The Lamar register., 1899-03-15
Jonn c rooIe,'. pIea for orunsard.

VI / snAll never ufAnh AEAlu- ptA one
s. night In a New England train, and
Il very 90. met stranger who pitied
q ne and gave me quick, powerful drug
/ out Of a small vial, and my PAIN was
goz. 10 a minute or two, but Aicohol
sas licking up my very blood With
tolguss OF fame.
Ishould hhye gotten drunk that night,
IL could. thought Of everything
i oi ny tWo years Of clean life; oi the
meeting was going TO, voochcd for by
ms friend and brother. d. l. Mousiy.
whose faith in ne had goae out into all
the worId; OF the bright iittis home 10
NsW York; OF Mary and the boys, tried
10 pray. and my lips framed oaths-
reached up for God. bpt He was gone,
snd the hereesi acnd Of hell bad ma by
tso throat Aoa shouted. ''Drink. drink,
drIBkI7 I said. "BB, Mary--bui my
boys; Il sald ITO boil with Mary
come on. 70 the saloonir
IIwas no, daylight bot early morning
vheu stood 90 the platform a; Paw
iurkei, aione aew from sAlcou 10 sa-
lo5a; they we're shut. - we're the drug
stores: hnd all tho dsy, locked 10 my
room al the hotel, | fought my agbt
sad VOC it In the evening, By the grace
Of God; aud the people never knew that
the man that spoke 10 them that night
had bsea In bell all day
What would you take In cash 10 have
that pot into your liiet
Il j. 20 be my portion until my dying
day; and u mercitui. patient tluas shall
eautcrite and heal the old. dishoaonsble
wounds and cover them With rcpulsiye
bat imperrious cicairlcss, yet because
had tho-sc wounds I am to b. through
my whole life considered moral cliff
dWslier, y creature OF pgnciplce-, where
COS false st.p ends ali; and 30, denied
iaIl condolences OF my felio~-wsn- SAv
highest grace Of life 20 strive Tor in
this world; and am told have n
Chgistian enemy or two Who walt on Zip
To- % expectancy, and eheeriully proph'
csy tho surn. near coming of my hual
plGuge into the Dead sea Of drink.
By the mercy Of God that ha- spared
yoa that kind of peril, and that Kind
oi hate. u be-eech you" cast a vote
next time Ia honor of the "sson Of MzHn
WIN died for drunkArSis. and 10 make
the stations on lilies highways safe for
s,nrm-iosssd men 10 stop at any day or
any night
teIegraphed TO my home 10 Boston,
alter a long absence on the vest coast
Il Will arrive home tonight at IL y
The train was late; ioug after rniduigh,
] cams under her window. The light
was burning. and knew that she was
waiting for me let myselfin. There
were two flights OF stairs, but tWeuty
would have been nothing to me, my
heart was hauling away like a great
balloon. She stood in the middle OF
our SOON rs pale and mo;iouless as a
woman Of snow, aud knew at a glance
that the sweet, brave life was in torture.
What is ityf' | cried; what is the
nattsrf' and in my arms she sobbed
out the everlasting tragedy of Of her
welded life. 'Nothing-at any rate,
nothing ought to be the matter. | do
believe in you; knew you would come
home; but l have listened for you torso
many years that l seem to be just one
great ear when you are away beyond
Your time; / seem TO have lost all sense
but that of hearing when you are absent,
unexplained, and every sound on the
street siartles me, and every step on
the stairs is threat and a pain, and
the stiffness cho<es me, and the dark
ness smothers NE, And all the old nn-
happy homecoming troop through my
mind, without omitting ons detail, and
To night 1 heard the children sighing
IN their sleep, and thought l shout d
die when thought Of you having to
walk in your weariness and in this mid
night, through KassIaui street alone,
She thinks that will never fall; and
would deny to-day that she knows any
fear, but yet, until the undertaken
screws her sweet face out OF my sight
forever, that ghsstiy, Uniformed, name
less thing will walk The chambers OF
her heart whenever | am unaccounted
FOR