The only safe plan is to let them entirely alone.

I am thankful to be able to say that I have not set you a bad example in that direction.

My good mother taught me to 'touch not, taste not, handle not;' and I have never taken so much as a glass of wine; though there have been times, my boy, when it required some moral courage to stand out against the persuasions, and especially the ridicule, of my companions." Max's eyes sparkled.

"I know it must, papa," he said; "and when I am tried in the same way, I'll remember my father's example, and try to act as bravely as he did.".