Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-03-22
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HSAT0fDAY, MARCHN, 1s49.
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A Temperance Story.
THE SIX BROTHERS.
A ALE FOUNDED on FACT-BY THE EDITOR.
CHAPTER ".
THE BITTER BIT.

lHE BIER Dill. .r - g.
This, next to the last chapter, opens at a
period about four years since the third
tomb had been reared over the lamented
remains Of the fourth son, but the third
brother whose life had been sacrificed to
a strange and %infatuating passion: As re-
marked in the last chapter, the youngest
had been dispatched to Yale ColIege-he
was then not sixteen. The next brother
in age t the last one that met so mourn
full an end, now steps forth upon the
worlds stage, and before he is cleared of
his teens, enacted a part in the drama
of life, which at once stamped his cha
racter, and displayed that frmness and de-
cision of mind, which gave full guarantee
that he was safe from that fate which had
befallen his three elder brothers. W
was remarkable for his generosity of spi-
rit, his GOODNESS and daring, and the ele-
gance of his person and figure ; his great
partially to fighting when a boy, gained
him perhaps the reputation of an over
bearing and naughty nature, which cha
racteristic was visible in the elder brother
and several of the sisters. W had
been educated at home, and with that ex-
straordinary ability that had been displayed
by all of his elder brothers. . e.. l.a ,f.i
Winter had now set in, and an affair Of
some importance was about to take place
in the village of c.: the elder brother
had taken another step on the ladder of
fame; he was now Governor, and a grand
civic and military ball, in honor of the
event, was preparing to come off. But
before the gait;es commence, we will speak
of another scene and Of other persons.
The frame and system of Black Jack
were both now fast sinking away. He
scarcely ever came into town-disease had
nearly rendered him incapable. Intern
perance was now doing its work on him.
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His circumstances were far from being
in a bad situation !; like many men, of his
character, liquor never made. him neglect
bis %pecuniary affairs i; although far from
being wealthy, he was, nevertheless, indie
pendent of the world.
} A few miles from the mouth of Bear
Creek was a farm, upoD which was a good
size log house, at the time we speak, and
a little farther up the creek, within the
same enclosure, was a, still house, perhaps
The most profitable part of the farm !; at
hat period and at. that season, every thing
bore the semb'ance of decay about, the
farm, save the limpid water of the, creek,
whose purity the stiIl-house, rendered poi
and destructive of human, life. At
the stream still runs OF as calmly
ind sweetly as it did then; but nothing
remainsso f the farm but a few rotten
imbers, and the grass%grown Burrows of
hose cornfields, whose product, in con-
section with the water Of the creek that
around them, through ain ac4
cursed invention of man, were converted
nto the antipode of what Providence de.
'igned them-to n%ourist and sustain life.
Onthe afternoon of the day that the
'aH was to be given, a finely eaparisoned
,orse was standingsat the gate in front off,
lie log house above mentioned Afer'a
eiw. restless whickerihgs, two men steps
led from the porch and approached him.
The elderwas bent and diseased, and app
reared to walk with difficulty, but was
peaking with much force to- the fone be-
ide him.. The latter was q fine lookingI
well dressed young a about twen-
whose dark and restless eyes sdepictedI