Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-29

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Iut Tom tempe, sometimes go, HE better
ct him, AMI when provoked but wal, , little.
anJ YOU shall zee what happened to yom big
un,lr rum.
une afternoon O cold. cherries. rainy
unr. I,sv this. trat ,at hooking out ol the
window a. poor li,,lc meadow lark tho, stood
.h..erug and W., ou the edge Of the porch.
/ ..Dn called Town tu lonk ,uo. but when /
turned To- -ee 1.-The va. coming. not knowing
hr vN, -p ura, me, accidentally struck him
10 She A,- with my elhpV
lloud awkward thing. grovlej Tom (:
and received hia,, .rom hi. strong little 6N
which. am SONY To- ay. wo, NOT accidental
Haihrf Hru .al lumr in, lud she ,lW the
whole ,.ar. She made Tom SIT alone ON
sofia. away from ,br window 1nd the bird ,ill
hs ,h"riI grow Eaoi-n,urel again but Tom
WIS uol 20 b. ,ootbtj
lIofaj, awkward oid thing he NUT.
feisl 5caiu, between hi, teeth. i Just won't
1ay u he house with such GIRL IN nun
away. So will. IN run away tonight, he
1.hi,d To- a louder yoicc. intending To- attract
90, attention
y 500 what'> lhat' said mother. Run ava,
from home
Ne>. and I'm going nov. It len don, ,,y
shes ,oro.
Ney we'll. said mother, looking at me.
and seeing no signs or repentance in my face /:
YOU know allow no one in my house to tell a
De. so suppose must say goodbye to you,
Tom.
up.,,air, to hi, room directly overhead
went the angry boy We heard hin, shake hi,
lohg saved peunie, on, Of his tin bank, heard
him pull ou, bureau drawers, and then all was
still, tin Master Tom. flushed. angry, ye, calm,
ttampcd down the stairs. lie said goodbye
To- all the family eSoep, me, and started out in
the rain and wind
'' ,hall never forget how forlorn the little
fellow looked as he walked down the path
from the house to the harm An immense
umbrella. old and torn, he tricd to hold over
him with one hand, while in the other he held
bundle, containing his best suit Of clothes.
clean shirt. and his pennies. No oyercoat had
he. No uibberS, aud only an old straw hat
which he had pulled down over his eyes.
g Rang went the front door after him.
Oo.oo roared the wind as it followed him
Splash came down the rain through hi, torn,
worn umbrella and even the grim, tall cypress
'reeS swayed their dripping tops over the path
As he passed, a though they would send down
an extra shower.
&c soon it grew dark. But no Tom returned
Oh course, none OF US thought he would really
go away. We supposed the hottest Of tempers
would soon have cooled in that storm.
An hour passed the darkness grew
blacker
Poor Tom : | thought rs all my
fault. every bit ofh;' and although was
fourteen years old, and considered myself quite
woman, began to cry.
e But suddenly much to my Joy. heard
Tom, step on the porch. was abou, to nsh
out To meet him when my mother stopped me-
80 No. child, said she firmly.
" Tina, minute the front door hell rang
then !, was not Tom at all, thought
- Mother went to the door, and there indeed
wa Tom. Lifting his hat to her in the most
polite manner, he said
3" Gooi evening, madam Will you have
the goodness To tell me the shortest way
20 b
We were then living at Alderwood, in the
country, and b. is three miles from th,.
turnpike
"' Thank you, madam, came the answer
from Toms proud lips. hut his moi>, eyes said
plainly Tn 50 sorry, mamma
" lie lifted hi, hat once more AMI walked
calmly down the porch, OF the steps into the
darl garden and among the moaning cypres,
trees
90 Oh, mother, mother, how could YOU? |
sohhed, no longer ashamed OF my tears, Tom
viii perish, l know he will, and I-I-aud
-
Jennie, MY child. said mother. do mo-,
know hes, ? And that answer was ali could
get her to make.
Supper was forgotten; We all AT Clio, lilly
around the tire. | was mos, miserable |
could do nothing bu, hink how loved Ton,
and how lonely il was without him, and h. I,
lonely he must be feeling.
. but another hour had licked It's slow way
arnrnd the clock before We heard those steps
on the porch again. Then the tell rang again
as before. This time went with mother ia
the door. Tom stool there. His hat was
gone. his umbrella. too his frowsy hair was
wet, aud his hands purple with cold but. in .
plucky voice, he addressed mother,
s. Please tell me the price Of a nights Iodg
ing in B..
" gave man fifty cents yesterday that
bought him both he'd and supper.
"'wiIl you take me in here io.nigh, p
asked Tom. I can pay you. Aud he showed
mother hi, handful Of pennies.
No, mother replied we don't take in
uamps here. Perhaps they would al Nichols
across the road
hut, said Tom, his liule lips trembling.
'I-I-lose you
"Molher's lips ,Iembled, too.
"'Thais very strange thing (or strange
man 10 say 10 me. What do you mean sir :
And thea, somehow, she shut the door in poor
Toms face.
"oh. oh y broke in Frank "how could
She do !, how could You let her, aun,ie j,
was just meaner than Oh, aun,ie, ASar mean
1t vas ~
- But by the time mother had 60, hack into
The ,il,ineroom, and into her chair, looking n
pale, began TO understand that She was
giving her hoy lesson but she nearly broke
my heart, a. well as Toms and her own, in
doing H.
Eight o'eIoek came. and with it, faller-
ingly, slowly, came Tom, step on ,he porch.
lie rang the he'll, hui i, only ,inkle,l feebly.