South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-08-14


aud his lip troubled as he said
4 know you foel you eanno. eiss him
up; but, nay dear child, lock about You,
see the mlserics of somo druRksrd's fami-
lies ! Not Que CT those suffering women
but loved as you love, and trusted ga YOU
trust, aud their love anu happiness have
been drowned ia the dark gulf on whose
shore you stand
Father, how can You talk So
Because | can not see you With sbu,
eyes walk ont iato thc black waters which
will swallow you us. A small party went
from here to my wedding. WILLIAMS,
Handsome and good singer, aud full of
fun, was The lille Of the purity, and his bride
wsa pretty aud very buPpy. He drank
some, but We thought nothing of it. You
know that las, week your mother hoard
MRs. WILLIAMS was very sick and went
to SEQ her, snd found her unable to raise
| hersolf III bed, and her only attendants, her
husband and her son, dead drunk on the
Hoor of her room Gao you, dare you,
look on such possible future
NO, father Of course cannot bat
shore is not tia slightest resemblpDce be-
tween FRED and old WILLIAMS aud his low
rowdy son. If you were not my father l
would not listen TO such a comparisoc.'
Il an your father, and l tell you truly
and Ia love that FRED is in no way superb
or t. WILLIAMS, Sr., at his age. Have pity
on your future self, and break of this en-
eagomont now do not compel me to break
u without your consent
'Fihey you viii not, must not, Only
think, this is bis Grst offence
mo man tCrns = grand somersault from
she top to tho bottom Of ladder he comes
down step by sop
Let me hear what no has to say for
himself
He viii have enough to say; but
shall not believe him and you will So |
know it is best that / break this engage
mont for you
By tears, caresscs and cooxing $40 won
from Bis affection what his judgment dis
approved. But when Fred, sobored by
hls long sleep end come strong coffee dress
ed with fastidious care, came, the father
saw his miatake saw how impossible for
MABYs love blind eyes TO see the inner
man. FRED Was very peniteut, and MARY
believed him, aud he believed himself, and
her father consented to one more trial, and
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ooI.,, sP'.oi SUI ~ ~. '1.nei 'e"'pn9u @pu
go. -, MI i"o'ny' Yep no1 uuoio
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in au tho world rba,I nan foJ f.ooJor,
from termination
And wbco KAr,r gould .brov bor erros
about bi4 nec,,- nTeea bcr lira ~ Ia cbeeL
and vlisner q, ,.r,I, -,-,-I..-q,,c, !. l',5
car. he would s,o
'Thi, travo!irg and -igl,t-zeoiee fi,,s -.c
and I need a ljs5le stim3l,n, nbd !, i n,
ways at hand in these hotels, you know.
l have not forgotten any pledges or tho les.
sons I have learned, aud I Shall mover e.
gain druk more than q gentleman NAV.
MOI enough o. affect my standing on the
pavement or in society.
81 an sgrc you never will; but you 90
drink enough % dull your brilliant iutel-
lcct; to blind your delicate perceptions.
aud to ipj1re your splendid constitution.
Isn't hat too much, brother FRKD 2
fYo5 il IS 700 much. and ! will sloD
when I got home, oni do not SEQ II ard
smo,l Il 10 every spot 20 30. And, MARY,
We will settle down into the sobarasi aud
most approved old married folks kiud Of lie.
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