--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 12 number: 6 published: 1909-04 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "The Resurrection and the Life," *Improvement Era* 12, no. 6 (April 1909): 488.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1206unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1206unse start_page: 488 end_page: 488 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-04) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1206unse publication_year: 1909 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1909, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Resurrection and the Life 488 • IMPROVEMENT ERA. ing, "do you think I could pledge a pure and eternal happiness in a cup of wine?" He arose as he spoke, and hurried into the hall. She followed him, her glass still in her hand, and the fire of determination in her cold, blue eyes. "Alec Martin, this is the last time I shall ever ask a favor of you. Will you drink my toast, or will you not?" "No!" The word was like the thin snap of a riding whip. And the girl recoiled as if she had been stricken. The youth was soon in the hall, ready for unceremonious departure. "Don't blame Daisy too much," whispered his old uncle who had been a silent witness to most of the tempting scene; "her mother has never been converted to the gospel. She is a proud, cold woman, who has a good and faithful husband. Be charitable, boy." "She showed me no charity! My father died a drunkard. She should have known of my double agony tonight. But what shall 1 say of the society who introduces such vile temptations to unprotected youth, and fosters such weaknesses in thoughtless girls! Uncle Tom, I am not only very angry but very unhappy!" And the two men passed into the night. The lights still shimmered on the rich dresses in the ballrooms, the men spoke soft words in low, cultured voices, the wine flowed from bottle to glass, and Daisy Moore laughed with bitter glee as she drank her own and her late partner's portion. Salt Lake City, Utah. 3Ipbu0 sato until Jflartfja: "J am t\\? ttmrrtttian, ana tl|p lifjp; 1jp tljat bs Iteurtlj in mt, ttjnnntf b? tu*r? teao, urt slfall Ijr Hup: ana wtyasatwr lituetlf ana bpltruftlj in m* sljaU n?u?r at*."