Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 13, Number 18, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 October 1882 — Page 6

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THE MAIL

A Paper for the People.

For the Children's Sake

T. s. AKTurn.

CHAPTER IV.

Henry Greenfield did not return to coiie^c. lie ex pre «ed an unwillingness Ui the president again after what hail •.•urretl.aod bis parents were equally uti «Ud»g, under tnecircum«tan.«3}to Iwvfa Mm go hack and remain for a year louiter emoved from theif aphure ol olrvn'n/!i and influence. Tbe mental lur.-* to tue young man tbey deeply deplored but that was a HUiall consideration set against tbe moral injury he wan iiut.-Ij to sustain among hia old asHcuaUiiiiii, The design h-i' *'i lieen to educate Hemy for a m®.» «.•. accordingly, on" leaving coliegu, -ahi* futtier'rt counting-room, where, julckne««, intelligence and tbe i- thetook in business, he inspired !i vilest bopea for the future. But am hope* hung a threatening

Uir !.

l,\-.

tin* over

Th-v turning of Hemy and hi.s father i, refectory vv.w, to the latter, a uio.st pah:,ul and mortifying incident but it

w: hi

*attf,ary

ebunge, for it awoke

r, rbiltciiuiiH that ended in the p.,i» question—"If ifci# habit is so luin ineMmt I transmit to my child on Ue-'dre for stimulating 'iihikH. am 1 not also in danger?"

Mr, (Iiconfield could not answer in tlwj mi utve, He was in danger, and he

"I*- 111v own hake and for the tuike of *uy ij-iv." be smid, "I most tireaMf away .from habit." 2'i»v he clearly understood to be no v, i.iatter, for in the temporary opposition already made he had discovered eJiiii nr» was in the hands of a giant and that fitiodom would come ih the result «.' .e-btant for'a almost superhuman, liu'. unco fullv fusible of hw position ar:.i rh-ariy nave to the danger of b?a M^is He resolved upon a desperate HtrugiiIwntv. Wino and orandy never buck *t» lib table—were'never mvu iti bis lions'?. Nor did ho, wnu'cc any pit-i 'ijHy, ua« them when ab-t«-v.i l.ont homo. *i f.iiJ. fiee hinmelf, ho could with more -uney Rnd hope of mseeess, seek to *v4 out tbofreedym of his son. Hut, he found it uttedy impossible to in in tho mind of Henry a House of d»n«-'r. When he nought to induce htm ««}•(. drink any kinu of intoxicating jjip ...-, thayoung man would remark

nisi aw

"I ii mi

cfuineiourt of no danger, father.

1 do »t drluk any moro ireely tban otiu'i young men. You weem to imagine is,!* huve really hrcnnie intetnparate." "\ni in temperate, lleury, but In dangr, i»: hct'omlng

and my warning is

iiir i'i to lie tlni"ly", know far better thin it Up *,-( 1'hs for you to know, the j)!' i! you lire in. Kelieve me, it in

ou imt uve tl^.ose, things at my

af.»" i'. M'i'i* "s, I »w that 1 did." ",\n you have u-»«d ihem ever wince, Iru! ",,i liavn never become their slave."

Mr. (iiceniicld uld not confess lila to hlw won, neither could he Usli nifu the wholo truth touching tho reai ^iinmd of dangor. That would have tx'vu mimilhiMng. '•I h.tvo given up their use entirely," was tho ivply.

The render can imagine bow aincerely rhejj'« l.t wnnli v.eie uttered. I?u: u!n« n!, and p«n-HUAtion were AUK'' -e!e«i. lenry'a apjietlte WHS too dr p'v- ivied ii. the very subataneeof tiis ii'e. He loveil the liMfe of liquor too wo.! .Mink el'giving it up. Hut with this joe, which was not'ho freely in«luL-. .«! hi 4 return to New York as it

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thirled the last

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an xioiiC*jr.•' 1WU i!r. viMi HilV'i }w\v» tme

and

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v(mu'

