Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-27

uuSlty huG L LGfC Wv OWL A.L- ~ 49, 49,
bosom friends aaa charm thcm away IhrougE!
the hours CT night.
Time sped swiftly by u1!ii l was so-ao ihrco
years old, and in thu las! year great changes
had taken plece, Guy sank deeper and deeper
10 tho mirs of excess, and onco staTt!as doTu-
ward, like al express tain on tho fall grade,
With the brakes open, the velocity 'sas decreased
as be went. o., could tell Of awful Gcaaes
Of saturnaliaa, that even the participants s3tta
ashamed to al!udo 10 ever alterWMd; ii
carousaIs long and deep, Of high wassail aId
deep drinkirg, OF mad rovolry, and OF such dor
ings IS must havo made the angels weep. Yet
the penalty cane swift SID ouriaii-cime 10
decreasing business, ia The colincss OF friends.
10 the alienation Of kindred and il bursts CT
remoEse that c0Istierc, stored Up to check hiU!
in lis mad career. All in vain, The devil
seemed to pss;ess his soul-;o have bis ever!
souss 10 his power. Friends txpcstu!sted with
bin, bis family argued with lin; to tho warp
ipgs CT the one, the rcprosche5 OF the ether, Grt
tho tears Of her he loved bsS! on Garth, 10 70
turned no answer, or c'sa promised. oalg TO
| break it on tho frat temptation, |, who Was
with lin through ell, know loo we'll hIw HARD
he did try to c0nquir the fearful vic? tha5 was
| huIr9ng him to the grave. | kIoR IL a.ug-
eled madly. prayed fHYently, fvueht aln.us: 10
deadly bon. Was oontr; ing It's ctia a3d crush
| irg ell The Il3 out If him. ! hsva witnessed
| his Icmors3, and saGa him suffer SO ;:3aay iaa'
it almost broke my hear. Ii VS. u-clo:S-i
useless; Ito liquid that be poured lcwA lis
own throat wss coasrmins an:l kios hira.
Like Action he was hlifg GlsSei AMI rvIur ID
| b. bis own bcag,c:.
| At leEgth he sank 50 low that thai &c! ln
woman, VINO. sIGer ha Was Gisiuhcr;t2d /; bis
Own lGIny, cat dead by tie bGE, aad cast III
tcrly out Of tho pale tf society. sill ciuDG TO
| him, deieGdCd him, believed Ia hiul H. :hn is4:,
was oomp sled TO rrnnuI c, him a;;.; caa. hitG
! of forever. That uiGht Gu? Attempted &c
| 6oiSh up he wr,cS Ct his lie hy lying IN = sul
c d. $ grove. lie piacal lij:oi 81 L!5 Erst,
and only my irrL& Cd shri. Ks kept tial :c:G
c,mmitlicr llla set. My tcg loves los yet, -
he SID, laying dCwn tic deadly ,EA-oNn
though iJrcask'n by tho Whole mori;i t. Ut
clogs TO r1c sui; noa kissed hln il! !uy IT, $
way, aud ilisi to ttll hi.D laf | wJ1:i G2r.r
leave him az lorE ts li!o lss,ca
DoWn-a;'l Gcwa Until the vary ,;c:Nia Il
p0Vtr.y and dG&rcds tlon were rtCc!e;, ard
thcn my master, tho nnac proud. ir,llnui Guy,
the very hohica al the street ard hroo al
tho bOutol., lie giI,cG crater. ;c T. ;3 r!i:b Il
gCniiCmaa, sal X 50 lew that hu b, r!s!o h0Ei1-
lrs' %aadartr, I4!ttr,d, hoz!,d wrcic:i thtt
skunk amid !h9 Sums nul null:us-;>t i!iu crr&t
cry Ike some loul anitusl, rrnisiaa aihunl &c
SahErhS hi Il t)Wa IL a,a!ci OF ;ha i;iln ard stat
TO apEClac al uaoican sud filthy :,4 T. IT,.
