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than usual, or he had met an old friend with
whom he had to take glass of wine. She
wished to believe him, and would excuse him
in her own mind. She could not believe that
Charles would ever become what the world
calls DRUNKARD-that he would ever de-
sert her; she still looked for better times, she
still hoped he would reform; she flattered her.
self he would again be to his family what he
had been-she had hoped for years in vain,-
and now when the truth broke upon herr
when she realized that he was gone-the loved
one Of her youthful days, her idolized husband;
then hope died within her; her heart strings
were torn asunder, and with all the agony of
broken heart, she asks herself, has he at
length died drunkard? Will his children be
despised and scorned as drunkard' s, and was
this the way he kept his vows? Did he pro-
tect her who looked up to him for protection?
Did he return her undying love, as he had
sworn to do, when he won and took her from
her fathers house


One week and Mary was maniac. 90 to
her, We that wish to see monument OF crush
ed hopes and broken heart.


Is there one of my readers that will share
the fate of the misguided Roberts. Oh! ye
who are just entering upon life's arena with as
fattering prospects as lay before him-I trem-
BILE to think Of the changes a few years may
work upon young men, Oh flee the cup,
the poison Of which will cloud your prospects
| for this world and another, and resolve never
to unite your destinies with another, until you
have pledged yourself to abstain from all that
intoxicates. Oh dash the sparkling wine
forever to the earth, as you value your peace
here, and hereafter Selected from Granville
| Miscellany.