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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$i<<? little
tongue. But Tom, having swallowed
bis vwris bumper, became fcs. taUfcaiay^
as he had beforei be In [atieiitinuAod
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? 122 FRANk.
IfeftdrAnd^fy felt ashainM foflh1m,
he^tfow talked so loud and such rion-
s(C)Bise! i'ASi<l. i$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 . Uked. . i^
look at so me yftytg i^n% which Tom
said. . wejfi. t hif ^mamma's. great pets;
but Mary. . could not. bear? to . Beeithei
mannei. in . which. T/Jm Jessed . i*B&
frightened them;: h&fialled it good fun.
A^h^n. . . she. turned away,i h# dragged}
Frank ';on)y:(iandi. . saicL. . "J. on ,wiU . toe>>
laughed ^ifinply. at sch^apl,i if . yc*u play
jvitb. girls. h;. Come,, ^c^ne^onf. af^ JofflA
her hehind^i^ ^J5i'! find ^. u. W'fc
Jf^H >' . tabbti . . ids ,-. :iiJom bns laibdi
" I will wait for Mary/' in001 9ift i? 0
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? 124 FRANK.
Tpin . could not pull him on, tifl
Mary came up. They were now with-
in sight of a gate, that opened into a
new part of. the pleasure ground.
" That's. : Ijhe Chinese gate," said
Tom, "and I will have-a swing upon it. "
Frank askedi,. if this was not the
gate his mother desired, that he would
not swing upom i ,
" Yes; but what. signifies," said he,
" I shan't break it. "
j Frank tried to hold him back, say-
ing, " Oh, do not, do not. " . . . ; ,t
i But Tom jumped upon the gate, cry-
ing, " What a coward you are j Did
you never awrqg upon a gate in ypur
life--it's the best fun but you -don't
. 'VI*"'13rl
knowi what fun is, never having. been
at schop], and only with girls, you ;are
so afraid of every thing. "i. T ;| r y .
"iNo. " said Frank, "I am . not
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? * ffl8m*ii8BFftoirtp te&ydTi
what ^wm^^w
^^urti^lV^^a^ tnM^fter
y^rnmM^! h9evfl)^:sI Wj 'raoT
lorn set the gate swinging ; " Now,
said rhe, " are you really? suJc61 a' ^quiz,'
<Sen,J! 'as ti> mifitT ^fere's 'any rharm in
swinging on a gate :
i<< i^b^n^tnink
there is any harm in swniging on' a
to Iwing! 'oh" 'that1 gafe^ fc&Wse ybW
mother desifta you^otrto do it. ( _ , . *
iaoL uov Judizad sib a'li--aid
u TVonsense : *
^te^^ranif ^J&n^lSPfflf
go back to the housed I know the way.
" You 11 tell of me, Jtsuppose.
not say any ''tiling about
m3
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? T26 ["RANK.
yon. Haiti J Krauk, - unle$<< I bWB
asked. " . aauorl
MrSka&M ybjioateaasked? what will
youisaytJo sdidiTpmurft viftss gniqmn
'fto"iTJietruthJaifl}i3 siirej" s^id/Franksrlt
03 'f! TEheriwyfli>>'( wHliobe . >> 4<<ibt? fle>>'
said Torn,i ffiiQh*i if ilihfewi known owfeaf
sort of a fellow you". r|wwejmI->>iWOuW
never have irusrtedi.
tyoti," Iiaiidedi ' Jfova,
getting i dffitfeeigateixff T5&ft'iLi>>$Yfifr d*
at school -- you'll bo sent to Co-
ventry. '" . sAco mnfq lo fh/l
-ad"$iiiJoa'tn knoriitmhsM tH id v. nj<<fcbs,"
<<wdt Foamkbsfhbatol hofte'll shafllnb'fe
i|bl%M<<)iibeajr]fc, vtfhatevefc [it i>>. "s/{ nsd)
" Mighty grandi 5"r. aaa)dMT<<rfaprffiarid
fctMbonita gate i What signifies . talking
1atty i4(C)reiiih(C)utisuqhia. thing. " ym no
i9iifcI. ido3,t <imean? t. ta! talk any mo*
about it," said Frank. ". lis
hitfi ThW^we'Bonav airtayprfeiaiAi Mtfry;
muT
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? FK'A'NK.
<<J27
and fra>>k/land M^y? wfenti4nwardttiie
house. ". b<<Ass
lliw Ifefyr &9&mTaieei$x drieBn/Tbm,
running after thempTabd' overtaking
thentjn-i^vfertp civil;- indeed; u too . go- off
aniMeave me:alone; you, who are so
? &lite' 1 tooj! which i mamma's always
WeMttMg'ime with. " ; */oll'A to Jioa
in/'Mai*y 'and -Flank were summoned
it4>i the tea-table the moment afteijiithsy
"weht iih, land Tom's mouth IwaBi^oon
full of plum cake. '. rrtrrav
"tB(R)Qtisvhile his mother Was setting he-
fdrefllrira ill(/thai ieiwanted^iiand ibie>>
than he . ^ouldbvwarify . tfce. '<<sbddelily
fchan'ged"C(>>uiiteBanciinJSi2 xiifgiM "
2 n M ISb^ /Fora/:you TEaVe'actually fbd&a
on my ga^e! ikgairipiiinirsriiterioft ^Me!
