am glad to be able so far to undo the wrong of which my son has been guilty.”  All this time Arthur knew nothing of our arrival in the city; but when his father dispatched a message, requesting him to meet him at the house of his employer, he was very soon in our presence.  I hope I may never again witness another meeting like that one, between the father and son.  When charged with the crime, Arthur at first made a feeble attempt at denial, till finding the strong proofs against him, he owned all with shame and humiliation of countenance.  The stern grief of Mr. Sinclair was something fearful to witness.  “How could you” said he, addressing Arthur, “commit so base a deed?  Tell me, my son, in what duty I have failed in your early training?  I endeavored to instil into your mind principles of honor and integrity, and to enforce the same by setting before you a good example.  If I have failed in any duty to you, it was through ignorance, and may God forgive me if I have been guilty of any neglect in your education.”

Trembling with suppressed emotion Arthur replied:  “You are blameless, my father; on me alone must rest my sin, for had I obeyed your kind counsels, and those of my dearest friend, (pointing to me) I should never have been the guilty wretch I am to-day.”  Turning to me, he said:  “Many a time within the last few months have I called to mind the lightness with which I laughed away your fears for my safety, when I left home for the city.  O! that I had listened to your friendly warning, and followed the path which you pointed out for me.  When I first came to the great city, I was charmed with the novelty of its never-ceasing scenes of amusement and pleasure.  I began by mingling with company, and participating in amusements, which, to say the least of them, were questionable; and I soon found my salary inadequate to meet my fast increasing wants for money; and, as many an unfortunate youth has done before, I began the vice of gambling with the hope of being one of the lucky ones.  My tempters, no doubt, understood their business, and at first allowed me to win from them considerable sums of money; till, elated with my success, I began playing for higher stakes, and when I lost them, I grew desperate, and it was then that I began adding the sin of theft to the no less heinous one of gambling.  But it is no use now to talk of the past; my character is blasted, and all I wish is to die and hide my guild in the grave, and yet I am ill-prepared to die.”  He became so much excited, that we endeavored to soothe him by kind and encouraging words.  His father bade him amend his conduct for the future, and he would freely forgive and forget the past.  In my piety for my early friend, I almost forgot the wrong he had done, and thought only of the loved companion of my boyhood and youth.  I cannot describe my feelings, as I gazed upon the shame-stricken young man, whom I had so often caressed in the days of our boyish affection and confidence.  Little did I then think I should