The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-14
MOONEY GORE

food, Tor Mooney Goro is not good pro-
WIDER. His earnings, which arc irroSH-
lar, do not lind their way into homo
comforts for uetty aud tho babe, which
lios over in the ittlo cradle.
TWAS asurpriao when liOtty married.
Mooney. She was making good living
as honscmaid in rich inmiIy. and was
such pleasant looking, tidy littlo crea-
turo everybody liked her; and she kept
company with several young worknen
who would havo made better husbands
thnn Mooney.
AS he sits at table he looks like an
i'll naturod nastih whom Iletty might
welt fear, Hia face and hair arc co red,
his body so big and rough, his speech
so coarse, how can she loyo hin2 But
sho docs, though sho has long ago
found out that sho cannot restrain or
Influence him, and begips TO tremblc
for her future
"Don't go out tonight, Mooney. don't -!
You've been out every night this week. "
''0h, 90 away, llotty. I'm tired hay
ing you holding on to my coat ta.ls.
Aud why should ! want 10 stay In this
dingy placer
al baby and I can stand Il, Mooney,
you ought to, or get us a better ono.
Piease don't 20"
"Oh, shan't DO COMO long, Hetty,
you bother. I Just waut TO stop around
the cornor and hear what the fellows
haVo 10 say about tho big striko. Go 10
bed, and don't sit hero like little fool,
waiting for mo-"
But IIotty did walt for him, listening
TO every football IN tho big street and In
tho alley as she sat by the window in
| the darkness iii atreaks Of gray ap"
poared in tho cast Then she laid her
head on O pillow, to which no sleep
came. It was Sunday morning. Church
bells rang. birds gang in tho near park.
little children passed to and fro 10 Sum
day school, and still lefty was looking
and liateninV for the step that mover
again crossed the portal Of that lonely
abode. 1t was not till noon TINT tho
old shoemaker, IIetty's uncle. camo Ia
with the awful ncws that Mooney was
in jail. Mooney had boon with the fol.
lows talking about the strike. he went
into a saloon with them, and when he
came out, half drunk, was persuaded
| to take part in house robbery planned
by these fellows, WHO had been trying
for some time to get him into their gaug.
Mooney was caught but not until no
had shot at and wounded tho
| officer who attempted his arrest.
Now this lovely Sabbath morning
he was in prison, separated from wife
and child, with the prospect that FREQ
dom was gone for many years. Poor
Hetty Iangulshed aud faded, finally
fell into q fever and was taken from
her home TO be cared for 10 hospital.
Little Mary went to the children'e
home until the mother would get up
and be able to begin again the battle of
life. When sbe did she took her daugh-
ter and fed to another city which had
no knowledge Of her husbands wrong
and disgrace. She buried her broken
heart out OF sight, save as Its pain
crept into her face, aud strove as only
a woman could to live for the Innocent
thing .ha. owed its being to her. But
sorrow IL merciless parasite and with
Unsuitable cruelty sometimes demands
human life for tie prey; go bligbted,
accomplishing little Hetty laid her
weary head on Gods bosom and was
never again haunted BY the face Of a
drunken criminal who broke his VOW to
love aud protect her while life should
last.
When poor Hetty's lie was passing
away in the little room where she and
little Mary had fought SO valiantly for n
bare living, she was visited by tho
Young soldiers Of Christ's army-tho
Saivationists. To their tender caro- she
committed the only jewel abe had to
leave on earth, little Mary, and never
did helpless human life fall into suffer
hands. Tho years had flown while
Hetty had been struggling, md now
the child was In her fifteenth year. Old
Mooney had served his sentence and
was free, but had not been able to trace
his wife and daughter.
Little Mary bacume worker In tho
noble army, going into the dark places
Of sin and sorrow with sunshine and on.
couragoment, telling tho fallen Of the
One who stilloved and pitied and would
save them.
Mooney Gore did not come out into
tho world better man. Ilarshncss and
punishment, breathlng tho sin OF livos
as bad and worse than his own. had not
purified his heart OF its evil propensl'
ties. lie was hardened, and failing to
find wife and child no grow desperate.
took Rgniu to drink and soon fell in with
the companions Of the puat. Strangely
enough hG wandered to tho city where
IIctty died. lie sat ono night at tablo
In n saloon with o party Of drinking
roughs. ITo had Just taken his first
drink, though It vas near midnight,
when there came gentle knock at tho
door. Tho snloonkoopcr opened tho
door 10 And before him three soldiers OF
the Salvation army. They stopped In
without waiting to he hidden. and with
modest look and manner stood for q
moment contemplating tho roughs be-
tore shon.
"lfollo, gIr!sw was tho greeting, in n
touo that did not promise respect or
pnfoty 10 the young women. "seO hero,
vonnp damscis." said Mooney Gore;
;'eco bore; tako my advice and skip.
Wo amt got no uso for prayin' aud
bcnynn.tnlk in hero. You'd bottCr so
home and 20 to bed. That's my advice.
Maybe you don't know ita getting TO-,
ward midnight
Still looking at tho men with tender.
cst co,npassiou, With soft, Owoct voices
thoy began to cling "Nearor My God to
Al the frat impulse tho rowdicg said
"Iinnnh. !" aud smiled; then thcy drop.
md tbrir glasses aud turned to tlatnn,
AMI kont gilont, When tho hymn wHl