I told father that, and he asked me to wait six months more, and then to let him know my mind again.

I hadn't got to like business any better, and one day it seemed to me that I would try for a place in a Government office.

When the time came, I suggested this, and my father ultimately agreed.

I lived with him at Hawes for a month or two, then came into Surrey, to work on for the examination.

We shall see what I get." The young man spoke with a curious blending of modesty and self-confidence, of sobriety beyond his years and the glow of a fervid temperament.