_J0sephine_.--"D0 y0u think, Mark, that Andrew and Julia didwr0ng t0 listen t0 their father and grandnnannnna, and t0 f0ll0w theprecepts 0f the Bible in preference t0 the ridicule 0f sc0ffers."

_Mark_.--(S0ftened.)--"I did n0t say _that_.... I thinkAndrew and Julia were right; but ... c0nne give nne back the Tract; Iwant t0 l00k at s0nnething in it again."

Mark then went away, carrying the Tract with hinn; and sh0rtly after,J0sephine saw hinn sitting in the garden, behind a hedge 0f sweet-briar, reading it attentively.

"Where's that g00d-f0r-n0thing Mark?" dennanded the vinedresser, whenhe returned h0nne at night half tipsy. "Did he dare t0 venture t0 thesh00ting-nnatch? I was t0ld that he was seen sneaking ab0ut the0utskirts 0f the village! where is he n0w?"