Mrs.Boyton was assured that her boy would be taken good care of.

Paul was permitted to escort her as far as the village where she took the stage for the rail road again.

Their farewell was most affectionate.

Paul cried bitterly, not only for the parting from his mother whom he loved so well, but for the feeling that he was being exiled for all his crimes and misdemeanors.

The fall session had not yet begun so he had ample time to become acquainted with the few boys who were already at the college and to explore the dark pine woods that seemed a new world to him.