Princess Sarah and Other Stories

ovelty with her. She would have enjoyed it more if May had not grumbled at going second-class, and if Flossie and Tom had not vied with

y moment to see the door fly open and Tom shoot out headlong, to be picked up a m

and rattle of the engine and wheels all helping to deaden any such small sounds as that of a human voice, and that the voice of a weak and rather helpless woman, could

out of the window with the

aid with such severity that even Tom was cowed,

ting but far surpassing her brother, not contenting herself with leaning well out of the window, but was actually standing on the se

of solemn warning, "I shall get out at the next station and take

easily in his seat, kept dodging round to look sideways through the glass at the side, and finally jumped up in a hurry and pushed his head and shoulders through the window. In vain did Miss Clark tug and pull at him and his garments alike. Tom had his elbows out of the window this time, and, as he chose not to give way, not all the combined strength of Miss Clark and May, with such help as Sarah and Minnie could give, had the sma

shouted,

ence, did not move. Whereupon May quietly reached up to the rack and fished out To

et young lady, and as resolute in will as ever was her father, when she was once fairly roused. So

her, made for her, and would have fought her, she sprang up at the knob by which you c

arles to Seven Dials, he had asked Charles all about the alarm bell, by means of which trains may be stopped if necessary, and Charles had e

wants to storp the trayin you just pulls that knob, and it rings a be

high glee at the prospect of a walk

art fairly stood still at the thought

the kind! It's almost a 'anging matter is storping of trayins--useless like. If you was took ill, or 'ad a fit, or somebody was a-murdering of

hat?" Tom asked, thinking t

ster Tom, it would mean reformatory school, with plenty of stick and no meat, nor

rang," pleaded Tom, whose fingers w

was that rang. No, Master Tom, don't you go for to ring no bells and storp no trayins. I lived servant with a young fellow once as had had five years of a ref

r hair, Charles?" Tom inq

s, in a tone which carr

ear his aches and his defeat in silence. But, oh, he was angry! To be beaten and beaten again by a girl! It was too humiliati