2/9 He appears to forget that you are his son. What is it now ?" "He came up just as I was thrashing a boy down in the yard." "What boy ?" "Nobody you know, mother. It was only an Irish boy." "What was your reason for punishing him ?" asked Mrs.Preston, adopting Godfrey's version of the affair. He was leaning against the fence, and I ordered him away. He was a ragged boy, with a bundle on a stick. |