"Didn't you like my piece?" asked looking shyly in her face.
"No, I don't think I did."
"Then I never shall speak another without showing it to you."
"Thank you for the promise, Richard, I am entirely satisfied now."
[CHAPTER IV.]
DICK IN TROUBLE.
MANY of the children in Annesley were in the habit of going to school barefoot through the warm weather. Dick had often urged his mother to let him go without shoes. This she had decidedly refused.
The second week in September was extremely warm. One day Richard was going home from school with a companion, when the boy said:
"I wouldn't wear shoes this hot day, for any thing, it's so much cooler without them."
"I'd like to try it," answered Dick.