"
"It was a very mean trick!" said Mrs. Larkin, resentfully.
"Yes, it was; but poor Tom was well punished for it. Why, he's
got a bunch on the back of his head almost as large as a hen's egg."
"I don't pity him," said Mrs. Larkin.
"I pity him, mother, for I don't believe Randolph will repay
him for the service done him. If Randolph had met with the
same accident I am not prepared to say that I should have pitied
him much."
"You might have been seriously injured yourself, Luke."
"I might, but I wasn't, so I won't take that into consideration.
However, mother, watch or no watch, I've got a good appetite.
I shall be ready when supper is."
Luke sat down to the table ten minutes afterward and proved
his words good, much to his mother's satisfaction.
While he is eating we will say a word about the cottage. It was
small, containing only four rooms, furnished in the plainest fashion.
The rooms, however, were exceedingly neat, and presented an appearance
of comfort. Yet the united income of Mrs. Larkin and Luke was
very small. Luke received a dollar a week for taking care of the
schoolhouse, but this income only lasted forty weeks in the year.
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