The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

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VA do Tell ine about ~ aaii,
Well ] sill tell YOU" he replied ats
non'rnt Of thought
The following Is his story a. nrar
] re,ecmber ii'
"Lets scv-ihai Mas nf'. YEAR, As'
Why, don't srrin niore Than last year
Was a Wild rrekiess boy my father an,
mother tried 10 do right by uie, but--Mri
! cant blame 'em. faint right Mollie
my wife. saA a Christian girl An w
often wondered how shr came TO MARI!
such a rcekless scamp as J wa. ] has
saved a little money, 'hough 10 buy TIL
herr farm Of STAT. acres. ] did be'tri
after Nc were married, Tor her sake, an
when our little 30, eanir our happiness
was complete.
II don't ever mention him before her.
be went ON, "for she amt ever got over
losin him. You've notiecd that she never
makes much over children like do
seems like shr cant, We had him nearl..
three year, ah'-well, groups quick. Inc
doctor lived ten miles OF then an beiofr
l could get him II was too late. Mollle
never Shed tear-she couldn't, an, well
II took 10 drink. ] got In with rrrk,
less gang. One of en- owned threshin
machine, an We went threshin from iarin
10 farm. Tough lot VIC Menr, Too, an no
good company for the young men Nc got
In with In the day time We worked Ike
the devil was after ns-l guess he was,
an came mighty near catchin' uN, too
At night when We oughier been asleep We
spent the time In drinkin, yes, an
gamblin'. Sundays We did The saIilr--
when ! oughter been home with Molile.
Dear, brave, little Moiiie, l doht Sc
how she-ihis here pipes out
we were uifesn'n AZ ue ias' P'aN
We haa 10 20 70 ia' seaso"' WIZ" ~
p"'es-" was o"e " uu, sa 49,
uerc was gun W NC "'''u' W." y"
y, senooh'aouse W ua'." P''
".,vha, "a, ye Rogers c,'s rs
an on ~ H.. resi- will. I told him.
,y.Il ,hIs wos Saturday nigbt. an NJ,
NON had I, all MANNED IN mnk. n hot
for the preacher.
"Mc an Joe were to get converted Ia
'lease the others. Then We were goin. to
reak up the meetin' an take the preacher
nto the woods. get him drunk, an then
earn him to play cards. We got there
arly 50 rs TO get front seat. ,
"'Ihe preacher was small man ust
5 we hoped he would be. lie soon
topped round in front of the desk an 4
y the time he got halfway through the .
rst prayer ] was shaky an when he SAID
men | had decided not to get con. L
f,teu-ior i"i'-ho' ,''a' iish' "",~G "
n Joe beside me never moved. Mollie b
as there. ] saw her on the other side
the ROOM ST
AFTER the prayer they sang this hymn. Il
"sIbere were ninety an nine e,
That safely Law n,
In the shelter of the fold. N
But one was out ON the hills away.
Far off from fine gates of yold' Cl
81 w,s . las, shoe, i,d..d-,o., a, IN,
,nnta;ns ,~,, 1rai, nvary one u / was ru
aa,inoss n'i,han, ona ., hona wi
an H.. s.n,, ana,har - lik
80. '.e ~ 49,
no. an thars,,s Lon.. 4, HI ns,na; wi
FOR all there's nope IN MS name av
oh, those were grand words to me ha
It then Hope for all! Well, then IN,
re was nope Tor me. realized then on,
at sinful critter | was. | didn't see
beauty in sin. nor no fun either | lin
It remember what the preachers text tbe
} or whether he had one or not. | of
Y know that ! begun to feel like ca,
lost sheep. fine
Joe beside me was squirmin an most lou
the gang had Sneaked out-like they mai
avs do when things come too near Ey,
e. After the sermon they sang Come !"
nc saviour sho
amt never forgot that hymn. owe
IN they had finished the preacher said sno,
such tender look on his face, Is tro,
anyone mere VINO wishes to come to 81
Saviour tonight? If SO rise | was he
!! i1e. III d Seco''o' al 10 my surprise and
S q, 'oe u him,
WIN cry l shall never forget Molllc sque
vith y ola1 cr, of orhanI, "a @ III
err is answered. she burst into tears clea,