104 TH FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

‘She will give you a scolding, I dare
say,” said Dick, in a low tone; ‘but I

thought you had made up your mind not to
 eare. . And besides, it is not likely she will
say any more about it, if you take your
2 supper with us in peace and comfort, than if
| you 20 home now.”

‘¢Come, what are you fellows whispering
about ? ” said the boy who had given them the
invitation. ‘‘Do you go with me or not? I.
cannot wait here all day !”

<< Yes we're coming,” isa Dick.

| And Clare yielded to his gentle pull and
eat. He was really very hungry, so: that :
the hot oy sters were a strong temptation to
him, and besides le dreaded his mother’s
grave words .and graver looks. He tried to
harden himself in his wilful course, how- |

~ ever, by such thoughts as these —