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when he returned, but she took care
not to open it. He came home quite
safely, and proudly patted his horse as he
alighted. Then he took off his glove,
and showed Mary the palm of his left
hand, which was in one place quite
raw, and bleeding, his hand having
been cut by a stone when he fell from
the horse on the gravel-walk.
" Mamma, look; was not he cou-
rageous," cried Mary, " to ride that
pulling horse with the reins in this
bleeding hand 1"
Frank observed, that he believed
bearing pain was called only fortitude,
not courage.
But his father allowed, that he had
also shown some of that best sort
of courage, which comes from the
mind.
In an hour's time his hand swelled,
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and grew very painful; and his father
desired, that for some days, till it
should be quite recovered, he should
ride the old pony, and hold the reins
in his right hand. . ,- v. -it. 1 - i! iT "
Frank was impatient for his bend
to be well, that he might again ride the
black horse; he felt pleasure inuthe
hope of conquering the difficulty, and
was eager to risk a little danger to
prove that he was not a coward. But
the hand festered, and a week phased
before it was well. n i. }. ? t. irt lf<<*
One morning his mother Was;;sa
kind as to stop, even in the midst, of
reading some letters she had just re-
ceived, to dress his hand. . ,' i *'
He was surprised by Marys ,not
coming to look at the dressingxef bis
wounds, as it was her usual custom.
She was intent upon another subject.
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" Mamma," said she, " have you
finished with Frank's hand. "
" Yes, my dear, and it is almost
entirely well," said Frank.
M Then I may ask a question--you
were reading a letter just now, mamma.
Who was it from ? And what was it
about, mamma? "
" My dear Mary, it is not proper to
ask people who their letters are from,
or what they are about. "
" I did not know that, mamma; I
will not do it again," said Mary. " I
only asked, because I thought it was
something about Frank, for you looked
as if you were considering. "
" I was considering; but it was
nothing about Frank. I was consider-
ing about the affairs of a man in
Jamaica. "
" Oh, if it is nothing about Frank,"
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said Maiy, do not cane, tl did
not guess right by your face, mamma,
this time. " . . i. i;. iv n-r-i ym
" No; but I must tell you another
thing, Mary, which you do not yet
kaoff/' . ' t i / iii I . Unl : 'i Hjsq
What, jawoawi 1 bun noaa
" That you should not try to guess
by my countenance what my letter^ 'are
about. " f. t. u-*ro i'. -idt
"Indeed! " yii; iu. ',i b-i; . mtidJ '. <<
" No; because they might be about
something, which I do not . choose to
tell you. " -. -- t . iet. '/. <i uifw hi A "
" But I cannot help guessing whe-
ther it is good or bad, when I look at
you or any body reading a letter;
mamma; therefore, I suppose, the best
way would be -^indeed, the only good
way must be--not to look at you at all
So,, mamma, while you are reading, the
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Ill
test of those letters, or noteSi I will
turn my back to youy and: go on with
my own affairs, pasting my pocket
book: though there is, amongst those,
&'note. with very pretty-coloured edged
paper; but, I believe, I should not have
seen it, and I will not ask any thing
about it, mamma. "
Mary and Frank went on minding
their own affairs, till his mother called
to them, and read the note with the
pretty-edged paper. ; . .
4*ii4fS. oJiu*d-te*s compliments. "
" And who is Mrs. J ? . " inter-
rupted . Mary. <; ''.
is '^Oh,1my ' 4eseti the silly mother,
that's. . her puae,^don't you remember,"
cried Frank. yy. i ' '. vn
no^Djtt'her. Mis. J---~, Frank, I da*
dfee/i said his mother. u This note is
toUraate^ us to dinner on Thursday, and
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you and Mary are particularly asked
to meet some young peopler'
" Thursday' is the last day of master
Tom's holidays," cried Frank;i ^He
told me so, the morning we went there,
mamma. But I do not want to see him
again, for I do hot like him much. " ' . ?
"But you cannot, in this world, see
only the people you like, Frank; be-
sides, you have not seen enough to
know, whether you ought to like him*
or not; and, at all events, it will be good
for you to see boys of different sorts. be-
fore you go to school. " . . '. i i.
Frank and Mary went with their
mother to dine with Mrs. iJ--. The
young people, who had been expected,
did not come. Mrs. J made
many apologies; she had been disap-
pointed by every one--she had no
company but themselves.
