20 THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

subject, thought he might as well cons
fess.

‘No I took it from the closet without
leave,” he stammered.

‘‘Tt is a very bad business,” a Mrs.
Mortimer, gravely, «¢ What do you suppose
wil become of you, if i you go on as you
have begun?” |
TI did not think there was any very
great harm in a few boys having a good
time,” said Ben, trying to speak a word in
his own. defence.

_, If there is no other way for boys to.
, have a good time except by disobeying —
parents, taking what does not belong to
them, and learning to drink spirits, I think
there is decided harm in it,” said Mrs.
Mortimer. Now, Ben, I find you are not a

good boy, and so you must not come here