity OF the Sabbath, fine lone women
who sell cake and popcorn to feed their Or
phan children, pnsh Sunday law on small
liquor dealers, pull cheap houses of ill-fame
for revenue to foot the harlOt bills of ''the
little back room," but keep three big dens of
prostitution (Which have agreed, in view of
our steady custom, to divide the profits) free
from disease for association use, keep re-
viyals, at hallelujah pitch, publish in the
morning dailies, under, tdouble;headers, the
succuss Of the previous day, etc., etc. Id 4
WORK BEGUN. X
immediately new life was infused in every
association work; the papers famed with
help r'the helpless, food for the hungry,
clothing for the naked, rest for the weary,
work for the idle, drugs and delicacies Tor
the sick and balm for the wounded. Flash
on flash went up about the great awaken
ing" Revivals were epidemic, conversions
the order Of night and day, railroad shops
had noon prayer, street corners, lawn, grove
and forest held an audience >harlots taught
Sunday school, led choirs, putfed the mis-
sionary, sang Sankey and Moody songs, got
converted every night and piled their, pro-
fession Oh the altar when the ligh We're put
out, doors of chapel and church stood ajal
day and night, public and private houses sue
c,tmbed alike to the general revival want,
reformation washed gutter and alley, the
new missionary was a flaming success; he
ought to be an evangelist, he was an angel,
the air was pregnant with his praise, the
press astonished itself with the gifts and
graces of the young man, and gray-headed
divinity with bated breath prophesied Of his
dazzling future. But, My Lord! In the
thickest pour of this rain OF righteousness
the missionary turned up diseased, like his
brethren. What should be doue with lis
wife? She never had spoken; but she
might. She had ever stood aloOf from thel
blasphenlOus orgies. She had not affiliated
in her husbands work; She could not be
trusted. .-i. -''.'
/ CouuciI of war No. 2 was called. III hot
haste, DR.. Logan in the chair, and the case
with all its doubts and dangers was laid be
fore him. Dear boys" says the doctor,
''never fear. | have managed many such
cases, and | will this. Leaveit it to me.''
They did leave it to him, and he's got it yet.
Immediately this arch demon sent this
message to the missionary's wife, whom he
had never seen: 1--WE all lead this licentiOuS
lite that your husband does, and you may as
we'll know it first as last; and unless you
commit adultry as pledge of secrecy to
us, we will divorce you from your husband,
we will blacken your name 50 yu1 will never
lift your head in Scranton again or be be-
lieved under oath; your home in your own
right we will take from you, you Shall never
be buried beside your only child, or meet
her in heaven when you die. You had bet
ter yield at once, for this is so filthy you can
not tell it. and if you do. Will not be be-
lievel. You can't speak through the press,
we have that or through the courts, we
have them also. and it IS more than law
yer's lie is worth to defend you in suit
against us; you will never get one to Go it.
HELL. TURNED LOOSE.
Her answer was: Have you bought the
Almighty? If not, III stand with him."
This was the signal for hOstilities. Every
association battery opened fire; every tongue
waggtd its best, with half-begOtten, half
born lies. Slime pits were thicker than in
the vale of SodOm and filled the atmosphere
with stencil to smother Mrs. Chaplin. The
shock was simultaneous, war to the knife
hilt, and rained on the entire line, and the
blackeSt cannonade of hell stormed the cita-
del of this broken hearted woman. Previous
to the capture of her husband her home was
heaven; peace, plenty and piety dwelt there;
fifteen Years Of welded life had known
naught but love; supreme devotion OF three
to each other made cord not easily HOken; ;
none could conceive the breaking. The
doctor knew no ordinary effort could desc
late that home and make it hell, 50 he got IN
his best work on that job.
A four column article from the doctor S
pen now appeared, to blacken her name, and
bv free use of his clerical lash he had IN
duced two divinity poltroonS and two they
ing coal kings to join their names with his;
This publication was called by lawyers and
Judges the most obscene article they had ever
seen in print. This paper assured the. pubic
that all was peaceful and serene IN the
Christian association, and no dirt had ever