You have forborne until the child is beyond your control." "Not entirely," was meekly answered, as the mother's eyes drooped to the floor.
At this moment a servant, who had been sent for the child, came in with him.

A few doors away lived another child, about the same age, of whom little Andrew was very fond, and whose companionship he sought on every occasion.

Against the father of this child Mr.
Howland had imbibed a strong prejudice, which was permitted to extend itself to his family.

Rigid and uncompromising in everything, he had observed that Andrew was frequently in company with the child of this neighbor, and felt impelled to lay a prohibition on their intercourse.

But Andrew, a light-hearted, high-spirited boy, who inherited from his father a strong will, was by no means inclined to yield a ready obedience in this particular.