(14 THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

What a mistake some boys make about
manliness. They think it is manly to give

up doing what they know to be right, to do’ :

what they know to be wrong, and to run the

risk of grieving all their true friends, just

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because they are afraid that some bad boy

may laugh at them if they are true to them- _

selves. Do you think such conduct is
manly; > Tikit is sheer cowardice, mean-
ness, and wickedness.

Clare drank the wine, and Hal followed
his example. It was the first glass of wine

that the boys had ever taken, and. it caused

the blood to fly to their cheeks in a manner —

that was quite unpleasant ; but still they felt
as if they had really gained a great deal by

this experience in sin and disobedience.

Dick and Ben were soon taking their turn

_at the wine bottle. It was not their first |

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