St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-14

pleading, yet trusting glance. l ca" SC
the dear red lips with my name upo
them.
awe parted-I To 90 TO my disgrace
home to meet cold, avcrtcd looks: sh
To be sheltered aud pcttcd and loved b,
all who knew her. Ny father, with in
credible excrIiou, procured me Il situation
III the service. Ii was the worst Thin.
that could have been done for me
though, rs there was soon 10 he lighting
promotion-if livc,i-was possible, nay
almost certain. But temptation was or
that vessel, on deck AMI in her cabi:i
! took leave of Annette and went 10 sea
Once on the ocean, | forgot prudence
love, Annette, all things pure and good
in my devotion TO the cup. There wa,
wine at the fable A dashin@ yuuna
officer, who 'took to me- had supplied
himself with champagne and variou,
liquors. was always 10 certain cX-
tcnt drunk. Our destination WAS McNi.
co. There, for the exhibition of drunken
val"r, | was appointed second lieutenant
-hci"rr had been third. ALI, sir,
lived Il Gay life. | dare not tell, nor
even think of my cXccsscS-thry were
horrible. Oncc again was promote |,
an | came home with the hunors oi n first
lieutenant thick upon me. Then | was
liunizcd. Annct!c's friends forget my
weakness. TI.cy couldn't see the drunk
ard in a uniform. | went to Amctlr'>
home a. listed.
some night called upon her. : had
been drinking freely, and was MT sensi-
bic of my situation or | wnal,' have shot
myself before ! had vcnturcd into her
tiful. What said or did that miaht |
never knew distinctly | remember her
wild look of ailri@ht-hcr hands pushine
me irantcally from hcr-hcr sprnYin"
away and my chasing hcr-iinlIly her
locking herself in her room, which |
made iruiilcss cndravors To enter, then
my leaving the house with all the doors
open. and then comes Il blank.
''lhc next morning dawncd upon me
in the chamber oi Il friend. A. looked
up with aching brain, u noble face bent
over me-thc face OF one who had been
a fellow collr"ia !. and who was studying
for the ministry.
Il asked irebly where was
Horace and found YOU pru~tratc
in the street few rods from here. luu
were utterly helpless. We lifted yuu up
against your most imprccatim" >tru".r, ;
you cuSrd uS with every breath, but We
finally brought y"u here, and here You
have slept ill now. 1t wants Il quarter
10 eleven. closed the blinds tina, you
might sleep it OH
Il did not ask what hc meant hy il.
was ashamed too much ashamed To lool,
AT him.
Il limited at the effect of southern fc
Yer, but from under my nearly CLOSED
lids saw something Ike snrer on his
face.
'IIc sat down by my bedside, and he
pleaded with me for an hour. F"r
Gods sake, he bcSou"ht me TO break
from this ruinous habit. He held up the
flame OF hell till shuddrrcl Then h,
spoke of Annette, and | knew 10y the
trcmor Of his lips, the hushinrsS of lii
voice, that he too, loved my darling
had suspected it before, but now was
certain, AMI 1t reused the widest trcliu.
of jealousy. Madly | boa-tcd OF her I'M
conqucrablc attachment, fool that was
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