That Scholarship Boy

us Retr

er could take care of him, if he was sent there, so that it was decided that he should remain in the mast

ter?' asked the young

er-time. Nobody knows just how it happened, but th

d nothing to do w

ad if he hadn't gone in. That's how he got hurt. You can g

of what had happened to his brother, but he took care to wash himself and

out it to his mother, as he felt sure he should be quite well in the morning. Fred hardly knew what to do, but at length agreed not to say a word abou

are you?'

I want to know if you thin

u so anxious about it? Do

rd no

heepishly, 'and I wondered whe

u and break the ice. I've always been in the habit of telling my mother when I got into a scrape; but it made

as he went into the little sitting-room. 'We didn't mean to hurt anybo

to press the boy to tell him any more. It was a long walk round to Leonard's home, but Fred did not mind; and if the doctor had got back he

to see him, the servant said he had only just come h

ame is Howard,' said Fred. 'I have come to see him

ast part of the message, but he was glad to see Fred, for he

m very glad to see you. I have some wonderful news for you. I left your father a

ed Fred, quite forgetting wh

er him?' repea

ntleman,' said Fred

gentleman in these later years,' said Mr. Morrison; 'and I have promised him, a

with reddening brow. 'It was not fair to my mother, or to any of us, and I am not s

has happened, and, to use his own words, he does not deserve anything else at your han

strong one. Through this man he neglected his practice a great deal-he was a doctor, you know-his friend always seemed to have plenty of money, and

ecame responsible for the whole amount of the debt, if his friend should fail to repay it within the time named; but he had such confidence in Mr. Taylor

transaction, because he knew she

your mother of what had happened, but when he was served with the notice that he must now pay the debt, he was seized with panic at the thought of the ruin he had brought upon himself and family,

great talk of the rapid fortunes that were being made in the gold-fie

e friend again, although he heard of him more than o

e; and he resolved in his own mind not to do so until he had accomplished this, for only in this way

his fortune at the gold-fields he was robbed of the little he possessed, and

e folly and sin of which they had been guilty; and they sought and found pardon through the Lord Jesus Christ. Then, through the help of God's Holy Spirit, they began to struggle against the temptations by which they were beset, and

written to us,' said Fre

nd I had left Liverpool, where I was living when my brother-in-law went away; so both letters were returned, an

this; but I cannot help thinking still that my father has been very cruel to us, although he may not have intended it; but I came to see you about something else. You have a son who goes to school with my brother; Horace

o love them. Your father's spoiled life, and my brother-in-law's almost wasted one, should teach all you lads a lesson. Ask God to make you strong to resist the first temptation-strong in the strength of the Lord Jesus Christ

ervant to send Leonard to him. Fred rose to g

Yes, he is my friend, and I trust that you will make him yours also, if he will accept the friendship of a boy like you,' said the doctor, answering the look o

y gathered in his eyes. 'Did Mr. Warren te

I want to hear all the truth from you. Now what is it you have to tell me, Len?' said the doctor,

larship boy, and I was

the mischief? Did you really w

away from the school.' And then, bit by bit, Mr. Morrison heard the whol

Morrison. 'My brother never said

octor. 'But what am I to say of my son and his cowardly companions? Go

l you of it before it is known at the school who has do

as you say,' answered Mr. Morrison; bu

rived with a note, asking that Mr. Morrison would

e gave orders for his carriage to be ready by half-past eight the following d

o bed, and then told him something of his uncle's life,

oy's mind. 'Mamma told me something of this once

Florrie loves you, and how could sh

ure? I wish I could do something for that poor Horace. His hands are awfully bad, and he won't be able to use the

sigh of relief. 'My boy, could I trust you to b

it was going to be so bad, until I heard Mr. Skeats say he wondered they were not dead. That was why I wanted to

o the hands of the police, and had you all arrested. The punishment will be severe, I have no doubt; it ought to be, to make an impression upon the school; and remember, whatever it may be, I shall expect you to bear it

, and when Leonard entered with his father, he was directed to take his place beside Taylor and Curtis, who were standing in front of the platform, where Dr. Mason and the other masters were

Dr. Mason severely, when one of the gent

gone they heard the stink-chamber door opened, and Taylor put something down on Howard's bench, which is close to that door. They took no notice of this at first, until the peculiar odour arrested their attention. Then one of them went round to see what it was, but coming in closer contact with the fumes was overcome by them, and fell down unconscious. Soon a second fell at his bench, and the third fell just as

e, to save this school from future disgrace and trouble, I am compelled to expel from the school those who have been the ringleaders in this persecution. Taylor! Curtis! your names will be removed from the school roll, and never again will you be admitted as scholars of Torrington's school. Morrison has been greatly to blame in the part he has taken in this business; but taking into consideration that he made a full confession to his father last night of all he h

he culprits, and I thank you in his name for giving him another chance to retrieve his character. I shall send him for the six months to one of the boar

n unduly severe with them. Before they left, Dr. Mason said that he must charge them with the cost of a new suit of clothes for Horace. '

o that,' said

l,' said the master. 'I like justice all round, and it is only fair these gentlemen sho

we will pay the bill,' b

poiled his best jacket, and burned holes in his trousers. Mrs. Mason will give you something to take him home in, and I think it will do both lads good to know mor

did not know what to make of it. Fred had just told him what he had heard from Dr. Morrison about his father, and now the

m this chance,' said Fred, for he knew he c

r; I will go with

ame in to see his patient, and was glad to l

come and see me, wo

im yourself to-morrow, for I am obliged to go to London this evening, so that h

or the honour of the school. Still, he was thankful that he was allowed a chance of return, and resolved to do all he could-even in a board scho

ol. We must be friends, you know, and I hope to

Horace, with the tears shining in his eyes. 'Only I do

w all about it presently. But father is too busy now, for he is going to London again this evening, and so I shall have

it was a proof to Mr. Morrison that his son had learned to conquer himself; and he

away, and it had made so little impression upon Horace, that when Mr. Morrison came back from London the next day, and t

ea-side? he wondered, and he resolved to ask

selves that night Horace said, 'Have you heard that mother wants us to go to the sea-side-Leonard

g like a sigh; 'but I am not sure that it is

pend upon what we do with it,

hall let them spend any of it on

y, though she may have more money,

go away and leave her as he did for years and years, though he was making a fortune for us. I tell you that

unhappy she will be i

her that I hoped she would leave me to be a carpenter, and

he say?' cried Horace, with t

ed me to forgive my father for her sake, as t

! for why should I lose my brother because my father has come home? I cannot help myself. I must let him help me, and if he did stay and work for this money just t

ing up to him as Len Morrison does, is so bitter; and it might all have been so different if only

forgive him for mother's sake, and for Jesus Chr

making a fortune can't make up for not doing the right thing at the right time; no, not even to the peop

having memories of days when his mother was too ill and too sad to be glad with them; and he heard now from his father t

ore returning to school. His hands were better, thanks to the kind attention he received from everyone at Dr. Morrison's. Indeed, he was such good friends now with Leonard, that he begged t

h to receive and pardon her husband for his long neglect, and she failed to understand why her elder son,

d her husband he said, 'It is better. He is young, and has all his life before him, and he is