190 SCHOOL-CHAT IN PLAY-HOURS.

Adler. “Yes, to tell you truly, I have meant Bill
Sunbury. He is a profane and wicked lad, and I feel
it my duty to warn you against him. But this is not

enough. Don’t you know that you and Edward are
| nothing but little inexperienced boys, and that you are
not old enough or wise enough to choose your own
companions ?”

Charles, (Putting his arm around Carl’s shoulder.)
“Yes, I daresay it is so; and I am willing to do what
you advise me; and I will not complain of the rules
any more.”

Adler. “Now you speak like a noble-hearted boy.
Love your parents and teachers ; trust in them ; sub-
mit to their regulations, even when you do not see all
the reasons. After a while, you will thank them for
the very things which seemed strict to you before.”

Charles. “But you have not yet explained to me
about patience, and how any one can learn to be
patient.” |

Adter, “T am glad you keep it in mind, for I am
coming to that in a roundabout way. Patience, my
Charlie, is a great thing in all learning. To learn to
draw, you must be patient. To learn to write, you
must be patient. To learn geography, you must be
patient. ‘To be a great man, or a good man, you must
be patient.”

Charles, “Yes, I know, I know ; but how to learn it —
how to learn to be patient ?”