CHAP. XXII.—-TOM READS HIS STORY.

  

"HPALTER was a cripple. He could
YW not run or jump or play, but lay ona
sofa all day, and was only moved off it to be
carried to bed at night. His eyes often ached
so that he had to shut them, and his back
often ached so that he had to lie quite still,
and do nothing but think, and when his head
ached he could not even do that. He had
two brothers, Bernard and James, who were
as strong as he was weak. Every day they
walked to school and back again to learn
their lessons, and on Saturday afternoons they
played at football with other boys. Bernard
was going to be a soldier, and James a sailor.
Walter had also two sisters, who could run
about as much as they chose, They did
not play at football, like Bernard and James,