The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-05-09

closer aud closer about you! 1t vii
he your destructioni Let me en-.
treat yea, while you have aay
/ strengths, any manliness left, ite Froak
the fatal @ehaEEa. Then, Charlie
when you can come to me and say,
Is truth, that not drop OF intoxi-
eating drink has passed your lips
for soae sshQle gear, : viii be- yoaI
wife,
" 'deaven bless you, ny own Mel
lie II viii begin this very hoarr ]
exclaimed fervently.
" Good bye, Charlie, for a long,
long time. Remember that We must
not meet again till yon redeem Your
! pledge ! viii be waiting for you,
4 Charlie. You may fail once, twice;
j hut * ssnrrender to the zeg1fp fpter,
& no moral power can save YOU
/ 81 went from Eellie's. presemce,
i strpng, alas! in my own strength ;
/ and though I Fought braVely for s.
EEllile. Ifell. amid the jeersof nv old
companions. / rose again, and yet
/ again, for Nellie words gaveeme
! hopes hpt in - esii E1anent n1y be
setbiug sin ragged me into stililoW
er depths Of misery. Yes. Kate, /
/ dc think must have been. at times,
/ lover, more pisiable than poor Green
/ is now.
81 s struggles became weaker, ill
/ there came day when hope died.
From that dark hour the steps of
my downward course were rapid and
sure. How the arch -hend and his
efnissa ries gloated over my down
| fair! For days they held high car
niYal, and / joined in their Feyels,
the maddest Of them all. How l liI-
ed from day to day. ] can scarcely
tell; for | drowned conscience, man.
hood, eveFythinq IN the maddenirg
! cup. -F..-.ks..,e..e
"One night drank deeply; but
the f0sIny poison, as it mounted to
my head, instead of stupefying me,
fred my braiH, tilI It seemed 4 seeth-
ing cauldroni Aad j mRdiy thought
to- cool this nnquenchable fire. hv
pouring set more. fuelE upon the
flames.
almost crazed thought was, ,ey-
cry little circumstance os7that eve
ning is ipdelibly impressed upon my
memory. How wei l remember
! just how the baF-room looked, With
its rows of labeled bottl,s. / know
/ just who were there, and how each
one zsEas occupied, even=to. which. held
the winning card at the gaming ia
bile. sss2 - stSN
"a Egentleman had Just stepped
in. -ostensiblY to read q afeonspicu0us
advertisement; but as staggered
to the counter for ona. more glass,
he quickly interposed. @
Pray, do not give this man one
drop more liquorl lie cannot bear
itF said be, addressing the bsr-ten-
der.
81 turned fiercely upon him. He
returned ny demoniacal look fixed
ly and calmly; but that only infuri-
ated me. drew a loaded pistol
and a s
Nay, dear Katie, don't shrink
from your father. Thank God,
am NOT quite murderer; though,
but for His mercilul intervention, /
should have been thus guilty at the
bar of Heaven! ~
"As | took deliberate aim, small
dog, which had followed the gentle
man, seeing his msster's peril, !
sprang upon me With a savage gFowl. |
And so, Kate, / shot-nOt the man,
but only his poor little dogi
Drunk as was, my blood fairly |
curdled at the thought of the horri |
bic crime l had almost committed |
sat upon a seat, trembling like |
an aspen. Without sllusion to his !
dead pet, the gentleman lead me qui-
city home. That night was taken |
withlHsi2 fevers and al through the !
days and nights of tielirium, I was
a murderer 1eeing from justice,
haunted by CHASTITY corpse.
81 woke to consciousness to find |
the murdered man seated by my bed
side. o, my daughter! the thank
fulness that welled up IN my heart
then! / rose from that sick bed an
altered man. In al my weakness I
found strength to cope with the de
strOyer, from that source where man
never sought in vain. had my re-
ward. A year from that day went
to Nellie and she did not reject my
suit Through the Kindness OF that
Christian man, to Thom ! owed so
much, Iobtained a lucrative situa
tion. Sihceth God has prospered
me abundantly. Tomorrow, Kate,
is the twentieth anniversary OF the
day l sat up in bed and signed the
pledge. With, Gods help, not one
drop of Intoxicating beverage of
any description has passed my lips !
from that hour to this" 5fu,.lwss
Papa, dear, who was that kind
gentleman! should ike to thank
ium. said Kate in a subdued tone.
"Ah,- cant you guess my daugh- /
ter? II VAS ms partner in business.
yDur uncle Leonard, your mothers /
only brother He had been away /
for years, ana I did not recognize /
han. Unknown to me, he had fol-
loved noe, watched me, kept Hnear
ne when he could do 50 without
eemRronising his honor and his
pray ers had mingled with Nellie s.
for my restoration, He was the dear
fnend whom / raised my hand to
glzrderi Katie, viii You have the
WineE'
Never, papa, aeg<r, win I offer a
drop OF wine TO 8 guest on New
years or any other day! No indeed
lot It I live % be a hundred years
oh!'
SAY with Core help, Katie"
her father.-Riversias /
Eeko. d
Charity is 3 naked child giving
loney to s bee without win g. Ma !
zed. because excuseless aud simple
|. child, tender and growing; giving :
aoney, because pleasant and com
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