For John's Sake, and Other Stories.

by Annie Frances Perram

LONDON:
WESLEYAN METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION
2 AND 3 LUDGATE CIRCUS BUILDINGS; 2 CASTLE STREET, CITY ROAD, E.C.

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PREFACE.

IT is probable that many of these pages may be read with the comforting conviction that the scenes they depict and the lives they lightly sketch, in no way come within the range of possibility; but to any reader so little acquainted with the snares and perils, the misery and degradation that lay outside the pale of Total Abstinence, the assurance is tendered that the darkest pictures contained in this collection of stories are minutely faithful to life, and that the saddest incidents related have occurred under the personal observation, or within the knowledge of the writer.

A. F. P.

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CONTENTS.

FOR JOHN'S SAKE. Page CHAPTER I. AFRAID FOR HERSELF [1] " II. JOHN'S BROTHER [9] " III. HOPES AND FEARS [15] " IV. QUITE UNLIKE HIMSELF [21] " V. A CHANGE OF OPINIONS AND OF HOUSEMAIDS [28] " VI. THE NEW HOUSEMAID [35] " VII. THE FATE OF RUTH'S LETTER [42] " VIII. A HAPPY ENDING [47] HOW THE FOE CREPT IN. CHAPTER I. MODERATE DRINKING [56] " II. ITS RESULTS [63] THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION [80] THE RIGHT HAND THAT OFFENDED [85] "OUT OF THE WAY" [99] TIM MALONEY'S PIG [109] THE MOTHER'S MISTAKE [119] THE CHILDREN'S SUPPER [129] ROLAND WEST'S MARK [134] HOW A HUSBAND WAS LOST AND FOUND [146] DOWNWARD STEPS [170] HOW JARVIS WAS SAVED [178] WHY THE ANGELS REJOICED [185]

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