Cad what u Contrast That D.iwhg,l. whose
lrlde vas like l.lIaitr'S. Tia! l';i. h! cYcd 200
Ct m0TDioe, lhDt it e .Uld rot hcnd-Uuq DIR
Went who s;nGd 90 riptt CO, rr3ra Il ii;
blood. his great intellect, his high hn.uc Il! 7uli
| ka rtcu IA y
oGci' and cricge to tho lcvest ty.a ci i.u;;}a:-
ity Just TO get diiLk Of tho rascn Il, cr8ys.i
| 20. Self respect thrown 10 The winds, =" CT
the nohe impulses soddencd and c!.ol"a IN lie
shiny otz> /! the gn mil; c2rsciatc,, t.p2ctt
eoEsclerce, drowned IN tha Icrl aims o! toa
hoIrlhIc poison; SET. truth, lovG-::t! suG!, in
| o6o mliG CT unuterahio Degradation.
10 the outhcuso ct an old INK s!icp, ics
whose OWCcr Dtwcnt had orco done sc!u9 tavtr,
tho cucsst made his home. There amid tho
CGraps of !ron. bis Of metal, o,l,;s and euds ct
rope, aIohors, bars CT lead. broken articles cl
cItcktry, rusty farming ii:li;icmcals, iruk 70
carpenters C OILS, or cEtrg,a heaps oi flui rs3s
did this OF c! dcilc'ie gcuslamna, with lis jaioty
ways and eybali:ish tas:c. Gad an as:l8ci and
mako bis dop. There amid tho retkine cIo:s.
The syphilio smells. he slept of bis lruakca
Sunbtrs or covered il tho dag, w2;ling lex
nlghtia, like some nCc;ursi animal, to !,ro9l
| aIoGnd-ao cnony Of all ma. l.n'
"DIihk driak eiCo rla drink ia Ii; solc
cry. lie would become 50 med .am 20 cn-
tered ahsltetc; that h. wou!d actually beg ca
the streets. When ic did that | :!Carl His;
muttor, "Ehcsc's n0lhi7s oser ;aaa .hil tn!
he'll"
let. during ell of this time shlro VS. oao
beautiful trait no exhibited, ouc gicam Of SAT-
shine aloug tho blacSncaS OF tic shadow, and
that Was his lcvC Tor ne. O.teu VISA 10 tempted
10 Sell n,t; many silent strug,l3 cuSued be.
tween bis love AID his u1qus noaab!c :kts. Deco
Wien eentlentn who had taken grrat iarc7
| TO NO Oil rol HIM largo sum. Guy rciasoi II,
though he vas poGnl!cSF. lie typ0s,u!atcC
With my master, Ter his iooiisi!ucS. ID net Ink
log the mtnlY, and also fer ,os niYigr r3c =
better hoE,c. No, said Guy, &c! C!:o les
stuck hy INC. and I'll never part wish kir; .
klngdcm couldn't buG ecu old by. AID kc
pulled MY cars aifcaionateG, AID | kcos
Irtmbcd with delight, AID 30wid 20 Hss H. Ia
my dog $ way, that wtu'I statrc witi! Kim
soccer than lake ali easy 10 nc jrcm any en-,
Cise
In all these dslk lays. whether rcclipc 10 9.;a
deem from some low vicious haunt, or lyi5e
Ga his bod OF rags. ragiag with fever, ho never
iI;atad mo unkiodly, or CIV, me blow 10 his
nc. VINO can b:m, Zee, that il others uai!ci!
him go, druvkGrd y laiScra!lj css;awiy?
nc WG5 to me god.
The lcDg summer pais3d a.a,; tic ie:! c2no
| aud went, aud my mGaler kept or: q or; IT
change lad been Wrought 10 hin; hv he'd lost
| his manly beauty, and became horribly tIa.!cC
Els clothte were ono maSS ct raga !ia, III il. K
dealer had clrcl hin; bis !a>n ard na.ls il
CRUST Il with dir, made him thl .acs. io.lo5r,
T'Egcd, .dcroIabo lpokiag sc.Iecros p:s,,a!c
| to conceive.
at leDsth Chrs!mt o erH;olcAtd, w;si ri! tho
busy rxctoment and tu.tIiug p4r,iots-;has
isto tho che class-the rioh. tic p,or. Cad
bless them, Chrrtmas mssns Lu. mackcry.
Tho chimes of the bells b.iGe no sunshine, 20
! happiness to tbti: hearts, 90 joy to lhtir Iiip,
IL was Christmas Egt; caac, bitter cold
Eight, with heavy, ileak northwest Wind
blowing direct iroul The vast northern seas and
leo lIets, that seemed 10 lrctz, and c,nrcal
everything it touched; tho host waa tuck in he
air, and It's kiog played strange antics tia .igFst