Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-10-30
SIGNING TIE PLEDGE.

There was a w. G. 7. U. organized
in %Luptonville, after which the mem
bers at nee looked around for some
work which they thought would do the
most good.
AS there were many children in the
village, they decided that Juvenile
work should be one department for
their union to take up, so they organ
lied a Loyal Temperance Legion.
am sorry to say that the minister's
wife was opposed to it.
Why?
1t took a good while to find out Just
the reason, but at last it was revealed
that the minister had intended to or.
ganize Il society among the children
under the auspices of the church, but
had not because the L. T. L. was in the
field.
The superintendent of the L. T. L.
invited him to assist in the Legion, but
he found his time $50 limitedn that he
aokeu 10 DE
Some people were SO blind as not to
be able to see how it would take auy
more time to assist in the Legion than
1t would to have worked IN a society
that he contemplated organizing, but
1t is not our purpose to deal with fine
points, 80 we leave that for some one
else to figure out.
When the L. T. L. was started. of
course the first thing to be presented
was the the pledge card, and many
boys and girls signed it; but there was
one boy who would not ''sign away his
liberty" to drink cider. Carl Ham,
mond was his name. His mother was
a strong temperance and want
ed Carl to sign the pledge, but as he
was reluctant she did not press the
matter.
Carl was always quoting his Uncle
Ralph, and he made cider, and Carl
said:
Il don't see any harm in drinking
cider as long as Uncle Ralph makes it.
Of course if it was wrong he would not
make it, and l expect to take many
more good drinks through a straw"
Mamma replied:
The fact that Uncle Ralph makes it
does not lessen the sin of drinking it..
Uncle Ralph lived a mile from the
village, and Carl thought he would 90
mp there on Saturday afternoon and
see what was going on.
To his delight he found all the men
picking up apples for cider making.
Carl noticed that all the half rotten
ones were thrown in a pile with wormy
ones, so he asked Uncle Ralph what
those were for.
"They are for cider; they are not
good to use in any other way, SO we
make cider of them"
Are you joking, Uncle Ralph? You
certainly do not use all those applesfor
cider"
Yes; l do use them for cider"
And the wormy ones too?n
Yes. What is the odds? No one
thinks about it, and a half rotten apple
is more juicy than a sound one; and |
q sell sound ones, but can not sell
the rotten ones until they are made I'D
into cider.n
Carl Asked:
DO you think that is just right,
Uncle Ralph"
Yes, right enough. Everybody
makes cider in the same way, and you
do not taste the rotten apples when you
drink it,"
mo, but would not eat rotten APP
pies, and l do not want cider that is
made that way"
Then you won't drink much cider. -
Carl did not say any more, but made
up his mind to let Uncle Ralph's cider
alone, and as he was going home he
said to himself:
II don't wonder those w. C. T. U.
women are after the boys if they know
how filthy cider is, and 1 suppose they
do, for people say they are finding out
everything"
Still Carl would not sign the pledge,
aud he thought he should always drink
clean cider.
A month and more rolled around and
Uncle Ralph invited Carl and his
friend Hugh up one Saturday afternoon
to take some cider.
Now, boys, just help yourselves
said Uncle Ralph, land when you are
tired of the glass just use the straws;
Drink all you want, for this is sweet
cider"
when does it get to be sour cider?n
asked Hugh.
"Oh, | don't know; by spring, may
be-"
Carl tried to enjoy the cider, but
whenever he raised the glass to his lips
he imagined he saw "a rotten apple
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