. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . im myself. You are receiving his wages, and 1 willtell you that you would be much better off if you w7ere to dohis work without any wages at all, for his wages are worsethan his work; but you need not serve him any longer; doas I and hundreds of others have done, become a sober man,and then the boys wont pelt you. Come and sign thepledge. I have not got a friend in the world. I know what that is, Joe ; for five years of my life T wasin that condition; but if you sign the pledge, there arehundreds of honest men and women who wdl be frien
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . im myself. You are receiving his wages, and 1 willtell you that you would be much better off if you w7ere to dohis work without any wages at all, for his wages are worsethan his work; but you need not serve him any longer; doas I and hundreds of others have done, become a sober man,and then the boys wont pelt you. Come and sign thepledge. I have not got a friend in the world. I know what that is, Joe ; for five years of my life T wasin that condition; but if you sign the pledge, there arehundreds of honest men and women who wdl be friends toyou. Some of the ladies inside sent me to you and askedme to come out and get you to sign. Did they, though? Yes, they did. Did they, really9 Yes, I said : come along, and you 11 see. He went with me. and we offered him the pledge, and he A MARKED CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. 531 tried to sign it, but his fingers went in every direction; hepositively could not hold the pen. I wrote his name, and hemade a mark, and I held his hand while he did it. Several. JOE. ladies then came and shook hands with him. He looked as if he had never shaken hands with a lady before in his life, and he went out of the hall a better man than he came in. A year afterwards I met Joe in the street. It was the fashion then to wear a blue coat with brass buttons, and he had one on. His hat was neatly brushed, his trousers were strapped neatly down Why. Joe, is that you ?* ONE YE Alt AFTERWARDS. 532 POWER OF WOMANS SYMPATHY. over boots more highly polished than mine generally are ; helooked quite the gentleman, and had a lady on his arm. Isaid to him :— Why, Joe, is that you? Yes, said he, -thats me. Youre getting on finely, Joe, arent you? How doyou do ? Yes, said he, I am getting along pretty well. Youve stuck to your pledge, havent you? Yes, said he, and the ladies have stuck to me eversince. He is now a useful and honorable member of society, andthe cause of his reformation was the feeling that someb
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