OR, CLARENCE MORTIMER. 21

 

any more. I have always liked to have
you come and play with Clare, but now that
I find you influence him to do wrong, I must
forbid you the house, and command him to
have nothing more to do with vou. <As to
you, Dick, I always knew you to be with-
out principle, so 1 must say the same to
you.” | |
Ben and Dick were elad to shrink away
out of sight. ‘They went quietly down the
stairs without speaking a word to each other,
but the moment they found themselves
| actually in the street, Ben said —
‘‘ There is an end to all our good times in
Clare Mortimer’s room ! ”
‘‘I wish we had been a little more care-
ful,” said Dick, sorrowfully. |
I am always sorry when I see people

choosing sin*in preference to holiness, be-