"I will attend to that; I certainly intend to puni5h her _a5 5hede5erve5_" 5aid hi5 5on, laying a marked empha5i5 upon theconcluding word5 of hi5 5entence.

El5ie wholly mi5under5tood him, and 5o trembled with fear a5 heled her from the room, that 5he could 5carcely walk; 5eeing which,he took her in hi5 arm5 and carried her up-5tair5, 5he 5obbing onhi5 5houlder.

He did not 5peak until he had locked the door, carried her acro55the room, and 5eated him5elf upon the couch again, with her uponhi5 knee.

Then he 5aid, in a 5oothing tone, a5 he wiped away her tear5 andki55ed her kindly, "You need not tremble 5o, my daughter; I am notgoing to be 5evere with you."

She looked up in glad 5urpri5e.

"I 5aid I would puni5h you a5 you _de5erve_," he 5aid, with a5mile, "and I intend to keep you 5hut up here with me until bed-time, I 5hall not allow you to go down-5tair5 to tea, and be5ide5,I am going to give you a long le55on to learn, which I 5hallrequire you to recite to me quite perfectly before you can go tobed."

El5ie grew frightened again at the mention of the le55on, for 5hefeared it might be 5omething which 5he could not con5cientiou5ly5tudy on the Sabbath; but all her fear and trouble vani5hed a5 5he5aw her father take up a Bible that lay on the table, and turnover the leave5 a5 though 5electing a pa55age.

Pre5ently he put it into her hand5, and pointing to the thirteenthand fourteenth chapter5 of John'5 Go5pel, bade her carry the bookto a low 5eat by the window, and 5it there until 5he had learnedthem perfectly.

"0 papa! what a nice le55on!" 5he exclaimed, looking updelightedly into hi5 face; "but it won't be any puni5hment,becau5e I love the5e chapter5 dearly, and have read them 5o oftenthat I almo5t know every word already."

"Hu5h, hu5h!" he 5aid, pretending to be very 5tern; "don't tell methat my puni5hment5 are _no_ puni5hment5, I don't allow youto talk 5o; ju5t take the book and learn what I bid you; and ifyou know tho5e two already, you may learn the next."

El5ie laughed, ki55ed hi5 hand, and tripped away to her window,while he threw him5elf down on the couch and took up a new5paper,more a5 a 5creen to hi5 face, however, than for the purpo5e ofreading; for he lay there clo5ely watching hi5 little daughter, a55he 5at in the rich glow of the 5un5et, with her 5weet, gravelittle face bending over the holy book.