The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-04

decd That a child Of mine should find 1t
Necessary to join in with q lot OF fa-
natics, who. because they are too weak
10 control their appctites, bind them
selves by solemn pledge neither to
touch, taste nor handle, but since you
have confessed your weakness We will
try not to throw temptation in your
way, and will therefore drink our wine
after You retire from the table
/ Nannie's face crimsoncd at this BIT
ing sarcasm, but she replied. very quiz
city: You know, papa, | never drink
any thing but water, hut wanted TO
lend my little mite Of influence against
this dreadful curse, | fear it viii yet
bring US sorrow, for, oh, papa-Char-
lie-do you think Charlie was quite
temperate when he was home last.
| papa"
Come, come, daughter. ii is rather
presumptuous in YOU to cTiticise your
brother who is older than you, and en-
tirely competent to take care of him.
self. Let us hear no more of this.
Then in more kindly tone: You
are at liberty to do as YOU like about
this teetotalism, but remember the
same liberty must be accorded to the
other members of the family. As TO
| Charlie, young men will SOW their
wild oats, but you will sec thai Your
brother will make a man to I've proud
of; SO don't bother your little head
about reforming those who are Older
and wiser than yourself
A few months later an event OF con-
siderable importance to Deacon Rs
family furnished an occasion on which
the deacon theory as to moderate
| drinking received most damaging
blow. The thirty-third anniversary OF
his marriage raTe IN the holidays,
and it pleased the deacon to celebrate
the ev"rt by giving Il party such as
| had never before gathered in b.
| Invitations were issued for several
hundred guests, and when the evening
arrived. the well-tIllcd rooms o. their
| spacious residence Suggested that few
had failed to avail themselves of This
opportunity 10 congratulate the wor-
thy couple who were now beginning 10
travel the down grade that leads SO
rapidly 10 old age. Seated in q con-
spcuouS place in one Of the brilliantly
| lighted parlors surrounded BY their
friend and neighborS, their faces
beaming with serene enjoyment and
the content arising from conscious in
| tegrity duly appreciated, while their
beautiful and accomplished daughters
received and entertained the guests,
the scene was one to gladden. tht heart
of any one.
Both Mary and Mamie r. possessed
| IN large degree the RAJ" tact
of making each n4riicutar guest feel
that he 90 she, was especially welcome,
and OF harmonizing any discordant
elements that might be brought to-
| gether in so promiscuous a company rs
one meets al large purity III a small
place. Thoi' entertainments were al.
w4ys voted success; and j&dging
from the gay thrn.. that now filled
the house With mirth and good cheer,
this one would be no exception.
Have you seen Charlic?' whis-
pered Mamie as she passed her sister
in the wide hail that led into the room
where their parents sat. 20 Mary!
see-he is and as she stopped, her
checks blanched and she tOttcrcd and
fell against the stairway. Hastily re-
covering herself she passed up the
stairs; md Mary turned to see the
brother advancing. or rather stuggcr-
ing, towards where his parents sat.
with vacant leer on his fine face that
| but too plainly told he was intoxicated.
When he had pushed his way through
| the crowd that was about his father
and mother, he made an ob-eQuious
bow, extended his hnnd. and in ii loud
voice made e 5illy speech full OF eXtrav-
| agent expressions of love and veneer
alton for his "honored parents" Had
ii thuuderbolt fallen upon these
wretched parents they could scarcely
have seemed mere completely end sud"
emily turned 10 stone; but from between
the white, set lips of the father came
the command to leave the room and the
house,
''Ha, ha" laughed the incbriated
youth. The Governor (hick) is q
little (hick) erratic this evening,
(hick)w and bowling again in the same
obsequious manner he staggered from
the room, and some of his companions
hurried him away until reason re-
turned, and with it sense of the over
whelming shame he had brought upon
the parents whom he did in truth re-
spect, and the sisters whom he de-
votedly loved.
How often does rum cause the
cheeks of innocent sisters to Jingle
with the blush OF shame. pierce the
hearts of fond mothers, and pillow deep
burrows on the brows Of kind fathers,
and Yet we are called fanatics wh~n
We earnestly entreat all especially the
young, neither to touch, ta-t" nor
handle the aecuraed stuff. -Inigu ,oiy-
nal.
Gaining Strength in the Courts.
! Tho 'EarDnepuo1a sentiment Lto.1