170 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

dead of night, in a state of loathsome
drunkenness.

One day, in company with one of the
young men who led him astray, he went
‘nto the woods ona hunting excursion.
A bottle of brandy was a part of the out-
ft for this excursion. ‘They both drank
freely—William more freely than his
companion. ‘Toward night, just before
they were thinking of returning home,
William was separated a few rods from
his companion, and for some reason or
other, had climbed a little distance up a
tree which was partly blown down by
the wind, and which overhung the brow
of the hill. Poor man! he had not sufli-