134 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

This softened me some, though not
enough. I confessed that I had hada
hand in stealing the melons, and that I
had done my share in eating them.
There was no merit in the confession,
though; for you see I did not make it
until she had driven me into a cor-
ner where I could not get away.. My
confession was well enough ; but it came
too late. My giving up when I was cor-
nered, was like a man talking about a
surrender, when he is already caught.

I told her all about that paltry water-
melon affair, and assured her that I was
sorry for the hand I had had init. I
was sorry, you may depend upon that.