TOM THE TEMPTER.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 428, 21 July 1904, Page 5

TOM THE TEMPTER.

* -< ri >rrfPTirJertnaV you are < •!*' - '■'"■<. . ... and tnat broncho is very fri.-..;-.". tt I »£ know, And, but Tons g t n j>. uy :" ••VoB KTtffc that r->n. |. I'. • :'. , when William"can go .'.1:... i4*ty*tMni3s not fftffefgT rf»' . v j ' & y'pun- Wick Wilufer tried to i ■-■ ■: i illfl-fclSjitfthoigh th«se wa%a Mre s\> ■'. «•:*. ; is J d**i> injAis iTear't.*" All of his e:.;.:..: s ;. ■ rs>V*M nfet'+nefof - '.:r--h\\ % fJWiH«*tting*aJong behind. It '.;• -n't *-*»f?i'j he should be treated like n hj: s:y. -. j he r.-a- tuiiy as tall as Tom and •:(■•■■' J fetJu-.r.-. No one Could gliess l. ;;..,.- J-*-»aJ * TC&Ef flrrel yeara younger? s lTt v.. ;> : * _ 1 •owfuily out to Broncho's stall, ;u. J • ■:. ouii curly hefld n«R : ';>tiiie-*v»4 <k;vk h- -4 uf tbo young thoroughbred. j ■ Kwt lenwl-inrij nfier-h'* for'•; -r'v : f ; . dajte bftd gone DiekAumeU a ■ '.•: -J I cn.'< ■. *1 * l:f little footman v.. -»* ■ . _ ] r-.sl*. Eat a day camelwhcn nil ■■■. J go«d resolutions were tlntnw <u tinnrfr- 1 —*r !t wa! Saturday. Mr. Brown, •.:■•. :;«: i.sd ju.'t left - £^-TT=rt^: imt« put away until Monday. So. - : : ■' .'. ee heart, DipJ% •ckl*d on h|||S«AJ«ir.jk-*S«■;-•«■.:. *H *:> his hea*"y «ic: - i *« i.i~- .<_■.■ ■ll. hc:-k 4»n iii» • u*<a n-v.. >*;. ' : ; . & 3J ■ '..sane fo jMksKmgf.m •>• i*L :t. -\jj£ 1 :■.. tT.atir r.oxld "; •■'"<> '..:• -.rk before she would return, and i; '"• J :; lonesome in the hoiifeMf.Evtt/'-MC <j> ;'-own, who hod been expected to s-l: j. j :--•> graphed for, as bis wife wa* tak :: -....- < ' So r vrJl ivmii'i! room, over tte et.%le. IT -•-.; r rr*« on the knob, and he opened hi? uiyiiWi ij w call the groom. Just then"*f oin"s mßsK* r:ig vciee cried: "Go on, baby; call your nurse!" Dick whealed nround, Mr f nil ablaze with indignation. "I am not a baby, and you know it, Ten

