Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-07
ALEXANDRIA..R la, sSArrRDAY SEPTEMBER T. 1872 a-a

before me! swore six yeais ago 10
| a diving f;,ther--the yictiin OF drink
that L nerer would taste adrop, and !
have not -, far, Must you tempt me!
VERY little wine it would take to rob
me Of my senses.'s tas .ewob e-s.s
/ The beautiful temptress on his side
l,sked at him .scornfully. Had she
| reasoned wiiI herself, what a differrnt I
record Time would have given :" ners
But she said hastily aud angsiiy: ~
Very we'll. pity your weakness,
though, il you dou't know when Ia
stop and she Turned away. 3pa So
"What could the infatuated man be-
fore her do ~ He only did what many
others did and will do, under the same
circumstances. - ll4sgls ~ hstsinass
AL right, sMiiIy, to please YOU
eniy a drop, you know, AS you say it's
very, weak and he took her.ar s.a
] At, that moment, NOW that she had
won her battle, she aid not consider
what wrong she might be doing. asis.
As they went mp. to the wiae-ts,ble,
Ralph saw Captaja Denver there lie
took Milly to the furthest corner, say
ing: .na fsi4sdssy ssa 4sSaasss
why, nat wait till We are alone fss
Don't I've silly, dear Ralph she
whispered, and like a willing captivs
ltat he was, she brought ,huAto tue
fao,e. slasa9as szlsIslSq saa11ss Seas
Captain Denver put down the glass
he Was about to raise to his moutl, as
he. saw them approach. With his
sweetest smile, he said q, saswS ss.s
/ !. .Jnst in times. Mr.. Bertrand {! Let
rs with the queen Of the feast many
happy setnrns Of tIeeveaipg,n and rs
he spoke he filled two glasses for the
new romers,shsss hsassl ssazs skls
/ Being. a gentleman, ,Raipi, coa-d moi
fnd any fault at this aiteup. II fe"i-
ci'iatioh. gsss4 "a Ass.sss So - :
I Miliy only touched the wine with her
| ll's as she bowed 10 the 2rofuse com
plinrnts from the captain and the few
mntterrd words OF Ralph. ;, sswa.d =
! Then. SOMEHOW, the captain would
have Ralph take apother glass-the
occasion didn't Often llapp'ti, you
know, SO the captain said. Miily was
all smiles, and Ralph (wl,y should the
captain i'e wishing all the joy y found
himself taking second glass. Tenn
perate as he was up to rliatshollr, the
wine proved very strong to bis,. After
that second glass, Ralph Bertrand
never knew what followed, 80. f,....,
! The captain saw his look of,alan1
don, while Mill. turned AWAY in dis
grst, ~ he informnd her that her
friend was " only q. little mellow and
he siieered. - go III
] Ralph was just gone, far erougl' 10
catch to sneer, with a feeling OF r.,
venge. Liquor. L would seem, made
him iuarrelsolne. As for the captain,
it took q good deal to affect him. =,
! :. Mel!ow, d,did, xoa say r Ralph
asked, q little thiekIy, as lie strobe up
4 to the sniili.g captain.s.. y. ~,a..4s. -
swell, thai il only the French oft,
ont Of compliment To our hostess. II
/ you want me to speak palmer, III al;
low that you're drunk" so .,~s.l4lst
Milly was attracted by the low
lsmgh OF the captain, only mocking 10
| the man beside him. y,ras 1og1 eT
g Your gentlemam friend lis slightly
gone un der, Miss West, : he said, as hr
drank another glass of~iue. e llai
/ sMiliy had t,arr~d Ralph's way, and
with faint feeling coming over her,
! pray ed lnwaidiy for the eappearance of
,ner brother o.. father. Unfortunately,
they we're no, there, aIuiin the I'arlors
they were dancing away, almind'ul of
- tAi stfsfsS % 1aas @G-s4 80
Hth'' .n3esf so9a .fi ztz ~ b sJ.n
sc get Out of.m. way, VI Miily. |
want To show that t,liow that he's n,'
] gentleman AMI he pushed her Out Of
the way, almost throwing her down.
/ She gave asscrram. but they needed
| it not amid the loud clang OF the
n,,lsic..o Taf 9sal eeE stgevf !. aHs
:" Don't BE- afraid, Miss West. Hes
too drunk to do, any harm; s.,----'' Z.
4 But the sentv,ne MAS never iiisi>lsd
4 There ssasa heavy thadAif tlnrs flour.
and MiiIy 'ookrl Of, a sloven skull,
|, an.l l,ody ont of which life had tiesl
4 iaeserssA heavy tambIer IN the
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