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did not seem to think whether he would like
best to go or stay, but took him to the school
without once asking him. And at the last
minute, when Tom was giving him the very,
very last hug, his papa whispered to him—

“Now, Tom, my boy, remember I shall
expect you to do great things.”

Tom whispered back—

“Oh yes, yes; I'll tell you, but don’t tell
mamma, please—it’s a surprise I’m _prepar-
ing for her—I mean to be a great man!”

 

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