W.h

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«UiU .1..0 i» •niu Ilerr

(Jnv I'ni. iud dae.^

.ir Or litre!, -tmtlrni

Mioiv*

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to#'

ho spent

a total iu!conseioUHne-8

%(i\ i.ti- notwith.Htandiug tiie alaiiif tun!! '. "i his piireuta, Oionryoung :h tmni lie aifwlttlrd drank as o*x' .icred wine dowetl like water In in: "nipanie* Into which he w«» Jlii-o no one thought himself crn. ii ui to .ntemperance. No, it, wan »ni i: cenjuivd up by biapur»niv, vnienc«? of the lei tor wbieh ih •-tviMil Ironi tin? prehidout of tile

TS liifliinent of till intoxicating 111 the tilMe «f Mr. »«mntleld ir entire expulsion from his the tJVet to (hM-eive him in the extent t«» which they were .-lis win, Jm was regularly at •n thec\tinting toom «ndactive •viuu-j^e if all the duties that deit"«u inm In the htiHine-v*. It wiis ):ug that Henry Indulged ty. Out a long time did not go i- iheeflfeets of thw«e evening in were vitiJ»|e ui the mother's o!»»ervaii! eyenjn the changed in iii.H faei'. She ooukl du however, but look on nud wait a-ii ing for ue rt-aull. Fully sis icat danger, yet without the ward it oil", her daily life was :i «*:t.*e anxu ty and fear. meve#.| eu it uied to Mr.

«ud U\ ttons-', rec iii u.'it a

hi*

I ••.•s-

Nneo.'ield that tbe evil *0 ^n },.«* long «\l. er iuiiml, I viH them. Tvo or thrw -«1 |I ,»!» i!» yet very

inoitHM', wlM*«e mind was rising up into #00:e egree of coniidenee. "There was a time when my heart was sick with fett. do not feel now. Som 'l Sng ti, that my s«n will not fit nto the that seemed opening at hia to.'

JMr. field saw more than the ®oo*| er. for hia olwervaiion was wider lo extent. He had, therefore, lees con&denct. But be did not seek to tbn^w a doud o\?r iser feelings.

On 5t very evening, Henry was abami tee-time, and to the motb^rVi in-•aw'-ie*. Mr. Ore* "eld #aid hot little, though ber quest" i.s evidently made Mut met» more «eri«Hta tban be was belore, "Wu Henry at the warebouaedariaig il»« *fternoonTw a^ked Mrv Green field,

after tbev had retired from tbe tea-is.•!p. I ^r "Yes, until about five o'clock," "l' "Wherr Id he go then?" I .1 "Two ing men .died! to see h'.rn and bewent avay with fjetn."^ 1 "Who wer« they

own chamber, Mrs. Greecd' Ju ca' [sr down to tbe sitting-room.

rn VO VJic Hasn't Henry come home yet? 'she po*i*ioti asked. I whovn "No, not yet," replied her hopls»*id. "It more than probable that ho Las gone to tbe opera, and will ii~i r.oin® before eleven o'clock. Hfe goes xf«quently you know." "Ye» but he does not f&ke I i»reu.x* with him «1 often as he sfacnfct—i^deeaj he shows her very few attcni.^n'kind. His neglect of uer i.» "She is attached to Idm.1' "Oh, yes. tenderly. Slie wouid j* most anything to gntliiy him. Im**i lie were equally eoufeidfiH'*^ «»I .:iar

For half an hour th# -coul's converse about the r-.rs-i, •. ht .• the atrest-door' "oe)i i". Without waiting for tiie summons Mr. ~uu*vd i- '-ri* qui^ki" into ho I sail aud ijoilig tlKJ (iuor, enhl it. /.s be did f0 the tKXty of a ma'u fell in heavily ag3in»t him and rolleil upon tbe floor. Mr«s, fireontie'a had followed her husband, for there w:'.s a misgiving at her heart. As the man struck the floor the light Of the hai„~ lamp fell on bis face and showed the flushed and disfigured countenance of H«nry Greentield.

A cry of pain was uttered by the mother as she clasped ber hands together and sprung forward. The moiiient Mr. (ireentield understood that it was his son. in a state of drunken iiisensamty. he returned to the door, which yet stoou partly 6peu. But no one was there Those who hod brought him home had hastily retired.

