lf on
something, and if you don't load it with something good, it will employ
itself in mischief.

"Here now is the engine of this ship," continued Mr. George. "Its force
is conducted to the paddle wheels, where it has full employment for
itself in turning the wheels against the immense resistance of the
water, and in carrying the ship along. This work is its _load_. If this
load were to be taken off,--for example, if the steamer were to be
lifted up out of the water so that the wheels could spin round in the
air,--the engine would immediately stave itself to pieces, for want of
having any thing else to expend its energies upon."

"Yes," said Mr. Kennedy. "I have no doubt of it."

"Now, I think," continued Mr. George, "that it is in some sense the same
with a boy whose mental and physical powers are in good condition. These
powers must be employed. They hunger and thirst for employment, and if
they don't get it in doing good they will be sure to find it in some
kind of mischief."

"Well," said Mr. Kennedy, with a sigh, "there is a great deal in that;
but what is to be done? You can't _employ_ such a boy as that. There is
nothing he can do. I wish you would take him, and see if you can load
him, as you call it. Take him with you on this tour you are going to
make in Scotland. I will put money in your hands to cover his expenses,
and you may charge any thing you please beyond, for your care of him."

"Perhaps his mother would not like such an arrangement," said Mr.
George.

"O, yes," replied Mr. Kennedy; "nothing would please her more."

"And would Waldron like it himself?" asked Mr. George.

"I presume so," said Mr. Kennedy; "he likes any thing that is a change."

Mr. Kennedy went down to the state room to see Waldron, and ask him what
he thought of this plan. Waldron said he should like it very much. So he
was at once liberated from his confinement, and transferred to Mr.
George's charge.

"Now, Waldron," said Mr. George, when Waldron came to him, "I shall want
some help from you about getting ashore from the boat. Do you think you
could go ashore with Rollo as soon as we land, and take a cab and go
directly up to the hotel, and engage rooms for us, while I am looking
out for the baggage, and getting it ready?"

"Yes, sir; yes, sir," said Waldron, eagerly. "I can do that. What hotel
shall I go to?"

"I don't know," said Mr. George. "I don't know any thing about the
hotels in Glasgow. You must find out."