I confess that I felt for him.

What he said about keeping company with the 'Bunkers'-- I suppose we must drop that name now--was true.

He could not be a good fellow with such as they are.

Now it won't do any harm to try him, and he may be saved from the error of his ways.

As it is, he has got a hard name, and people will shun him: and, being discouraged, he may plunge deeper into vice than ever.