Whenever he was under the influence of liquor, he would brood over her words, and indulge in bitter thoughts against her because she had presumed to insinuate that there was danger of his becoming a drunkard.
At last he was brought home in a state of drunken insensibility.

This humbled him for a time, but did not cause him to abandon the use of intoxicating drinks.

And it was not long before he was again in the same condition.
But we cannot linger to trace, step by step, his downward course, nor to describe its effects upon the mind of his wife; but will pass over five years more, and again introduce them to the reader.
How sadly altered is every thing! The large and comfortable house, in an eligible position, has been changed for a small, close, ill-arranged tenement.

The elegant furniture has disappeared, and in its place are but few articles, and those old and common.

But the saddest change of all is apparent in the face, dress, and air of Mrs.Lee.Her pale, thin, sorrow-stricken countenance--her old and faded garments--her slow, melancholy movements, contrast sadly with what she was a few years before.
A lot of incessant toil is now her portion.