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ia^BefansiiFrank ihad been in the room
with master Tom many minutes, Tom
pilled iim , by the sleeve, as a sign
$hsrt he wanted to speak to him, with-
out being heard by his mother,
miff This was to have been my hanging
day," said Tom, "but I have got off. "
Hanging day," said Frank, " what
can you mean ? "
,-it 'ftWhy you, that have never been
ati 4>vx school,. there is no talking to
feo? ' replied Tom, "you cannot un-
derstand trap" . -
Frank did not yet understand even
what was meant by trap.
aiPOn plain English, then, since too*
iJiuag else a will idd ior you, vffc QtAl
hanging day the day before we go to
school J but II i have got off; I itoV hot
toigobto! schbol again*--to that school;
at least. " Wip- '<< a vuv. . <<<. 'i
l3
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oJ Tom could explain ao ifiurtherj Afor
dinn6r. TOasiia>>nauhoedsq isAi ^gnidt yas
. OjSiTbei fact ^^;uth^,Mns*! iiIii*-w4itd
been made ashamed of her sons vulgar
manner wfldispea^mg t^aitocb' behaving,
especially /i*kaiiiimwningvi . wJfcaMa. ssfcft
paid beri feti^is^it^Hi^anfeVnltttber^
and Tom. taking advantage nfrfiotbaii,
persuaded fhef^ thafcn. 'hit s'wfeadalJlthe
Awilt 1106o*bej [ t school,i andi 11 paefr ailed
iipo>> his; mamma i Avzt, J j>>. ' a^sadb low
there agaitelq aid no inq oi bmslfo arfV
oJ SbHsSay^ftsihe wis. noi^d? te? ittiiied
Itenp>>ti3&3isiit& aigc^JiT^rfcimanwerB
should. . bflutim |<<imeJf^nsjidefa^B,m-
;9fe? W&uld. ^spagel rifti e^peiosg ^q>>roake
efeu>>'ipitgifcfeSPjJi^? ; >>vi*boq aus uo^
In thea weftPtoti^nltf vWM>> ;*nfea=ed
Befihejtf&jfls i^fftrfthjft fpb'ffiP*fS f P011^-
c<<ua%Ij>>iA hi8i. ,^iai he/nYf? Si ". flufoi*
tij^lfdbe^Kliiog ;,iiod. i ii quite* 1 hnol
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At dinner be paid no attention to
any thing that passed in conversation;
he was thinking of nothing but getting
whatf 'he Meed best to eat, which he
devoured as fast as possible; he then
fidgetted, called all the servants, and
looked'sulky and injured till he had
something more.
imHfejiihad a number of dislikes: he
told his. mamma he could not bear--
ieould not touch-i-several things, which
she offered to put on his plate.
fit-iBoring dinner his mother talked to
hittt, and of him, at different times,
nearly im the following manner: --
<<AWiMj dear Tom, how you do eat:
you are positively quite a little epicure
---absolutely a little cormorant! "
-tiuM But;" turning to Frank's father and
'mother, " they do make children so
fond of eating at those schools, by not
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? tit mA&a.
gtwng thepi tgoddi (things eomstaotlytj
ipef<sinotiifeiQar to ^ichildseh g^amaim
4km$ bvrtfar/thd'. little time pocaiaBdia
ifsit(C) rfeei1. at-home-with me^oiti canon*
SiigBif! (r^! jro>>kns>ji^fnlikni. "a-iB ^fiBiotsn
A(tr? fo, i'Tonbi yourare ^wery-. &rail^'ilM!
jww>>> b? being afchoanewithi mamnW? ? 5m
. . Not iword. in answer 'ifi>>mi' Tom*,
bufrifularge piece pwt into Iris mouth J" in
IdffnWell,/ butiiHit 'up,iiniy dear j you
axenquiteva bear. '--Ma'am,. you must
knom, ihe-has wheedled me iintoi letting
him stay a little longer at home*--in-i'
deed! " added she in a whispery. |'tfiBi
iaititenmdst affectionate creature, though
htensaaaneip is. swisbyih^iBnt f>>ntndd\kfai
your knife; imy/deaB4Be-prayil<<*-i Excuse.
bins dirvl ^(C). isciiv sueh spirits :to-day,
hft vdosi not! imind' wlhat iany cbodyi says
t*ri hiiHim--(Bat -EdmitTbwA iyou. &Bget
mistenManyiiahd masteri Frank. i-Pray
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lefiijtte-isee youthink of your yotmg
f>>iend8*! -'But' indeed, ma'am, these
schools do make such terrible great
bears, of. 'one's boys--worse than they
naturally are. All boys are naturally
Vittie . bears, you know. Master Frank,
indeed; is an exception; for he looks
aenafr hei. hadi never been a little bear,
and I am sure he never was and never
will bei one. v iBut he has a very small
atppetite, maiairi. --Won't you take
something more, my dear: do. --Before(
heiigoesitoifeohowii you should indulge
hiifr in getting what he likes, and as
much as he pleases; for, as Tom can
tell him, ihe won't find any of these good
things at school--'Hey Tom! " i ti- '
Erank had eaten what he liked, and
as. much as he liked, which he wasi
usually allowed to do ; and he was
fondc-f sweet things, as children/ natu*
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rally are/; but;, they had not been made
rewards to bjfla)7 ofciprqefs. of' kindness;
and he had not been roadfe- toiitbinld
eating a matter o? such great conse-
quence as it appeared to Mrsii3J-tH#;5"
and to master Tontf- fnfi 11; 'galf^Afoosi
After dinner Tom was at hisxnaoani^s
elbow "for his glass of i*ine. "i' Tliis
day it was to be a bumper,! because
there was company*. i. ) ^muda giadJora
. . . " True, my deary because yo>> must
drink all the company's health,! . and
master Frank's in particulw. itom giH
. . . ". Oh, mamma, that'snJ&Utbifti fwc
bumper yetj" said. TiPi&'co edx iot . oa
ti'Well, now my dear, itheme'slian&fo
bumper for you-r-quitdi a:. manasnbijnri
pe*. --I. wili treat you likeia man andj
a,geMlenwn J>>^day, ib^catise, JKo)m,^te
were very good to-day, injflojt a^itgifpg!
