"
"Who ought to tell them?"
No immediate answer came to this; then, after a little,--
"Mr. Holbrook, how could I tell them--to each one--about it?"
"See if you cannot answer your own question. Will not all the boys be
likely to hear about it?"
"Yes, sir; they'll be sure to."
"And would they all be likely to hear what you have to say, unless you
spoke to all at once?"
"But, Mr. Holbrook, if I did that, it would have to be in school."
"Well?"
"But to-morrow is the last day, and it's examination."
"Well?"
That short word seemed to have a good deal of power over Tip, for he
only answered it by saying, after a long silence,--
"Mr. Holbrook, I wonder if you can think how very hard that would be?"
"Edward, I wonder if you can think how very hard it was for your Saviour
to listen to your words this noon?"
And Mr. Holbrook heard no more from Tip, save, when they reached the
corner, a very low, very grave "Good-night."
CHAPTER XXI.
"He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in
trouble: I will deliver him, and honour him.
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