110 Zom Seven Years O/d.

 

 

Tom at once thought of the accordion be-
hind the box of bricks in the cupboard.

“T don’t want to play upstairs,” he said
quickly.

“Why, Tom?” asked his mamma, sur-
prised. “ Where would you go, then? You
mustn’t go out.”

- Tom thought of the furthest place possible
away from the cupboard. His mamma would
not allow him to stay in the kitchen, or he
would have named it. He said—

“ The passage by the garden door.”

“No,” answered she; “I can’t have you
play there. It is too cold. You must just
go upstairs to your room when you have had
your dinner.”

For dinner they had roast mutton and
stewed apples, with milk. After they had
finished their second helping, and Tom had
said grace, his mamma told them they might
“run away. Tom walked slowly up the
stairs.

“IT want to see your toys,” said Archie.
“You promised to show them to me.”