56 | THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE.

 

" ins: it makes me Ca have a pain in my .
heart, it seems so o pleasant.’ é
‘“«« Yes,’ said the boy, «I hives often felt |
just so. Do you know I was really glad
when my clothes wore out so that I could
not go to school any more? For whenever
the boys wanted to tease me, they used to
call after me through the streets. < There
goes Al, the old drunkard’s son.!” And a
then I used to feel as if I could hide . my :

head. for very shame.’

‘¢ Talking thus, the chiles came to the os

lady’s house and rang the door-bell. But
_ when they looked uP» expecting to have seen
the servant, what was. their surprise to see

the lady herself smiling kindly down upon

‘them. She happened to be passing through a

the hall when the bell rang, and so she had
opened the door.