He did not know that what he had fairly earned went to save a rascal from the punishment he deserved--the best thing man could give him.

Mr.
Baird judged it more for the honour of his family to come betweenthe wicked and his deserts, than to pay the workman his wages.

Of that money Cosmo never received a farthing.

The worst of it to to him was, that he had almost come to the bottom of his purse--had not nearly enough to take him home.
[Illustration] He went to his room in no small perplexity.

He could not, would not trouble his father.