It is said, the way Jerusalem was kept clean, every man swept before his own door.

And so you will not engage in the business ?" "No John, no money I would earn would be the least inducement." "How foolish," said John Anderson to himself as they parted.

"There is a young man who might succeed splendidly if he would only give up some of his old fashioned notions, and launch out into life as if he had some common sense.

If business remains as it is, I think he will find out before long that he has got to shut his eyes and swallow down a great many things he don't like." After the refusal of Paul Clifford, John soon found a young man of facile conscience who was willing to join with him in a conspiracy of sin against the peace, happiness and welfare of the community.

And he spared neither pains nor expense to make his saloon attractive to what he called, "the young bloods of the city," and by these he meant young men whose parents were wealthy, and whose sons had more leisure and spending money than was good for them.