was deep. Raymond perceived his danger, and as he was now on the very
brink, he shouted out suddenly,

"Caleb! Caleb! take care!"

But the sudden call only frightened poor Caleb still more; and before
the "Take care" was uttered, his foot slipped, and he slid back into the
water, and sank into it until he entirely disappeared.

Raymond rushed to the place, and in an instant was in the water by his
side, and pulling Caleb out, he carried him gasping to the shore. He
wiped his face with his handkerchief, and tried to cheer and encourage
him.

"Never, mind, Caleb," said he; "it won't hurt you. It is a warm sunny
morning." Caleb cried a few minutes, but, finally, became pretty nearly
calm, and Raymond led him along towards home, sobbing as he went, "O
dear me!--what _will_ my grandmother say?"

CHAPTER II.

TROUBLE.

As Caleb walked along by the side of Raymond, and came upon the bridge,
he was seen both by his grandmother, who happened to be standing at the
door, and also at the same instant, by the two boys, Dwight and David,
who were just then coming home from school. Dwight, seeing Caleb walking
along so sadly, his clothes and hair thoroughly drenched, set up a
shout, and ran towards him over the bridge. David was of a more quiet
and sober turn, and he followed more slowly, but with a face full of
surprise and curiosity.

Madam Rachel, too, perceived that her little grandson had been in the
brook, and she said, "Can it be possible that he has disobeyed?" Then,
again, the next thought was, "Well, if he has, he has been punished for
it pretty severely, and so I will treat him kindly."

David and Dwight came eagerly up, with exclamations, and questions
without number. This made poor Caleb feel worse and worse--he wanted to
get home as soon as possible, and he could not tell the boys all the
story there; and presently Raymond, finding that he could not get by
them very well, took him up in his arms, and carried him towards the
house, David and Dwight following behind. Caleb expected that his
grandmother would think him very much to blame, and so, as he came near
enough to speak to her, he raised his head from Raymond's shoulder, and
began to say,

"I am very sorry, grandmother; but I could not help it. I certainly
could not help it."

But he saw at once, by his grandmother's pleasant-looking face, that
she was not going to find any fault with him.

"You have not hurt yourself, Caleb, I hope," said sh