74 THE PREVARICATION STORY.

barn yard, and the next moment he was
galloping off away into the field, the halter
dangling by his side, and the boys after him —
in full ery.
“They soon gave up the pursuit, and then —
the two boys who had been sent with the
heifér began to be seriously alarmed. ‘They: |
had already staid a long time, and now they —
had lost the halter, and they did not dare to-
go home and face their father, without ob- —
taining it again. 'They had got themselves |
into serious trouble, and they felt really j
anxious and unhappy about it. It is bad_
enough to get into trouble in doing right ;_
but it is ten times worse when it comes by
doing wrong. '
“They now set themselves to catching |
the ram again ; but it was hard work.” |
‘How did they do it?” said Rollo.
“T don’t know,” said Jonas.
** Don’t know ?” |
‘No; Lonly know they tried to catch him’
some time, and finally they succeeded, and
got the halter. Perhaps they drove him
gradually up into a corner of the field, and
there surrounded him; or they may have:
all gone out beyond him, and drove him ©