The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-11-05
INSTANTANEOUS.
From the Nsu York Organ,
HOMES AND HEARTS;
OR THE
Desolating Power of Intemperance.
BY MRS. Z. G. LOOMS.
CHAPTER III

CHAPTER Ill
IRE LOST SISTER LITTLE JAMlE-THg DEAD
MoTHER-THE HUSBANDS REMoRsE
Tho sweet companion of my childhood's d.ys-
The sba-sf % my Joys and soo,hsr Of my grisfs"
"wil she meier speak or smile sgan1
Are those soft eyes forever closed those lips
OF love forever still ?"
lie hen proceeded TO relate ,hs, a, the ear.
iy age Of seventeen, bis sister hsd been WOO.
ed By young SUDDEN, OF medicine, the son Of
poor clergyman, Who though gifted and IN.
lelllgeni, vas addicted TO fatal habit-iha,
Of Wlns.drinklng. Ada loved him p,ss ons'e.
ly and believed him oil that vas noble, pure
and coed.
"My mother wss gfie,ed, continued the
Doctor, /" - hen she saw that the affections O.
her youthful daughter we're besIosed upon
ems whom she had reason TO fear YOU'D be.
come the victim OF vine. She had d'suk 100
deeply Of The cup Of sorrow, caused b, men
perance, and she shuddered lest Ada's fate
should be one Of grief Tenderl, she besought
her child TO discard and forget him, but she
nigh, a. we'll have implored the winds to
change their course Ada. only reply -a',
Mother, | love him Her heat seemed 10
cling The closer 10 her lover, ard .he believed
mol the report concerning his spauon. At
las. ny mother firmly forbade her 10 receive
he addresses. That n. ht The misguided gtrl
fled with him. They we're married and vent
to the far Wes. S nee then ktlle has been
heard Of Ada, excep, lba, our ears IRE con.
6tmed and E.wooJ had become a miserable
dtunkard. have frequently written 10 my
sister, but received no answer. A, las, ! los,
oil clue TO her place Of residence, and whe b.
OF she now lives know rot"
A tear rolled down the pale check Of the
speaker Mary softly kissed ii away.
DO net grlevs over the pss, dear father,
said she, it is gone sod csano, be recalled.
Let us talk Of some,h,og else. You haven
told ne ye, hsw ysu like your new res deace
Wsni il be delightful here when spring come,
With ito leaves and foveu1 AaJ won't tbs
pure sweet air from the fields revive you and
then what pleasant walks se wi, have on the
banks Of the stream, and over the green hills
And, father, there 10 a vide fed for useful
nsss here, en- sure. All my leisure mononi.
will Be veil employed; there are some s~ee
childfes in the neiehborbood. | ga. then
yesterday - ! took . accommodating walk
and I must teach them and make them low.
me, If can. | wonder who lives in The ole
house by tho brook Have you heard any ou'
cay, fslher7"
"A strange kind Of a family, believe,
replied DR.. Lee, though tho nsighbors seen
10 know very little Of them. They are reserv
el and decline making many scquainiancss
The husband is Incorporate, understand. an.
the wife wasting away With consumption"
IL saw the children q, the door," observe,
Mary, and vas much pleased With their sp
pssrance. think will cell there 10. mosssv
perhaps I may be- Of service 10 tho suffering
woman"
"Do so my daughter; l wish I vas sbls 4
accompany you nov go, your book and res,
10 mo till your brother returns. by the Wy
no 10 SD trusni Of lste. ! fear Alice W God
ley will rob W Of his secisiy entirely. fshal
protest sesius, sueh complete moospol,z,
lion, and give The little witch scoldiug.'