Sowing and Reaping: A Temperance Story

er phrase, had taken too much wine. But others had done the same and treated it as a merry escapade, and why should she be so particular? Belle Gordon would have acted very differently but

aste to clasp hands with him and float down stream together, than help him breas

ne, noticing a shadow on the bright and beautiful face of Jeanette, whose col

s been here this morning, and she has bee

you been doing t

her about the wine we drank and Mrs. Glossop's pa

did sh

omething dreadful when I offered you a glass of wine at Ma's silver wedding. I don't believe

of those dreadful thi

uncomfortable, when she begins to talk on temperance. S

said Charles Romaine, as a shadow flitted ove

hy didn't yo

e was too g

very sorr

she and I wouldn't agree on the temperance question. The man who ma

he will be

epare myself to go to Church every Sunday morning and

o see you under

fellow, but I might go

Belle were great

ree on the total abstinence

you part as

ronged and b

joicing you

egain you

ve me the mitten an

ou very

ill I m

id Jeanette blushing

n your society an ample compensa

ter than I am. I sometime

uncomfortable. She is what I call distressingly good; one doesn't want to be treated like

a comp

ows of figures, and seeks a young lady's society in the evening, he wants to enjoy himself, to bathe in the sunsh

e wrinkles out of the brow of c

ft hand like his," said Mr. Romaine, slightly pressing J

d be firmer than m

hand, but the tender h

kind; she did it al

so when I was a boy, and he corrected me;

those who show us our faults, a

sation, that I take no note of the hours until the striking of the clock warns me it is time to leave; and I should ask no higher

ntly examining the flowers on her mother's carpet, and she gently referred him to Papa for an answer. In due time

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a Jones, a pleasant and wealthy spinster, to a num

what

ine is to be mar

wh

tte Ro

I thought he was enga

she refused him, but I don't believe it

l I

she ref

occasionally tak

s not a d

eads that h

se. I think he was one of the most eligible gentlemen in our set. Wealthy, handsom

is not rich, and if she would marry him she could have everything heart coul

, that she has acted both sensibly and honorably in refusing to marry a man she

that Belle Gordon cares more for Mr. Romaine than she does for any on

w s

ceeded in persuading him to take a glass, in honor of the occasion. I watched Belle's face and it was a perfect study, every nerve seemed quivering with intense anxiety. Once I think she reached out her hand unconsciously as if to snatch away the gla