The Young Outlaw or, Adrift in the Streets
am, who was not used to regular meals of any kind, it seemed luxurious. He despatched slice after slice of bread, eating twice as much as any one
hought it was ti
ne piece a're
said Sam; "bu
can be. You've eat
eal to fill me up,
e," said Mrs. Hopkins, in alarm. "You c
way, nor did his feelings appear to be hurt, for he was not sensitive; but he took th
a-goin?" asked
doo
ot something
mantel-piece and took t
t know nothin' about your moral and religious obligations
straight now
-I mean in a moral
gly drew nea
st page of the catechism, and reci
and looked at the f
it?" he demanded, in
e catechism?" exclaime
duties. It'll benefi
, perversely. "What do I care about
en, Martha?" said the deacon,
r took him," said Mrs. H
and l'arn your lesson,
. His eyes were not long fixed on the printed page. They moved about the room, following the movements of Mrs. Hopkins as she cleared off the table. He saw her
thought to himself.
iling himself of it. He dropped the catechism on the floor, seized his hat, and darted out of the room, finding his way out of the house through the front door. He heaved a sigh of relief
a house where he got such good suppers, but he wanted a couple of hours of freedom
' out a feller's eyes ove
ng. At nine o'clock he opened the front door, and went in, not
les on, and was engaged in reading a good
e have you be
woods," said
t your catechism?" deman
aid Sam, with
ns said she went out of the room a minute, and
uess so,"
u have time to l
long," mu
ill see if you know
his lap, and read out the first question,
ratched his head. "I
kin' conundrums?" sai
id Sam,
n't you
e I can
udy it. Aint you asham
he use of
e deacon, impressively. "Now I
and confessed th
lie. You said you
t unders
udied longer. Don't you
ll the time," said Sam, as if he
," said the deaco
am, regarding the ol
e rather than tell a lie. I have read of a man who was threatened wit
led?" asked Sam
es
said Sam, contemptuously. "You wouldn't
deacon, indignantly. "He laid
did it do
very benighted condition. You app
," said Sam. "I du
your catechism. I shall expect you to get the same l
said Sam, wi
leep. You must get up airly to go t
n the morning. However, he felt instinctively that it would do no good to argue the matter at present, and h
nting to a cot-bed in the corner. "I'll ca
himself, and
ome. If it warn't for that plaguey catechism, I'd like liv
tunate. He lay awake a long time, wondering in perplexity what he
of religion than a Choctaw or a Hottentot. An yet he's been livin' in a
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