Just promise me you'll live straight after this, and never gamble again.' "Tom promised, and Bill was sure he meant it, and when their father, who had been sent for by the examiner, arrived at the bank, Bill, as agreed, told his father he had taken the money.
"Of course there was a terrible scene.

Bill was not arrested for his father did not wish the family disgraced, but he was driven from home, with very little money in his pocket, and told never to return again.
His mother and little sister--I forgot to tell you the boys had a little sister, who was ten years old at that time--nearly broke their hearts at his going.

But his father was very harsh, and told him if he ever came back he would have him arrested and put into prison.

It was not the loss of the money which angered him.

That was a comparatively small amount, which he paid back to the bank and did not miss very much.