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If she could only get John to sign the pledge, what a happy little family they would be, and Mary glanced to where her husband stood kissing their two rosy children good-bye. She would plead with him that very night. Unfortunately, however, ere night fell, John, at Lem Bassett's invitation, had stopped in at Murphy's saloon to have "just one," but had nevertheless reached the quarry in such a condition, that the foreman had promptly discharged him, greatly to Lem's satisfaction. The remainder of the day John spent in the saloon, but getting into an argument toward evening, the bartender unceremoniously threw him outside, just as his supposed friend was returning from work. Picking John up, Lem helped him to his home, where, as soon as Lem was left alone with the young wife, he attempted to embrace her. Hearing her cry of surprise and indignation, the husband returned. Mary, unmindful of his condition, stepped between them, but John pushed her aside, more forcibly than he realized, for...