I do not yet know what they will be, but one thing is certain--I will not keep a rebellious child in my sight; there are boarding-schools where children can be sent who are unworthy to enjoy the privileges and comforts of home." "Oh, papa! dear, _dear_ papa, don't send me away from you! I should die!" she cried in accents of terror and despair, throwing her arms around his neck and clinging to him with a convulsive grasp.

"Punish me in any other way you choose; but oh! _don't_ send me where I cannot see you." He gently disengaged her arms, and without returning her caress, said gravely, and almost sadly, "Go now to your room.

I have not yet decided what course to take, but you have only to submit, to escape _all_ punishment." Elsie retired, weeping bitterly, passing Adelaide as she went out.
"What is the matter now ?" asked Adelaide of her brother, who was striding impatiently up and down the room.
"Nothing but the old story," he replied; "she is the most stubborn child I ever saw.

Strange!" he added musingly, "I once thought her rather _too_ yielding.

Adelaide," he said, sitting down by his sister, and leaning his head upon his hand, with a deep-drawn sigh, "I am _terribly_ perplexed! This estrangement is killing us both.