The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-04-06
For The Cecil Whigil
Aunt Katy's Experience,
The TEMPTATION.

Although we have given bright pic
ture in Aunt katy's experience, it was
not always so bright. There was one
incident in Der history. the memory Of
which rested with d-adening weight on
her breast, and embittered every hour
o. Joy. Through the early death oil her
Mother and the overhaul eence of
kind Father, she was thrown into ,otie-
~ at very early period of life. A
knowledge OF the world beyond her
years and pleasing vivacity We're a
ready introduction to all companies.
At The age of sixteen, when as she says,
gay, thoughtless girl, she had large
circle Of admirers, among whom was
Mr.. HartweIl. He possessed pleasant
agreeable manner although his face al
ways wore an expression of care.
He was once an luveterate drunkard
aud narrow y escaped drunkards grave.
Rescued from the power OF appetite, he
determined to re-e,tablish his lost char
acter. SoIemnIy pledging to abstain
from the intoXicatlrg bowl, he left the
scene Of his former degradation forever.
st the date Of the incident named in
tins, thisips Of hl,'hstory was unknown.
He came to our town an entire stran-
ger, and in lew years had won Tor
himself an enviable reputation for honor
and generous feeling, though by some,
regarded as man Of iastidlously temper
ate habits. After a short acquaintance,
h. became very marked in his attentions
to Aunt Katy and it Was plaIn to all, he
held towards her no ordinary feeling.
One evening at a gay asssmblage he
was ralli, by all tor Als total abst!nant
eccentricites. Wit and beauty stood be-
fore him with the tempting ruby wine,
plying him with entrcatics and persu2-
sions, and denouncing his habit as unsc-
cial and ungallan,, and tokenin9 want
of self confidence. Yet maniuly he
resisted them all. Well he knew that
one drop would enkIndle the fires of APP
petite within would open the crevasse
and let in a mad rush Of waters to sweep
him TO ruin. Well he knew that his
all, rested on an unfinching resistance
TO single glass. At last she whom he
adorcd stood before hlm-a tempter de-
termined to conquer. For her he would
have made any sacrifice, and when she
stood there in appealing witchery he
hesltated-she pressed-he wayercd-
she entreated-he seIzed the giass-and
drained it at drausht. With ali ex-
clamatIon Of triumph she raised the empt
led Goblet in th,. sin ut of IT,
In moment he felt it flying through
him. The slumberlng demon was arous-
ed. A raging thirst siezed him HIS
brain was on tire-he rushed like a mad
II an from the house At the tavern ne
sought to qnsnch that burning tkurst, bu,
IN vain. Morning found him scnsessly
drunken. Nothing could check his fall
-nothing could ever recover him.
When next Aunt Katy saw him he
was reeling sot his business ruined, his
reputation lost, himself mere wreck.
1t was an awful shock to her. For
months it preyed upon her heart, like a
worm in the bua, and she recovered
from its severity only TO atone, with Bit
ter memories through life, for the tollies
Of that hour. Never could she see a
young lady attempt to persnde gentle
man to waive a resolution, without
trembling with lear for the result which
even SO trivial an act might bring. New
er did she fail on all proper occasions,
TO enlarge to us on the evil Of fashionabls
wine drinking.