The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-03
VIC. r.. T.U.COLUMN.
,oxprcrED By MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
LIZZIE AND PAT.
rprF STORY or LOVE, LIFE AM
TIE SALOON.

HurfAA on AhAi tNA'''
a..r,u- institutions that We MAN
I'm ior the purpose OF taking care
u the products oil the gin mill.
II. wa Just a slip OF an irish
III. Bat Tor the lines OF care that
fse,n TO show upon her face. you
n.,,t have taken her Tor zchOoi
her arms she carried a six
sa-. old baby that she hushed
i-,n time to time as, with tears ana
.,. pln-hes OF shame, she told the
ry that the superintendent Of the
b,-eau drew out from her, little by
rt4 ior my information.
4aying her old home in Ireland
Some three years ago, she had lolned
tse great procession OF the lush
b,-n who seek their fortunes 10 the
rev world. Boston was her place
+, anding. and there she found
q,rk and lived in comfort, saving
.ney for the future. and there she
~. Patrick. ike herself a child oi
~ Emerald Isle, seeking fortune
lu America.
And Patrick was not old iad
To be sure, he had been known TO
drink but the habit was not strong
mon him. and for a whole year,
while the court-hip went on be-
cause he knew it would please her,
~ eft the drink entirely alone.
They were married. The priest
laid over them the words OF bless
inc With which the homes OF their
father. and mothers for generations
mast bad been sanciifed, and they
tprued their faces iarihsr westward
N 90 on with lie together IN this
MIRACULOUS ci.y Of good fortune
Chicago.
Patrick wa. a mason's helper, no'
very skilled trade, but one IN
which there Is always work II
ab1ndance; and every day there wa-
sl-5 to his credit on the pay rol
oi some &C ntrac,or in the great city
th.t adds to itself a city Of ne"
buildings every year.
But alas in Chicago the saloor
i upon every corner; and out iron
the saloon comes the bucke' O
beer for every gang OF working mer
AZ lunch. Nor was il long beioT'
The beer OF the noon hour came I
supplemented by more beer at nlght
before Patrick went home, and aite
that twas short step TO beer Il
the morning before he went
work. and Deer through workln
hours a. often a. opportunity coui'
be found to obtain Il.
20 with the st time that saioo
patronage always brings and WI.
The drinks "chalked up at Cox
saloon On the corner Just below the
little home. there was little enoug
left Of his weeks pas TO bny "
sunday dinner, aud on Mnnda
there was nothing to leave with J..
ze for the housekeeping oi y
week. and the chairs and the tap
and the bits OF brightness that ma
made their little home pieasan
bought, most OF them, with LIZZIE
savings, one by one, found the
way to the pawn brokers'.
And then new horror was ad'
Cd, and at eleven, al twelve, at oI
and two. Patrick would stagg
home through the night, in an J.
sane fury OF drink, to drag poor II
zte from the bed for not sitting
for him or to kick her brutal
about the house because she bad
up for him.
There was little rainbow glimps
Of better things sometimes al
good Father Quinn. at II. Ann
prayed over them and gave Patri
the pleipe-and it lasted hard
longer than they were walki'
home.
iNi WIS upA OOA rhi'f'N
the corner, and had not Patrl
found dozens Of friends W
were willing to profit by his iailln
and never failed TO use the chan
to get a drink at the expense oil
generous young Irishman2
And when baby came, twas
the midst OF long three months
almost constant drunkenness. 10
which time only three dollars
hls pay ever came home; and Y
only knew how she lived.
And, O mister" she sFC
down, sobbing, 20 mister, he i
bal man. He's good and X
when he's sober; and hes you
and strong. Can't something
done for him, for the haby's saI