Part 10 (1/2)

”Do you hearhirace”

The lad s, and ether as he slowly ely, aze, and for the moment his better nature prevailed; but as he looked frorey eyes fixed upon hiain, andseemed to whisper to him, ”No; you told the truth, and he would not believe you Let hiuilty if he can!”

It was not the first tiainst his better self, and allowed the worst part of his nature to prevail

”Do you not hear me, Don?” cried his mother ”Why do you not speak?”

Don rerily uttered an impatient ejaculation

”Don, my son, for my sake speak to your uncle Do you not hear me?”

”Yes, mother”

”Then appeal to hi”

”And she believes ht Don, as he scowled at his feet

”But you have not done wrong, my boy I, your mother, will not believe it of you”

Don's better self began to force down that side of his mental scale

”Youworse”

The evil scale went do in turn, and with it the foolish, ignorant boy's heart sank low

”Coton, wildly ”Oh, yes, yes, you have much to say, my boy Come, throay this wilful pride and obstinacy”

”I wish I could,” thought Don one ht the next; and he felt more obstinately full of pride than ever

”Don, I coan to change; but unfortunately the stern tone she adopted had the wrong effect, and the wrinkles in the boy's face grew deeper, and the position more strained

If Uncle Josiah, who had never had boys of his own, had come down from the lofty perch he had assumed, taken the boy's hand, and said in kindly and frank tones, ”Coh in life, clouds sufficient to obscure too much sunshi+ne; speak out, let's have all this over, and clear the stor like that, Don would have e men with an iron rule, Uncle Josiah had sohtforward, e he had taken, and instead now of htest advance, he said to himself, ”It is notcub It will be a severe lesson for hiood”

So the breach widened Don see to cast hinant at her son's conduct, and the last strahich broke the camel's back was laid on the top of the load by Kitty, who, ood,across to Don, and in an i him

”Don, dear!” she cried

The boy's face lit up Here was some one ould believe hi her hands tightly in his

”Do, do speak, Don dear, and beg father to forgive you,” she cried