. The parent's assistant; or, Stories for children .. . s in anagonv of despar. Its all -it imlt, cried he : 11 broughthim up in idleness.— Bur hell nevrrbc idle any more,said Jem ; l wont you speak fcr him maam?— Dontask the lady to spea,k for him, said the farmer: »tbetter he should^o to bridewell now, than to the gal-lows by and by. Nothing more was said, for every body felt the truthof the Lawrence was sent to bridewellfor a month, and the stable-boy was transported to Bota-ny Bay. During Lawrences confinement, Jem often visitedhim, and carried him such little presents as h
. The parent's assistant; or, Stories for children .. . s in anagonv of despar. Its all -it imlt, cried he : 11 broughthim up in idleness.— Bur hell nevrrbc idle any more,said Jem ; l wont you speak fcr him maam?— Dontask the lady to spea,k for him, said the farmer: »tbetter he should^o to bridewell now, than to the gal-lows by and by. Nothing more was said, for every body felt the truthof the Lawrence was sent to bridewellfor a month, and the stable-boy was transported to Bota-ny Bay. During Lawrences confinement, Jem often visitedhim, and carried him such little presents as he could af-ford to give; and Jem could afford to be generous be-cause he was industrlhits. Lawrences heart was touch-ed by his kindness, and his example struck him so for-cibly, that when his confinement was ended, he resolvedto set immediately to work; and to the astonishment ofall who knew him, soon became remarkable for indus-try; he was found early and late at his work, establish-ed a new character, and for ever lost the name of Lazy JL OUNG HARDY was educated by Mr. Trueman, a verygood master, at one of the schools in stare-He was honest, obedient, active, and good natured; sothat he was esteemed and beloved by his master, and byhis companions. Beloved by all his companions who were£ood, he did not desire to be loved by the bad ; nor wasfheat all vexed or ashamed, when idle, mischievous, or dis-honest boys attempted to plague or ridicule him, Hi=friend Loveit, on the contrary, wished to be universallyliked; and his highest ambition was to be thought thebest natured boy in the school:—and so he was. Heusually went by the name of poor Loveit, and every bo-dy pitied him when he got into disgrace, which he fre-quently did; for though he had a good disposition, hewas often led to do things, which he knew to be wrong,merely because he could never have the courage to sayno ; because he was afraid to offend the ill-natured, andrould not bear to be laughed at by f
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