*";Wlr'y'lJMli«!wrn"urTlnger toward r " j c*-»M»d door, "tagging after yoi:? W; ■m j . <n are & man you'll hare a keepor. I -;.'.>-) erf;;?r-i-,; ecrooc?. 2* *« * W ". won t have you talking tt;at wr.y to ; •'■. : "ti i:o: a baby, an : yoy fata*; 1 don't £t *.T!ia:n—and I orly rave him becat.se < . >L I ! I smart!" crier' k. sturdily. "Don't you ever« Tpect to hevr a .-:-:r r,-.m? I dare ycu to go to-day wuhor.i -i:'' tf.JHitod Tom. . xC&fdr. «3sr* muwtn V' >. X--• * '£Bo "Wiffiam isn't there; he v.-en* out ,;.' t s.s I eame in, so he can't go, a:. J.. ":_.•_ Henry is driving your moi'.s''s. '. . "What »hall I do, ther.?';~4*:-l-»«»»» m ■»■■< a moment debating. It wa- a; . . i cold and clear, except for a htavy I- -it rli>uds alowly rising in the.north. t-.-.o lovely to stay; stuffed !:;> in i c ..... j "It won't hurt you. ITI take and'nreT Jbiy go on tbie neaT. • i. -j ('».^y<M•***r , ' tempted! the vis h j. r. "I ought not to,"jMJd Dick, " ¥o*" hard to "refuse, ior-be wanted ■■> much to go. i~ —— r "Do as you like," said Tom. "T r.;n Aad be-carelessly ' tittvw iitn'-c!, : . waiting pony. \ - •feat'*tn«W|»t a' low, so: rr" ,: ." 5 < : :r.#came from Bronefco,'* Dick; he woald not-be gene !=-» ; •"• * 4*9 - i M lir-t his conscience pricked him ;; ... j . : ..-. i-:*t oSbe orifim the soft, Ware: -->-; , vi fc swiftly down* thcS^' - ... -. ..o forgot his scrur.les ard ney. . • -j'. ■-'. i.e enj.jyed a ride .-o .- e" -. ** *.. j ..<ste-£&at r-ettier of f'-'-:•:,";. td i •}" j •V-.'sar.k IcSin'd t! e .r! ■— ■'-- ?— * ' j •- :-'i(ij>ie'.ely covered witfe a fo:t . 1 . i! :-1 ailcw. --4>.^^—- .- -■ •-■ :j "' oine, Tom, let's : irry Lome," t.di.: ! ..... k. frightened cat the .thjmghtT.oi -Uts i "•« ]•'!;•• i.ex —T am not going -n:'l *: :. ". \i.: ; i it'c fsU"i; -<■'■ bs a-ta>-. et«*iv#--i :• .. r~>i-g . : :.->rrie no?.', Ti»m, and yt=i ( - '•n* ii you ideaae."' Ditk wiieeit--; ( :-i: i:r<:l as ne gj)oke, t <..•::■ .•»:':*' cfUeciion. . - * v . .i ; ., , a 4y, ecifie back?' called :' 4/ ft r«.,. 1. .j, ue was already out of : •. '• 'T'ln ai.ruggcd his suoulders and :- c rjrif.M. ;•' •.M , C ' ' ween 'Mr. Wilnier-r--a- -. i.i<i found his flrife in tear?, nnri nt ■ -:i anxiety, lt-wa* bit.teily-f '£& .tiica.tr Ihe snowfall was .. ; ..Of D»b* Yt IJl.ei told . r..-.:'... i: li«.d just come aouie with t-. . L. V* i .-:t.- did no: heM'a'e an :r.?-:. :;: . i-•-;> r. = ; ou!y one boy with w'rnm i: v x .i I rv-.»e pone, and very soon the as.v-;:;-: .»- wns catechising Tom Stinier. "j»i:-k ..;is«ii"i. j>'t home >etJ'iom asl ■. d. '.No. i>id jou auaLa Lim ot>." ioare.u',kta<"(k><iv"n. There wa« no use in .!rt%3y% JL.- ;i>co4ii - "IV, sir; I asked him to go, but I didn't '. !t it would hurt," said TomJslaTfrly.-' i-Vms wjtb me, sir, and show me whe:•? ; :r-?t ywi," commanded Mr. Wiln.v;,

li task, for'th'«S blincti : ; . f .fe ttttii* alt Host then-Tray : ■ ••• ..ut :a;ri:l:ar roavl*. Hours were sj.i . ...<? starch, and Mr. Wflrner, Mr. Stint;. <r Fervsnts a:id the iv : ghbora lo;;-'-ito. i;i.•i i'.ey v*gre-ti*ft*fe-ag?<ff-* *-'-» ' ; u«ldci-.ijr a j -jiul Jt-P from Dick's r.<;-. _ :.:bat auu::if, bsought th*.-->taif*irt,.-"irJ-fce diio ikhterh lie t ijM\i I. . ! a'.f Ijarwd--iarn drift;-. w'e£* beside i.i'i.. with, head drooped, stood tl.e maiii.f. f. T- r> y ; *' r ' v ; tire.-tather lifted hwunccrisciouft SyUy l ') ; "*"'*'J.£^ n No-one sutlered linfLc f%'Tum dining iLe-aoct-,i>6 eonrdtacior, huddled up in a little Leap outline Dk::"s door. Hours wore by, and --til": °l><f .•s•<..P n from the room. At length tr» /d<y/-«>f:!y'-. fr.--. > y" y-' ■'■:_■% ■! ..• mi;.'-'-'" '• - •" • .;. ■■: -: —c yo;:'loing heru:" ■ vv'i - .s ' b'.-J Ti:;_i. \iifv • ►•..'.;»! he wi!'K r.-well £•;.. ;. ■','<--. d • r." sii.: T>.'i. man .'y; ' r\-.-;fc :..y- r !f foi it: he «ttdn"t w.-sst ■ S ■•. ;' • • ••!:••■! i»tm info •":. ] ?. n i ;;l ;,. «>' •'" •» '• y '-- <••". you tLick : ■•»•.. i .'!" "s i:a*' l me?" .-» . "I '.>:.;!<, ud trt .-orstrary. frr.t you a: i.i u will b» beile. friends t!;an ever. Y I—ve"leirned tlat ;:.e nay or" the tra: Vi '•''. i.-fioi an enviable o:K," remark. i -.-J*?' ' ?t.->r. -...j-^-. ."*.l 4 ■f-'tur'* prcditeioa.canie tn:.->--r in ' : -• ■•■ ' :yr.o<-.:!, university :>-:i\ mi; h""'; .'..; - r\k Wi'inerTuM Tom ive-ie .. fc-.;....~ubie.--N. Y. Tribune.