Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 465
Tom has had a soredisappointment, and I think it will do himgood to tell you all about it. Mrs. Paulding looked up at Tom, who wasstanding near her, and Tom bent over andkissed her. Tom is a little crushed just now, Mary,Uncle Dick continued. But he will get overit, and it wont hurt him. A boy is a… … TOM TOLD THEM THE WHOLE STORV. smileyour and said, Now, my boy, tell me alltrouble. And Tom told them the whole story, hishopes, his expectations, his success, his disap-pointment. While he was telling it, his mothersquick sympathy sustained and cheered him.And when he had told her everything, he…
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