The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-03-27
TEMPTATION.
The sad Result ~ one nIass ~ wias last
Hfar Oid AeaHHintance's sake"

"fnf Olh AeluHintanres sake"
"pear sr, have heard that YOU love
young men, aud have come 10 aak II
you viii tako my poor son here, and
do something for him. Don't refuss
me. for I seem 10 be- passing through
the valley aud The shadows, and to he
formkon.' The speaker was an aged,
hard.working woman
~ have no authority 10 admit any
one to the Home, but that power be-
longs 10 the superintendent.
"WIll you ask hImp"
"Go right To the house and get that
boy, said the superintendent, to whom
! presented the ease, "l'll give him q
good room aud keep him rs long ~
You think best; and II you find tho
woman needs coal, or food, or money
TO pay her rent, III help her"
found him on the verge Of dcllrium.
trcmcns. trembling like an aspen leaf,
and in that condition In which person
Graves for something TO cling 10, aud
for the support and control OF q
stronger nature. Itook him 10 the In.
stltution, gave him warm bath, ad.
ministercd sudoriiic, and put him TO
bed In dark room After sleeping
about three hours. he awokc. with q
frantic craving for liquor. begging me
on his knees TO allow him "just one glass.
TO steady his nerves and to taper of
with; only one glass. and then he could
90 to sleep, and would love me as long
as he lived protesting he "should die
II he didn't have Il" | refused, but
gave him strong coffee and some light
food, and finally got him into bed.
when, after sleeping more than five
hours, his rest broken with conyulsive
starts. he awoke somewhat refreshed.
and submitted TO my control like a
child. talked with him, took long walks
with him In the open country till his
strength and appetite returned and ho
obtained command Of himself. and re-
solved 20 make another effort to con-
quer the demon Of appetite. His old
master under whom he had worked.
consented to try him again, saying that.
"when sober. he was the best work.
men ho ever employed" lie was then
able 10 return home. At the end Of
three months his mother came 10 SEQ
me; there were tears In her eyes, but
they were tears Of gratitude and Joy.
"0hl' she said, 1--WE are happy once
more, both Of us. My son Is himself
again; hc says he Is done forever with
| itounr a.d ,.stth hta ,1I asa.atat.. H..
sits and reads TO me In the evenings,
while ! sew or knit. or plays on his
flute; we 20 ont together to lectures.
lie seems TO feel safe only while he Is
with mo.
This happy state Of affairs continued
for nearly three years. when received
n summons from Mrs. L. TO come
Immediately. for George was dying.
One Of his former companions had per-
suaded him 10 take tea with him, lust
10 show that the latter retained no
hardness. and finally induced him TO
drink n glass Of wine, merely for old
acquaintance sake, nothing more.
''for he was sober man now, and
could take glass without injury"
The result OF this was. TO wake up the
old appetite. He drank again and
again, and went home 10 his mother In
toxicated. Despairing now OF his ability
TO resist temptation. he procured some
laudanum, and lying down on bed In
the room where his mother was at
work, unperceiyed by her. drank the
poison. so long time bad elapsed
before his mother discovered his condi-
ton and could procure physicians, that
the poison had passed into the circula-
tlon, and could neither be removed nor
neutralized. lie soon after died.
Could imagination conceive n moro
somber picture than Il here presented
In the hardest lines Of naked fact or
fiction portray any thing more affecting
than the melancholy experience Of that
mother when compelled to realize that
all maternal anxietics, long years ofun-
remitting toll and struggles with pow
erty. endured for the sake Of that son.
had resulted In rearing him 10 die by
his own act and fill drunkard' rgraveP
We pity him. but the man that
tempted him-what shall we say Of
himP Society has too many men like
hiDL-Rcr. Elijah Kellogg. IN YoaA's
Companion.