Lesson:

1. George started off, and felt much happier for having made up his mind to do what was right.


2. He rang the doorbell. When the man came out, George said, 'Sir, I threw a snowball through your window. But I did not intend to do it. I am very sorry, and wish to pay you. Here is the dollar my father gave me as a New year gift.'


3. The gentleman took the dollar, and asked George if he had no more money. George said he had not. 'Well,' said he, 'this will do.'


4. So, after asking George his name, and where he lived, he called him an honest boy, and shut the door.


5. George went home at dinner time, with a face as rosy, and eyes as bright, as if nothing had gone wrong. At dinner, Mr. Ellet asked him what he had bought with his money.


6. George very honestly told him all about the broken window, and said he felt very well without any money to spend.


7. When dinner was over, Mr. Ellet told George to go and look in his cap. He did so, and found two silver dollars there.


8. The man, whose window had been broken, had been there, and told Mr. Ellet about it. He gave back George's dollar and another besides.


9. A short time after this, the man came and told Mr. Ellet that he wanted a good boy to stay in his store.


10. As soon as George left school, he went to live with this man, who was a rich merchant. In a few years he became the merchant's partner.