Oxford eagle., 1894-07-05
w. Q. 7. U.
His Saare of the Pr5its.
Br WARY HUMPHREYs

AAANHAAA 4 HANtHF aN3T - tst - HNs-g
ruin. That man doesn't know
shat be il talking abeut / be
people OF this province are not
ripe for retal abstinence. Tue
traffic j. a necessity, and
might as veil have my share OI
the profits. I'll refuse To sell
liqIor the wines that these
gentlemen want on their tables
they viii sinply deal else
where. and We may selI out and
close our doors
The speaker threw on hi.
heavy OvercOat. aud thrusttug g
bis han Is lnfo his pockets com
menced rapidly aud uervOusly
TO pace the large aud handsome
apartment lie aud his wife hsd
Just rrturIed 20 their home. ant
she sat, still with her sealsktr
s4cq1e and pretty bonnet an
ike one IN at ease with her sur
rpunsiIngs
But it - 80 dreadful" she
sad. the SErm tbis traffic is TO
;ag-
Oh, those temperance lee
tCres are ranting lot. theil
greatest pleasure ia life - tell
iHg the most narrowing stO
rJcs-H
Alec, dear, you know as vel
~ I that eveIy word he said
was true, Only too true
Az, hc knew u better than
she Il d. He stood before heE
Ike an animal driven to bay, a
huEted, m serabis expression 81
his earnest brown eyes ~W hat
EOali you have ne d. he said.
sag the word and III go d3wu
this moment aaG rou my hogs
he.s'ls into the gufier-they re
Worth thousands IT dollars and
We shall be oeEZ4rs- Saali / da
it,
4 little Shrek, as pretty ba.
by tOti,llesi forward eagerly Into
aIs mothers 0utstrvtched ARA p
she f8itcsi 4lm 20 her heart and
Ati.t her gentle cheek HpOn bis
huGy c1rls and th0asht about
the uaYpy ife which she had
planned tor hIm-
Remember. il d. this deed
we are beggars said the hus
bau1 aua fsther steruiy.
~J0L' be hasty, Alec let Us
take a night To think of II, she
murMered.
SeEt day ms mood laL chang
a. IT Is absart, he sa.d- II
I dJu't sell IIqaor some body
else SIii, and / sI.ngly take tue
food uEt 0t my childFyA's mouth,
tY euEieh other people.
Has vile shed "a tuy tears over
their cguei pre- II .meHt, bat fore
bore 70 urge HIm, and IN fEtur,
each, 10y tacIt etuseut. carefully
avoided the temperance lectEF
eFs al the tota. aastjaeAce agi
tassrs.
business pF0spered Th'
children. two daughters and !
sUa, grew up amid AL the re
i4emeuts OF Christian home
5ut over IA his general gro
cery, diy BY ,lay, wees by wees
aad year after year tasre wenI
on that deadly distribution
whose return Vas misery. deg
radatl0R aud death.
"Oue uf our best citizens
the town called Acc Guthrie
for he was a steady supporter
of the church, an eaTnest work
er Ia ali phiianthropie aud CHAR
liable projects, a faithful, true
hearted frIrn,. None depioIe,
more faithfully than he TIA,
spread OF drunkenness amonj
tIe young, the abuse 0f alc0
hulr as he expressed it.
Total abstinence l. not nee
essaTy, lie would declare. " u
at all. Use a little vine for Jb
s,omach's ; sake etc He dI
not pretend to be more stKic
than st. Paul He had iiquor /
hi5 sldr1UaTd constantly, use
1t himself with unfa;Iing -regt
larity, aud mo one ever saw N
the worse he would Jeclar
With pride.
." Oe unto him that giyet
hls neIL h50r drink,7 says til
y ord Possibly lac never sa'
the warning, Bible studeF
Though he was. Nevertheless
woe was nn his track.
More dearly than aught 0
earth, except his wife, Ale
Guthrie loved his oaIy sol
And the time came when, tor h
sake. wine was banisAed frOl
; the SIdebOaTd and from d
house, when the vine vault
were kept both locked an
: guarded and young !;arol
simply dealt elseWhefe.,' bu
ing from hIs fathers rival ths
which had become a neeessIi
. to him. d reeling to his shar
, owed home.
Alec Guthrie storHed al
threatened: You have nn rigI
to sell dTiuEs upon your prem
ses, liquors among your st0C
. Of goods conveys EO privilege
4 retailing drinks, he said
i | have every right to invi
a Customer into my parlor al
treat him, if 1 wish, retortt
the other.
"He is no customer of y0urs
Z Excuse me, he seems TO lii
= my biscuit better than yol
own, and makes a purchase d:
ly. Ny fancy groceries a
choice.
Then the father pleaded: II
I IS ms 0nly son, aEd he Is dsiu
r ing himself TO death. Pity me
give him no mere y
-'PshSw I am used to th
sort of talk IoI get your sha