Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-10-25
] was a little heated with wine.

drank Just enough to warm my blood and
give my brain an extra impulse. and my
words were NO. chosen as | should have
chosen them had the spirit Of wine been
absent. As | walked toward my home |
sought to pursuade myself that l had for
tunately escaped the snare Of a coquette,
aud that night be the better enabled
thus to reason. | stopped at the hotel,
where found few of my companions,
aud helped dispose Of hal!' dozen Bottles
Of vine
On the following morning awose with
a headache, and when ! calel to mind
the events OF the preceding evening | was
anything but happy. ! began to realize
how much | had loved Mary Granville
There .sas an aching void in M heurt,
and l LARRY wept as / con- emplaied @y
loss, 1t Was my a,st love, and ,t7 iaag-
encc had penetrated every fibre Of my De-
ing. The besu:iful girl had become more
dear TO me than | could tell. aDI | sroan-
ed N bitter anguish when thousht ,;,6
she was lost forever. | had resolved that
would feel Very auEry aud indignant
/ but when the sweet face was called up to
mental view such feelings melted awsy,
leaving ine sad and iesolate.
Ga the following Sabbath l ATTENDED
church, where saw Mary once more
She played the organ, as she had done for
the past year, and as her fingers swept
over the keys, | fancied that | could dc
teci trcmu.ousuess which had Eevei
noticed before Was It only imagination
Or was IT. really plain.:veness-a sadness
in the expression of her music.
70 me IT seemed at times as though the
organ moared aud wep, 1t was ike the
waiing Gt the daughters Of Zion by the
rivers of Babylon.
When the services were owe. ard We
went out from the church | saw Mary's
face. 1t was pale aud wan as though she
Hal been sick What could it be Va,
she sutferin. as | had suffered 1h'
thought flashed upon me that S'iie o"'
might have told her -sometA'ns 10 my us
advantage. bad .1eii'es N me si''as'
7
,.,,;es who euvied u.e because nat
;,beri;ed some weal;s-aud 1 ianciel
enemies who euvicd me the love oi Mar.
Granville.
Another week passed and became
mare sad aud louesuine Ny business VA
irksome to me, aud my books aud paper
afforded Inc no respite. In fact l coul'
uot read. for my miud was hever upo'
the page before ne. Another Saooath d
church aud | saw Mary again. She Wa
nsler than before. aud her eyes looked ID
though she had been weeping.
DuriuL the succeeding week receives
a yisi, irom my Old collese-chum. Jac'
Stanton, who had just opeued law ono
: IN Berryvilie. Alter supper as We Sal II
the cosy parlor smoking oar cigars, aus
, yes,ed that bottle Of wine would not b
amiss. Jack shook his head.
80, Charlie, re said. well leave t.
wine for those who need 1t.
"You used to drink it, Jack"
! YES, but it never did me any good.
And do you ,hiuk it ever did you an
harnI." .t5
. "As to that I vii! not say; it neye
y shall do me harm. | know II has harm
ed others who were as strong ss am
e BY the way, Carrie. isa'' Mary Graz
s Vile here z" -a.as.
r "Yes," said |.
/, DO you kpow her =
:, lturned away my face and pretende
!, to have heard souet',.ng at the wirdow.
= II have seen her, | replied, when
r had composed myself. "Shs plays tn
!. organ in the church.
:; "She AID | were schoolmates," paisae
!. Stanton, ..aud speaking Of wine brius
her % my mind Doyou know anythlu
: of her early life p
0 rNo,bing," l answered.
: Poor Mary. | nege, think OF ne
/ without feeling my resolution of total al
t stinence grow stronger and stronger'-
e When We were school children togethe
t her father was the wealthiest man in be-
T ryville, and she aud her brother ws'
among the happiest Of the happy. Ds
: "Mr. Granville was in the hab's
p drinking. xiae, aud the habit grew upo
! him until he lelt he could not live VIII
out his brady -y sI
: He was of social disposition, anu
4 :ime it cams to pass that he was ol'e
4 grossly intoxicated. Of course, una