Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-23

! Aud they may be hungry at this mo-
ment because you have spent your mon
| ey for drink ] can almost imagine
that | hear their walls for bread"
| sYesh, wailin f'r bread, and hain't
| got no bread, said the man as he be-
/ gan to soften. wife and sheven chill
dren wailin TT bread, and I'm full er
beer.'
And some one ought to be sent to
State prison for the situation! Man,
/ you were tempted to drink"
"Yesh; tempted to drink. Had er
quarter ter buy bread FIR er children,
and man said i had better spend it FIR
beer. He orter be shent prison. Wish
had anozzer glass beer, though.
Il see. When the craving once be-
gins, 1t is hard to satisfy it. You'll get
no more beer, however. / am going to
save you from yourself. Let me get
my hat, and then you come with me.
Are you going ter shaloon?
Yes; | want to take in half a aozen
/ saloons and hold you up as an object
| lesson. After that we will take bread
and hope and consolation to the wife
and children"
Where are you going?" asked Mrs.
Bowser as Mr. 'Bowser came in for his
hat
I'm going to start crusade against
intemperance, he replied. There's a
man who has been reduced to the level
OF a hog by dealers in strong drink,
while his wife and children are stary-
ing"
bc,Lt or him Of
the gate and let him go. You'll only
get into trouble if you pursue this fad"
Fad! Fad! Woman, have you got
human feelings, a soul, a heart, any
care whether your fellow creatures
walk upright or grovel in the gutter?
| shall go with him. | shall start a
crusade | shall accomplish something
for humanity"
She could say no more. She stood
on the steps with the cat while he took
the drunken man by the arm and led
him up the street. She sighed as she
felt that something was about to zap
pen, but the cat arched her back and
grinned Mr. Bowser led his man into
the first saloon he came to. There
were dozen men drinking at the bar,
DuL ut ucCQtu Lu6ul llOI do llC ldsotSASN
his gaze on the saloon keeper in his
shirt sleeves and said:
.:Wrecker of homes and destroyer Of
family happiness, behold your work."
What's the matter with you, old
MANI was the reply as the saloonist
came from behind his bar.
THE matter with me, sir-the matter
with me Is that found this man re-
duced to the level of a beast through
your influence and temptations. Gaze
on him. He is a. husband and father.
His wife weeps and his children cry
for bread, while you have taken his
last cent for drink
"Yesh, taken my lash shent," fearful
ly added the convert.
"You old duffer, but what do you
meant" shouted the saloon keeper as
dangerous look cleaned in his eyes.
81 mean that you and others have
! wrecked this poor mans life and that
of his family, and are driving him to
a pauper's grave"
''Yesh wrecked my poor life!" blub-
bered the inebriate as ne smelt around
for beer.
you're a liar," shouted the saloon
list at Mr.. Bowser.
What! Look out, sir"
Il say you're liar and an ass! The
man has neither wife nor children and
is one of the worst old buns in town.
What do you mean by coming in here
and giving me such a guy as this?'
You have tempted him, and you
know it," exclaimed Mr.. Bowser, feel
ing that he must bluff it out.
Liar again He has never had a
drink in this saloon. Get out of this.'
Mr.. Bowser received what is called
''the cold chuck The saloonist and
the bouncer seized him and tossed him
about and punched his head and flung
him out on the sidewalk. like bag OF
sand. and he wabbled homeward like
mule with the blind staggers.
well. how do you like crusading?"
asked Mrs. Bowser as she and the cat
met him in the hall
Mr.. Bowser held his swimming head
in his hands and mutter a sort OF