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Lady Grange Reading To Her Son.
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FALSE FRIENDS.

THE SAILOR'S RESOLVE.

A Talk About The Picture.
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1884.

FALSE FRIENDS.

"Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward."—PROV. xxii. 5.

Reflection.
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"Philip, your conduct has distressedme exceedingly," said Lady Grange,laying her hand on the arm of herson, as they entered together the elegantapartment which had been fitted up as herboudoir. "You could not but know my feelingstowards those two men—I will not callthem gentlemen—whose company you haveagain forced upon me. You must be awarethat your father has shut the door of thishouse against them."

"My father has shut the door againstbetter men than they are," said the youthcarelessly; "witness my own uncles Henryand George."

The lip of the lady quivered, the indignantcolour rose even to her temples; sheattempted to speak, but her voice failedher, and she turned aside to hide her emotion.

"Well, mother, I did not mean to vexyou," said Philip, who was rather weak inpurpose than hardened in evil; "it was ashame to bring Jones and Wildrake here, but—butyou see I couldn't help it." And heplayed uneasily with his gold-headed riding-whip,while his eye avoided meeting that ofhis mother.

"They have acquired some strange influence,some mysterious hold over you,"answered the lady. "It cannot be," sheadded anxiously, "that you have broken