He was a victim to the craze for philanthropy.

Too young to realize its insidious character, he was to embark upon a ruinous career.

Ever it is the first step that costs.

That carelessly given knife--with something to dig stones out of a horse's foot--was to wipe out, ere night again shrouded Newbern Center, a fortune supposed to be as lasting as the eternal hills that encircled it.
They again crossed River Street, and stopped in front of the Cut-Rate Pharmacy.

The windows of this establishment offered little to entice save the two mammoth chalices of green and crimson liquor.