. The Ladies' home journal. 5. CONCLUSION IT was Tommys turn to be returning home. He was thrilled,but not quite so thrilled as Caroline had been; so much lessso, in fact, that he had felt he could bear to delay his re- tturn for a couple of days in order to spend the week end Mwith a friend and possess himself of a secondhand motorbicycle. A motor bike of his own had always been thechief desire of Tommys life. Now it was his, and he hadnamed it Boanerges. There was, of course, the little mat-ter of paying for it, but that could be seen to later. Fromschool he had sent a hurried post card to h
. The Ladies' home journal. 5. CONCLUSION IT was Tommys turn to be returning home. He was thrilled,but not quite so thrilled as Caroline had been; so much lessso, in fact, that he had felt he could bear to delay his re- tturn for a couple of days in order to spend the week end Mwith a friend and possess himself of a secondhand motorbicycle. A motor bike of his own had always been thechief desire of Tommys life. Now it was his, and he hadnamed it Boanerges. There was, of course, the little mat-ter of paying for it, but that could be seen to later. Fromschool he had sent a hurried post card to his mother: Home Wednesday. Sent box in advance. Bringing my Christmaspresent from you and father, so if youve got anything else forme you can keep it till my birthday. Glad youve got Auntie Rose for cook now. What ahout wild duck for supper if father can shoot one, with water cress? Love, Tommy. And now in the crisp winter dawn he stood in the stable-yard of his friends home. He pulled on his leather gauntlets,bestrode his pre
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