1930 The Saloon in the Home

SCENE IV FROM "THE DRUNKARD'S WARNING" (Enter Louisa Mo~daunt with a child z"n her arms) L OUISA. With faltering step I have thus far traced him, dreading his fearful purpose! My limbs grow feeble and I faint with terror. Oh, pitiful heaven, sustain me through the calamities that await me and let me die in peace! What is my fate? A heartless husband flies from his wife and child that languish in vain for sustenance, to squander that pit- [ 77]