No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey

" ...] "On the next morning, when I came down to breakfast, I was startled and surprised to learn that Mr. Jones had been drowned on the day before. Instead of returning in a few hours, as he had stated to me that he would, he remained out all the day. A sudden storm arose; his boat was capsized, and he drowned. I shuddered when I heard this sad and fatal accident related.-That little word NO, had, in all probability, saved my life." "'I will now tell you, William, ' my father said, turning to me, 'why I did not wish you to go with Mr. Jones.-Of late, he had taken to drinking; and I had learned within a few days, that whenever he went out on a fishing or gunning excursion he took his bottle of spirits with him, ...]."