This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ... door, how did we stand astonished at the scene! The furniture was gone, the bedding gone, the fire was quenched on the hearth, the very grate was removed from the cold, black chimney--all sold for drink. And on the bare boards of this dismantled dwelling, that cold winter day, stood the man himself, without ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ... door, how did we stand astonished at the scene! The furniture was gone, the bedding gone, the fire was quenched on the hearth, the very grate was removed from the cold, black chimney--all sold for drink. And on the bare boards of this dismantled dwelling, that cold winter day, stood the man himself, without coat, or vest, or stocking, or shoes--the sleeve of his shirt rolled up to the shoulder, and a large knife in his hand. He was weary of life, and stood uncertain by which of three passages to leave the scene. The knife would open the shortest; the window was thrown up for a leap, and it was six stories down to the street; while our eye fell on rope and noose, which hung ominous and frightful from a post of the bed--too cumbrous an article to be removed without help. "We shall not stay to tell how we dealt with this terrible and troubled spirit; but can we forget the agony into which he was thrown when we introduced his wife and children!--what groans rent his bosom!--what tears streamed from his eyes!--how he humbled himself on the floor at the feet of his wife!--how he kissed his little ones, and pronounced himself the veriest, vilest wretch on earth! The scene would have melted a heart of stone; and it afforded us some hope that, from the struggle with his enemy which had commenced anew, he might at length come off victorious, earning the blessings of his family, and the praise of Him who hath said, 'He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city.' Alas! his goodness was like the morning cloud: the storm gathered and burst again; and at length be left his home, adding one to the vast number of miserable families which have been deserted by their natural protectors. He was soon forgotten, as a broken vessel flung among...
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