National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-10-09
Il an afraid he is getting into bad

habits there-Ind-lf he were at
home under our own eye
That would make no difference
said Mr.. Dalton, rising and begin
ming to pace the room. But, new
ertheless, we'll try the experiment,
Mary--when he was boy we little
thought of such IA cloud overshad
owing our lives. DO you remember
how we prayed when he lay sick
with scarlet tevers Would it not
have been better if God had taken
our boy to himself then. Mary 2
The low agonized earnestness OF
his tone smotc to the wife's heart
like a knife.
10 not talk so, my dearest; per
haps all will be well yet. Remem-
Der how young he is-and yet, my
love, | have dreaded something like
this, ever since Harry got that way
of lounging round Dennis corner
with the idlers OF the neighborhood.
Oh, Percy--lf you had only not let
that place to be a liquor saloon.'
1T does not matter lnuch,' said
Dalton, involuntarily shrinking from
the Scalpel of truth. If they didn't
get it at one place they would at
another
Nevertheless, he felt it most keen
ly that his son had entered career
that leads to death through the door
he himself had refused to close to
Margaret Lindsay's prayer!
Eight O'clock, he exclaimed,
glancing mp at the little timepiecc
over the mar tel. lit is certainly
time he was back from DR.. True
felt's.'
suppose you 20 to .Oeet him,
suggested the anxious mother-and
Mr.. Dalton went without another
word.
AS he passed Michael Dennis pal
ace Of destruction, the gaudy light
OF the colorcd lamps strcamed out
upon the tempestuOus darkness of
the winter night, and By their glow
he saw through the open door his
~ W IL SUI, INV " Hti I Va tt iiaill litt"
briated group, with flushed cheeks,
and high pitched, husky voice, lean
ing over the counter, and holding a
partially emptled glass high in air.
" as that Harry . the curly haired
/ little fellow who had SO often sat On
( his knee and lisped the sweet even
ING prayer Was that the noble
/ boy in whom the hopes of both pa
rents were so entirely centered =
lnvoluutariIy the broken hearted
father staggered back against the
! lamp post, covering his eyes with
! his hands.
In the same instant there was a
rush and a tumult, and an uproar OF
angry voices. Percy Dalton saw
/ the police ran by him-he heard the
crash OF blows the diScord OF shouts
and crieS-yct still he stood there as
if he were turned to stone!
Then. all of II sudden, he pushed
his way through the rapidly increas.
ing crowd.
Let me pass! | lcW pass! Ny
boy is heren he shriekcd like one
possessed.
There was q knot OF people gath
cred in the centre of thcroon around
some PROSTATE Object ring of po
lice were keeping back the crowd
but they gave way at the approach
of Mr.. Dalton.
Fools. shouted Michael Dennis
keep the old man back Don't lei
him come here, at least until
But his warning came to late !
Percy Dalton was kneeling witl
death.palc comtenance and claSpeC
hands over the corpse of his sou
llarry! llarryr he shrieked
speak to me, my boy--tcll me tha
. you are not dead
But no voice ever again pasSet
through the portals of those colt
, lips. Deaths seal upon them wa
. too sure az d stem.
= SO died Percy Dalton'S only son
| the victim OF a drunken hraWl--S
fell Gods retributiou upon The olt
. mans head. And Margaret Lind
say, sitting in her lonely home, lcl
: that she was avenged
, THE Uses or \ ADvERSIrI.--l o.
, wear out your clothes.
You are not troubled with visit
orS.
|, You are cXoncrated from maxim
calls.
Bores do net bore you.
Tax gathercrs hurry past YOU
door.
, No one thinks of presenting 80
/ with a testimonial.
! lmpoSitors know 1t is of no Use
!, bleed you.
= Iou practice temperance.
You swallow infinitely less poiso
than others.
y Flatterers do not shoot their ri
: bisll into your ears.
=, Y0u have saved many u deh
y many Il deception, and many hea
n ache.
+. And lastly. II yon have Il tr'
r friend in the world, You are sue,
;, a very short space Of time, to kho
~ lt.-Pmeh.
II Rcnnc is as good looking NJ
re has as many good qualities as mi
i. he presumed from using his Pni
n Killing Magic Oil, we don't wond
Is ut his popularity. His Magic q