Charles Duran Or, The Career of a Bad Boy By the author of "The Waldos"

CHAPTER VI.

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THE FATAL NIGHT.

Village balls--Description--Culpability of parents--Demand for money--Fit--House stoned--Windows broken in--Mr. Duran with the bag--Charles's wrath appeased--The ball--Charles intoxicated--Falls to the floor--Brought home speechless--Laid upon his death-bed