Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-21
A LOVING SISTER WRITES WHAT
THE neal ThREE-DAY CURE
Did FOR HER BROTHER
The Portland Neal Institute is at 6B Deering 81.

The following two letters with the
names as usual always omitted We're re-
CeiYcd by the Manager of the Portland
Neal Institute. He called upon the broth
el- the day before last THANKSGIVING, i'll
response to a request from the sister and
found Il very desolate home. As he went
into the yard with the sister. to get into
the house by the back way so the brother
would not know. he saw through the
window of the sitting room, the father
aud mother sitting with bowed heads at
the table and i'll through the kitchen will
dow saw the, wife and two children look
ing as if death had entered their home.
The sister Immediately said, Mr.. Bry-
ant, isn't that a picture that explains it
self know that Charlie is drunk to-
night" We went III and found that il
WAS Just as she thought the brother had
come home drunk and locked himself in
the sleepins-room and gone to sleep on
the iloor. After they got him woke up
the Manager had Il long talk with him
and Charles said he had no faith i'll any
cure aud that will power was all that
was necessary and that he would prove
II by not taking one single drink from
that moment until Christmas and if he
did take the drink. would admit that il
was beyond his will power. Before leav-
ing, the Manager told his folks that
Charles was honest in his belief that his
will power MIS- stronger than the poison
in his system and that Charles would
Try To- keep his word and would be sober
on Thanksgiving bay and the Friday
following but would fall from grace OH
Saturday, which this letter explains.
--Dec. md. 1910
aDetu Mr.. Bryant:
1T is Just as you thought il would be-.
Charlie was all right over Thanksgiving
and invited me To the theatre with he and
his wife but Saturday when he came
home We could notice it and Sunday he
Was real bad. HE took the horse and
started to so out of the yard and as he
turned the corner. was thrown out and
ltfg
him go by our house with the yellow dirt
on his back and what did | do but take
~ blue coat and 90 after him. ] ran 50
hdrd To catch ear that have felt sick
ever since. | thought | could overtak.
him, but did not. We have suffered 50
much sometimes We get discouraged.
His wife has Just been here and says
he is just the same. has some every day
Nov, Mr., Bryant. | feel that in time
We may get him to the Institute if We
Keep right after him. The time you cane
circumstances were - against us. II he
had been sober he would have been so
different. He had iuSt enough In to be
stubborn. as YOU could see. We all feel
50 grateful to you. cart begin To tell
You Mother is here with me fer a few
DAYS and feels 80 bad about Charlie W..
looked forward To- thu home as a sure
thing and now do not know what can
be done. hoIt You had a pleasant
Thanksgiving and would like to have you
ana Your wife come down and visit us at
iH 'liH title Wien You can fou ana yours
will always iind Il welcome in our house.
y ours sincerely,
Mrs :. M---''
Tie Manager. who had becorne much
Interested in this east. upon receipt Of
the above letter went Immediately to -
and induced the brother To 40 with him
at once to the Neal Institute which he
did. The second letter tells the result:
--Dec .3rd 1910.
Dear Mr.. Bryant,
I have been tryiu- to find time to drop
| You line to let YOU know that Charlie
| Is all right and acts Just as he did years
ago. | never saw such Il change in all
! my life. the expression of his eyes is SO
dinerent-we are SO grateful and Happy,
why. the reaction was almost too much
He has never spoken of it To any ofit, and
no one outside has said a word 7 am so
glad as he feels SO sensitive about it. If
he .Nor ietls as If he can h" viii write