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"It is well I drew the curtain," thought I; and I wished fervently

he -place: nor would John Reed have

found it out himself; he was not quick either of vision or

conception; but Eliza just put her head in at the door, and said at

once "She is in the -seat, to be sure, Jack"

And I caged forth by the said Jack

"What do you want?" I asked, with aard diffidence

"Say, 'What do you want, Master Reed?'" was the answer "I want you

to co hiesture that I was to approach and stand before him

John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older

than I, for I was but ten: large and stout for his age, with a

dingy and unwholesoe,

heavy lied hiave hiht now to have been at school; but his

mama had taken him home for a month or two, "on account of his

delicate health" Mr Miles, the master, affirmed that he would do

very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeats sent him from home;

but the mother's heart turned from an opinion so harsh, and inclined

rather to theto