CHAPTER V.

HOW CLARENCE KEPT HIS RESOLUTION.

HAVE ‘said that Dick and Ben were

bad boys, and yery unfit associates for

  

~ a boy of weak principles like Clarence Mor-
timer. ‘herefore Mrs. Mortimer was jus-
tified in breaking off entirely the intercourse
between them and her son. They. how-
ever, felt differently about it, and vowed
they would be revenged upon her for the

slight she had put upon them.
«Tam not going to submit to it, I can
tell you that, Ben,” said Dick, «‘I will
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