Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-01-27


/ cosions they had opdoayorod to induce
r him - join them in tho plodging each
b other, but his answer had always boon
} ,ho same, This was the Grst lmo since
Fl is return that he had been at an enter.
D ainmeni where wine was introduced in
The prcsenco Of ladies'. II was received
= to try whether the influence of tho sex
would break resolution which more
; than ono felt to be reproach on him
IselL How tho scheme succeeded We
} have not seen.
No pen can adequately describe the
emotions Of Colonel Warren during the
instant he hesitated before taking the
u protlered glass from the bride. Hlo was
! chiFoIrous to fault in his demeanor to
tho sex, and had never been known 10
refuse favor asked by woman. The
bride was the daughter OF his early friend,
a cherished treasure, whom he had ma
my time handled on his knee, and
whom he had never done anything to
slight or pain. lie stood, as we have
seen lrresoluto for a moment hesitating
between fear for the result and dislike
10 disoblige his layorle on this her we'd
ding night, that at length he had fatally
yielded.
Little did the young bride think Of the
dreadful issue of her tempting words and
smiles, Little did she dream that the
hankerng love for wine, which had nigh
reduced her victim TO the verge Of con
hrmed nebrlacy, would awake again at
the taste of that glass, and rage with
more violence than ever. Young, happy
and thouchtless, she looked only at the
present triumph, not considering the re-
suit. How then was she surprised To-
hear few months after her marriage
that Colonel Warren was becoming an
lnebrate-that he was rarely seen I'M
less in state Of intoxicaton--and that :,
IN consequence, his fine person was be-
coming dshgured and his large fortune
wasting away. She shuddered, but still
did not think OF her agency in the mat
ter, and when next she met him, with
the privilege allotted to youth and beau
~, Sentnred to plead with him on the
subject.
Madam, said he in reply, and the me
lanchoy and somewhat stern tone in
which he spoke never left my memory,
II as loo late. | was once as | am now
| rallied and took resolution never toI
drink again--I broke that resolution
You know how and when, and now | am
hopeless inebrale.'
lie turned and left her presence. Her
eyes were opened. Oh! bitterly did she
reproach herself for having spoken those
fatal words. For nights she could not
sleep. She sought again and again 10
see her victim, but he avoided her pres
enee. They never met again but once.
Reader! would you know how.
Some years after, on cold, bleak
morning in January, travelling sleigh,
drawn by tSo splendid horses, was dash
ing along the turnpike between Norris
town and Philadelphia. There had been
a snow storm during the night aud the
flakes lay piled against the fences and
barns, where they had been driven by !;
The icy wind which swept down from the
hill beyond the Schuylkill. The sky :
was overcast; The wind yet ragged violent !
y; and il was intensely cold. Houses. !,
barns, trees, and hay stacks were COW
sred With snow, and the cattle covering
n their sheds, seemed everywhere to
oescech the sky in vain. As the sleigh
With It's merry bells whirled down theli
ong hill that leads to the ManayunkI S
the horses suddenly SHE'D, il
nearly precipitating the vehicle into an RI
opposite snow bank. A lady slightlylN
screamed and looked out in alarm from 10
he iurs which enveloped her; but seeing o.
10 cause for danger, she was about to "
rider the driver 10 proceed, when her "a
title boy, pointing to the object which c
tartled the horses, said, cl
Mother, what can that be in the road!lm
urely il is a mans hat.' pl
The lady turned. In the centre ofsT
le highway was pile Of drilted snow "
little longer than human body One m
nd of the pile had been blown away, dis "a
osing, as the boy said, mans hat. yt
Gracious heavens she exclaimed can til
bethat some poor wretch has frozen pu
death here wi
James, and she turned to a lootman, hu
0 and see.' an
With intense interest the lady watch fly
while the servant brushed away the Sic
ow. Ina few seconds it was apparent SCI
at a corpse was indeed there, and il vii
is. not long before the cause of the CHI
ans death was evident in an empty sci
8 lying at his side. The spectators
eaIhlessy awaited while the icy flakes
re being removed from the face, for tanc
lady was within short distance OF has
home, and thought thatperhaps sho snc
ght recognize the unfortunate being con
g stepped out Of the sleigh and APP wit
cached the CORPSE mes