Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-16
A Glass of Wine.

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a Glass OF WINE.
New Years morning dawned bright and
cold. \ happy New Year to you !" shout
ed Livingston from his bed The call awoke
me from A heavy slumber into DELIGHTFUL
ap,ieoations. and the realization Of A great
ioy in living such a, come, only to youth
AN exnltinp. suporabounding sense of vi.
talitv that care and ace meyer know
We rose and dressed ourselves with s,ru.
pulous paips.takipp for call On descend.
10 the break rast-room. we found the Young
ladies quite ~ excited AS ourselves They
had prepared little book in which tokeep
a record Of the calls thew cxpected TO re-.
ceiye during the dav. for according to the
universal custom. thew were 10 keen omen
house. The carriaee was to be at the dis.
nosal of my friend and myself aud we were
a. ambitions concorpipg the amonnt ofcour.
teev 10 be- shown as tbe youno ladies were
toucbinr the amonnt 10 he received We
intended beE re bedtime. 10 presept our
New Year's Greetings 10 every Iady we had
met during the week
Berore leaving tho house. | saw what
nrcn,rations had been made for the bosnit.
AHA recertion Of visitors Among them
stood a row of wine.bottles and decanters.
The view saddensd me. Altbouoh had
not tasted wine since the snecial occa.
sion" few davs before when nv tomper.
anee principles were broken by Mrs. iiy.
ipostop. importupi,ies INV conscience had
not ceased 10 remind me- t6ouoh with weak.
encd sting. that had sacrificed a conscien.
tious sc,nnlo and broten nromise
could in no woy rid mvselr of the sense Of
having boen woundod stained imnoyerisbed
had ceased ia be what | had been. | had
enoaged in no de5aueh. | had deyeloped No
annette 7 wos not in love with INV sin
cnnld have heartily wished that wine were
ont of the world. Yet had consented to
have NV daG.nses hrokon into and tber,
| had bee9 neither time nor practical disposi.
tion to renair the breach Not one praye,
had I oFered or dared to offer durino The
week Nv foolish net had .but out G cd
ana ev,incnisbed tho senso of b;s lov;no
favor and / had hlindlv rushed tbrougb
NV Measures from dav to dav. refusing Il
Listen to the unbraidings of that faitbfn
monitor which he had niaced within me
a. last il was declared not too early Il
begin our visits Already several voun.
men had shown themselves at the Living
ston's, and my friend and sailed forth
The footman took the lstof calls to be made
that Livingston had prepared, mounted Il
his seat, the ladies waved their hands tC
US from the window, and we drove rapidly
away.
"Bonuicastle, my boy" said Livingston
throwing his arm around me as we rattleC
up the avenue, this isnew business to you
Now don't do anything to-day that you viii
be sorry for Do you know, | cannot like
what has happened? You have not beer
brought up like the rest Of US, and You're
all right Have your own way. It's no
body's business"
knew, Of course, exactly what he meant
but | do know what devil stirred within m,
the spirit Of resentment. TO be cautioned
and counsoed by one who had never pro
fessed or manifested any sense Of religious
obligatiou--by one above whose mora
plane had ancied that stood made m,
half angry had consciously fallen, and
felt miserable enough about it, when per
mitted myself to feel at ALL but to be re
minded Of it by others vcxcd me to tn,
quick, and rasred my wretchod pride.
Take care Of Yourself" | responded
sharply. "and don't worry rbout me-
shall do as please"
Its the last time, old boy. said Living
ston, biting his lin, which quiyored witt
pain and modification. It's the last time
When kiss fellow and he splits in IN,
face never do it again. Make yoursel
perfectly easy on that score
Impnlsiveiy eraspod his hand and ex
claimed. Oh don't say that. | be-
your pardon. Let's not quarrel was
fool. and great deal worse, to answer as
did,
"All right" said he; .but if you &c