The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-03-15
WAS II 4 WARNING!


" - = 'ib+5t' ''il llhhN ~ h'F~t'N'.
~ an unaua eNritpment might prove
fatal. Watched auxio4~ly, and ten
Gr.iN unused, her friends feared to
suggest the danger her W heart le-
allied TOO Well. Beside her Oh the bed,
laN the Innocent babe i few days cid,
for whose being her o%n life might he
the forfeit.
Through Tie afternoon Stiffness of
lis" December Iay ranc the toIIinm al
Il clHtcl, bell. The invalid asked not
for whom it rGng, but Guessed the
truth. \ ynpn% wife. just crowned
with The Joy OF motherhood. had gone
Ao"n into the valley al death and WAS
about to he laid to rest beside her
dead infant. And tbs n,olher lying
il her quiet chamber, thought per
ltalis the hril might toll for hcy' ere
many days had passed. Life was SO
sweet there Mas so much to live for,
and the past seemed So pIolitlcsS, So
v.id Of amy Wui- that could stand the
test of the crncihtr heaven. Ali. the
burning Of 'ti.e wood. hay and stub
lie, now lew AZ oar test works will
Ur able to eadaW lhat test, ,
Under Tie in:i,Irnct Of active medi-
i.c.nrs ana powerful o],iare> the sick
Woman lead tria Ike Il rist machine
shop, iiI!ed With Wililtin1 .inacninel.,
and lrr mind became filled Will,
strange thoughts and Visions. She
| Matcitcd 1la tiitiyeiing shadows on the
vail rs day declined. longing aud
praying 70 live. So NEAR the bulder-
land,
Thea eHme litfal slumber, and what
followed MAS something between
dream aud vision. She was dead and
WAY 70 ,fic Celestial City. A guide
accompanied Ter, but If his appear
ance Size remembers nothing. They
were climbing Il mountain and before
them stretched green pastures. the
path l~c:atih@-ap the slope, uutii. from
aiar III" dead motllet-ticad and yet
diirc caught 1iiml'seS Of toWers aud
m~ittarets over the walls Of the heauti-
ful City. Would She be admitted
thcle? THIS was her thought as she
approached the Gates of Pearl. At
length she stood before them. asking
admlittanee. A voice from within
answered, NOT u%nkindly. out with
What decision! 'yeI cannote enter yet.
Rcturn to earth. and when You come
again perhaps ynu will he admitted
here. Perilaps-a word 50 full Of
meaning, holding 80 much Of cncour-
agenlent or despair!
She turned away, and the guide who
had led her Thitiier, e with her
down the mountain side sac, Won
dcIing. when she came again, if she
might indeed be ;Ilowed to enter
that glorious place As they passed
on, tie guide said TO her. ''Let us
turn aside, aud | will show you tho
last punishment of the drunkard.f
SO they entered something like a
cavern in the mountain side ana pass
ed through 4 long. narrow passage.
In this passage they SAW two human
beings bearing between them the llu-
man form OF an inebriatc. The DOOM
ed man appeared unconscious of the
fate awaiting him. A helpless bur-
den. supplied by drink, he struggled
not III the arms that bore him to ever
lasting destruction. Now, appear in a
more open space, immense cauldrons
kissing and seething with a substance
like molten lead. The bearers yause
beside one of these awful vessels, and
raising their victim aloft, toss him in
to the midst of the boiling mass and
leave him to his fate.
Shudlering at this horrible scene
the mother turned, and sought again
the light of IL purer. world, and was
soon out in green meadows and on
sunny slopes Fastening to her earthly
home. And in that home she came
back to health and the duties of life.
for Sod had heard her prayers, and
her time of departure twas o yet
But the impression of that dream Oh
what you will, was strong upon hel
soul and could not be forgotten.
Was it but the effect of Il too power
fnl opiate acting on a temporarily dis
ordered brain, OF was there a note O
warning III it from that Providence
which watches over every circum-
stance of our lives? Why should she
5 have been denied heaven when 81
near its gates, and why, after ii brie
| glimpse of its glories, should tina
other scene have been presented tt
, her? Was there a hidden danger TO
her even with habits of strict TEN
peranee and high moral principles, il
t the tempting wine-cup, or, coulG it b,
that some time in the future, through
her influence some weaker soul Nigh
be wrecked on the bar of intemper
ance. aud meet the drunkard's doom
e Might she not some day east a ston
in the way of a friend, or fail to rails
her voice at Il time and opportunit,
when, by so doing, she might save