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Tbe Broken Fledge.
The friendships formed in our ear
ly youth, leave, usually, the most a
biding influence upon our minds,
and we feel a far deeper interest in
the welfare, and more poignant sor
row at the ruin, of the friends of our
childhood, than those into whose so
ciety we are thrown in the succeed
ing portions of our earthly pilgrim
age. Such were the feelings enter
tained by the writer, at the sad ca
reer of Henry G. Possessed of a
high order of intellect, rare person
al beauty, and an amiable and affec
tionate disposition; universally be
loved and surrounded with all the
advantages which wealth and fash
ion could bestow, none seemed more
likely to spend life more pleasantly
than he. But it is well iJivine Prov
idence has cast a veil over the fu
ture, and hidden from mortal man
his destity. Were it otherwise, how
many should we see whose youth is
cloudless as a summer’s morn, to i
whose future career is reserved the
thick and murky cloud, the fierce i
tempest and the wasting tornado; i
whose sun sets ere it reaches its me- ;
ridian and no ray of light pierces i
the thick veil of darknes which hides 1
it from mortal vision ! How many, i
on the other band, whose cradle have
been rocked by the’winds, and on
whose infant heads the howling tem
pest has wreaked its fury, find the
evening of life calm and serene, arid
its last hours lit up by a resplenden
cy so holy and pure, that it seems
like a reflection of the glories of a
second Eden ?
But to our narrative. Henry, as
he approached the age of manhood,
evinced a decided predilection for a
nautical life; and his father, who
had himself followed the sea in ear
ly life, offering no opposition to his
wishes, he shipped on board of one
of the first class London Packets,
as a common seaman; and such
was his activity, intelligence and
amiable demeanor, that he was rap
idly promoted, and at the age of
twenty found himself first mate of
a packet ship of 800 tons burthen.
Soon after his promotion Henry’s
father died, and by his will left him
ten thousand dollars in money, be
sides a larjje amount of real estate.
Possessed of so considerabe a for
tune, he resolved to abandon nauti
cal life and live upon his income.—
Hitherto lie had maintained, under
all circumstances, a strictly moral
deportment, und was regarded as a
young man of unblemished charac
ter. But there was one weak point
in his disposition. He could not re
fuse the solicitations of his compan
ions, even when his better judgment
decided that they were in the wrong,
lie yielded, although he protested
ngainst this course. This proved
his ruin.
Having in bis new position, much
leisure, time began to hang heavy on
his hands, and he soon formed the
pernicious habit of taking a social
glas with his companions, to while
away the time. Gradually his pota
tions became more frequent and co
pious, and in two years it was whis
pered that Henry G. was becoming
very irtegular in his habits.
Previous to relinquishing a sea
faring life, he had formed an at
tachment for Julia M., tbe eldest
daughter of a distinguished member
of Congress, residing at F., Henry’s
birth place. The attachment, which
had commenced at an early age,
was mutual, and had grown with
their growth and strengthened with
their strength. If was with the ut
most pain, therefore, that Julia ob
served in his more recent visits,
Henry’s face was flushed, his step
unsteady, and his manner constrain
ed. She was convinced of his in
temperance, but vainly hoped that
others had not discovered it. Soon,
however, the evidences of his intem
perate habits became too palpable
to be mistaken. He was seen on
the public streets in a state of in
toxication; and, finally, after reel
ing about for some time, fell into th»
gutter, where he lay helplessh
drunk Soon after, while inebria
ted, he called at the hou£e of Hon.
Judge M., the father of Julia. The
circumstance so much incensed
Judge M., that he forbade his daugh
ter to receive any further attentions
from Henry. Heaii-broken, at the
stern command, for she loved as on
ly woman can love, with an affec
tion which no earthly power could
destroy or diminish,) yet not dating
to disobey her father’s mandate,
Julia determined to attempt the re
formation of her lover, hoping that
his irregular habits having been
abandoned, her father might con
sent to the renewal of bis visits.
It was the era of the Washingto
nian reform, and tbe hearts of the
philanthropic beat high with hope,
as they saw the degraded and be
sotted drunkard throwing off his fet
ters, and breaking bis allegiance to
the destroyer, and with his own hand
signing that second Declaration of
Independence, the Was/iinutoiiian
Pledge. It seemed tMf lire Millen
ium was about to dawn on our be
nighted and sin ruined world, and
the songs of the redeemed take the
place of the Bacchanalian shout,
and the notes of thanksgiving from
hearts before bowed down with sor
row, he substituted for tbe voice of
revelry. No change seemed too
great, no reformation too wonderful;
and theie were not wanting those
who prophesied that ere long Alco
hol would be banished front our
shores, and we be freed from the
curse, the wretchedness and the mis
ery of intemperance. But experi
ence has proved that these were to<
sanguine; and that the err of re
form, though destined to eventual
triumjrh, must move slowly yet sure
ty-
But to return. Julia attempted
time and again to bring her lover
under the influence of the Wash
ingtonians, hut in vain. He would
not listen to their arguments, nor.be
prevailed on by iheii entreaties.—
“ He could govern himself.” lie said,
“he knew when he had taken
enough; lie did not drink for the
love of the liquor, hut merely for
the sake of being social.”
