The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-02-26
The Son OF Temperance.
BY PROF. lNGRAHAM.

though she smiled as she spoke.
~ am Gu tho visiting committee, and
have TO call on Il sick brother" ms.
wered Mr.. - as lie pu, on his
gloves.
The Indy pou,cd.
sHc took up his ha, and approached
her with n playful smile.
cab, Mary, ! fear you will never
overcome your hosliIi,y--;, is no longer
prejudice, but hostility to our Order
"And do not wish to. Here YOU
were away on Monday night ur,il ten
o'clock. md now you nre ofrngain.'
"Bnt ] have duties | owc TO others MS
we'll as 10 yourself, Mary! J give you
five evenings, and often six in every
week, and you have u great portion OF
my time during the day. We must
sacrifice some things for others. As
members Of the erca. community, we
have duties external 10 those due 10 our
Immediate families
"But you had no such duties until
you became q Son Of temperance
81 did not, Till | became n Son OF
Temperance, sec so plainly the duty ]
owcd 10 my fellow creatures, MS | now
do. Becoming Son Of Temperance
hus enlarged my views Of Lcncvolcncc,
aud opened TO Inc q field for its exercise
sand pray, what IRE you 10 exercise
it upon Tonight? WHO do you visi,?'
she asked with a toss Of her pretty hcud.
"a young married man by the name
of --, who joined The Order a year
ago, ! learned by u note | received from
the Worthy Patriarch, while | was n,
tcn, is discovered TO be quito i'll. lie
hns been absent from tho Order for scv.
crul meetings, but rs no ono reported
him i'll, ! was not aware Of it till now.
AS he lives ia the ncXt street, must 20
ind sec him.
"NVI!a. is ho2'
"a Son Of Temperament
81 mean his ,radc!!'
"ihon you mean how respectable is
hc2' We Sons OF Temperance know
nc distinction Of trade within, Tho Order.
We are oil brothers md friends. Flo
is a mechanical shoemaker, | believe;
4 J have severn! times spoken with him,
and like him. He is quito unassuming,
md quite interesting in conversation.
have heard him speak in the Division
with great n~nency and cloqucncc. His
hcallh hns been delicn,c Of late
"You seem to feel very much for
such n sort Of person il seems 10 mel
Well, 20! will try and pass the
evening MS we'll us ! CON, MS | do those
&vINar ..@iJ ~ ro nj Tho nrlo.1t o,1 H.
lady pouled md looked i'll. pleased.
"Why not let me ask lively Amy 10
drop in and pass the EVENING"
a. had rather not have her.
"Why not 20 into your falher's7
will see you there, and Gull for you
when ! come back
"No.'
"Tllcn pass tho time in rcading,'
~ shall 60 TO bed
This was said SO very positively and
angriIy lha, her husband said nothing
more, except ''good evening"
She waited ill she heard him close
the street door. and her sprang up and
began 10 pace the room. The cricke,
was in The why and she kicked it GU; Of
her way. The worLs,and was an
obstacle to the free exercise Of her
limbs, and she tilted it over. For full
five minutes she continued in this
nmiable mood, during which papers
strewed The floor, chairs were laid on
their backs, and the poker md tho shovel
took aiurn or two Of cachucn nbou, the
room. AT length she threw herself
upon Tho sofa. and played The devils
tattoo with her little left foot till she wns
tired. She then pulled a feather fan 10
pieces, and cast tho fragments around
her; took up n book md glanced into ii,
and flung il, 10 The farther side Of the
room, greatly TO The peril of splendid
mirror, and TO the utter demolition of n
cologne bottle 'ha, unluckily lay in its
progress.
After a few gentle cpi,hcls at the
Sons Of Temperance generally. md a,
her husband in particular, she became
somewhat calm either under the inf1u-
ence Of cologne or exhaustion.
Mrs. -- was no, n simplrion, nor
q vixen. nor fool. She had good sense.
u cultivated mind, and knew n great
deal better than 10 act ms she did. She
was ~jrulous--. Jealous Of the Order, no,
efa woman; for she had too jus, an mp
probation Of her own beauty if not Of
Charles consistency, TO he jealous Of any
LADY. No, tho Order was her rival. II
robbed her Of a part Of his society, all Of
which she thought it was her right TO
m%onopolizc. She was like n s,ingy
child viii a swcct apple. She mus,
enjoy it in n corner, lcsi somc body
should want q bite.
She had from the first, openly shown
her hostility TO the Order, ard many had
been The Genes Of ,cnrs and recrimina.
sions between them; he being loo finn 10
yield her weak cn,rcaiics 10 Withdraw
from on institution he knew to be so
worthy; md she so blind only to her own
seliisfsl love for every hour Of his time.
Al his refusal she would rclori.
"You pretend 20 Love, Purity md
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