But'few can realize what

I11 the afternoon tbe young man went away agalu aud was absent at tea l-itne. It was after twelve o'clock when ho came home: and he was so miu 'i iiuox-le-ited that be could just stagger up to hi* room, where he threw himself upon the bed, and remained all uight without removing his clothes. Daylight found him sober both phv&acally aud meutaliy. He had been deeply mortified in eoincipience of what had occurred or. tl "idug befote the last, and although signs of impatience weto manifested wnen his fath.er alluded to the subject. In his .vhame and re{entatice be had reftoivcd never again to let his appetite lead him astray from sobriety* How little fo oe there was in his resolution became sadly apparent even to his mind, for Hvnri'ely twenty-four hours elapsed ere he bad'agRin fallen. The grnr.n that Issued from his lipa us he arose and clasped hi*5 band$ tightly against his throbbing temples, attested tbe anguish of his spirit. "To degrao'.uid debase tftyself In this way he uuirnnured. *'Ob, It maddens me*to think of it. Othei-s eau onjfcy a glaof whie without rm:nlng intoescr§s. Hut the motaent put the generous draught* to my lips, a feverish, delightful exeUervieri! tutis thmugh my vti i*. tempting me to indulge, until*1 t«-H iiu' lxin!'is e! inodentio'i. Why bis so -i. have.a 1 con!«tilt lion. »t d, I Wrtiijz do «at undi«-i itUd H.'*

And it! h*.s hand I»onn'i Wh tcwcicf. he sat '^u-s.tt'.uintj himy^r

uerv oi tidf?5« d.

s*ijd tw» tiwttwr one d*f,

•«. Htan-.l we have takett t»w««ij JKtVlHl lull

•A» n.»y give his reason

an overmastering evil

u* hope for tlw» mid tbe

h'* b*,it wiiJiont t-.lita ing thv truK nasw»r. Tbsfc this weske»i :l tnio:sa'!, or derived byaa he it of a a truth his range of »xtiu-eptio)i«f. his fether had' Indulged a baW

dilnl.ing (sefs w.a»something be did k:»«.r —^Hwibinji «.f xvhieb be

hoped a# uvoeh," returned Mr.} liad not dreitu* undj*s to tlisdwtiiae id," jft 1 firtnbte while kope. I of uerrdiiavy irn5* ?itd.%shm, he had never cuts hit twit off'entirely fn»m of iu ii hnd ehan%t!d to i?le»m •iu in ii-ink. then i-» gm»t

aeu»s n.vitif in any of l»i* mt*ieJlane»»n-« reeling*, it bati never presented IiK'if hi its sesi light as a trtub of the mm,*: vUai*:)t pntnloU iaimtttoee. In a won!, he did not know that fee was in mote imminent danger than rcjsny other*, because of a natural inclination to over-indulge derived from his father. Had this truth been made clear to his mind, it might have saved him. But was there, beside1'« father and mother, that understood real danger? Who but tbey knew the paio 1 secret? And tbeir line were sr^tl. I be father c~'d not tell bis shat and tba motl- r*s beart shrank from'uncoveing it before her child. He was walking, tfc«reft»re, in a perilous way, yet aU nncons usof impeoding evil.

At breakfast time Henrv Greenfi^d tbe family k»

nsual. fie had liUle

i| tlte for food, bnt be forced himself ti a in order not to attract more observation than be felt was already directed toward him.

On letavlng tbe bouse be went to a noted drinking cstabtta&ue&t aud call-

•ujr'-and v. 1,

•4i

fie red

during that almost sleepless uigbt by the father aud mother of the unhappy young man. From the lips of Mrs. (ireentield the cup out of which she had begun to sip a draught of hope was dashed to tho ground and she felt in tho keenness of litr despair as if the very life would fail in her heart. But to tbe sterner grief of Mr. Greenfield v» added a weight of self-reproaches tl'

most maddened hint at time?. __ If lv.s win wr-ro lost it would be,ho felt, in consequence of hi*? own sensual indulgence. whereby he had transmitted a life -minted by a. vicious inclination. He had cursed his son with a legacy of evil instead of good. The words of the o, mun who had been his guest came back with a distinct news so clear that it seeiiUid ay if ho were but just uttering them. Gnoo he Uicd to deny the whole theory ad* vanced, and for a short time arguod strongly agRirtxt it tin ubsurj. Bnt ii S ewn perceptions of truth swept away the arguiueuts he advanced, for tbey v/rro light a gofjsatuur.

