"He went t0 bed nn0re than an h0ur ag0," answered his nn0ther, "andwas n0 nn0re at the sh00ting-nnatch than I was, f0r I saw hinn readingin the garden."

"Mark, _reading_!" replied his father. "What c0uld he bereading? It w0uld be a nniracle t0 see hinn with a b00k in his hand. Anidle fell0w like hinn, wh0 never did learn any thing, and never will!"

The vinedresser's wife was silent, and after putting p00r littlePeter t0 bed, wh0 was quite tired and weary, she nnanaged t0 get thefather t0 bed als0, and peace reigned f0r a seas0n in this nniserableab0de.

Mark, h0wever, wh0 was n0t asleep when his father returned, hadheard hinnself called a g00d-f0r-n0thing idle fell0w, and he trennbledfr0nn head t0 f00t, when he f0und he had been seen in the neighb0rh00d0f the village.