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remember K/ ym, lost your' wine ofleg
bythalU--cOhpIiiin very strict, ma'am,
sometimes; pray give me credit But
Tom! Ihowi'you tossed it down without
recollecting all the healths^'Pm {juste
ashamed. " 1 ic '<fffr moT iouiu i i: . : A
h 336m, with his head back as far as
it could be thrown, was, in spite of his
mother's shame, tryingifdrop more
could not be had from the bottom of
the glass, ' ixf. T' . i trim
His mother observed, "that! it was
ve*y odd Tom had learned to like wine
so, for she could remember the "(lime'
when'he eo>>Td not bear the taste'Of it.
Bat* my dear master Frank, you must
get your bumper too---mamma will
allow 'you a bumper this once--to-
day am sure. '' '>>. . Mik-' v. . w '. l9W
. But Frank happened not to like the
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? <<5kd* ]to dike dti^y it*? beingn^TVeiijto
him as a reward, or an iadutt>>eiiao<<; or
a proof of his bei>>gi treated! asl iiraaa
and a gentleman. vsmoo ii nadW "
10 #eo thankdd Mrs: . )--r~-r. . htrf iitt
drew back his glass as. < she was\ goiag
to fill it: he said, he would ratherandrt
have anywinei ai aiadw isrimxcM "
11 ol Oltjolabutfaiyou mustuidaaiyk tijK>Qr
friend Tom's health. " -gniwqaidw btu
Tom's friend ! he is a nptioaTfllttl
friend, thocght Mary*-in. i-isado aidT
X. uSof Frank r thought ; -and* tbesidds^ufci
did not know what good it would' do
him to drink his health, <<yen . -if; . he
IwnfferinsifY&nklLn > 'Jo sinlq b qu baqsad
aliM Oh, if you don't iike it, ray dead
tawoiftwms^ty&ecaiuSr itotf gribirjiak*
yo^. 'aSttk,^' you are not . used >toit, zid
be fcure/; said Mrs. J--, /. a ad m
M . 1 JOT
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? itit46 Mother' do. ' help the straw berrjja&F
mamma^+iitad itiaafr big one,"
fnied he} iisttBg heiiad eu{ "io 'iooiq a
"When it comes to your turn, my
darting; . btrt~we molt n&fc think only of
tKumker one--when there's il company,
Tom^HJfii binow 3il thiae sd . ii ilil oJ
" Mamma, where is your' eaiy' . said
{Dom, putting his mouth close to it
and whispering--" . That's ibao&feMti?
bate ^company. " ad ! bnsiil g'inoT
This observation^ unlade'' bidi mother
laugh, and she seemed to think it very
. witty ;, (but i isbeofaaiiiafc wasiia. i secfcek
akdtIshieiwulfdinheepjiAisuaaireU ? hfe
heaped up a plate of fruit tor him, and
bidfhifw eat it*iariddiold. tisi d$i<<? little
tongue. But Tom, having swallowed
bis vwris bumper, became fcs. taUfcaiay^
as he had beforei be In [atieiitinuAod
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IfeftdrAnd^fy felt ashainM foflh1m,
he^tfow talked so loud and such rion-
s(C)Bise! i'ASi<l. i$li'iwas ail about himself,
or his schoolmaster': he told of what
clever tricks he played at school, and
how' he 'hated' His: schoolmatsW, and
how glad he was' he had done wifli
him,; and he1 would never go' to any
school again if he could help^it:
''"Now, Tom, you are getting vastly
too loud, and we can't bear it; and you
must go- otto. 'No, my sweet love,"rW
more of any thing ;' and you are
dragging my head off with your kisses.
Go, now,5 go out and play;' I insist.
Take master Frank and imss' Mary
<Mt, arid show^them theplace', there's
d'<<*! ar %^y. * Then, turkngW Frank's
father and mother, she added, " He is
sd^rid~bf4me7 theTesW getting him
outoftheroom. "ni(y: " i 'lr" J
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? ing him any longer. " . Fnank. and Mary
followed, because they weie desired to
dp so. Theyidid >>ot . mueh like to/go.
with Tom. ^owyer, they were glad>>fc*
fee the . filesh, . ait,. and^ *f|n: about. ini
thel. . pretty. shrubbery,. , $lary .