You always take his part whether he be right or wrong.

I shall send him to bed without his tea, and to-morrow I will take his marbles from him; and if I see his knees showing through his pants again, I'll put a red patch on them--that's what I'll do.

Now, sir, go to bed, and don't let me hear of you until morning." Mr.and Mrs.Ellis were at the head of a highly respectable and industrious coloured family.

They had three children.

Esther, the eldest, was a girl of considerable beauty, and amiable temper.