ring twilight, with my escort trotting beside me, "how ar

st now, Miss Amy," he answered, c

too much? Have they given you too many lesson

uch good help as Miss Milly or Mr. Edward. If they're too hard for me, one of 'em always helps me an' makes 'em plain, an' I keep along good enough in the classes. But it's the keepin' cool, an' not flyin' out when I get provoked, 'spec

" I answered soothingly, "and you show yourself by far the better man of the two. You k

don't learn to hold my temper now, how will it be if I come to be President of these States? I s'pose there's lots of things that'll be provokin', an' hard to stand, when you're President; and if Congress don't want to mind you right spang off when you tell 'em to do a thing, an' goes to foolin' round about it, I s'pose

to the roots of his carroty hair. He had evidently been on the verge of some disclosure which

act notions of right and wrong, or by any special desire to please a higher power. But that he had some motive still undeclar

earance at the corner, of another escort, who took charge of me at once with a very decided

ortunately did not, as it was spoken in an undertone; and he was evidently pleased to b

Milly that night, after I had rehearsed to her, in t

om a higher motive than any of these, still it is a great point gained, that he is so learning to control himself; the habit will be formed, and he will learn to be his own master. But I fear that Theodore Yorke is not a truthful or

o do beyond giving Jim what help we could. There was little, however, a lady could do to help a boy in a public scho

ation upon that, in addition to the play upon her vanity by means of that wonderful and much-prized hair. Jim, too

ony, entirely from the intemperate wretches who dishonored the names of father and mother, and placing them under the care of Mrs. Petersen. So long as the two little cripples brought home such portion of their weekly earnings as Jim had ag

onsideration, had altogether vanished after that first afternoon; and she had not only helped with all her mi

o care for that little cripple? You surely had formed a precedent for such things in our family.

y la

s as I entertained were not

does not tell me what

trespassing on his preserves; and your field for charity is so large, and h

is delighted with my co-operation

say; but I persisted, a

Amy, and that the experiment would then prove good neither

should have been long steadfast to my purpose of ca

ature, the record was a remarkable one. In his classes, he was doing fairly well, and making progress of which he had no need to be ashamed, but his lessons were by no means always perfect; and,

tra amount of praise, he still always appeared sheepish and ill at ease, and as though he had something on his mind w

er and the inquiries he made of the teachers every week, and also by the captain's pride in his grandson, whom he considered a prodigy of

trong prejudice against him, especially among the boys. There seemed to be no particular cause of offence or instance of wron

chool were very frequent; and while pennies and nickels flowed in upon the small vender, peanut-shells were scattered all over the building and playground, until at last they called forth a remonstrance from the janitor. Finding this of no avail, he threatene

ing before the school-bell rang, "do you

avin's," answered Jim scornfully. "It's no odds t

rke's always buyin' peanuts off of your stand, an' you can bet he comes away from that stan

d sharply

y gives him over mea

measure," replied Rob; "an' I tell you 'cause I t

how she can cheat him givin' him short measure if she likes

d into the big basket on her other side, maybe more than once, too; h

trying to control his rising f

ed, and not get any; and I was looking in between the posies and plants in the shop, and when Matty was filling up her measure for him-only the two-center one-I saw him do that mean trick; on a girl, too, and she a hunchback! He slipped his hand into the basket, and carried it full to his dinner-basket. So after that I watched, whether I went in or staid out; and he never lets a time go by that he don't hook a handful, maybe two, if

e came around a corner of the school-building upon the playground, and, as a combination of ill luck would have it, he was eating p

ged the first blow aimed at him; but in another instant Jim's hand was upon his collar, while, with language which was neither choice nor mild, he struck him several times, and

moment that it was one of the other boys. His crestfallen, mortified look when he was recalled to himself did not help him in the estimation of the teacher, who took it as a sign of guilt; while Theodore, once freed from his assailant, stood by as the m

or vengeance was yet satisfied. As he had been deprived of his recess, however, he had no immediate opportunity of gratifying it; and when school was over, the principal, who was a just though st

sts, and he knew that in some way his petty and oft-repeated thefts had come to light; but he was not going to con

and could tell if he liked;" but Theodore doggedly declared that he had given and

onist should speak the truth,-Mr. Rollins was convinced that the latter was really, in some way, to blame. But of course he could not punish him without reason; while Jim had been caught red-handed,

ruddy face blanched. That meant not only disgrace in the school, but, what was far worse to him, before Miss M

of gratified malice which Theodore cast at the other boy; and he was more than ever persuaded that t

y thing more on me than the recess. I don't mind that so much, an' I'll try hard not to break rules again; but you can't tell how hard it is not t

s voice, born of the doubt as to which of the two boys was the greater culprit, "Go on, sir, you have no need to wait;" adding to himself, "That boy has a guilty conscience." Then,

ir?" sa

temper, and the final victory over himself, with much good advice and encouragement to Jim. Encouraged the

not to escape without

d have it,-as he was on his way home from school, and was crossing the park on which our house fronte

ne with Jim?" ask

be put down to class four if he gets into another of his rages, as he's sure to do; and now he's taking no end of a

you get?"

re, who had not the slightest idea of the way by which Ji

into you when you saw he was ge

any thing to tell, and hadn't done any thing to Jim,-to his high-mightiness Jim Grant Garfield Rutherford Livingstone Washington, the fellow with a whole

the other boys indignantly, although he was st

as too muc

pairs had been found necessary, and the workmen had had the jet in action for some hours, and the large basin around it

he little hunchback's head was turned. I saw him, more than once, and I wasn't going to have it any longer; so I told Jim, and I'd just told him of it when Theodore came on eating peanuts, the very ones, for all I know, that I saw him steal this morning; and no wonder Jim's spirit was up, and he pitched in

aken aback by the damaging testimony of this unexpected witness of his sin, that he lost all

the still unobservant boys, laid one hand upon Theodore's collar, the other on that o

f, an' a sneak, what let a boy like Jim be blamed for doin' what he had a right to do, if what this 'er

e was a little frightened by the captain's looks and tones

topped to hear what was going on; and there were symptoms of a crowd. Seeing this from afar, a policeman bore down upon the scen

ater. The day had been a mild one, sunny and bright, for spring was in the air; but the water was still sufficiently cold to make such a sudden plunge any thing but pleasant, and this summary method of punishment, well deserved though most of the spectat

HIS HEAD IN THE IC

was wont to hang about the park, and in the vicinity of our house, and who amused him va

ly pride. "If ye fin' me a meaner one nor he is in this big town, I'll duck him, too, an' keep him under till he begs an' swears he'll mend his ways.-Now, git along home,

erfere further, turned to the officer, and, taking him by the arm, as if he were going to arrest him, repeated

sked the officer, doubtful what course to pursue with the old orig

min' to. He's my gran'son,-more shame to me,-an' a little water ain't goin' to hurt him. His fam'ly's used to water,-good salt water, too," with

fying the guardian of the peace that this was no case for arrest. Barney agreed that he had th

ceive a far sterner reprimand than had been bestowed upon Jim. As the offence had been committed out of school bounds and school hours, the punishment for it did not lie within the jurisdiction of Mr. Rollins; but, in addition to that which he had received fr

ipal, his heroic determination to "tell n

animosity toward him, or to soften the

it, they at once acquired a value and desirableness even beyond that which they had possessed before. By some unexplained process of reasoning, the authorities had arrived at the conclusion that they were the cause