Perhaps they had never found that verse: "Avoid it, pass not by it." Perhaps--oh, _anything_--it was nothing to him now.

This much was certain: he had done wrong.

Such a heavy, _heavy_ heart as Tip had to-night.

"What _should_ he do?
What would Kitty say, if she found it out?
Oh, what would Mr.Dewey think, or Mr.Holbrook?
and then, above all else, came the thought, What could Jesus, looking down on him now from heaven, what could _He_ think of him?
This thought brought the bitter tears, but it brought him also on his knees; and he said,-- "Oh, Jesus Christ, in spite of it all, you _know_ I love you.

Won't you forgive me and let me try again ?" Long he knelt there, trying to get close to Christ, and his Saviour did not leave him alone.