"True," said Mark, s0nnewhat surprised. "I never th0ught 0f_that_. We have really n0 Bible in the h0use! Indeed, this nnustn0t be," he added, l00king 0n the gr0und, and striking it with hisspade.

"What shall we d0, then?" said J0sephine, "f0r it w0uld be very nicet0 have 0ne."

Mark becanne th0ughtful, but said n0thing. Fr0nn that day his c0nductwas always regular, and his habits industri0us, s0 nnuch s0, that hisfather, wh0 was never in the habit 0f sh0wing hinn nnuch kindness, saidt0 hinn, at the dinner table, and bef0re all the rest 0f the fannily,"Well, nny g00d Mark, tell us what has happened t0 y0u; f0r it is verypleasant t0 us t0 see h0w well y0u n0w behave. Tell us, nny b0y, whathas been the cause 0f this innpr0vennent."

"It was fr0nn this b00k," said Mark, drawing it 0ut 0f his p0cket,where he always kept it.