. St. Nicholas [serial] . Your Honor, saidthe foreman, we thinkthis boy is not guilty ofthe charge made againsthim. Agusto did not quiteunderstand. He was notquite sure which waythings had turned, butthe noise that followedseemed to him to be anunmistakable indicationof good. The lawyercame to him and, shak-ing his hand warmly,said: You are a freeboy, now. You can gohome with your mother. His mother had foundher way to his side bythis time. When Agustothrew his arms aroundher neck, she was weep-ing for joy. The court-room be-came a veritable bedlam. Men talked ex-citedly in groups, and everybo
. St. Nicholas [serial] . Your Honor, saidthe foreman, we thinkthis boy is not guilty ofthe charge made againsthim. Agusto did not quiteunderstand. He was notquite sure which waythings had turned, butthe noise that followedseemed to him to be anunmistakable indicationof good. The lawyercame to him and, shak-ing his hand warmly,said: You are a freeboy, now. You can gohome with your mother. His mother had foundher way to his side bythis time. When Agustothrew his arms aroundher neck, she was weep-ing for joy. The court-room be-came a veritable bedlam. Men talked ex-citedly in groups, and everybody seemed tobe glad he had gained his freedom. Agusto, however, was very anxious to getaway and to get home. As he started out, hold-ing his mother by the arm, Senor Alfaro cameup, and, shaking hands with him, said: I am sorry, my boy, that we have given youso much trouble. Of course, we could notknow that we were wrong. Several attemptshave been made to steal this violin. On yourway toward Las Piedras, stop at Don Alejos. I AM SORRY, MY BOY. THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE house. I will be there, and I will give you an-other violin that I have and do not need. Youmay have it for your own, and I hope you willlearn to play on it. And who knows? Withyour skilful hands and your love of music, youmay be a famous maker of violins some day,and perhaps a great player, also. BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTH; OR, THE BLUE PEARL By SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR. Author of Boy Scouts in the Wilderness SYNOPSIS OF THE PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS Jim Donegan, the lumber-king, has a wonderful collection of gems. His specialty is pearls. He tells theScouts that a blue pearl the size of a certain pink pearl which he owns would be worth $50,000 and that hewould be glad to pay that sum for such a pearl, but that no such pearl has ever existed. Joe Couteau, theIndian boy, contradicts this and tells him of the strange island he once, when a little boy, visited with hisuncle, the shuman, or medicine-man. of his tribe
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