TIL Z w HITE GOTTA G E.

A TEMPERANCE STORY.


BY RE VERA.
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" i hope you are not hurt, my little fell
low," said a gentleman to a little boy, ap-
parently six or eight years old, whom he
assisted to rise from the pavement ~ did
not see you in time 10 prevent the COLI
sion"


81 am not hurt, sir, but | have broken
my jug in the fall, and all the liquor is spill
led My father will be very angry, for he
gave me the last levy he had, and told me
to buy him a quart ofNew England rum
but it can't be helped. | wish there was no
liquor in the world"


"Amen to that wish, my lad, with all
my heart. But why do you wish so.'


" Because my father, who is good kind
man, when he is sober, and works hard 10
support mother, my little sister, and me,
could not then get il to drink, and we.would
always have enough to eat, and we should
be so happy-but, and the lad burst into
tears am afraid to GO home-he will
be so angry when he knows ] vebroken
the Jug and spilled the liquor"


"Where does your father live "


"Ip the white cottage at the end of School
HOUSE Lane"


q iybat IL your name, my boy"


C Rens on, sir, Charles Benson"


q Well, as have been the cause of your
misfortune. W ill pay for the broken Jug
the liouor | cannot pay for Listen to me.
Here is fifty cents--go home and tell your
father the misfortune you have met with.
that the gentleman who caused it, paid for
the lug, but could not, conscientlously, pay
for the liquor-if he asks you the gentle
mans name, tell him he is Son of Tenn
perance, and, as such, it is his duty 10 dis
countenance the use of any thing that can
int oxcatc. VIII you do this"


az es, slr-would that father was Son
orTem ,erance. Oh, sir, ifyou would speak
70 him, perhaps the big tears rolled
down his cheeks---the stranger was moved
al wiH speak to him, my boy-depend
upon me. There, run home now-be good
boy, and we will see what can be done foI
your father"