"But you will attend better, Andrew. I know you will. Oh, it would
be dreadful to be sent to sea!"

"I don't know. I'd as lief be there as anywhere else, if I can't see
you!"

"But you will see me sometimes. We can't meet any more as we go to
school; but we'll see each other often, Andrew."

These words lifted much of the heavy weight that pressed on the
feelings of the boy.

"When will we see each other?" he asked.

"I don't know," replied Emily. "Father said we musn't meet going to
school; but there will be other chances. Good-by! I wouldn't like
father to see me here, for then he would think me a very disobedient
girl."

And saying this, Emily turned and ran fleetly away. Andrew's
feelings were relieved from the pressure that rested upon them.
Still he felt angry and indignant at Mr. Winters, and this state
increasing rather than subsiding, tended to encourage other states
of mind that were not good. With a feeling of rebellion in his heart
he returned home, where he found no difficulty in provoking some
reaction, and in falling under the quickly excited displeasure of
his father, who was ever more inclined to seek than overlook causes
of reproof. The consequence was, that when he left home for school
in the afternoon he felt little inclination to attend, and, after a