“Why didn’t you tell him?” said Rollo.
“I thought I would let him find out in his own way,” replied his father.
“And did he find out?” said Rollo.
“Yes,” replied his father. “He came to me after dinner, and made a very humble apology. He told me that he was very sorry for what he had said, but that he supposed that that was my room.”
“And what did you tell him?” asked Rollo.
“I told him it was of no consequence,—and that a man who allowed himself to condemn before he made inquiry, must expect to fall into some mistakes.”
QUESTIONS.
Under what circumstances did Rollo find himself taking a walk with his father and mother? What did Rollo’s father say was the peculiar and essential property of gunpowder? Which is more inflammable, phosphorus or gunpowder? How did Mr. Holiday illustrate this? What did Mr. Holiday say about the expansive force of burning gunpowder? By what process are fresh supplies of air furnished to fires? Why does the air which has once passed through the fire rise? What is a chimney for? Would a chimney be necessary if a fire made no smoke? Relate the incident which occurred to Mr. Holiday at the tavern. What example of prudence and presence of mind is furnished by this case? What example of hasty judgment? What example of patient forbearance?