Show BRANDY 1 IN 14 1 PIE one r arnn ral to overcome ule his u incident at ono one time it was my iny privilege to en entertain 1 S rt al i n a temperance speaker of considerable sid erable fame but physically ho lie was a sad wreck from strong drink I 1 considered myself a temperance woman disliking spirituous drafts of all kinds I 1 tasted not but I 1 did handle andle li when it camo came to mince pios pies I 1 prided myself on those pies and thought it needed just a lintio to civo them the desired flavor but being a temperance woman I 1 used so very little I 1 did not dream that it could be detected so when dinner timo time caroo came with no small degree of pride I 1 bervol minco minca pie but great was my surprise to seo see my guest the tha beeaker Bp ep eaker push back the pinto plato conta containing inin it and abruptly le leave ave the table and tho the house ile was gone gono two or three hours bours when he lie returned it was wa evident that lie had bad been going through a struggle ho looked so wan ward and palo pale poor mani that as I 1 observed his faco face I 1 readily forgave his seeming rudeness reaching out his hand ho said very humbly can you pardon my abrupt leave taking I 1 1 but bo he added imy my conduct calls f for 0 r an explanation though I 1 shrink from telling any one hov weak I 1 am then wall walking kring across the room aa as if to nervo himself tor for an unpleasant duty lio lie turned and with k tears kirs irs in his ills eyes said madam I 1 pray god that none of your loved ones may ever know what it is to struggle as I 1 have done since I 1 left this house some boast that the love of strong drink is taken from them but you will realize to some extent my weakness ness when I 1 tell you that tho the taint faint odor of it I 1 detected in your pie nearly overcame me 1 I rushed out into tho the air and walked like a wild man away from saloons and what my appetite craved and getting off alone I 1 prayed as only such a helpless hel plese one knows how hov to pray that god would save me from efrom myself ile alone is my strength and yet I 1 fear I 1 never can in safety sit at his table where fermented wine Is used you may say a little brandy or wine wino will tempt nono none of my loved love d ones bat but some chance guest W weak like myself may be sent to perdition by your thoughtlessness this little incident made such an impression P upon mo me that I 1 never shall forget gc t it while life and reason last fifteen ye years ira have passed since then and not a drop of anything that can intoxicate lias has gone into my cooking I 1 will admit that I 1 have live more than once been tempted to civo to it tho the old timo time flavor but each temptation has been met by for gode sake doltl seemingly uttered by that lil pleading faco face that I 1 gazed into eo so remorsefully morse fully long a ago go helena thomas in union signal 10 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 fl f |