The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-11
HOW THEY WE'RE SAVED.
sunk &" the Lowest ib-pfh.-H.Iped when
They We're Down.

Bv "A singular coincidence three we'll
dressed, ,ontcntcd-looki3g men met in
front of the post office yesterday morn
IN. One was a politician. one a Gus
iom-hou,c official. and one Il formerly
wc.l-io do LAWYER. Each of the three
he "n owed il. An acquaintance passing
bV was hailed by one of ia" group. tho
eldest. past fifty wear, Of age. VINO sad:
Il van you 10 see three reformed
men. lou know me-. ami | guess yoI
have seen us all a, one time or an
other
\ @ool-naturcd LAUGH from the OH
crS erected this rcmark. -Four wears
AGO In" eldest of the trio was one of the
most miserable. dc" AIDED d%runkariS
iha:"y"r trod in ragged shoe leather.
Ills hauntS Were in the lowest dcn> in
BAXTER and Mulberry streets. His
clothes We're rags and iaticr~. and he
WIS even lost to drccncv and had been
dlsownci bv wealthy relat YES and 10y
all people IF respectable II. The man
whom he had called 10 the group had
given Inn many a nic."l and w1> Glad
Ia yet rid of him. The roitcr's Field
seemed to cape for the mi-crabl.
man A. a last resort he was sent To
the Christian Home for Incorporate
Men nearly four NcgrS ago. where lie
wa~ clothed and fed. and : nee tina. dai
the man has led Il sober life. has been
restored To- his family and soc al posi-
lion. n has saved money. One ot his
delights now II To visit the quarters
where he once led such a lie Of wretch
cdnc>>. seek IN oul the suffering and
needy and AID NJ them in Il small way
financially and othcrwiS,.
The second one of the three. Il well
educated man Of forty lcar>. had Jared
cr"a worse than tn" eldest one. 30
strong WAS his appetite for rum mar he
lost friends. position and everything.
and Joined tie tomato-cau brigade. He
wa on If the mot IcSo.tcd trampS in
Mulberry street, and Il wear and a half
ago wa> sent L. the Island with Il gany
OF ~yagrant>. Here one IT the Com
miss e of charity and Correction
bririrndcd him. gavr him employment
and cloihiug. and the man. who >aid
that he had once dc>ps red of ever be-
inc a respectable human being again.
became temperate. AMI to-day j. dong
well. is restored Ia his family. AMI i,
resp ctcd 10y al who know him.
The third one of the party j. Il broth
cr of a wealthy New Yorker. Il had
been Il hard drinkcr." sad he. ".or
forty Year. | held responsible pos
tons and dinri ~ nclmoa cos. used
Ia 20 uu NV sprcc> III a carriage and
Inn nothing les expensive tia cham
payne. spent 4 fortune that my IA.
Their left me. and cost nv brother an
other and my friends a great deal. and
| got "a low thlt ] was east OF hy all.
| committed forgery and WAS sen. to
Sn" sing. but tia did not cure me.
Eighteen months ago | was a. low down
a. II WAS possible for a man Ia hc. and
| would actually beg for ten cents -: a
stranger la buy vile rum. Nv wife died
of a broken heart and my brother sent
for me Ia attend her funeral. h&d not
seen her for wears. | vowed when |
SAW her that | would never touch Liquor
again. and | haven't | would los, NV
right arm first. Every one dc>pa.r.d
of me and sad there WAS no hope for
me in this world or the ucNt But |
lack for nothing now. and | lind iha:
there are people always ready T. help a
sober man who tries To help himself.
Who darr> saw concluded the speak
or. .-w hen he compares u former con-
dlj;nu with our present state TIA; there
is no hope for a Gruukarl?'-N. J.
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