on the porch waiting for another story.

"Very well," said Grandma, "I shall tell you a story tonight about Bee
Honest.

"Many years ago there lived three little boys--Joe, Henry, and Charles.
They all started to school at the same time. For a long while they kept
together in their classes; and they were very good friends.

"But when they were about fourteen, two of the boys--Joe and Henry--began
to go out nights; and it was always late when they got home. Charles
stayed at home in the evening and studied his lessons for the next day,
as he had always done.

"Of course, the difference soon showed up in their school work. Charles
always knew his lessons, while Joe and Henry fell far behind.

"When examination time came, the boys begged Charles to help them.

"'No,' said Charles firmly, 'I will never do anything like that. My
mother says that my father wanted me to be honest; and I mean to be.'

"'Aw,' said Henry, 'your father has been dead a long time; and your
mother'll never know.'

"'I say there's no harm in giving a fellow a lift in his examinations,'
grumbled Joe.

"'It would be cheating,' said Charles quietly; 'or helping you to, and
that would be just as bad.' And with that he turned to his own work, and