The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-07-02

looked first at the baby and chen at me.
Snch a look. Love. agony, and bitterness
combined.
"'IfI thought he had inherited my curse.
he said, he should not live another hour.
II screamed in terror, but he only laid the
child in my arms and went ont without a
word. That night he was brought home IN
capable of coming Of his own effort.
''The next ten years were so full of woe
thar each seemed All eternity. l then
thought my cup Of bitterness was full.
All! no heart may know its capacity Cor
suffering. sorrow had but just begun 10
throw her dark mantle over me.
"My fathers business did not prosper
well for the few years succeeding my mar
riagc, and soon | begin to know that lac
was drinking heavily. Which was cause
and which effect | do not know, but the
two went together, and the down-hill
course WAS rapid. Finally the crash came
Our old home, with all its wealth of
adornment, was sold under the hammer.
My parents came to my home temporarily.
but they never had another. Father drank
to such excess that in a few months he died
of delirium tremenS; and mother. heart
broken, survived him but Il short time.
while my children were yet very young
I saw unmistakable evidence that the thirst
for drink was born in them. From their
birth | tried to guard against every avenue
Of danger, hoping to save them by pre-
venting their learning the taste Of the
poison. But their fathers own hand
mixed Tor them the deadly draught.
He was intoxicated at the time ar he never
would have done it. | had left the dining
room ior a few moments aud came back
just in time to see the younger Of my two
little boys smacking his lips over the sugar
III the bottom Of the tumbler. Like a mad
woman | seized the bottlc-for Of course
it was near-and hurled It through the
open window. Then | half dragged my
boys to my own room, telling them they
had taken poison. and | treated them as
heroically as though it had been arsenic or
strychnine. As | passed out Of the door
ny HtiNbtilA itttGtaffl Il VINtiiktI ldit4l.
saying:
" Seems to me you've changed your
mind since You taught me to drink.
When my third baby was laid in my
arms, Iprayed-for had learned to pray
thcn-that he might be spared from the
curse. rs held him to my breast |
thoaght OF the poor slave mother who gave
laudanum to her child and LET it sleep to
death in her arms thai il might not know
the bondage OF slavery, and | understood
For is not the virtim al alcohol 4 slave )
What bondage So cruel. what %letters 81
CALLING Far better that a body should be
loaded with chains and scourged with the
!asli than that a soul should be icttered
and scared with sin. % Cod, | prayed,
remove the curse if it be possible, but il
not, oh, take him 10 thyselr God heard
my prayers. Only . day my baby stayed.
and liicn my arms were empty"
Tears were streaming down the pale
facr, but a glow Of solemn gladness rested
there,
20, friends! She continued. 'of my
three children, the one who never knew 4
mothers love has been my creates, com
fort: | knew that he is safe with God.
My older boys l tried with all my
power TO keep from strong drink. | taught
them of the ruin which wonld surely fol
low It's use, They had their fathers cx-
ample 10 shnn. They seemed to under
stand and want To do right. but the fire
was in their naturrs-it could not be kept
down. Willie, my first born. went "a a
drnnkayd's Grave before he was twenty
two.
My husband, in one Of his seasons oi
despair and remorse, tnok his own life
"And Frank my Frank-ean | tell youa
\ brighter. fairer. srnnici tempered boy
never gladdened a mothers heart. He fell
as did his father Tan.an ptdced Tie ,niae-
cup to his lips. Uuderth influence of wine
he committed a crime, and to-day he is be-
hind the prison bars at Sing Sing. a victim
of wtnc, WINE.
And can | sit idly by and hear you say
that wine is good and harmless? You can
see my wltitcncd hair and haGgari face.
Would that for one moment you could see
the agony of soul that has made me what
| am and learn Il lesson, All hc spake
truly who said; Wine is a moekcr, strong
drink is raging, and whatsoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
There were few dry eyes When the lady
ceased speaking But one of the teachers
drew from her reticulc a copy Of the Nun
ply pledge and passed it around 1t was
an opportune movement, a stroke while
the iron was hot. The bit of paper was
warmly welcomed, and at the head Of a
long list was the name Of the girl-artist
who was SO positive that wine was harm
less.-Lhp Homard Broom, il G5qstiae n
IFoyk,
There was a three-year old child IN Phil
adelplia last year who had heard her
parents discuss hygiene until her infant
mind was soaked with the subject. Then
one day her dear old grandmother said
meaning TO give Bessie a piece of cake
s.Bessie. what do you always nave after
your bath2'' The child regarded her
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