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laddie, ye can say it when he gets up." " You always 

 take his part, Mrs. Kelman, always !" 



Tom lay quaking in bed. He heard all that 

 was said. He peeped out of the blankets ; but when 

 lie saw his father sit down, he knew that all was safe. 

 And when he had his friendly cup o' tea, and went to 

 his work, Tom fell fast asleep. He did not awake 

 until midday, when his father returned to dinner. 

 Being observed to move in his bed, his father ordered 

 him to get up. This set him a-crying, and he 

 exclaimed that " he wudna gang back to yon school." 

 His mother now asked the reason why he was so 

 bitter against going to " yon school." He then told 

 them how he had been treated by the master, and 

 how his back was sore yet. 



His back was then looked at, and it was found 

 that his shirt was hard with clotted blood, and still 

 sticking to his skin. The wales extended right down 

 to his legs. Means were adopted to soften the 

 shirt and remove it from the skin. But while that 

 was being done, the boy fell back and fainted away. 

 On corning to himself, he found his mother bathing 

 his brow with cold water, and Mrs. Kelman holding 

 a smelling-bottle to his nose, which made his eyes run 

 with water. A large piece of linen, covered with 

 ointment, was then put upon his back. His father 

 went away, ordering him to keep the house, and not 

 to go out that day. 



Whatever may have passed between his parents 



