You refuse to have me in your house--I object to have you in mine: you will, therefore, quit the premises immediately." The fellow sneaked out quite crestfallen, and his creditors have broken him up completely.
"I tell you what, Jule, if I was a black," continued he, "living in a country like this, I'd sacrifice conscience and everything else to the acquisition of wealth." As he concluded, he turned from the window and sat down by a small table, upon which a lighted lamp had been placed, and where a few law papers were awaiting a perusal.
A little boy and girl were sitting opposite to him.

The boy was playing with a small fly-trap, wherein he had already imprisoned a vast number of buzzing sufferers.

In appearance he bore a close resemblance to his father; he had the same red hair and sallow complexion, but his grey eyes had a dull leaden hue.
"Do let them go, George, do!" said the little girl, in a pleading tone.
"You'll kill them, shut up there." "I don't care if I do," replied he, doggedly; "I can catch more--look here;" and as he spoke he permitted a few of the imprisoned insects to creep partly out, and then brought the lid down upon them with a force that completely demolished them.
The little girl shuddered at this wanton exhibition of cruelty, and offered him a paper of candy if he would liberate his prisoners, which he did rather reluctantly, but promising himself to replenish the box at the first opportunity.
"Ah!" said he, in a tone of exultation, "father took me with him to the jail to-day, and I saw all the people locked up.

I mean to be a jailer some of these days.

Wouldn't you like to keep a jail, Liz ?" continued he, his leaden eyes receiving a slight accession of brightness at the idea.
"Oh, no!" replied she; "I would let all the people go, if I kept the jail." A more complete contrast than this little girl presented to her parents and brother, cannot be imagined.