"No; it's just right. The Bible says she must. I'm trying now to be a good boy; and I wish you would try too."
"I guess there isn't much danger of you," said the man. "You're the most wonderful chap I ever saw."
"I don't know what chap is," replied Frankie. "When I say my prayers to-night, I am going to ask God to give you a new heart; and then you can't help being good."
"I wish you would," whispered the man, drawing his shirt sleeve across his eyes.
He pushed his chair back from the table, saying, "I've had a first-rate supper; and I thank you and your mother a thousand times for all your kindness."
Willie then stepped into the kitchen, and helped him from his chair into his carriage, at the back door. The man gave Frankie two of his handsomest pictures, saying, "Don't forget what you promised to do for me to-night. I have nobody else to pray for me now."
CHAPTER VII.
THE RAINY DAY.