I don't like the boy, but I hardly
think it probable he would steal."
"You think better of him than I do. I suppose he wants to get into
your good graces again?"
"No; he says he shall leave school at the end of this week, and will
not again look to me for support."
"That's jolly!" exclaimed Guy, much pleased. "You're well rid of
him, papa. Let him go away and make a living as he can. He'll have
to turn newsboy, or something of that sort--perhaps he'll have to be
a bootblack. Wouldn't that be a good come down for a boy like
Hector?"
Guy spoke with great glee, but his father did not seem to enjoy his
release as well as Guy. He showed that he understood the boy better
when he said:
"Hector will not have to resort to any such employmeat. He has a
good education, and he can get some decent position, probably. On
the whole, I am sorry he is going to leave my protection, for
friends of the family may, perhaps, blame me."
"But it isn't your fault, papa. He is taking his own course.
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