“But you kept it from him, Henry. It belongs to the doorkeeper. He gave you its value. My son, the right way is, whenever you buy anything, whether it be a ride or a glass of soda water or permission to see a concert, whenever you buy anything you ought to pay for it. If you don’t you are no better than a common robber. You must go today and give Mr. Hall that ten cents.” [Illustration: IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? SURE WE ARE.] KEEPING FRIENDSHIP IN REPAIR. [Illustration: THE TWO PATHS.] I sometimes think that boys and girls, and even old people, are often careless in the matter of their friendships--not careless in the matter of selecting friends, though I am sure there is room for improvement along that line--but careless in trying to keep the good friendships we have already formed. We ought to keep our friendships in repair. Perhaps you think that our friendships are not things which need to be kept in repair. How foolish it is to think so! Does a garden need to be weeded? Does an old fence need to be kept in repair? Do we paint our houses only once in a century? What about the musician--does he not need to keep in practice? Supposing that you never kept your muscles in repair by constant use or exercise--how long would you be strong or healthy? And do you think that your friendships, because they are in a way intangible--you cannot see them, handle them or taste them--do you think that they grow and thrive of their own accord, and, therefore, do not need to be kept in repair? Slights, snubs, angry words, unpleasant conduct, long continued lack of association, long continued lack of familiar intercourse, and coldness, even where the meetings are periodic--these things, boys and girls, will kill the warmest friendship and choke the tenderest love. So we ought to be careful to keep our friendships in repair. If we had no friends in this world, no playmates and companions, no kindred spirits into whose keenest sorrows and highest joys we entered with deep and full sympathy, and who did not enter into our sorrows and joys in the same way--if we had no friends in this world, with all of its wealth and splendor, we should not desire to live very much longer. But to have friends and to be friendly goes a long way towards making the world a beautiful and blessed place to live in.