Excerpt from The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 23: May 15, 1888 The speaker was a young man about nineteen or twenty, not remarkable for good looks, and in fact the only thing note worthy about him was the intense expression of dissatisfaction and disgust which overspread his features as he stood before the fire, looking down at his mother. Mrs. Lee's voice was a little troubled as she answered, I'm sure your gray suit, well brushed, will do. If it doesn't, you know as well as I do that we have no money to get you any thing new. Of course Christian knew it, but that did not make him rebel with less bitterness against the poverty and hard work of their daily life. He was a clerk in a country store, and his wages were only sufficient to keep him in plain clothing, and not a superabundance of that. For the last six months Christian had been in the company of two youths whose parents, wealthy, and foolishly indulgent, allowed their sons to be as idle and vicious as they chose. Every one knows the result of such companionship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.