"But you will never do anything like that again. You have learned your lesson. And you told the truth. That is a great thing. It is easy to cover up a mistake; but very hard to show it when you don't have to. I was a little disappointed that you forgot about shooting at things; but I am more than proud that you remembered to be a sportsman. With your father's permission, I'm going to get you that shotgun, just the same. We'll go down together in the morning to get it." At the end of ten minutes more, Bobby returned to his room. He looked about it as one looks on a half-remembered spot visited long ago. The place seemed smaller; the toys trivial. A deep gulf had been passed since he had left the room a half-hour before. To his eyes had opened a new vision. Little Boyhood had fallen away from him as a garment. A touch had loosed. All experience and observation had led the way; but it was only in expectation of the supreme test of self-sacrifice. Character changes radically only under that test. Bobby had borne it well; and now stood at the threshold of his Youth. He picked up the Flobert rifle and looked it over. "It'll always be handy to fool with," said he to Johnny. That youngster looked up with sardonic humour. "Gee, you're gettin' swelled head with your new gun," said he. THE END * * * * * KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN'S STORIES OF PURE DELIGHT Full of originality and humor, kindliness and cheer THE OLD PEABODY PEW. Large Octavo. Decorative text pages, printed in two colors. Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. One of the prettiest romances that has ever come from this author's pen is made to bloom on Christmas Eve in the sweet freshness of an old New England meeting house. PENELOPE'S PROGRESS. Attractive cover design in colors. Scotland is the background for the merry doings of three very clever and original American girls. Their adventures in adjusting themselves to the Scot and his land are full of humor. PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCES. Uniform in style with "Penelope's Progress." The trio of clever girls who rambled over Scotland cross the border to the Emerald Isle, and again they sharpen their wits against new conditions, and revel in the land of laughter and wit. REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM. One of the most beautiful studies of childhood--Rebecca's artistic, unusual and quaintly charming qualities stand out midst a circle of austere New Englanders. The stage version is making a phenomenal dramatic record. NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA. With illustrations by F. C. Yohn. Some more quaintly amusing chronicles that carry Rebecca through various stages to her eighteenth birthday. ROSE O' THE RIVER. With illustrations by George Wright. The simple story of Rose, a country girl and Stephen a sturdy young farmer. The girl's fancy for a city man interrupts their love and merges the story into an emotional strain where the reader follows the events with rapt attention.