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TEMPTATION.
had he recovered himself, than he fled from the spot. In a short time after- wards he began thus to reason with him- self: "If a sparrow could frighten me thus, I may be sure that what I was go- ing to do was very wicked." And now he worked with greater diligence than ever, nor once again trusted himself to gaze on the fruit which had so nearly led him to commit a great sin. The spar- rows chirped again as he was leaving the garden, but he no longer fled at the sound. "You may cry 'Jem, Jem,' said he, look- ing steadily at the tree in which several were perched, "as often as you like. I
