The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-25
A YOUNG LIFE WRECKED.
And All on Account of the Name
Given Him by His Parents.

from the w aS0lDgLOu star.
''You shall not go!'
81 must 90. must. It's nearly s."
The two young men, so dissimilar, stood
facing each other, the younger, but
stronger looking of the two, with his
back against the closed door of the hand
somelv furnished room. The elder man,
his slight form clothed in correct after
noon costume, clutched nervously at the
back of a chair as if for support.
1t was a strange scene. One brother
barring the door to the other. What a
difference in the faces. In the eyes of one
could be read unfinching determination,
tinged with CLEANS of pity. The others
told of entreaty, piteOus entreaty, and
abasement.
The Swiss clock on the wall licked the
seconds away as the brothers faced each
other. There was a click and the doors
of the ornamented chateau on top of the
time-piece opened and bird, bearing the
features of an administration senator, APP
peared and cuckOoed five times. The
slight man sank into an arm chair.
Let US talk sensibly." sand the other,
as he placed a chair against the door and
sat in it. For the sake of your family,
for the sake of your friends, for your own
future, cannot you break loose from this
horrible habit, that is sappiug your en-
ergy and brain. Three years ago l left
you well and happy, and now find you in
this terrible condition"
Its all of no use. OF no use; 1 have
struggled madly, wildly"
But how did you, a sensible young
man, come to fall so far}''
sit was our parents fault"
''Whatl"
ooh, you may say what as much as
you please, but it's true just the same
You were all right. You were lucky
They called you Bill, and there you were
What did they christen me2 Why, Her
bert Edwin and from that day l was
| doomed There was no more hope for me
than for a man named Balfour at an Irish
| picnic.
1--WE didn't realize what it meant, but
| you can remember how things were.
| Your name was Bill and your hair was
| cut when you put on your first trousers.
| My name was Herbert Edwin and they
! put me in Fauntleroys and let my hair
! grow and tried TO curl it, although it had
no more curl to it than an Indians.
THAT was thes way it was right along
| through school and college. Why, Knight
! have been on the foot ball team if the cap
J tain had not said, Herbert Edwin! Well,
/ 1 guess not That settled it, and all the
! honors got was place on the sophie
| more reception committee, which was
worse than nothing.
tlOuCSbs Dill, WITCH RIduudlGu
college and came home, | firmly deter
mined to do the right thing. l said to
| myself, i will show these people an ex-
ample of a man becoming a credit in
| spite of adverse circumstances | will
rise superior to its blameful influence.
That was what | said, but it was of nc
use
In a moment of careless foolhardi ness
! | went to an afternoon tea. No thought
of my terrible danger came to me
| Through the waving petals of the chry.
| santhemum on my coat | could catch oc.
casional glimpses of the dim, wintry sun
| and | went calmly to my fate. On the
sidewalk in front of the house q benevo-
lent looking old gentleman handed me a
| tract with a pleading, warning look II
was headed The Terrible Curse, or Why
Thomas j. Bippus Became T, Juniper
! Bippus' / thrust the tract in my pocket
All! if had only read it then and taken
heed
LAS went up the steps a man pushed
by me, putting on his coat as he went:
recognized him. His name was Ebenezer
Isaac. Where's the nearest bar2' he
said wildly I've been poisoned.
With happy smile the tract mar
pointed to the corner, and Ebenezer dis
appeared.
Inside there were twenty-six ladies
and one man. His name was Reginald
Algernon, ana ne owned the place. j was
introduced as Herbert Edwin and was
made much of. / drank tea and then
drank more tea and l ate little combina
tons of air and sugar, called in fatterN
cakes That night went home with nj
appetite for dinner, but thoroughly
STEPPED in tea and small talk The mex
morning / awoke with an utter loathin,
for tea. If the Chinese nation coulC
have had only one pig tail l would havt
spent hours tweaking it. But recovered
and went again
at is needless to speak of the steps il
my downfall. You see the result / an
a confirmed o'clock teaer. l make af
ternoon calls and as soon as 5 o'clocl
comes if l cannot get TO a tea. go nearl,
frantic, Bill, if you love me, if you havo
any remembrance of our boyhood days
you will make me some tea, rustic tn
furniture about, and talk to me of tn
curious complexion and perfectly Lowell,
lace Miss McSwatt wore at the reception
yesterday"
Herbert Edwin staggered across tn
room and fell weeping on divan.
He-You say there are no flowers for tn
dinner table. Where are the chrysanthemum
| l sent homes