The dawn found both weary wu!i thought nnl sorrow. Nature then gnve way iind they sauk into a brief ot troubled *k'ep. All xcepl Henry mot at the breakfast-table, half an hour h-' than usual.

l,VVhat

Vvju*"deprive

"y(Ui -"lf a atiniul.mit iioticwnry at your «tft.a w. tiout iudueneiug mo In the least, hho I nee no reason for doing what yoss propose "No, Henry. It is not necenaary for inc. 1 fun better without it. 1 feel sat**&e*l of his nvery day. Heaven knows 1 tti'iji ils:H I bad never tasted any bev--t longer tunn water."

keeps IIenry?'Tasked Florence.

looking earnosllv tirst at her fat!ie' i«na then at her mother, wondering, ns she did so, why their faces wore so tiotibled look. the yonng until did not feel very weJ) aud wlshed a cup of colfee sent up to him. This was done. The meal'was finished In silence and Mr. Greenfield wentoif to his warehouse. lleury made his appearance about twelve o'clock, with all the evidences of bin evening's debauMi about him. Vr. Ureen tleld felt it to be his dnty toallndo to the matter bnt tbe allusion was met 011 the part of bis son in such an fsnpatlent spirit that bis lips trembled on the words of remonstrance ho was uttering, and tljen beciimesilent.

•er. The st!

:.cts 0 -'itr".:' ".' H'i

"Idon't know. ^i ve"Did you ever :n ?fore "Yes tbey•C-i.- 'd i«. vv hint one

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asy

:tv," 8:ju

A:.Li.

But there occurred about this time a change tbal tilled the hearts of Mt. aud Mrs. Greenfield with a trembling nope. Henrv became enamored about this time of a beautiful young lady, whose character was as lovely as her person, and for her society be forsook almost entire ly the company of young men with whom he had led a gay life of pleasure and dissipation. Ha seem too, to have become aware of his danger, for it was evident that he drank far less freely tban before. His face lost to &ome extent its fluid appearance, and his complexion beeatiiH cleared and bis countenance more elevated,

Agues Loring, the «:opg h'dv whwe beatft-v hiid captivated tfenry iJreenfield :el£ 1 er heart -warm with a sentiment kindred to that with which his own was Inspired. She received his advances with favor and when he offered his hand was prepared to accept it.

From the proposed union the parents of Henry hoped much aud yet they looked forward to the new relation he he v.- uj to assume with many misgivings of heai-t and much fcar and tremblin

CHAPTER V.

How lenves iu the eddyiug winds

of auluun

were swept away, as by a.

feuddiva bb^t,' the uc-.v awakened hopes ,: Mr. ard

M:Tv.

Oif.'nrteld!

The parents of Agne^ saw no barriers

tlm*-proposed, un.on. The'marriage WHS therefore eele|jn\ied at

XESBBE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL

mo-

early day,

after ail the necessary preliminaries were •secticai A

iarge

§itia orilliaut wedding-

.pHrt-y gi*:i^ed the 'occasion. As usual among the weviUbv and fasbiiiiable at hUvli times, a abei'ai eutenainment was prepared, a.id wines and 'liquors of vakinds, were used tin freely as water

It ia hard!v a »iat *r of wonder Uiat H-nr should Lave been temped to drink liberally. At t.ie

labl?

Yas

wuV.kj never iiave found bnway bacitto tho drawing-rooms in anything like a tolerable stats of sobriety, Ono less fond of wine would have) merely sipped his glass with everv new compliment, but Henry never failed draining it to the bottom.

When the company returned to the drawiug-rooms, tuo bridegroom showed himself to be in a remarkably good hnmor. Ho talked and laughed so loudly as to be heard by everyone, and saicl many things tnat sounded to other ears Uuin those oi ais parents exceedingly foolish. Grave »ldladies Uent their

IkshIs

together and then looked toward him eurionstly, while the younger and less thoughtful laughed aiottd dt his marry sayings and doings. AVtth what a sudde.» and painful shock did tids come upon the fecit014s of Mr. »?»d Mr^. Greenfield, who hud built so hepefnlly upon the fotindation of this manlngo To see their sou more than half-intoxicated on his wedding night was a terrible mortification: but tbev felt a deeper auguish than this movtincatkm occaslotieil. The hope tbey had so fondly cherished was oue. If the occasion and tho compirny did uot prove strong enough to withhold his appetite from indulgence, what wan to restrain him in the future?

