Ought we not to aid their escape from it if we can ?" Mr.Walters stood reflectively for some moments, and then exclaimed, "I'll make no farther objection; I would not have the boy say to me hereafter, 'But for your persisting in identifying me with a degraded people, I might have been better and happier than I am.' However, I cannot but feel that concealments of this kind are productive of more misery than comfort." "We will agree to differ about that, Walters; and now, having your consent, I shall not hesitate to proceed in the matter, with full reliance that the future will amply justify my choice." "Well, well! as I said before, I will offer no further objection.

Now let me hear the details of your plan." "I have written," answered Mr.Balch, "to Mr.Eustis, a friend of mine living at Sudbury, where there is a large preparatory school for boys.

At his house I purpose placing Clarence.

Mr.Eustis is a most discreet man, and a person of liberal sentiments.

I feel that I can confide everything to him without the least fear of his ever divulging a breath of it.