He wanted back the price he had paid, and I was determined to do nothing that should assist him in his meanness! And then, Harry, his last illness! Oh, Harry, you would pity me if you could know all!" "It was his own intemperance!" "Intemperance! It was brandy--sheer brandy.

He brought himself to such a state that nothing but brandy would keep him alive, and in which brandy was sure to kill him--and it did kill him.

Did you ever hear of the horrors of drink ?" "Yes; I have heard of such a state." "I hope you may never live to see it.

It is a sight that would stick by you for ever.

But I saw it, and tended him through the whole, as though I had been his servant.