“I ain’t a coward,” said Julius, proudly.
“And yet there are some things I hope you will be afraid of.”
“What are them?” asked Julius, somewhat puzzled.
“I hope you will be afraid to lie and steal, and do wrong generally.”
“I shan’t steal,” said Julius; “I don’t know about lyin’, most boys lie sometimes.”
“I hope you will be one of the boys that do not lie at all.”
“Maybe so,” said Julius, dubiously. “A feller can’t always be good.”
“No, I suppose not. But there is no occasion for lying.”
“I’ll try not to, but I ain’t an angel.”
“Angels are scare, as far as my observation goes,” said his companion, smiling, “and you appear to have too much human nature about you to be altogether angelic. But there’s one thing you can do. You can try to do right.”{38}