Evening star., 1893-12-09
A YOUNG LIFE WRECKED.
And All ON Account of the Name Given
Him by His Parents.

Him by HIS Parents.
"You shall not gor'
Il must go. 1 must. It's nearly s."
The two young men, SO dIssimiar, stood
facing each other. the younger, but stronger
looking OF the two. with his back against
the closed door of the handsomely furnish
ed room. The elder man, his slight form
clothed In correct afternoon costume
clutched nervously at the back of a chair
as if for support. Z.
1t was a strange scene One brother bar
ring the door to the other. What a differ
enee in the faces. In the eyes of one could
be read unfinching determination, tinged
with CLEANS Of pity. The others told of en-
treaty. piteous entreaty. and abasement.
The Swiss clock on the wall licked the
seconds away as the brothers faced each
other. There was click and the doors of
the ornamented chateau on top of the time
piece opened and bird. bearing the fea-
lures of an administration Senator appear
ed and cuckooed five times. The slight man
sank into an arm chair.
Let US talk sensibly" said the other. as
ne placed 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 sapping your energy and
brain. Three years ago / left you we'll and
happy. and now 1 find you in this terrible
condition"
It's all CT no use. OF no use. 1 have
struggled madly, wildly"
come to fall SO far?'
What"
oh. you may say what as much as Won
please please put its true just the same You
called You Bill. and there you were W-bat
dld they christen me? Why, Herbert E,d-
WIN and from that day L was doomed
,,asl was no more hope for me than for a
man named balfour at an Irish picnic
we didn't realize what it meant bur vou
uaiI ,a rS.nsrhoer SIi now things were. Your name
va, was biil and your hair was cut when You
put on your first trousers NV naua 20
herbert Edwin and they put me in E,.,',s.
lerGys and let my hair grow and tried 70
GS[I . II, although IL had no more curl To A.
th3n an Indians ~ IL
% %iat WIS the way 1t was right along
through school and college WhV m,gh3
nave been on the foot ball team, If tha s ISL
l,.in mad not said. Herbert Edwin, We'll
sueSs not Ihat settled it, and an the hon
ors got was place on the sonbor,or1l ~, ~
nothing "oise than
Honestly. Bill. when 1 graduated from,
eoh1se ana came home, / firmly determinad
70 do the right thing. 1 said 10 mvsaIT II
VIII snow these people an example Of a mar
ptcomlng credit in spite of adverse o.
reth ahces: 1 VIII live down my name. or
aalner, VIII rise superior to its baJeful in
nuence- That was what said. bur If was
of no use. DN II was
In moment of careless foolhardiness
went 10 an afternoon tea No tbonoht of
my terrible danger came tn me Tbra,.., Ii
the waving petals of the chrysantbamnm
Oh oI my coat could catch occasional glimn-
seS pI the am, wintry sun. and | went
cainly to my fate. On the sidewalk in front
OF the house a benevolent looking old ,en
uenan handed me tract with a pleading
warning look. 1t was headed, The Terri,
na oae oGrse, III or Why Thomas J. Bippus Be
came 1. Juniper Bippus.' l thrust the tract
IN my pocket. All, II 1 had only raad =,
then and taken heed eau II
AS went up the steps man pushed bv
me. Puttlhg on his coat as he went 1 recog
n!Zed MN. His name was Ebenezer Isaoc
w nere's the nearest bar?' he said wiIdIN,
I've been poisoned With a hannv sr1iia
the tract man pointed to the corner and
Eoenezer disappeared. N
Inside there We're tventvsix Iaa;o, 49,,
one man. His name was Reginald Algar
non. and he owned the place. | was miro
duced as Herbert Edwin and was mada
more tea and L ate little combinations Of
ar and sugar, C He'd in fiattery cakes
Ihat night L Wen home with no annetita
Tor dlnner, but thoroughly steeped in tea
and small talk. The next morning I awoke
with an utter lOathins for tea n the Cbi
nese nation could have had only one pig
tail l would have spent hours tweaking it
But recovered and went again
1t is needless to speak of the steps I'm NV
downfall. You see the result 1 am a con.
frmed . O'Clock tea'er. / make afternoon
caiis and as soon as 5 O'Clock comes. If I
cannot get to tea, 1 go nearly frantic.
Bill. if you love me, II YOU have anv re'
menbrance of our boyhood days. YOU will
make me some tea, rustic the furniture
about and talk to me of the curious corn
Plexion ard perfectly lovely lace Miss Nc
Swat wore at the reception Yesterday
Herbert Edwin staggered across the room
and fell weeping on q divan