3fow ayes veryl ungrateful, Tom, i after
all. " . . iam'i biss iuodn
'i <<3Biiti who tokl you so, iaa*lrt;r said
Tom.
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? ^. e^^ sfeU0Wa? s ^is ? "
said his mother, angrily, as
i! p<W b'roughTtr^Mte^^o l#eyes
the flap of his coat, which \WWmi$
painted gate. " What's this, Tom ? ^0fl
; *a<<&btfg noT^4st8ffi^ aW^will
tell^tt^o W ^^oik^ttS*^
off abruptly; and, snatcBBft cflfe1 cW
fwiti tavtfftfcn Mm? wfeMittly,
and rarity dfWrboffi,1 S3aj>>| M?
<< He's off; that's^ wkf hfe^to^
skia^WMer'; attdf plfe&g
her eye at Frank's coat she adde'o? nfilif
teJ^^m^er^rank^u^te n'o^W
T^^foxl4m^%bVh 890(3 . 91ute9'l3
ttfin^J whi^^sl^uekmfmifeJ'flim "f^cWl
head t^fdSti1 *'nofi "o^1 <<f9q Xm <<XGW*
iaid she.
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? FHAN#. 129
. "Me neve^ouched thcgate,. n? ^im,"
saidi Mary. . i. . . r,. . . i,. . ^. k . ?
" No V said Mrs. J-tti-t. ; ff was not
b,e^wingingV'i. . . . ii/' i. . . . i| ? i.
i'{'iNo, ma'am*" said Mary, " he was
not*". . , j >;. . . r /? ,{. i/. . .
Say no more, Mary," said Frank;
'' papa. and mamma never thought I
was,, I ain sure. " jii,. . . . 'f' .
,His mother smiled, and assured him
th^t she never had suspected him.
"Then he is really a. wonderfully
good, boy," said Mra. /J. . . ;? , .
^^P. tljjBg^sD. ve^jriwpn. d. ffful, thought
" J^qw. . really he is an admirable
creature. Does the cake make you sick,
love! ' I'm sure there's something in
ittyo,u pipn't. like. Don't eat it, put
away, my pet, if you don't like it,"
There fwas. certainly something Frank
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? FRANK.
did not like ; , feat it was notitbe fcake,
for that he finishedigatfoig. okissargBtib
" But now, pray, my dear master
Frank, how was it that Tom got Ion
the gate after all I saidor. ' did heigef
upon it; for perhaps \ havei done him
great injustice, and he has a high
spirit--howWsiiftiffsa Liiroqa iieghni
Frank said, that if he had done any
thing wrong himself, he would tell it;
but that he begged she woyJdinotiask;
him any more questions.
Their carriage came to the door, they
took leave, drove away, and what hap-
pened afterwards they never kn<swi :!
Frank's mother said, that they bad
now seen quite enough ofi inastey . To*? i
to be. convinced, that he>>wuld hfeveTifepi
a fit friend or desirable eoinpam>n iftajt
Frank* taCfo ftfttrfflJUftfeftpfe the same
opirubn,iandiFranb. andM<<ry^]ivie/e gted*
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? . ER&/NK. 181
53rfj? 31kis. sh0W8,'' added his father, "how
disagreeable . and good' for nothing a
little nbay may be early made, by a
vulgar school, and by being spoiled at
home. Tom is an example, such as yon
never saw before, and, I hope, will sel-
dom see again, of a disagreeable, selfish,
vulgar, spoiled school boy. But you
must not think that all schoolboys are
libe irirti. As soon as we have op-
portunities, you shall see others. "
vorfi . toob oifo-. i i. nui --
It happened, the first day when
Prank's hand Was recovered, and when
b* ' was mounted on Felix---his reins
right}' hislieet . well in the stirrups, his
seat i4fe>>H'*he son shining, and all
promising a' pleasant ride--just as they
werle. going to' set out, that his father
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? FRANK.
up the approached orfw . iolaab. >>r>>od
"Okv it is di. ieivffll wikbloifc'Fi^1lA
am afraid,'? said Frank; *' tiho aaa*
these people. , ijOne lisi* ilittieobay***}
master T>>n*j! papa. ' Jflisii wisit /iwitfi
biiiaw J. gieafci . pfeaiami ,totfyoiaVrfaEM?
Not to me^ if i ami tofloss <<ay rldeV'fliJOT
" NoB. fo me/fl saidoMaryjJcsaiios ^aS1
standing withi n wfeed&aakeiS fetf Imp
hands on. the Ligrass<< plotiAlesliie'J timae^
^excepting? for; ctte^. ii^ofc/oilmadhawifr
ItuaniK^UidilSie. i'jBhoaia i seeI hfiraaifci<<sS
horBebaokyibe^u^aw/eeennediiib thipk^
that Frankicould. . 'not'irMii,i or/ir^ia^ni^
do any of &ose I isocts! of'Ahitogn u! 'N o#'
Ffank/canishow him/' lit 1o i^i dtU J.