WASHINGTON, D. G. SATURDAY, JANUARY II. 1916.
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knew how / have conducted Ihave tasted
Of ardent spirits tonight And the poor
boy could not help shedding tears.
a" our mother will never know it--and
certainly, she would not object to your en-
joying yourself, if she did,


8 But what will it lead to? Who knows
but4 may become mtemperate9


" You'll be a fool if yon do. Can't you
now and then take glass of wine or cor
dial, without being drunkards pity you
if you can't.o


"The greatest drunkards commenced by
one drop. lfmy mother knew what / have
done tonight, she would not rest till had
left this place.


s Your mother is like the rest of the Or
thodox, always borrowing trouble, and al
ways afraid somebody's going to be ruined.''
Without extending the conversation, Hen
ry closed his eyes in sleep--not, however,
without resolving in his mind never to 60
into grog shop again


Early IN the morning, as he was passing
down the street to his shop, he met the re-
taller, who sold his companion the spirit
the night previous.


"Ah, my little fellow" said he, s1I was
much pleased with you last night, and
should be happy to have you call on me
again. That Charles Bedford is a capital
fellow. Follow his advice, and you'll
make something"


Henry made but word in reply, and en-
tered upon his duties at the shop All that
day ne said but few words, while Charles
appeared to be as cheerful as lark. He
felt ne had taken wrong step, and diso-
beyed kind mother, and he was unhappy.


But, by associating constantly with
Charles, the idea that it was wrong to drink
a little spirit occasionally gradually wore
away, and he objected less to go into the
retailers shops. With his companion, Hen
ry denounced the temperance people as fa-
natical, and was as earnest in condemnine
their course as any Of his associates. He
now preferred the company Of the profane
and drinking to the steady and industrious
and often absented himself from church on
the Sabbath. So much for the influence
and bad example of a companion. His pa
rents noticed the change in their son, and
enreated him to keep aloof from bad asso-
ciates; but they knew not the extent of his
departures from their precepts


To be continued