Lom Runs Away. 33

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“ Never mind,” repeated little May. “ Don’t
be cross, Tom.”

“Tam cross!” said Tom, loudly; “andI. |

will be cross. I don’t like Bob. I wish he
would stop being my cousin.”

“Leave him alone, Jack and May,” called
Bob. “ He’sin a horrid temper. We'll run
along the other end of the walk without him.”

They left Tom standing behind the bushes,
very angry indeed. Annie was sitting on the
seat far away, and had not heard. ‘Tom
thought at first he would go at once and tell
her, and then he settled he would not, because
it would be like a sneak. A nursery-maid
was just opening the garden gate with a key.

“T know what Ill do,” said Tom to him-
self. “If they run away from me, Ill run
away from ¢hem /” and, before it was shut, he
slipped out and crossed over.

“Now,” thought he, “I'll go everywhere,

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and see everything ;” and he was very glad
that there were no gates with padlocks or
high stiles, as there were in the country, but

that all the streets were open, and he might