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