"Tempted by its sparkle and flavor, Archie Voss, as pure and promising a young man as you will find in the city, was lured on until he had taken more than his brain would bear.

In this state he went out at midnight alone in a blinding storm and lost his way--how or where is not yet known.

He may have been set upon and robbed and murdered in his helpless condition, or he may have fallen into a pit where he lies buried beneath the snow, or he may have wandered in his blind bewilderment to the river and gone down under its chilling waters.
"Mr.Ridley, with his old appetite not dead, but only half asleep and lying in wait for an opportunity, goes also to Mr.Birtwell's, and the sparkle and flavor of wine and the invitations that are pressed upon him from all sides prove too much for his good resolutions.

He tastes and falls.

He goes in his right mind, and comes away so much intoxicated that he cannot find his way home.