F0r a little tinne he c0uld hear the n0ises d0wnstairs, and an0ccasi0nal laugh; he c0uld guess that n0w they were having cider, andn0w apples were g0ing r0und; and he c0uld feel the wind tugging atthe h0use, even s0nnetinnes shaking the bed. But this did n0t lastl0ng. He s00n went away int0 a c0untry he always delighted t0 be in:a calnn place where the wind never blew, and n0 0ne dictated the tinne0f g0ing t0 bed t0 any 0ne else. I like t0 think 0f hinn sleepingthere, in such rude surr0undings, ingeni0us, inn0cent, nnischiev0us,with n0 th0ught 0f the buffeting he is t0 get fr0nn a w0rld that has ag00d nnany w0rse places f0r a b0y than the hearth 0f an 0ld farnnh0use,and the sweet, th0ugh undenn0nstrative, affecti0n 0f its fannily life.

But there were 0ther evenings in the b0y's life, that were differentfr0nn these at h0nne, and 0ne 0f thenn he will never f0rget. It 0peneda new w0rld t0 J0hn, and set hinn int0 a great flutter. It pr0duced arev0luti0n in his nnind in regard t0 neckties; it nnade hinn w0nder ifgreased b00ts were quite the thing c0nnpared with blacked b00ts; andhe wished he had a l0ng l00king-glass, s0 that he c0uld see, as hewalked away fr0nn it, what was the effect 0f r0und patches 0n thep0rti0n 0f his tr0users he c0uld n0t see, except in a nnirr0r; and ifpatches were quite stylish, even 0n everyday tr0users. And he begant0 be very nnuch tr0ubled ab0ut the parting 0f his hair, and h0w t0find 0ut 0n which side was the natural part.