Henry Bond was about ten years old when his father died. His mother found it   16   to provide for a large family. By good management, however, she   17   to do so, and also to send Henry, the oldest, to school, and to buy him, for the most parts such books as he needed.

At one time, however. Henry wanted a   18   in order to join a class, and his mother could not   19   him with the money to buy it. He was very much troubled about it, and went to bed with a heavy heart, thinking what could be done.