The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1853-01-01
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81 TALE OF TEMPTATIONS ,o
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cHAPTERv.
FOUNDED FACTS

ASH .t6 EuE sCHAPTERV. Et
Woods ,eannnt paint the deep, agoni-
zing grief that fell upon the hearts Of
those whom the events of the preceding
might had rendered doubly widowed
and fafherless for Mrs. Neville and her
daughter felt that life would henceforth
be indeed, desolate. He who should
have been their protector now lay be-
fore them disgusting mass of sense
1esS shnmanitya Oh! IL the young and
promising could be warned-if they
reonlel. for an Instant, realize the horror
of scene like this, they would fee
frem all communicating inAuence-tliey
would avoid the wlne-cut as they would
the cup Of Death! And it is the cup Of
Death death, mentally, morally. ply
sically :, the destruction of the soul.
here, and hereafter! 7' ne
ia The gentle Irene. shocked indeed at
this unexpected revelation; wounded
in her most sacred affections, strove, in
the most touching manner, to console
Mrs. Neville sand Lucy but strove in
vain. Day after day, week after week
passed, and the wretehed Charles be-
.traye, no Fenlerse, no feeling Lost TO
shame, he came reellng home at all
hours of the,night or, as.was frequent
iy the case. remained away for several
days together. - stf 81
After that lasi. fatal night, his whole
character Seemed changed. A sort of
tiefying recklessness marked his de-
-sneanor. Harsh and surly in his man
aeF towards his once loved mother and
gentle sister. their forbeafance seemed
only % increase his unkindness.
IN the beginning Of summer, Irene
Clayton returned 10, her hone in the
country, so changed that her father, as
he clasped her to his bosom, exclaimed !:
"a. q Ny child, my darling child tell
me what means this change? you are
dying or heart-bfoken!n
No. my father p and she fell again
ION his BOSOM" neither. | shall be
we'll nosb.n - esl IL
The soothing influence Of home, the
quiet country aud tsyivifying air, soon
restored the bio0m Of her cheek and
the Feundness Of her form bot the
sTaae blast that had shaken her heart
lefa il almost . wreck. Charles was
her only lore and Knowing bis foul
depravity, still she clung with wonan's
ssenacity TO the memory of those first
happy days spent ia Mrs. Nevilfeis man.
sion. She Is now, alhsost, what is called
an = old sAafd:a Happy, though a Sc.
sioas gravity beyvades her manner
1mp1oyedail the vaFious duties iucum-
bent upon her, as the manager of her
fathers household; and contributing a
portion Of her time, her labor, and her
ample means to the comforts of the
poor, 10 one is more beloved, more
locked up 70, as q model of female ex-
tcelieaee, than the g good Miss Clayton"
81 Sc cKAprER W. rs 80.
iSumaeE had gone autumn, with its
SAyety lin the CITY, I mean had come,
and found Charles Neville pursuing the
course of vice, with still Increasing in
fafuasioa Dismissed, long since, in dis
gFaee, by his employers, forsaken by
the good, cens0r4iug only with the vile,
= few short months had rendered him.
both physically and morally, revolving.
His fortnue had been sqnandered, prin- |
aihaEly at:the gaming table, though he
.wzSuffsu fsnad fsequenting the poIIti-
clans head quarters, aud .taveFns of a
lev Grade, stakingElhe scanty remnants
Of hss foftnne upon the result Of the |
faIl elections now about TO take place
One evening, Mrs. Neville!was mourn
ing ii hitter sorrow, over Charles's pro-
longed absence Of several days, when
Luey said: !