The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-04-08

shoulder he asked I" Are you think
ING OF New.Year's party, Eveleen,
that makes you look SO full Of light
and Joy tonight"
"Jast that, my dear, how much
will it cost to get up such party as
we design giving?"
"Well, | don't know. If we have
wines, land of course we must, and
do the thing up creditably, it viii come
to pretty near two hundred, By
George, that is a little more than l am
up to, but you are so decidedly clever,
and / like you so well, there's no de-
nying you; so l shall have to go it."
Eveleen Wade did not reply to the
iocose remarks Of her husband, but
sat gazing into the fire with look Of
intensity and feeling. A great war
fare was going on in her heart. Love
and duty was struggling against pride,
ambition and selG-love. Oh! it would
be splendid to have such a party, to
gather together the elite of the city,
to give pleasurable excitement to SO
many, to play her part in the great
drama of fashionable life, and be pro.
claimed a star actor. All this she
we'll knew was before her, if she went
on with her party. Then came the
whispering of the love spirit in her
ear" What real good will all this
doH Who will be made truly more
happy? Who will be morally re-
deemed? Who will a week after say,
/" am better, wiser and happier, for
Mrs. Wade's great party!" and her
heart could not but return the true
answer, "Not one; or if one or two,
the mass Of my guests will be the
worse" Then came a low, deep
murmur, from afar off; which she re-
cognized as the guardian angel of her
husband" Let the love spirits per-
suade thee; it may save him. Act
out the good thought that is strug-
Cling for utterance through thee. For
seest thou not, even tonight, the
sparkle of the wine in his eye, and
nearest thou not its laughing mirth in
his tone. OH hesitate not, but give
thy strength to the better work."
What are you thinking about,
EveIeen? Why don't you answer me?
Amt two hundred enough? If it
amt, by George, iii go three. Come,
what do you say!"
His words, his tone, his manner,
told the tale; and Eveleen Wade hes
itated no longer. She told him of
Mrs. Wilson, of a life of ease, of affiu-
ence, of trial, of utter destitution and
woe, and of the resolve so suddenly
awakened in her own heart, to give
her aid to the cause of temperance.
"Oh," said she, "if | could redeem
Frank Wilson, and save that beautiful
woman and her children from such
sorrow and suffering; it would do more
good than ten such parties as we de-
sign giving"
Crank Wilson," exclaimed Mr..
Wade, springing to his feet with i'm
petuosity, "where did you say they
came FRONT"
"From Connecticut"
"a lawyer did you say?"
"Used to be-"
"Where was he educated!"
"At Harvard"
ats him, by George, faint nobo.
dy else. My old college chum. We
both graduated the same day. He
went 10 - and came out West.
One year after, he wrote me that he
had married the belle Of the city, and
an heiress to boot. For six years we
kept up our correspondence, and then
he began to write less frequently, told
oflosses, hinted at troubles, and finally
ceased writing altogether, and | lost
sight Of him. And Frank Wilson is
drunkard!''
Mr.. Wade paused, and covering his