ear he was taken as assistant in the primary department of
the academy, this giving him a small income.

"In two more years he had graduated with the highest honors.

"His mind had been determined in favor of the law. His most ardent
wish to get in the office and read with the father of 'his little
love,' then a very distinguished lawyer.

"This desire he made known to Dr. Perry, who readily encouraged it,
saying:

"'I have no doubt, George, that you can succeed, backed by such
letters as we can give you. This gentleman is very kind and courteous,
and I think has no one with him at present. If I am not very much
mistaken, after you have seen and talked with him a short time, it
will be all right.'

"And so it proved. In a few days more George was studying under the
same roof with the child of all his dearest, highest aspirations,
daily seeing and speaking to her.

"Very soon the little maid of eight years became very fond of him.

"George rose rapidly in the respect and esteem of his instructor, and
in a few months a deep and sincere attachment existed between them.
Subsequently our young friend entered the Bar, and was looked upon as
a man of fine promise; his career upward was steady, and finally,
after eight or ten years' practice, he was among the best of his day.

"All these years of toil and study were for laurels to lay at the feet
of the one who had so unconsciously saved him and encouraged him
'onward.' Nothing now prevented the fruition of all his hopes. A
little while longer, and the living, breathing, speaking guardian
angel was all his own--blessing his heart and house, filling his very
soul with the purest love, the most profound gratitude to God, by
whose infinite mercy he was thus almost miraculously saved. And to
prove his gratitude and thankfulness, he has endeavored constantly to
win the erring from sin, to encourage and sustain the penitent, to try
and soften the hardened heart, and finally, as much as possible, to
ameliorate the suffering and punishment of the guilty and condemned,
truly knowing how very many are tempted as much and more than the hero
of my story, without the interposition of such a special Providence."

The judge had finished. Mrs. Morely arose, and, passing her arm around
her husband, pressed her lips to his, earnestly and with deep emotion,
saying:

"I long since recognized the noble, suffering boy of your story. My
husband, forgive my having ever questioned your acti