"Because there is a pair of father's old boots out there, and I don't like to see them."
"Why do you mind the old boots, Benny, any more than the old coat and hat upstairs?"
"Because," said Benny, tears filling his blue eyes, "they look as if they wanted to kick me."
Oh the dreadful after-influence of a drunken father to innocent children! what an awful memory to bear through life!—Richmond Christian Advocate.
MY BRAINLESS ACQUAINTANCE.
By Paranete.
VI.—MY BRAINLESS ACQUAINTANCE SAVES A LIFE.
