[CHAPTER VII. MAURICE LEARNING PATIENCE]
[CHAPTER VIII. JIMMY BARNARD'S SIN]
The Pearl of Patience.
[CHAPTER I.]
MAURICE'S SPELLING LESSON.
"THERE'S the breakfast bell, Maurice."
The little fellow was sitting on the floor, trying to the knot in his shoe, which he had twitched off in haste the before. He looked up as Nurse spoke, with an impatient scowl.
Presently his mamma came from her room and seeing him still undressed, exclaimed,—