The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-11-05

lheg, /" but one Shich ! hope msS mover De
realized"
IL hope not, bu, indeed, dear Henry, have
fell very snx,ous fer you Of late. ] have no.
l. csd 9th The deepest sorrow, } our increasing
love Of zine. | know yOu ~ou shSddef .,
the idea Of h. b,'osl drvnkenass., bu' ho~ ma.
ny young m-n have begun with zine d'iak.
,nr, end been drawn step BY step dow" TO ~
IN. OF Henry, # such should be your tate
You kno~ feel Tor you the deepest tender
n,s.. Ever since our dying mother joined
our ltile hands end fatally mut@uIed, My
CHI, dren, love one snoiher, ] have Ielt more
than . sisters affection for you. o my bro.
Their, l enirsst you to abandon wholly the use
Of vine promise the that YOU oil do IT,"
mo, dear Mary. you a'e asking TOO much
| will promise. however, TO use II With mode.
ration, and give on no cause to be alarmed on
ter; my appetite 70 completely subseIvIent TO
my ~,il, and | shall never disgrace m,selt
and y u b. becoming such miserable object
40 Ne saw to nigh, at the cottage by the
brook"
And yet" SAID Mary musIngIy, che was
once such Is you are no..'
Morning confirmed the Suspicious Of Mary
Lee. Her father accompanied her TO The cot.
ispe and recog ni,ed 10 the lleess form o. The
drunkatd's = ife all tina, renamed of the once
lovely Ada-his long los, sister. Had an!
doub, renamed that II ~ns indeed her, II
souid have bsen dlspeiied b, small iocket
Of gold ~hlch Luc, wore IN her bosom, as 1t
had been placed there BY her dying mother.
The locke. had been gwen Ada b, her brother
on her sixteenth buih.ds,, ADD the Doctor re.
membetd we'll her looks and words as she
sn,'lngiy received II.
| Poor Ada |" mu' INJURED he ,Sgszing on the
.ssed form, veil, let her rest tbs better
I thus than TO 1.-Two With Q broken, bleeding
hesr
Her body was removed TO tho house OF D..
Lee, and tho iunersi cerenonie. pe'iormeo as
soon a. the necessary arrangements we're
completed.
4 " hea The coifil vas lo~sred into the grave
poor JAMIE rushed for~s'd .xcla,mIng. 20 |
Il lsi me hs do.n ~l,h be, her. ! cent live
without my mother
/ Gently drs~lng him back. the good ID ,cior
and Mstv succeeded 10 soothing HI, feelings,
and the boz became more csln, but those WIN
looked 10 his lace could iced 70 his dsfk eyes
a depth # sUfsos sbich 400 never who'll,
pass away. The m SCRABBLE husband Gas DOT
present OF The funeral scene. ON ,ef,
shame he satauk tom the SIGH, OF all, aLd
drank doc per than ever TO dfo~n the voice ul
con,c ence and The sung Of rcmorse. II v.
decided Iha. Lucy should take up her abode
ct the house oil her nes .iouId unc-, aud ia.
me cas- placed IN store near, Shsfs heht
duties s.re assigned HIN. The stretched FL
wood unable TO remain IN the ,lcInity OF those
Who had known HIM n other days, suddenly
departed ,om he village, not, however, With
ou, secretly seeing b.. ltls daughter. With
more tendstaes. thsn he had ever before eS
pe.rd, he took her on hts lap and asked -
not to forget her father.
- .m .of,, ,ha, I DID NOT trsst yoJ more
kindly, Lucy, tsld he, but YOU will sone.
',mrs think Of me, son't your aud puIliog
he face dom Close 10 b-,s he ~hi.yend.
sometimes, Lucy, shen you knrol TO prs, i,
YOU oil play Tor Your pour { ther y
20 yes. | vii" cusd the cb,d i, fully
then tsIping her arms abui hi- neck .he
looked up conhd,ngiy 20 t.Ibsr." SID .ae,
al should 80 love you II you soudu't--"
""ouIdn't ehs, Luc, don'l be afraid to
tell me"
81 you wouldn't dunk that scked stuf,
fslher."
Eisosd sghed and looked dosn into the
innocent bue eyes that were raised go be-
seech.nsI, to bis luce.
Il ~,sh | had never drank H., Lucy" SAID
he, "thst II IL ~h,ch has made ne 90 vile
that ~ what has Caused all my sotrv~. o
| ~nh had never dfsnk u ~
Then he parted her bar AID & s4dI,
10 her face.
Nav. God c. YOU, poor innocen, - he
mu,tcted, and ktslng hst forehead lett the
spot.
To be continued