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UNOPENED FARCELS. 147 "Well, of course, to begin with, it teaches what Mr. Tennyson says, you know, papa-' That men,' and all that ; because Uncle Frederick turned his -if you please let me call it fault-he was so very little !-into a ladder of St. Augustine." Papa made no reply, perhaps guessing from my voice that I had something else to say. But I could ncvt say it where I was. I got up and, big as I was, slipped on his knee, put my arms round his neck, and whispered in his ear" And then I ought to try to do the same: and I intend, papa-I do indeed. When I am going to be very cross I shall try and remember how hottempered I have been, and that if I watch against it very hard, perhaps I may be actually goodtempered some day, and then I shall have got up by my ladder.". By the grace of God you will," answered my father, as he returned my embrace. "And now we have got both moral and application to our story." Just one thing more, papa," I whispered, a L2