While they felt, and thought thus, two or three yonng men withdrew hirn from tho room. Nearly half an hour afterwards, as Mrs. rem field sat in conversation with the young bride and ier mother, a rnde shout startled thcan, and turning tbeir eyes in the direction from whence it caihe, they.paw Henry darcing iuto-tho room and acting more like a madman than a person in bis senses. Everything was thrown into instant confusion. Young Indies screamed as he approached them, while elderly matrons knit tkeir brows severely. Mr. Greenfield went quickly to his side, aud taking hoid of him, safd: "Heary! Henry! you are forgetting yourself/'

He made an effort to pass his father but the father grasped his arm more UgrhHy, and spoke to h,fn its alow, stern viiiev. At this momeat, the f. -litnoed V»ridc- arose from her place be-.iao Mrs. Green field, and glided from the room. "There! there she goes! *«d tbe young nian, attempting to fr her. "Aggy! AgKy!"'-

A scene of painful disorder followed. Two or three men removed Henrv from the room,, and took mm away "to the bridal chamber, where he passed the night alone. Soon after he retUed, the eompany broke tip.

When tho next day daWJiei xipon tbe young man, and memory vividly recalled -much that .tnmapl 1 tif.nag pweedlog nl-jiii, bis cn^rtLfieatioti «:.•! sbatue weps intense, Mr. Green fi.'i came early to soe tbe perents of Agne^ and to place tbe conduct of kisaon in tbe wo-i lavorable light, be led In :. uioving to a great extent thy uuL«npy feelingslt bad produced, bat not fn in his own ti'^ d.

Mr. Grtr field made this tbe occasion of a long Interview with his son, In which be represented in a moat vivid manner tbe imminent danger be was In,

by ever? -w»ible appeal and consid«c^?ut induce nim toabandon use of stimulating drinks. posdbie conslderati

eat.rvty No, sot by r? pootbie consideration. There was one, and tbe airongeat, that he wished, bnt con Id not nig*n for to do so involved a coofcwdoa of bis own weak none, and be was not ye* prepared for tbat.

It waa an easy matter to aatlsfy the mind of tbe young bride, and make bar fee! that tbe lapse frocs tcbrietj on tbe

^b"

hi*

part or Henry, was not a very serioua

1 vu.,1,- elt afRiir. Iu a few days the light shadow 1,. *. it lad thrown upon her feelings passed «.

in a! f/. and her heart was again in the sun-

ui»i*l.' %uute. A number of parties were given, A biviaeU ?'cr| but previous to each Mr. Greenfield Henrj' was warned his son against the folly of bis

h-went into? wedding night, and thus kept him so urd tcontbs eMpsed imieh upou his guard that he did not

i_i_ -T -."iv, M.t morons e: ipse«s inueu upuu ti-.-.-'oi 'n*f hii-i't!:? -Usgraasfui igain drink ^iNor :ri-?v mesw. Yet he partook sc

la^t week." 1'v No more w':s «ifd. Mr. Greenfield«st down to ii and Mr*. Greenfield and ut her daughter Florence, now a -o-^ •-•^dm Yu~!t*o':« one of grief instead of joy t° them lady, went up-Btairs and tbe v,. e*--

again

ev-ery day f:—iv, thU3giv- visible to tbi

N Mr. nor Mr,. Hr^nfield had} pes^ in anxiety and op-

IPr 1 r. HIT tf'-.T. UTTIU bOU

W u-iutt.er«?j. Ho«- neen taeir anxiety few can ,trin*.% i**wr have realized as fully

A a

i-aa aiis. They k'.w itini progic^s- •£. e,- sti. and yet could not boa'.a ihj- ears'an adequate warning. Out.lr.aIiy. and t" the eyes of his father and mother ^ppareuiiv, the arms of the fouideruoH were •jiasived more aud more tightly around hitfl. In his twenty-fifth vear ithey mff, if others did not, most appaliitig indications of a speedy breaking away of all the barriers of restraint. Scarcely a woek elapsed. that he did uot cotne home iu a s»tate little removed from Jiuukea insensibility.

