Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-09-24

bright and costly liquid; 81 have yet
to taste the first drop Of aught that
conduces to mans misery and frequent
ruin" Rogers face flushed deeply,
but naught else betrayed the emotion
her reply had stirred. And from that
hour he had persistently sought her,
while we humber and palmer girls
had no idea of disputing her chief
right to his admiration, and were neith-
er surprised nor enyiOus when we
found his attentions solely hers.
Marcia's cheeks would flush and her
lustious eyes shine with added brilliancy
at his approach, and yet she evidently
avoided him just little. Why, we
did not know, for we never bantered
her or jested upon the subject, our es-
TEEN for her was too thorough for
that. l alone suspected-it was only a
suspicion-that the memory of that
wine cup, with its sparkling, ruddy
vintage,3 filled her with a nameless
dread of the man she loved. l had
guessed that, too-her changing color
had revealed much to me.
How all this would eliminate / oft
en- wondered, but in the midst of our
quiet calm, murmurs of the advancing
temperance tidal wave, of the "Mur-
ply Movement" reached us, and in a
few days thereafter the town was elec.
trifed by the advent of an eloquent
pleader in the temperance cause.
Evening after evening the spacious
town hall was crowded to its utmost
capacity. People laughed and wept
as the "roll of honor" heightened. Yet
there were many who, proud and self
sufficient, held back, among these was
Roger.
Timidity had prevented many Of the
younger ladies. from going forward,
and still others waited Marcia's lead, l
among the number, for when discuss
ing the question in our little circle, she
had said, "We will all go together, girls,
before the meetings are over" SO we
were as yet but quiet gazers.
Roger, strengthened by Marcia's APP
parent indifference, also sundry other
young gentlemen who had been at
tracted by the humber merits of some
members of our little coterie, resisted
all pleas, and frequently INDUCED in
light remarks concerning the Metho.
distic feTvor of our Murphy friend.
AT last, one unexpected day, nine
teen white billets were privately cir
culated, and each receiving young lady
read the following: "Marcia Arnold
desires the pleasure of your company
tomorrow at p. M. Please come
dressed in white, but conceal your sum-
merry attire under water proof or
some ample wrapping. NJ"
Marveling much at this odd whim,
we sought our friends home at the
hour designated. After the last ar
rival had been greeted, and comforta-
bly, denuded of her exterior chrysalides,
alias cloaks, Marcia startled us by say
ing:
"Girls, you all know me and love me;
you have faithfully kept your pledges
of delay, though perhaps impatiently,
for which / should not blame you. l
have waited in this temperance matter,
hoping and praying that some of those
who have stood so coldly aloof. would
relent ana set us noble example
Some of our brothers and friends"
and the tears glistened in her soft
black eyes, "are still Indifferent. To
night we will do what we can for their
redemption, and if they are not made
of stone we will brake down their
adamantine hauteur. There are those
who, in the pride of youthful indepen-
dence, scorn frail bit of paper as
bar to drunkard's grave; but, God
willing, we will do what we can to
win them from their dangerous leth-