16/24 Then with the bread and water she went up to her son's chamber. The wash-bowl and pitcher were on the floor, and a good deal of water spilled around. The bed-clothes were nearly all dragged off; and it was plain, from the feathers scattered about, that Andrew had been amusing himself with jumping on the bed. Lifting her eyes to the tester, Mrs.Howland saw nearly a yard of the valance torn away and hanging down. "He seems possessed with a spirit of mischief and destruction. |