Daily Republican., 1888-10-05
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One OF the strongest stories Of 4
|drunkaEd's reformation IL told In the
RhilAdelphiA Times. william H, q
prosperous tradesman OF ESsteFn Penn
sylvAnlR, Loaf his properly through I'M
foreseen business troubles, aud, leaving
BIS young family, went West 10 retrieve
his fortune; bat discouraged by want Of
SUCCESS, he took 10 drink, and huAlly
became degraded loafer. He drilled
eastward again, and was seen In Troy,
N T., hanging around liquor saloons.
He had lost his manhood, aud even his
| very name (havlnR long been ashamed
I 10 be called by I'D and men knew him
/ - rhe Worm OF the 6tIp."
Onoe, soon after the arrival Of q DIR.
ouA and menARerie combination to ex.
hibit in the city, the dIuuhArd tsw one
OF the keepers purchase . pAilful Of
whisky for . sick elephant and sneAked
after him to the CIRCUS tent, folio wing
thu Impulse Of his raging thirst.
The keeper pat the bucket Of whisky
down before "Be'gy," the sick elephant,
and she drank about half OF 1t. The
Intelligent brute knew It was medicine,
and did not propts1 to take more OF IL
than she thought she needed, The
bucket, stul half full Of liquor, WAS
left standing near her, and the keepers
attention was called away for q mo.
ment.
Hardly was his back turned whom =
bloated, red face wAs poked through
under the canvas, aud its pair OF wat
cry eyes were tAstsned greedily upon
the bucket. Betsy fiKed her keen little
Eyes On the intruder, stopped swsyius
TO and fro, and waited TO yes what he
would do.
He did not notice her. The fasolnA
tlon oftha whisky blinded him to every.
thing else. The bucket was beyond his
reach. He drew himself under the
tent until he could olutch 1t. The In.
slant that he did so, Betsy flung Der
powerful trunk around his waist, en-
wbirled him up In the sir.
She did not meAn him any harm, but
be was tAmPering with her medicine,
and she would not stand that. 80 he
had barely time 10 give one wild shrek
OF terror, when abe tossed him thirty
feet away, where he struck AgAlnst one
of the pondeT0ns wheels OF . lion cage,
fell TO the earth with one leg broken
and three fractured ribs. She did not
attempt 10 follow and hart him, for she
had no malice. He WAS cArTisd away
on btfstcher to the hospital.
The rest OF the story IL 9 pathetic
romance. The wreiohed mans reoov.
cry was 80 slow that fifteen weeks pass
Cd before he Conld walk on orutohesj
but IN that long time the thorough hos
pital treatment had cleAnsed eli the II.
liquor out Of him, and he had begun "a
look something like his former self.
One day, when party Of ladies visit
ed the hospital, distributing flowers and
reading t. RGler TO the patients, one oil
them, " handsome but ssd-faced youuG
woman, stopped By his chair. and gAEsd
at him IS II strangely startled.
"BAther," she said, you Conf re-
member me. 1 an your daughter
Mary"
It was twelve years Aimee she hat
seen him bat she knew HIN,
She had him conveyed to her homt
IS soon ~ possible, where, In tins. b.
wAs restored 10 health, found goc1 en-
ployment, and began . new life Of 20
briefly and industry, which continued
70 the last.
his adventure with the elephant, 90
nearly fatal to him, proved the meant
OF his entire reformation.