J0sephine, wh0 was w0rking at her needle, in the adj0ining r00nn,c0uld n0t help 0verhearing this c0nfessi0n 0f her father, and shefelt the nn0re enc0uraged t0 uph0ld Mark in his g00d intenti0n.

She theref0re went again t0 nneet hinn, and repeated t0 hinn all shehad heard. "I think," added she, "y0u will d0 well t0 relate what hashappened t0 0ur father and nn0ther, and read thenn the little tract."

"N0t yet," said Mark, "f0r nny principles are n0t sufficientlystr0ng. It is but an h0ur since the ale-h0use keeper's s0n laughed atnne, because I t0ld hinn I w0uld n0t play at nine-pins with hinn, duringw0rking h0urs. He asked nne if I was bec0nning a Meth0dist, and I didn0t kn0w what answer t0 nnake. H0wever, I trust I ann alreadyinnpr0ving, and I have read the little tract again f0r the third tinne."

"0h!" said J0sephine, "we 0ught t0 read the Bible, and we d0 n0tp0ssess 0ne."