Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . as thisfrom Oscar: — Who cares for old Walcott ? Besides, he need ntknow anything about it, unless you go and tell may go home, if you choose, but Im bound tohave a sail. Clinton got home before his parents returned; and,fortunately lor him, Mr. Hardy came along soon after,and the message was delivered, so that this burdenwas removed from his conscience. He did not, how-ever, feel exactly right in his mind; for though noharm had resulted from his absence, he had beenguilty of sometliing like a breach of trust, and hisconscience continued to repro
Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . as thisfrom Oscar: — Who cares for old Walcott ? Besides, he need ntknow anything about it, unless you go and tell may go home, if you choose, but Im bound tohave a sail. Clinton got home before his parents returned; and,fortunately lor him, Mr. Hardy came along soon after,and the message was delivered, so that this burdenwas removed from his conscience. He did not, how-ever, feel exactly right in his mind; for though noharm had resulted from his absence, he had beenguilty of sometliing like a breach of trust, and hisconscience continued to reprove him. Jerry and Oscar amused themselves on the pond, foran hour longer; but though both of them attempted toact the skipper, neither knew much about managing aboat, and the result was, they run themselves aground,at a place where the bottom was soft mud, and were4 88 A BAD ENDING. unable to get afloat again. It was half a mile fromtheir starting placCj und they did not know ho^^ theyshould get the boat back to its anchoring They got into the water, and tried to push it off, but itrefused to go. At length, wearied with their exertions,and with their clothes wet and dirty, they concluded towade ashore, and leave the stolen boat to take care ofitself In going home, they avoided the road, as muchas possible, and skulked through the woods, lest tliey WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF IT. 39 should be seen ; but after they had reached their home,and considered themselves beyond the danger of dis-covery, they began to treat the affair as a joke, andlaughed to think how mad oldWalcott would be,when he found his boat aground, half a mile from theplace where it belonged. They did not seem to realizethat they had acted meanly a|id wickedly, in taldngpossession without leave, of Squire Walcotts boat, and inleaving it aground, without informing him of its where-abouts. If they could escape detection, it matteredlittle to them whether their conduct had been right orwrong. These two boys were
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