fta

drink to such an excess, although so freely as to make the effect the eves of his father and

Vini^tite md mother, and cause each festive occasion

I Tbev went with fear and trembling, and

,tl^eveninga

"v.,

I oi the ifr-t:r.ii wiiclasicn to p^-ionot feeling. ,, 1 f'rds ^'Uithe? -Oil. this is dreadful! dreadful!" said Mrs.Oreenfield, on retiring from the last which Benrv had indulged

1 IU by i.H: «.i 'riend io we have referred. The former wife '.tT'V of danger

lj enry*!»tii li io1-e. she, witii ilieiJ^turai delicacy of or- a-ing her toik&Jit, a\oh!-:x With the most scrTimiJaiiseiwe'the r. ratice of a word wbieh would her' bust 1 to ini .ulne that: belitey, their ^4 in I *il from k-»£ej• t,*ry ta!« t. 'I be conseo es was tti'!:i tiji' over."

TJ ei*:ei,

and

pr*--eiL '.heniind

mmself with a freedom that made his condition apparent to almost every one. "I hoped that this would have saved him, but mv heart now despairs." "Nothing will save him," said Mr. Greenfield, speaKing from a despondent

"Don't say that. We must not give him up,*' -returned the moiher, quickly' "He is youug." "So v, ung, and yet so lost to shameso powerless iu the hauds of a vicious appetite. Ah me, if he could onlv be made fullv sensible cf his danger if he couli understand why, above others, he should be most 011 his guard!"

This was the nearest allusion yet made by Mr. Greeufield to the subject which

:.1

pressed upou his mind, with its weight of trouble for years. Mrs. Greenfield did not answer, but her heart moved in response. A silence followed) which the former at length broke by saving in alow, meek voice: "There is one thing ol which I have never, spokeu that has very long oppressed my feelings."

Mrs. Greenfiola listened but mado lio remark. rr "Do vou remember what Mr. lieartwell said about hereditary transmission?" "Yes." "I believe that every wotd he uttered was true." "I have often thought of it," said Mrs. Greenfield. "There was force iu his arguments." "And a self-evident force in the position assumed, unsustaiued by a single argument. It is not a body that we give to our children, but soul, which forms to itself, from the elements of nature, body to dwell in. Ibis soul or life, (le1 lved from us, must have the qualities of our life, be they good or evil. If we have evil, gross, or merely sensual anections.such aflectlons will be given to our children. Cau it be otherwise? Does an evil tree produce good fruit, or a bitter fountain send forth sweet water? No this would be in opposition to natnre most apparent laws. If, then, a man habituates himself, as I did for years, to drink large quantities of wino and brandy uutil the desire becomes so strong that, it is almost impossible to resist it. will he not curse nis children with an inclination to the same kind of indulgence? He will! Does the assort it, need proof? Look at our boy! Is it not plain that something more than a mere acquired taste imnels him «.o indulge tbe pleasure in drinking? He is too'vounc to be enslaved an ho is, were there not"in him an hereditary weakness. Ah, how this thought lias haunted me like a reproving spectre ever since the ti nth came flashing upon mv mind.

Mrs. Greenfield bowed her bead and listened. Her husband, even though he had spoken these bitter things against himself, half hoped for disbolief 011 the part of his wile. Howinbedher to think SuMsfe

mum

had been spokeu that she did not fully believe. Seeing that she had nothing to answer, Mr. Greenfield continued: "Itvis this that makes me so hopeless. If the love of intoxicating dthiks were merely an acquired habit with him, it might be broken, as I have broken the same habit, though indulged for more than thirty years. But in this case the evil lies deeper. A natural inclination, of which he knows nothing, is even stronger than habit, and hires him on to indulgence. If I could only tell him this! But I cannot—110, I cannot!"

Mrs. Greeufield listened, but did not answer. What could she say? For weeks afterwards she debated in her own uiind the question wheiher she ought not to tell her sou the real ground of nis danger, aud thus heck to Rave him but every time she resolved to do so a nalurarrepngnanee to exposing to ber ehild his father's weakness and error lecaiiH' so strong that her miud fell back again into indecision.

