The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-22

moved mo al the sight.
 ~It is never too late Tor reforra- tioa, said, tutoring tho common truisln.
 Ill is BOO late by thirty years,r was his passionate answer 'Nn reform ing or rapeutine nov can give me back the opportunity l have wasina or make me the man ] might have boon. am aeaa man truly, as aeaa iB tresTasses and ain. ss that man, pointing to young RandaT's grave, fls in his tomb And that wss Ahhie Pennel, the girl he was to have mar ried!" with an abrupt change Of the subject What sort of & woman is sheFn
 For answer, Ttold him of her constant henefaci0ns, her tenderness, her kind ness, her sympathy, toward even the lasst and lowest of Gods creatures.
 A pure. good woman, you sag. And yet-- he paused and ground his heel into the gravel walk, ''dp you know mon have felt the love 0i just such woman & burden and houdace and have worn 1t of and cast it from them as they would Iettora We'll n and be gave harsh, unmivthful laac'h, s.I shouldn't complain I've had my freedom, freedom to SOW Che wind and roap the whirlwiud I've flung soul and body to the devil, with nobody to hin der and rostrain, Good God." and the cry v1as 8 wsil oi despair, ''that man will sink himsesf beyond the hopn ef re demption, and fancy he is happy in ao- ing it, that he will scar conscience tiil be fanoies that no soanes or Rssocia- lions will have power t0 sting.
 There is marcy"-l began, as he paused with sohhing hreaLh,
 But he interrupted me fercely.
 .'H- -hat can mercy do for mel Not even God Himself can restore my vast cd tslents, my mis-spont life, v and, whimporins pitifully, he brushed his eyes with his thraadhare sleeve
 Presently, turning 3o me. he asked, with hegrarly whine ''Conld vau lend me five dollarse I'm daad broke just now. and it's hard lines for man who has known different times.
 Without 6 word ] handed him the money. Poor fellow he had spoken the truth; his manhood was gone he v0nd recall The spark tha1 had flick erad for a moment had sunhnn out of sight again; evan remorse WAS pBwsr- less to arouse his vRuishod seIf-re- speot-
 A few duvs Inter an unknown man in an advanced stage Of int0Xication was picked an on the street, who, 60 nn ei- forts to learu his name wouid only an swer thai they could 20 and read il nn his grHve-stona for he was deaG 'sDaad and hurled thirty years, he would mutter, One thing, however, sonn hecaame evident 10 those about him. Dissipation had done its work. and the sn6 of she wasted life was close sI hand,
 That evening, as, at s lRtar hour Sban usual, ] was iGaa,inc She still old cemetery, I mel Miss Ahbis.
 '*Will vou % wish ma?" she said. T have been som for ao see man at the police ssnaon. Ponr Tim Riley, am afraid b,4iled him eut the last time he was arrested for beine drunk. Eie promised mo, far the sake Bf his wife and chiiareu that he would dO hattor. and thinE he tries, hut 1t is SD hard
 In few moments fnr it was but s shor1 distanco, we reached the som her hr'ink huildinn, and wgre taken into a cell where, m B pallet undsr B ilarins gas-iat. with the 0ashs and cries oI drunken man and women sounding 3ram the cells around, and the gray shadow n5 death resting ou his haggurd and unshaven iaea, lay she stranger CT che cemetery
 ''We sem for yon, Miss Penual, said tho sergeant who sat beside him, s'ferause he t1as mentioned your name several times in his rsving. and we thought you might he able to tall us what we can n0t find out from him. who he is. and where his h.iends may he fannG"
 Miss Abhie shaDG her head sadly
 T wish [ could hun mover sNw him bu nnco, and Ina only few aays ago He smoke oi having lived here and thas he isnew i'iand ot mine who ha6 been dnstl many yoars, but he did not 1all mo his name, or whsre he was from No. handing over him with B lune. searching lOOk az his faee-''I am quite stlre tha is is no one ] ever SAW aill then
 The sound oi her voice aroused She eyins man from she parsia. stunov hr hac sunteu into. and he opened his eyes
 'Ihey say Eou have asked iur me, my neur man, she said; ''is thore any thing can 5o for you"
 He moved his lirss. as though irving 10 speak. Bua the power oi speeuh was passed The faint sound die0 away in an articuiate murmur With 8 l0nk iu than eager and wistiul he liitsd ms ewes to the iacc ahove him, so full ni tender pitv, ana made an ef1ort 10 rsatss one ot n2s hands, as 1T tC inuch hers Miss Ahhie suw zhs motion slighs as it was and took the icy hngars in her cias8, warm clasp, Anu SO wi8h his hBn5 iH. hnrs, un6 his inst ino5 n' earth iutD her true and gentle eyes ghe sou. ni the nameless wan- de~er passed iuto tee p~ssence oi the Alt-Merciiu as wel as she Ali-1ust
 'aow pilitul'" exclaimed Miss Alb bic iu hrnEsu voice. as we walked homeward through ins uuia, streets. ''And very likely she~s Is sonie woman snmevherr who loves him No dnubt when he tsisd SD hard zo speak ii vgas to give ule B niessalgt iuT her. anC uOw she wil nevpr ssnuW
 We vfawg nassinr along 1hs sidf nf