"My son," said Mr. Holbrook, not long after, laying his hand kindly on Ellis's shoulder, as he was hurrying from the room, "what do you think of Edward's religion to-night?"
"I think it is honest, sir," Ellis answered quickly. "Excuse me, father, if you please; I must see Howard a minute before he goes;" and so he ran away from his father's longing look.
As for Tip, he borrowed from Howard Minturn a copy of the village paper, which came out a few days after, and read the report of the examination; read this sentence: "And, among all the pupils, perhaps no one of them has made more rapid or astonishing progress than has Edward Lewis."
Then, while the twilight deepened, he turned eagerly to the next column, which read in this way:—
"ROLL OF HONOUR;
"Being an alphabetically arranged List of those
who passed the entire Examination without
making an error:
WILLARD BAILEY.
ELLIS HOLBROOK.
HARVEY JENNINGS.
EDWARD LEWIS."
CHAPTER XXII.
"I will lead them in paths that they have not known."
"See here, Tip," called Mr. Minturn, appearing in his store door one morning not long after the examination; "I want to talk to you."
Tip swung his basket off his shoulder, and went into the store. He was at work for Mr. Dewey, and every piece of meat which he carried home took the form, in his eyes, of a Latin grammar and a dictionary; for these two books were what he was at present aiming after.