TIL E w HITE GOTTA G 3.

A TEMPERANCE STORY.


BY RE VERA.
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True, my son, but be he what he may,
arm sure the blessing of Heaven will at
tend him and the cause which he has SO
much at heart" and the good motherleaving
household matters to her children, set abo ut
preparing her husband for the coming visit.
This, she was well aware, might be diff
cult task. Much depended upon Mr.. Ben
sons state Of mind. But, hoping the best,
she entered the chamber, resolved to make
desperate effort to reclaim her husband.


"Come, Charles, get up, have get some
thing nice for you. Do you feel like eat
ing any thing-a cup of coffee will do you
good' Oh, Charles, if you knew how you
are injuring yourself, you would never, |
do believe, drink any more"


Look here, wife, if you have come to
scold-for what has been done--is done,
and cannot be mended-you may save your
self the trouble--l feel bad enough already
i am suffering for my folly-I have de-
served the punishment, and ! will endure it
as best may--but your reproaches | will
not endure"


81 did not come TO reproach you, Charles,
for know you reproach yourself with more
severity than can command. am come
for different purpose--to persuade. Re-
proach yourself no longer for what is past,
my husband, but resolve, for the future, to
be on your guard. Will you promise me
one thing"


"What is it, wife come, out with it."


aThe stranger, who calls himself Son
of Temperance, was here this morning to
see you. He has promised to come again
this evening, and l have promised that you
will sec and converse with him. Will you
do so, Charles, for my sake?"


"Why should do this , If | am to be
lectured for my indiscretions, choose ra-
ther to submit to your curtain lectures,
Clara, than to those of a stranger, who can
have no interest in the matter, andwho, for
aught know, (indeed it looks very much
like it) is actuated by no motive, that can
perceive, other than desire 10 crafty his
curiosity at my expense. Why does he
meddle with what does not concern him
No, no, you cannot bully me into this nea-
sure. do not choose 10 be badgered and
bated at the will Of every one who thinks
it bis duty TO find fault with me because
drink alitlle--too much, ! admit--but that
is my business and yoSrs, Clara, not his
concern"