VANITY A BAD GUIDE. 119

Clara! I cannot walk another step witbout
shoes.”

“Well, you need not. I will run home for
your shoes, and be back ina minute. Don’t ery,

now, Lucy; Ill be back before you can count
“ten.” ‘The last words were shouted from a dis-
tance as Clara ran homeward. ut quickly as
she went, and quickly as Mr. Lovett himself
hastened to Lucy, on hearing her condition, with
shoes and a warm shawl, the time scemed long to
the poor girl, who remained alone in the wood,
wet and cold, with no better comforter than the
recollection of her own folly.