"I'm afraid there is glass in his foot now," urged the gentleman. "If so we must have the doctor here, with his forceps."
Dick gasped. "I don't think there's any in it," he sobbed.
"I'll do it up," said Mrs. Stuart. "If he is no better in the morning, we will have the Doctor examine it."
[CHAPTER V.]
DICK'S PUNISHMENT.
ALL this time not a word had been said about his disobedience. When he cried, his mother stooped over the bed and kissed him. Presently she left the room to get some bandages, and as soon as he was alone his tears burst forth afresh.
"Oh how sorry I am I was so naughty!" he said to himself. "How good mother is. I do love her dearly. I'm glad I meant to tell her before I got hurt."
"Will you please shut the door, mother," he said still sobbing. "I want to tell you something."
She came and stood by his side, putting her hand on his damp forehead.
"I disobeyed you, mother," he began. "I went without my shoes. I didn't feel happy because I knew how wicked it was to do it when you'd forbidden me. Will you forgive me, mother?"