Undismayed by defeat in this at
tempt, Julia resolved to change the
mode of uttack; and accordingly,
having drawn up a pledge of total
abstinence from all that can intoxi
cate, differing somewhat in its form
from that used by the Washingto
nians, she solicited the aid of her
youngest sister, in attempting to
persuade him to sign it. Ellen M.,
one of the most beautiful and gifted
girls I ever knew, possessed that
rare combination of energy, decis
ion and prudence, which admirably
fitted her for this duty, and she en
tered upon it with zeal. Seeking
hint at those seasons when he was
least under the influence of alcohol,
she portrayed, in language of the
most artless eloquence, and touch
ing pathos, the consequences of the
course he was pursuing, the wretch
edness he was bringing upon him
self and his friends, and her sister’s
anxiety in his behalf. Anon she
would change the subject, and paint,
in vivid colors, the happiness of the
reformed, the ease of reformation,
and the bright hopes of the future
which awaited him. Poor Henry at
first refused to sign the pledge, hut
as she continued to urge upon him
its claims, his stubborn heart re
lented, and brushing a tear-drop
hastily from lib eye, he affixed his
signature to tlfe instrument with a
trembling han^.
Words canfot express the joy of
Fllen M., at fer success. She flew
with eager h|ste to her sister, and
exhibiting the precious document,
exclaimed —j
“ ’Tis dotte ! ’tis done. Henry is
free!”
Julia coi|d hardly trust the evi
dence of ha eyes, as to the fact of
the signatite; but having obtained
from her sister even the minutest
details of her successful efforts, she
' seemed ah length to comprehend its
i truth, buuhe emotion was too much
for her feeble frame; she fainted
from excessive joy, and it was with
difficulty /that animation was res
tored. ;
For e£ht weeks Henry kept t!i<
■ pledge i|ost solemnly. He remain-
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ed at home, frequenting no longer
the house of dissipation, but devo
ting his attention to the adorning
and improving of his estate, which
had suffered fumi his neglect. But
he was not thdiji to escape from the
snare ol the fowler. This fiend in
hitman shape, from whom he had
formerly purchased the poison, had
missed him fr«m his accustomed
haunts, and indignant at losing so
valuable a customer, had resolved
to inveigle him l>ack to his old hab
its. For this pin pose he repaired
to his house one morning early, and
proposed a fishing excursion. Hen
ry consented, and the two sauntered
along the hanks of a beautiful
stream, near the village, where they
angled for an hour or more with in-,
different success, when the rumsel
ler pulling from Ids pocket a flask
of bran !y, offered it to Henry, oh-,
serving that he must he thirsty.—
Henry d pclinod, however,despite his
repeatei solifciiations, and his own
desire for the<-liquor, and quenched
his thirst from the brook.
Defeated but not disheartened,
T resolved to lay anothei strat
gem Accoi hngly, he directed his
daughter to issue invitations for a
large party, and to invite Henry G.
among the guests. He furnished
some choice wines for the party and
instructed Ids daughter to persuade
He nry to drink with her. Actuated
by the same demoniacal spirit with i
her fathei, she performed her part
to perfection. She requested Hen
ry to take a glass of wine with hei,
and when he respectfully declined,
she urged it strongly, and rallied
him so much on Ids want of gallant
ry, that he, who never could bear
ridicule, at last drained his glass.—
That glass teas Ins ruin! It roused
Ids dormant thirst for alcohol, and
ere he left the house that evening,
he was intoxicated. The next
morning early he was found at T—’s
store, calling for a morning dram,
und the heartless wretch smiled
fiendishly at the success of his strat
agem.
Numerous attempts were made to
induce Henry again to abandon his
cup, but in vain. He plunged deep
er and deeper into dissipation, and
at length, some two years after, du
ring a carousal of more than ordi
nary duration, he was seized with
delirium tremens , ami in a paroxysm
of the disease, put an end to his own
life.
* • • • # #
In one corner of the grave yard
at F—, may he seen two graves;
the one that of Henry G. the other
that of Julia M. When all Hope
of Henry’s refoi mation had ceased
she began to droop and wither like
the flower smitten by the breath of
the tempest. Her disease hud al
ready made fearful progress, when
Henry’s death occurred, and in six
short weeks after that event, she,
by her own request, was laid by his
side, the victim of consumption!
O ye, who by your magic smiles
and frowns rule the world, he warn
ed by this simple but true narrative,
to wield your influence on the side
of temperance, and not like the fa
bled siren, to lure, by your < nchant
rn nts, tin* unwary to destruction !
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