A few months after the marriage of Henry Greenfield, both his own and wife's desire to have au establishment was gratified. An elegant house was bought by Mr. Loring, and elegantly furnlshedj as a present for his daughter Into this the young couple were installed. An interest iu hk father's busiutessguve Henry tbe command of money in his own riglit, and he was therefore free to use it as his inclinations might direct. One of his first acts was to slock his cellar with choice variety of old liquors, .selected for him by a wiue merchant whose taste iu sucn matters was considered faultless. Wine and brandy he made as indispensable to the dinner table as bread, and he commenced usiug them very much after tbe fashion pursued by his father in earlier times, Hi« dining hour was four o'clock, and as be made it a rule not to go back to tho warehouse after dinner, he had leisure

to »!cep Oil'the effects of any over-indul-gence he might^all into.

Bnt Henry varied in the old habit of his father in one thing. With Mr. Greenfield, the indulgence of the dinner hour sufficed to great extent but it was not .so with bis son, whose mind was far from lieing as well balanced. The latter drank on hii* way the countiug house in the morning, and repeated this at least two or three times daring the hours of business. So it often 'happened, on his going* home at four o'efock, that mueb unbalanced.

The eie&irrence of the wedding night, binding It had been treated If, ly the friends of the youn bride, nnuta its impression on her mine Her first fen??ng-^s one.of mortification. Bat nt q. ii kly and almost entir iy wore off. It was sc.. Jed by a tender -concern as she saw L^t Luabend's fci:'".'--s for wine and this gave place to mtething \i when,after tbey .td cosinV 3d i_ -^ckoeping, she oi -nrved ti:.' rtvtrtsof bis daily indulgence at the ta' m. Ag*I

this she ventured

agentle jnonatr His reply aent ner to ber sr lc tears. How long abe wept alone h? ^'d not know, for be bad not calculat tbe effects of bis words, and was ignorant of tbe force with which they bau fallen upon ber heart.

There bad never been the semblance of nnkindness on tbe part of tbe yonng husband before. Bnt hia wife ventured, unknowingly, npon forbidden ground. There was one affection of hia mind stronger tban even tbe love of his bride, and that was a perverted affection, derived from his fa£ber, and making, as it were, a fart e£ hia very life. So Iopg ss 'y^

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tbis was unchecked in its course, ner ripple appeared on the surface of h^ feelings. But the moment it was opposed, the even flow of his temper was disturbed, and be exhibited himself iu new light to the sincere, gentle, toviug creature tie had taken to his bosom.

Tremblingly she shrank froin him, and when she came next into his presence there was a timidity in her halfdowncast eyes that only passed away when ne spoke to ber in bis usual anectionate tone.

It was the first and last time Mrs. Greenfield ventured a word in oppositkm to her husband's too free indulgence in the pleasure of drinking. But iroui.the moment a fear of consequences stole into her heart, uo persuaiion could induce her to join him iu a glass of wine at the table, as she had done in tbe beginning. He therefore drank alone.

Thus it weuton, the debasiug passion growing stronger and stronger, uutil its indulgence often exceeded the bounds of all propriety, and sent its slave reeling to his home broad daylight.

Sad, sad Was the lot of the^ young, beautiful, accomplished and loving wiio. Henry Greenfield possessed his share of excellent qualities, aud they had won and still claimed her affectionate regard. Her love was true aud tender, and this made the pain she sutiered the more severe. For his honest spirit, for bis unselfish regard for the good i\g others, for his many good aud generous qualities, she honored, admired and loved him. But alas! foow was all clouded by the oue overmastering passion! How did the fine gold become dim! How over all that was beautiful rested a dark, distorting shadow!

In the lapse of time a babe came, with its blessing of innocence, to thedweiling of Henry Green field. The love «f offspring was with liini, as with his father, a strong feeling and when the child was laid in liis arms he expeiienced a thrill of pleasure as exquisite as strong. Even if her own heart had not be^n filled to joyfulness with a new love, the sight of tier husband as he beut over tbe dear pledge of affection would have amply repaid the mother lor all she had endured in giving to the world a new being. 'l ime went on, and the babe grew iuto the heart of his father but in one thiug the mother was disappointed—ho was not won from his sensual indulgence. Another innocent came ero the first had reached its second summer, and still another followed.

