Frru che Portland Trbune.
THE BAR KEEPER.
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BF D. b. CJLENsWoRTHY.


.WrsE will father come home q inqui-
--4 --ah Johnson Of her mother Just as The
I'D wooden cLocI had told The hour Of
3D.


u -laao. tell my child" replied the mo
Hct Il shall expect hIm every moment"


a8l.Wlera has he gone that he should
.fr s1 lite. when he told roe that he would
r.lu tu less .han an hour win my meIi-
cine k'


Il am afraid. Sarah, that he stopped in at
OBJ ISlnlou5 anl has been PursIaded TO
Z ink but | hope no-'


IL cuunoJ thlua that ftEer would drink
tonight when he knows tlH I am suffer
.nE for lhg medicine


I'll hope ~ is hot s1- bul when II man is ac-
-rst1med 20 drink, he lorge;s his obligations
Do his lmIly, and does not realize the sor-
rosy he brings upon them"


N.5. Johnson was harl-Working Wo-
r5n Her husband for some years, had
l.au iu the habit 0L using spiriluous liquors.
a.1 .or q lsw months past sh3 noticed that
.4 aIbL grew stronger and stronger, SO
.-, not uu.rcqueH-Iy he came home iut0xi-
c.ui la lhe village where they resided,
l..rs wa. bdl one individual vino w0uid so
.-r.da himselfas 10 retail rum. and that
u.s ,Ol Saubosu,' as he was caIIed-a man
.5yul hLy years of age, who has amassed q
..l.4Jus property from the income Of his
lr Although lla wives Cl .he Iutemper-


and ae friends of the moderate drinkers
l.l atgl laid before him tae evils Of his
,l.se, aud Cuacav0red TO persuade him 10
r"aIasl his traffic, be seemed perfectly
c4..as.I 10 reason and humanity.


"llis iu The line Of my business to retail
.rr.," Ike would remark, "dnd SO l viii
continue % i1, as long az Z have Purchas-
e-sH


But YOU are destroying the health Of
our friends aud running thciT families" the
I5.gl59rs remarked, "and we cannot suf
irtLjs state ofthings without a word TO YOU
without entreauog you 70 pull down your
tIrand retail spirit no longer"


THAT I VIII never do. 10 is no ones bu-
sness what | SELL In this way ! Get a
living and support my family


Allthlt was saIi 10 Oh Sanlorn had no
effect upon him. He had grown gray in
tc business, ani seemed determined 10 per
as. in his uuholy practice, regardless Of
tle Inconsistencies aHd eutreatics of his
uei1ljOrz.


Sarah johnson, girl OF about twelve
Years had long been confined % the house
ly sickness AMI on the night in question
was more iil than usual. A pbysicIan had
prescribed some medicine, ane aEer supper
Lcr father had gone 10 oblaiA it, But hour
after hour went by. and he came not al
though the girl was suffering for the arts
l-s The clock struck eleven, when the liz
te girl said, as she raised herself in bed, IL
en afraid iliher has met with some acci-
aln.-l wish we had some one 10 send, and
see VIVA. has become of him."


"A think he will be here soon," said the
anxious mother. II am fearful he has
s0PPcI 40 Sanbarn's, and that he j. passing
A.s time with those miserable men who
meet there night after nighttime tell foolish
S0reSH


Mrs Johnson had hardly spoken before
he door opened and in came her husband
Ills .o0ks told plainly that the intoxicating
ZIP bad been no stranger 10 nim.


"Ol, father. where have you been all this
Time Y said sarah, IL have waited. and wax
,1 Tor you, and thought some accident must
lave happened to you to keep you so long.
Where have YOU been ?"


4 stopped moment or two in old San
toms shop, that's all, said he, as be stag
sereG ID a chair.


Sarah burst into tears, when she saw the
condition Of her father, while her poor moth
Z could hardly refrain from weeping
Nor could she learn from her husband any
A'ng ABOUT the medicine he bad gone to
purchase After considerable effort, he
was safe in bed.


The next morning Mrs Johnson ascer-
ained that the money she had given her
husband Tor to buy medicine for
ls SEX daug hler. had been ex-
teAled Tor rum AZ Sanborns. Il was all the
Money she had in the world And this
1.e earned by spinning. Where to obtain
cAild. She did ~, I-ro,- = 20 10 'lle
'Ou,1 ae due her ii few DAYS from a neigh |


~ sAl " as ieaTlni that before then her |