The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

wAC4 eu0y give m6 my 0e8Q: ana u
he did Most likely he was the eldes
son-perhaps the only son; money wa
never denied him. and the boon com
panions who gathered round him on hk
first rush into real ID fe' used to say
Charlie doesn't seem to mind what b,
spends" Consequently they kindly
helped him to get Though it. There
were plenty of other Charl es going tn,
same way. The world is very full q
them; society knows them very well
and ones own particular Charlie is 1
''capital fellow" down to q certain
point, when he has gone . little toa
fast. and drops little below the level
He does not 60 down the Montagns
Russo all at once. He has many checl
and many a rally before the real 81 d.
begins. First comes parental remon
STRANGE; debts are incurred, debts art
confessed and debts are paid; bur
after a time the old story begin.
again. and. though the debts are in
currei, they are not this time con.
fessed. But now we are at the top OF
the Montague Russo. He must begin
the slide soon. This time it was mol
parental remonstrance; it was parenta
indignation and anger and harsh words
on the lips. with grief and love in the
heart. The governor or the guardian.
as the case might be, had done all h
could. There was a position TO be
supported mother to be prov dec
fora daughter or daughters to be
considered. mo. sir; if you will &c
the bad. you must go your own way"
Then Charlie disappears. Where S he
gone?-what is he doing? He has 81 d
down the whole mountain. and he pick,
himself up at the bottom and looks
about h,m-for something to do. But
does anybody know where he is?-his
friends or his family? Has any one
kept an eye ON HIM? Impo ssible, fol
he thinks he has successfully e. capped
their Wig lance by the rapidity of his
descent.
But he is not alone; some have taken
the slide with him, and some are at the
bottom before him. He is in very good
company, and now they are all starting
afresh. in spite of the little drawbacks
they have encou atered. and in spite OF
the stigma which they are gu tie aware
attaches to their names. Gone to the
bad" Where are those who have,
perhaps. halted midway? Ask the off.
GERS of that smart regiment if they have
not some suspicious that the young 10.
cruit who joined them the other day
was not quite of the same grade as the
other privates in the reg ment. Ask
the Colonel of that other regiment il
he had not seen with half a glance that
that well set up young sold er. cleaning
his horse SO energetically, and keeping
his face turned away as much as he
could from passers-by, had not always
been at that kind of WORK.
Yes, and even if letter from a moth
er. bliste: ed W th bitter tears. had not
been received by him few months az
terward, would not the Colonel have
singled him out as one whom q re ent-
less fa.her and family had discarded.
or as '.gone to the bad" But he had
been somebody's darling once. and
the letter-or perhaps letters -had
been SO imploring that an eye m ght
be kept on him. and q kindly word
given him If possible, that the old
Colonel's heart had turned toward the
lad. though he never showed it As
for those at the bottom of the hill. we
VII not descend lower than necessary.
There are depths deeper far than we
care to dive into-tales too narrowing
and ends too painful for pen to touch
upon-the story of those who have
gone hopelessly to the bad.-N z.
Herald.