Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-23

procured on the installment plan 70
was not luxurious. Of course, but you
should have seen how pretty home
Alice made with e. There were week
IL payments 20 be met; and for
month or more the rising sun and I
were equal models of punctualityl
Then let Il 20 for week. Nothing
happsned. was somewhat surprised
OF that. for my contract with the
dealer had been more binding than tho
shackles Of Israel in Egypt Another
week slipped by. and another. Vari-
Gus causes reduced our funds TO q low
ebb. Presently I owed forty dollarA
A polite collector camc. promised
immediate settlement and he de-
parted was 20 receive my monthly
check frorn the Philadelphia Office in
a few days. and relied upon that.
Something delayed t. borrowed
fifty dollars from John Ennis. and. o.
he raoe me the cash. no looked at mo
In peculiar why.
".He thinks III GO OF on q spree and
spend this money said 10 myself.
and then addods Great heavens. what
I II shouiif"
1T seems absurd 10 DO sentimental
about q few sticks OF furniture, but
when q man Is newly married aud has
q home for the first time In ten years,
ne may be parioncd for al excessive
anxiety 20 keep II uudisturbed. That
anxiety WA, OF course. my chief dam
ger Tho drun,zsrd b always on tho
edge 81 . precfpioe. and IL he looks
down he win cast himself into tho
depth& IL Il the same. perhaps. with
all mortal p>rils; they have fascina-
ton I loohed down. that day. and
was dragged ever thu brink
That was the beginning of such
degradation 60 oorAld net name 20 any
man but true friend The poverty
which drunkenness entails Il not
nearly the worst Of IT, and jet that
alone IL hssrtrcnding 90 endure or
90 look hsek upon. What Alice suf-
feaed dosbtirss do not even know.
How she unfaIIingly forgsve. the An
gel # The BeN,l< mast have recorded in
words We have not learned on earth.
Thro,gh Il all thsnk her principal
knxiety vas 20 preserve our home.
II viii not weary you with the story
Of her struggles There ts nothing -
mean - money. and the les ron have
Of II the mcaner IL IA One can reap q
fortune 60 arzfs length. but a few pcn-
niez win sneak into an intiuacv wish
their ownev which viii desperately a.
sail his self respect May Heaven for
I give the msn who win not guard his
wife from that II he can. aud could.
bat an not. for the sake of my Apo
lite
"At isst there csu,- day ike shss
when borrowed abe money from
Ennis. only FAR mere serious. II was
wedne~iay, and the polite collector
hnd n,euticned Friday--the dav when
men ara hsnrei-as tia probable %
easfon 81 q hnusilissinr experience Tor
ma Afeer many hear. breaklnr disap-
rz,insusents rsi~ea ne necessary
eu,ount had preserved my courec-
ton with Allen = Gre-e=. ara 49, stftI
"a charge - their Scsv York ofie~ h,ss
my position was IN jeopa~'f beraa~s
F 81 az habits. aid ms salArs ~ - o~ee.
dr~ws sad rqsenderr.i borrowed
that noney 90 che - rnv customers.
Ansfy Glespya. You kno.~ him Ne
AL that be wsnf~f ~ TAX b,s<iners. :
Anay eanDa4 tale hasiness eonafrrs.
shlv exerpt m = iigseF sslosn Tho
drsnsn instis ne ueirussed hlra a. =
frienlL Iiere 80 e~rtsfnly "a sncas~s
II 49, matter - sasissss - pre@rvs
NJ sFi~ssiiy re,.fioas ~itA As<y
70 s~~s $3.50 ss.a.sesr a..
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