Willie and the mortage, showing how much may be accomplished b y a boy . ime he was tried for hiscrime. The only possible ex-cuse that he could have for com-mitting it was, that he was in-toxicated at the time; but this,by law, is never allowed to beany excuse at all. So he wasfound guilty, and condemned toa long confinement in the StatePrison. Thus the unhappy wifefound herself, in a single night,bereaved both of her husband and child. She was so overwhelm-ed with grief and despair at this double affliction, that she losther reason, and she had been deranged ever since. She would, however, ne
Willie and the mortage, showing how much may be accomplished b y a boy . ime he was tried for hiscrime. The only possible ex-cuse that he could have for com-mitting it was, that he was in-toxicated at the time; but this,by law, is never allowed to beany excuse at all. So he wasfound guilty, and condemned toa long confinement in the StatePrison. Thus the unhappy wifefound herself, in a single night,bereaved both of her husband and child. She was so overwhelm-ed with grief and despair at this double affliction, that she losther reason, and she had been deranged ever since. She would, however, never allow or believe that her husbandhad killed her little Johnny, but always insisted—especially whenthe violent paroxysms of insanity were upon her—that it was oldTomms that had killed him ; and she often, at such times, threat-ened vengeance against old Tomms, in such a manner as to alarmhim not a little. In fact, it was chiefly at his instigation that poorPolly was chained when her violent fit came on, and was shut upin the hovel where Willie had seen her, •. THE RELAPSE. lU Encouraging prospects of Mr. Joyn. The mortgage. Willies painting. There were a great many other cases of dreadful misery anddestruction in the town produced by old Tomms store, but thoseAvhich have been described in this chapter will be sufficient toserve as specimens. CHAPTER XII. THE RELAPSE. For about a fortnight after Mr. Banks had caused the mortgageto be transferred from Mr. Tomms to him, and Mr. Joyn had com-menced the work of reform, every thing went on extremely Joyn kept away from old Tomms store entirely. He wouldnot even go near it when he went down the street, lest he shouldbe overcome by the temptation to go in. The people of the tow^n,observing that he was growing industrious and steady again, be-gan to bring him in plenty of work to do, and he found, on mak-ing a calculation, that he w^as earning enough, more than his ex-penses every day, to pay oif his mortgage much soon
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