Show I 1 know a thing or two my dear boy said a father to his bla only son eon you are in bad company the lads with whom you associate tn in bulge in bad habits they drink smoke swear and I 1 am afraid they gamble they are not sate safe company tor for you I 1 beg you ou to quit their society you be afraid of me father replied the boy laughingly 1 I guess I 1 know a thing or two I 1 know how tar far to go and when to stop the lad left his fathers father house house twirling his cane in his fingers and laughing at the old mans notions A few years later says the youths youtha temperance banner and that lad grown to manhood stood at the bar of a court before a jury which had lust just brought in a verdict of guilty against him tor for some crime in which he had been concerned before he was sentenced he addressed the court and said among other things my downward course began in disobedience to my parents barents I 1 thought I 1 know knew as much as my father did and I 1 spurned his bis advice but a is soon as I 1 turned my back upon my home temptations came upon me like a drove of hyenas and hurried me into ruin hear that boys you who think you are wise enough to do without fathers advice dont disobey your parents I 1 beg of you dont |