Lom Runs Away. 47

 

 

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Put it on his dressing-table, and write, ‘Read

this at once, please,’ in large letters on the
outside, so as to catch his eye when he first
goes into the room.”

“T will!” cried Tom; “that’s just what I’ll
do.” )
And before bed-time he had carried his
letter into his papa’s room. On the outside
was printed—

“ Read this at once, please.”

And in the inside was written—

“Papa, I did it. I am sure mamma would
have been happy, and not sorry, had she been
inside me, and known all. I like him now,
and lifted down his rod from the top shelf,
and we cleaned it together. And he zs zota
dreadfully horrid boy, as I told you. And I-
promised to let you know that he isn’t, papa.”

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