Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience

urally of a cheerful temperament, but at present his face was grave, and not without a shade of anxiety. This can hardly be a matter of surprise when we consider that he was thrown

ble, but they cannot always be exchanged

to wipe the moisture from his brow with a fine linen handkerchief, wh

rawford, son of Dr. Paul Crawford, of Edgewood Center. Why he

wn to a wide-spreading oak tree, with a c

himself, and suiting the action to the word, thr

have ever been so tired. It's no joke walking a dozen miles under a hot sun, with a heavy gripsack in your hand. It's a good introductio

fe had become a serious matter. In his absorption he did not observe the r

in surprise, and leape

you? Where in the world are y

oked up

y fortune," he a

it. Don't chaff, though, b

you the tru

ning his bicycle against the tree, seat

ost his property?"

N

disinher

exa

left home

t home-I ho

rreled with t

say to that. There is a

an father-one who rules his

e reverse. He hasn'

hibition of the academy. You ought to be abl

d but for

is t

id Carl, with a significa

of kindness, and makes our home

s? I shouldn't have judged

as much as if she

ky," said Ca

e about

he threw off the mask, and made it clear that she disliked me. One reason is that she has a son of her own about my age, a mean, sneaking fellow, w

she suc

r Peter, but through my stepmother's influ

e sent to sch

ing my absence she worked upon my father, by telling all sorts of malicious stories about me, ti

deny the stories

denials. My stepmother was continually

se? Did you behave di

r a warm welcome, and treat her as a friend, but my adv

ow long has t

er since Mrs. Crawford

ons with your step-br

oy, for he is mean, and tyra

uld be safe for him

ran, crying to his mother, and his version of the story was believed. I

father was a man to in

lded. I heard afterwards from one of the servants that he wanted me

g ago wa

ed when I

ever r

ut the punishment last

submitt

he promise to repeat it, if I was ever punished in that manner again, that th

e a charmi

all, insignificant features, a turn-up nose, and an

our father

all attentions-bringing him his slippers, running on errands, and so on, not becau

nally broken

it any longer. Home h

t hasn't your father got

ry reason t

-mother and Peter the inside track, and

ly; "but no matter what happens, I c

ct!" said Gilbert, in a tone of

I haven't had