St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-27

WdS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Had he been my own brother.I couldn't
have felt more keenly the disgrace, I
couldn't have reproached myself more Bit
terly for neglect. l talked with him like
good uncle sobered him up and engaged
him as a reporter. From that hour his life
was continuous UP and down. He went
as reporter one day on a Sunday school
picnic and made the acquaintance of
meek-faced, demure, quiet little lady,
daughter of DanSer, the gambler. They
were mutually impressed. She was Chris
tan woman, with character of most desira-
BILE strain dominating her entire life, per-
meating every thought and action, literally
going about doing good. Her father had
three passions. He loved his daughter, he
loved to make money, and he hated liquor
and all who used it. He was rich beyond
the dream of avarice, fact unknown to his
family. He was a hard, harsh. bullet
headed man, who carried his life in his
hand, ready with alertness to meet friend
or foe, cool clear to the core. His pur-
poses were always clean cut. He knew to
hairs breadth the path he trod.
He made and held enormous sums of
money. He had the intuition of woman,
ana when he saw his pretty, quiet daughter
brought home by this stalwart, handsome
youth, he read her heart and judged the
man. Parental decree sent her to her
room and her escort turned away as though
pail of water had been thrown in his I'M
eXpectant face. A few days thereafter l
received visit, as editor of the paper OH
| which this young man was employed, from
| the gambler. / saw in moment that he
was angry from head to foot, and had come
| to settle the affair with ME, having failed,
as I subsequently ascertained. to convince
| his daughter of the improperly of her &C
cepting as an escort this young man whom
| she had never met before. [ was as blunt
| as he, and although not as fond of Aleck
| Boyd as he was of his Mary, / championed
Alexis cause. l showed Danser the DOS
sible course that lay before the young man,
assured him of my entire confidence in him
and my intention to further his prospects
all that was in my power. ''But" asked
l, ''why make serious matter Of it? The
young people have met but once. He may
never think of her again or she of him."
''Ah," said he in reply, you little know
that girl. This young man is the first per-
son [ ever knew her to feel the faintest in
terest in as an individual. l have had such
scene in my house as / care never to have
again." Quick as flash, turning to me,
after moments pause, he said, THAT man
drinks and l hate drunkard."
What could l say?
THE OLD TALE RE-ToLD.
To make q long story short, for the in
teryiew lasted over an hour, persuaded
Mr.. Danser to keep his hands off, that if
the young man called to see his daughter,
she being quite old enough to determine. let
him do so. If he didn't, why there was an
end of it, and l assured hin that in the
mean time would speak to Boyd and
would let him Danser) know how the boy
felt.
The ''boy," by the way, had gotten to be
twenty-one years OF age, and Miss Danser
was fully that, if not older.
In the course of three months BOYD and
Miss Danser were engaged. and Aleck did
very well in his work. lapsing occasionally
into drink
One week I missed him.
The woman with whom he boarded said
he had been drinking very heavily and had
gone out one night, since which time she
had heard nothing from him. I sent to
Miss Danser. She wrote that he had called
upon her in an intoxicated condition, and