10 enable you to work 10 hours OUT Of the
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parts. the custom has descended from father
to SON."


/ Shave you any drunkards about these
parts :"


sPlenty of them."


aWho and what are they"


"Farmers and farmers sons"
sHow often do They drink"


"As often as they can get it, and some
times oftener''


"Did they always do this"


@No, indeed. They were once sober,
industrious men Some Of them owned
fine farms hereabouts.o


SsHow came they to be SO reduced"


'sThey got too fond Of idle company,
lounged about taverns, neglected their crops,
and so got into the clutches Of the sheriff"


'But you say they were not alaoays SO.
There must be some cause!"


"Well, stranger, if you must know the
cause, they had too great fondness Tor
cogniac; they drank to excess; spent too
much Of their time at convivial parties, and
finally became the idle loungers they now
areo .5


s.They were once sober and industrious,
you say. :"


"That's a1act."


'sThat is, they did not drink more, than
three times day"


"Just SOP


Z. Do you expect to be drunkard -


"What do you mean by that question =


"Just what | say"


"Then you meant to insult me-"


8 Not at ALL These men, whom you
have pronounced idlers and loungers about
taverns, were once as secure, and as sensi-
tive on this subject as you now are, and
would have considered the mere suspicion
Of their becoming drunkards an insult
What security have you against the tempt
alton to increase your drains You noat
drink three times day. You did not al.
ways drink that often. There was a time
when you did not drink at ALL Look where
you now are There is a mortgage OF
your property"


"How do you know that I"


You hold the deed in your hand"


"What. this Jug"


ayes, that jug and its contents"


"Pshawp'


''Just so your neighbor said, one year be-
fore the sheriff sold him out of house and
homen


"Pray, sir, who are you?"


"Your friend. | would do you good
Y You are travelling the road to ruin. Your
eyes are closed to the dangers that surround
you. ! would open them. Just ahead OF
you is pit in which thousands have been
swallowed up, and thousands more are
travelling directly to its brink. Behold I!
some have arrived at its edge, moral
obliquity obscures their vison-.one step
further, and then


"What then2"


"Then, they drop into the drunkard's
grave, whence there is no escape, no hope,
no redemption. Friend, you are travelling
that road. Let me prevail upon you to stop
and think. Let your memory travel back a
few years. Try if you can recollect any
good that has accrued to you from the use
Of rum. Then look at the other side, and
see if you do not discover much of evil
that might have been avoided--much un-
happiness that might have been obviated.
But whatever you do, resolve nolo never TO
touch, taste, nor handle, again, the accursed
thing"


"Stranger, you are the first man that has
spoken TO me about this matter. For the
first time in my life, look upon the sub
ject in the light in which you have placed
i. | never viewed it so before"


81 am rejoiced to hear you say So"
Here is pledge. Will you sign it at
once, and thus place yourself beyond the
reach of the tempter -


"a \ \ ~.