Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-31

quently."
Your father is it possible that yen are
the son Of my old collegs chum, Tom Gray
son Z" &
81 am, )" replied Doctor Grayson,
Strange that had not thought Of tsat be-
FORE have spent the happiest hours my
life in Boston; yes, and some Of the sacdest
ones, too" he msrmured while. something
like tear lrembled on his eyelid.
T" And you have never returned to Rason
during these ten years!
"Never, sir. There's not a friend tHesr to
welcome me back
"You had a wife at that time !" yf''.'ped
Grgysoas ssagsrls aaas asrsgaf l;firs ~ stfiodis & II l
quickly over his features. ~ ~
" Yes; but she died long ago. Yoeas man.
do you ever dlink'" F."
| There was wild eornestness in the question
which startled Grayson.
| i have, SIR but it was months ago that
forever broke off from the habit"
God grant that you may keep your wise
resolve You are young man, just entering
the great highway of life, and "A few words of
counsel from one who has more than hhlf ac-
complished the journey, may not come amiss.
"You have saved my life, and proved q friend
in need therefore, will tell you something of
the causes that for ten years have made me an
exile from the home of my youth"
With painful unrest Thomas Grayson lis
tened to the recital, the more interested, be-
cause the case was not unlike his own
Thus you see,' concluded the narrator
the fruits of a false step, one which has embit-
terrd my whole life. Shun it; Doctor, as you
would the very gates of hell itself must
leave this place tomorrow morning tyr the
North, as am engaged in a suit pending there
You have refused my offers of help and reward,
taking buta mere pittance for your trouble |
may visit Boston ere return-have you any
message to send there ~
"Yes,' replied Grayson, +" call at No =,
- street, and deliver package, which will
prepare, to whoever comes to answer your sum
mons. The address will be inside-pardon me
if request you to let it remain unopened till
you reach Boston"
GAS you please. You will find here some
letters of introduction to persons in the State,
which may prove of benefit to you" and
Judge Graham handed Grayson Several letters
addressed to persons in different seciiois of the
, State. "And now," he continued 'we must
part, for leave early in the morning. Good
night"
Grayson shook the others profeies5 nard
/, who arose and entered the botet .s~~
n
Five years have passed swiftly by on the wings
8 Of Time. The lecture room of one of our mos
{ popuous cities was brilliantly lighted, and fas
filling up with eager spectators, who hSi CONT
| with various purposes, to listen to Temper
8 ance lecturer in the old Dominion. There i
not only wealth and beauty and fashion assem-
: bled in the brilliantly lighted hall, but Their
r are men there who have for years occupied hg
q places in the councils of both State and natio
n stars in the political armament, whose ligh
t has been shed upon our land from the halls o
k Legislation. the speaker for the evening hat
e been, but few months previous, elected
# our noble Congress and dire are the denun
Citations heaped upon him from various parts @
!. the house, by the very men whose whole inhu
ence had been thrown in favor of his election
;. And why! Had he proved treaehereus to tn
trust reposed in himl Had he dersorted tn
4 party who had been the means of his elevatio
- to Office! No. But tonight he was to stan
a up before his constituents, at the dictates Of
higher power than man 3, to cast his inauenc
a against that which has made so many orphan
" and widows throughout our beloved land.
v was trespass upon their liberty; and next
an Aboltionist they despised cauting temper
ID ance lecturer That they mad given their vote
for such man was to them source Of chagri
II and modification.
At length the speaker ascended the sant
and, bowing to the audience, began his remark
He commenced at first in calm, quiet ton
of his voice finely modulated, and every word clet
X and distinct. But as he progressed new ligl
ID CLEANED in his eye and with his whole soul
his subject, he poured forth such torrent
it eloquence as these men had rarely listened t
Argument after argument was brought forwa
r. against the monster vice. intemperance, in SUI
We o clear and forcible manner. that even his me
bitter opposers could but admit th1is trut
40 And then he told them his own history, and
was fearful one OF the sin he had commit
ge in taking his first glass, its consequences
banishment from home, and then his own
We dimmed as he paid a touching tribute to o
he who had stretched forth an angel hand to snat
him from ruin.
ir. "a few more words, my friends, and ha
If done. am aware that in the eyes of some
if have degraded myself in speaking upon Il
subject but before God it is one which tr,
on | NAV never shrink from speaking of, whenev
he and wherever opportunity calls for me to bo
he until my voice is hushed by the hand of deal
ere Young men You who are just beginning
an revel in the pleasures that this beautiful wo
your Creator has given you affords,--i, is
ly, you that would address my parting wor
Shun the dram shop; put from your lips
ou accursed wine cup. Do you not know that
is not only paralyzing your physical system, /
ok also detracting that from your character whi
; endears you to friends and thoss with whom y
lge are connected. If you do not realize this,
u me tell you it is true. Would you live yc
lives disgraced! would you walk the sire
my with the finger of scorn pointed at youl y
live with the self consciousness that you are 10