Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-03-31
PARIS, ME-, FRIDAY,

the vine for those ~ho need IL. -
4" lou used TO drink a.. Jack
Yes bss II never DID me- any good
- And DO you think it ever did you any
harmg~
% A Tor that uiu not say but my boy
VIII ten you What I can say. IL Heuz
sAaU DO ms any hArIn, know 1t has harm
ed others ~hO were a. strOag a. am. ~
the wAy. Charley. isnt Mary Granville
hereS-
Yes said l.
DO yos kn5S her'"
! turned a-ay my face. and pretended
that bad heard something At the window.
' have seen her. replied. -hen lad
composed myself She PLAYS the organ
IN our chsrrh-
% She and ! we're schooimates. pursued
Stanton '' and speaking Divine brings her
10 my mind DO you know anything Of her
early Hfef-
% Nothing I answered.
Poor Mary. ! never think Of hsr with
out feeling ny resolution Of total Abstinence
grow stronger and stronger. When Ne
wcrr seboolchileren together her father
was the -eAlthiest man IN Bsrryvills. and
she and her brother we're among the hap
piesi Of the happy. Nr. Granville ~As IN
the habit of drinking vine; and the habit
grew upon ban until be fclt that be could
not live without his brady. lie was of a
sociAl disposition. and IN tin.e IL came 70
pass that b. ~As often grossly intoxicated.
OF course. under such circumstances, one
q too tbiugs must happen; The man must
reform. or BE- must sink. Mr. Granville
did not reform. and ere many wears be
died a drunkard's death. leaving has family
IN poverty and suffering. Thomas. the
son. Who ~as four wears older than Mary.
bccaue very dissipAtsd. and. AZ the age Of
eighteen. ~As killed IN a street-hght IN New
York Mrs. Granville sarslved her son
bat fes months. absolutely dying. The
doctors sad. of broken heart. Poor
Mary. thus left fathsrless and naotherless.
vithout brOther OF sister. at the age Of ff-
teen. was forced 70 earn the bread which
shc eat. and nobly has she done IL. Ifyoa
know Der Charley. you kno~ one Of he
grandest women that ev-r lived But
hat - the matter? WHY. bless me. you
look ss pale as a ghost
struggled ~ith myself. and told JACK
that lad swallowed l0t o. cigar smoke.
arose and oP-nsd one % the easements.
ADD stepped out upon the balcony. where
the frcsh air partially restored ne 70 nv
former self
Asa late hour JACK departed for the ho-
tel. and VIXEN had retired 70 nv chamber
paced % and fro until long past midnight
] could no longer misundcrs;and the mo-
tves ~L.eh hsd aetuated Mary IN rejecting
my hand She knew tha; 7 was in The habit
q using vine. and on that evening When
ilst &c ret she must have discovered that
BAD drank enough 20 brig 4 false hssh
20 ny cheek
20, my Cod calculated. a. I sank in
% a chair. A" ! wonder not that she feared
% trls, Der future lae in ny keeping She
las suffered enough from the accursed cup.
The night q sorrow and desolation has
been long enough upon her. she would
BE- vorse than mad O. take husband whose
opening pathway of lif- ied toward. the
pii into stich The loved ones Of other DAYS
had fallen.
bot asked rnyssH. Why did she
not teli me The ~boie trutbY-
/ found no difficulty IN aIswcring the
question She bad shrnnk frou ~oonding
ms feeling. 7 knew how sensitive .he va.
ari kuev hat re hai been afraid % o.
Tending me- Perhaps shc thought me
proud ani hcaisrong enough 20 resent
ss,h liberty on bcr part and perhap, she
imagined hat might look upon her course
a. he ofering ofhcr haaI 10 consiIeraiion
Of my reaooncins the sine cup. ani tha;
might sparn said offer
On Fnias Jack stanton lefi mc. and on
saturday evening called Al Mary's boa-l-
,r-r'aec Mary hcrscn answered nv SOM
mons. STE started vben ,Lo sa- me. and
7 'av her rigli hand move quickly tousrIs
hcr heart
Mag. saii 10. spcakia- very calmly.
forl lai mislty strength ofvil to sup
port me. '' I have not cone t5 distress 900.
is,e cone a. a friend. and bambiy ask
ftaf 500 ril give me aai.encc for r.-
m,raf.s.~
So voat .nto the parior. All foll0ucd
h.r. o.o..ng iie doors behind ue and -ben
ue srrc a'oue she set the lamp upon the
ttI ie. ani n n1,ioard ne o. a seat.
No.- sail Z. II vii not sit do-n yet.
GIVE mc your hands May