Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . FRIENDLY MESSAGES. him, in no pleasant mood. This forenoon, I called onhim again, thinking he might have altered his mind,by this time; but he was as obstinate as ever, and soI must defend him to the best of my ability, when thetrial comes on, next month. Poor boy 1 I m afraidhe will find the way of the transgressor is hard, beforehe is many months older. He appears to be pretty in-telligent, and does not look like a bad boy, but heseems bent on his vicious courses. I tried to appealto his feelings, to-day, but could not produce any effectupon him. I 11
Clinton : or, Boy-life in the country . FRIENDLY MESSAGES. him, in no pleasant mood. This forenoon, I called onhim again, thinking he might have altered his mind,by this time; but he was as obstinate as ever, and soI must defend him to the best of my ability, when thetrial comes on, next month. Poor boy 1 I m afraidhe will find the way of the transgressor is hard, beforehe is many months older. He appears to be pretty in-telligent, and does not look like a bad boy, but heseems bent on his vicious courses. I tried to appealto his feelings, to-day, but could not produce any effectupon him. I 11 try to let you know how his case turnsout, when it comes to trial. Your Aunt Lizzy sends her love to you and toyour father, and mother, and dear little Annie. Williesays, Tell Clinton I m going down to see him thissummer — but as this is the first / have heard of it,I guess it will pass only for a rumor. Sissy sends abushel of love, and Bouncer, Willies big bouncingdog that I mentioned before, sends a wag of his it is: —. There, now, I forgot to put in the wag — but nomatter, you can imagine that. Well, I ve got to the TALK ABOUT OSCAK. 265 end of my sheet, and have only room to subscribemyself, Your affectionate Uncle Clinton. After runmng over the letter, Clinton read it aloudto his father and mother. The intelligence it gaveconcerning Oscar, did not much surprise any of them,though they felt sorry for him and his parents. I have seldom known a bad beginning to make agDod ending, remarked Mr. Davenport. Oscarstems to have made a very poor start in life, and I mafraid he will not turn out any too well. It *s too bad,for I always thought he was a bright, capable sort of aboy, if he would only keep out of mischief. But Isuspect his parents never had much control over him,and if thats the case, they are as much to be blamedas pitied. After conversing a while longer on Oscars case,Mr. Davenport told Clinton he had better not mentionthe subject out of the family, as
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