The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-03-27
THE FAIR TEMPER, Or WINE ON
THE WEDDING-NlGlT.
BY I. s. ARTHUR.

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anything stronger
Not teetotaller! lia! ha ! ha =
rejoined the young mans compan-
ion, laughing in mingled mirth and
ridicule?
yes, a tcetotaller, if You please
replied the one called Haley.-'Or
anything else you choose to denom-
mate me-
you're a member of temper
ance society, then? ha! ha. hap
NO, | am not
Don't belong to the cold-water
men?'
io'No.'
'Then come along and drink with
me Here, what will you take p
Nothing at all, unless it be glass
of water. As | have just said, |
drink nothing stronger
whats the reason?'
q feel as well-indeed, great
deal better without it,
chats all nonsense! Come, take
ajulep, or brandy-punch with me-
NO, Loring, | cannot
q shall take it as an offence, if
you do not
81 mean no offence, and Shall be
sorry, if you construc into one an
act not SO ntended.-Drink if you
wish to drink, but leave me in free
dom to decline tasting liquor if |
choose
'Well, you are a strange kind of a
genius, Haley-but believe | like
you too well to get mad with you,
although | generally take refusal
to drink with one as an insult, un-
less know the person to have Join
ed temperance society,-and then
| should deem the insult on my part,
were | to urge him to violate his
pledge. But wonder you have
never joined yourself to some OF
these ultra reformers--these teeto-
tallers, as they call themselves
q have never done so,--and new
err intend doing so. 1t is sufficient
for me to decline drinking, because
| do not believe that stimulating be-
verages are good for the body OF
mind. act from principle in this
matter, and, therefore, want no ex-
ternal restraints
'Then you are determined not to
drink with me p
30, yes, | will drink with you
'Cold-water?'
'Of course
'One julep, and glass of Adam:
ale,' said Loring, turning to the bar
keeper.
They were soon presented, glass
es touched, heads bobbed, and the
contents of the two tumblers poured
down their respective outlets.
'It makes a chill 30 over me t,
see you drinking that stuff Lorin!
said, with an expression of DISCUS
on his face.
Every one to his taste, you know,
was Haley's Acknowledgement res
ponse.
you'll be over tonight, suppose?
said a young man, stepping up t
him, as the two emerged from tn
Coffee -house-precious little cot
fee was ever seen there.
90, yes,-of course
you'd better not Gomez
'Why
'Clara's got abottlc of champaign
that she says she is going to max
you taste this very night
A slight shade fitted quickly owe
the face of Haley, as they young ma
said this. But it was as quickl
gone, and he replied with smile,
TELL Clara it's no use. Pm a
incorrigible cold-water man.
: She'll be too much for you
I'm not afraid
you'd be, if you were as well az
quainted with her as | am. l new,
knew that girl to set her head abo
anything in my life that she didn
accomplish it. And she says tn
she will make you drink glass
wine with her, in spite of all yo
opposition
Y She'll find herself foiled once
her life,' was the laughing repl
'and so you may as well tell her tn
/. all her efforts will be in vain, al
thus save further trouble
mo | won't, though. Pll tell h
to go on, while stand of and To-
at the fun. I'll bet on her, into t
bargain, for know she'll beat
$50 will |, two to oncH broke
Loring--
'We'll see,' was the laughing r,
ponse, and then the young men sc
: arated.
Manlcy, the individual who h
met Loring and Haley at the cofft
house door, was the brother of G
ra, and Haley was her accepted Ii
err. The latter had removed To