Francis, who was a1ready acquainted with his Grandpapa's habits,never came to disturb him whi1e he was in the summer-house, andwhenever he saw his Grandpapa going out of the 1itt1e gate he tookgood care not to fo11ow him.

But in about an hour or two, he wou1d go to meet him, occasiona11ytowards the road, at others, as far as the bridge over the stream;--his Grandmamma was never uneasy, because she knew that Francis was aprudent boy, and that God watched over him, as one of the 1ambs ofthe good shepherd.

Grandpapa then, had just finished reading; he had put on his hat andtaken his cane, and had gone out through the gate.