Oh, please
whip me!"
And Miss Linnet did whip him, while Daisy, filled with remorse,
clung to him sobbing as if her heart would break. To be sure,
somebody who ought to know, told me it was the lightest
"feruling" ever child received; but Daisy and Tommy both assured
their mothers that it was the "dreadfulest, cruelest, hardest
whipping ever was."
"And did my little man cry?" asked mamma.
"No, indeed! I stood up big as I could, looked at Daisy and
smiled, 'cause I was so glad it wasn't her."
Then that proud and happy mamma took him in her arms and kissed
him; and right in the midst of the kissing in walked Daisy.
"Would Tommy please come and take supper with her?"
Of course he would, and they walked off hand in hand. When they
passed Dicky's house Tommy suggested. "S'posing they forgive
Dick and let him go 'long too." And Daisy agreeing, they called
that young gentleman out and magnanimously informed him that he
was forgiven and might come and have supper with them.
What in the world they had to forgive, nobody knows; but then, so
long as forgiveness proved such an eminently satisfactory
arrangement, all round--why, nobody need care.
The children waited outside the gate while Dick coaxed his mother
to let him go, and standing there, hand in hand, Daisy plucked up
heart of grace and with very rosy cheeks and an air about her of
general penitence, said something very sweet in a very small
voice:
"I'm sorry you were whipped, and oh, Tommy, I wish I hadn't said
you'd holler!"
Mrs.
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