I. The Accident
Wallace was very proud of the new suit of clothes his father had just bought him. He wanted to wear it to school the first day after it came home.
“If I were you I should keep it for best for a while, Wallace,” said his mother. “Your old suit is good enough for school for some time.”
“But Tom Dolittle is going to wear his new suit to-day; he told me so.”
“It doesn’t seem wise to me, Wallace—but wear it if you think best.”
“All right, mother,” said Wallace as he skipped away to put it on.
A few minutes later his mother stood watching a very happy boy running down the street.
“Mother!” called Wallace, walking slowly upstairs when he came in from school.
“Here I am, boy, in the sitting room,” answered his mother.