But for the weakness under which Hemy Greenfield labored, his would have ueen oue of the happiest of hornet Ho loved fervently the gentle being who moved by his side, and scarcely less than worshipped the sweat children she had brought him.

Bv the time his eldest boy, a most lovely child, reached his fourth year,. Hemy Greenfield had become so much enslaved that even ho took the alarm, and made some ineffectual efforts to breakaway from the bondage In which he wits hold. But he was notasa strong man lied with 1'ght, flaxen cords, but as •1 child bound with ropes. He felt for a time the struggle to be in vain. Amut usually hrnppens, when any long-indulg-ed propensity receives a sudden cbecK, that it runs iiot as soon us free, the effort 4.0 restrain himself was followed by a deeper indulgence. And this was continued until shame aroused him again into a resis'ance that, proved ineffectual as the ti int.

Not understanding that only in a total abandonment of every apcies of intoxicating drinks was there the least chance of H'ifetv, Green field, sought to reform his habit of indulgence by placing cer(Hin relictions on his appetite. But he might an well havelried to hold a wild 'Wimxfca (jjome wUlj a web of was for him no nicely-balanced equilibliiim betwt3u sobilety and drunkenness. Tho most he could do was to curb his appetite during the business portion of I lie day, and for thisuestndnt it claimed afuer indulgence when he retired iron tiie eye of public observation uuo his home.

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What sadder sjjectaclo is there than that of a man in tu» very prime of life, fitted in every way for usefulness, ami surrounded by nil that can make life pleasant, falling beneath the paralyzing touch of the moustec in temperance, ana dragging those who love him,down into the deep places of wretchedness Such a spectacle was presented by Henry Greenfield when lie entered his thirtythird year. And so changed had he become, that he would not permit his father or mother to make the slightest allusion to his evil habit without an angry retort, thus cutting otl'all the hopes ttiey had cherished of oiw day being able to show him lils folly in sneh a light as to win hi in from hisetll wcy.

As for his wife, from the day her first word of remonstrance was thrown back upon her, she bad never ventured upon the experiment of a second. Fromovery

one she

carefully- concealed tbe extent

of his fall from sobriety, and even when questioned by her own mother, evaded all direct answers. But so rapidly did her husband begin to movoin hisdownward way, that her long suffering spii it was aroused into a wild alarm, under tho influence of which she called one day to see the elder Mrs. Greenfield, and unburdened, lor the first time, her troubled feelings. Tlu moiher heard her weepiug. But she had

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her wounded heart no hopeful words lor her drooping spirit. She had nothing to givo tait tears.

After Agnes went away, Mrs. Greenfield held a leng confeienca with her husband. But no light dawned upon them. On the next day, Henry took ids two eldest boys, of whom he continued to be exceedingly fond, to an exhibition especially designed for children. After leaving the exhidtion room, he brought them Into the warehouw,which was not far off", to see tbeir grandfather.

Two lovlier children are not often seen, nor were any more tenderly beloved than they. Tbeir father brought them into a little retired office, especially assigned to the use of tbe elder Mr. Greenfield. After they had been caressed, and had related tbe curious and wonderful things which they had seen, they ran out to talk with the young men In thewa house, and the father aud son were lull alone. llear little creatures said tbe elder Mr. Greenfield, after a pa j.

Henry, who was'entlresy tober, a filmed tbe sentiment. There' was another brief pause, and tbe elder Mr. Greenfield said:

Bnt my heart aches whenever I see tbfein*" His son looked surprised "Yes, Henry, it acnes. Sit down, and I will tell you why."

Tbe yonng man hesitated. He felt that another remonstrance was coming, and be wished nothing said on the old subject. "Sit down, my son," said tbe old gentleman "I wish to tell yon a secret that I oogbt long since to have divulged, but aha me has kept me silent/'

Henry sat down and looked wonderIngly into tbe face of his father. •*I need not aak yon whether yon lo*e your children," began Mr. Greenfield. "I

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