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 151 I do want to taste them so," he said, smacking his mouth; "they look so red and ripe, I'm sure they must be sweet." Now if James really thought he was doing nothing wrong, why did he look all about him first? After scratching his hand and soiling his clean clothes, James found himself on the other side of the fence, safe in the orchard. Once more he looked to see if anybody was coming, and then ran off as fast as possible to- wards the plum tree, which stood at some distance. But while running so fast, he hit his foot against a stone, and down he fell. James was just going to cry out, REPENTANCE. Digitized by Google