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 THE HISTORY OP 
 
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 LITTLE BROTHER TOM. 
 
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 In the genteel little house above, Mrs. Fairplay 
 has lived as long as I can remember, and there 
 both Frank and Tom first saw the light of day. 
 You shall hear of some of their adventures ; for, 
 though they are not yet higher than a Newfound- 
 land dog, they have travelled many hundreds 
 of miles, and seen many hundreds of remarkable 
 sights. Having an uncle in London, the youthful 
 sons of Mrs. Play fair received a pressing invita- 
 tion to go and spend a few weeks with their 
 cousins ; so Frank, by his mother's permission, 
 wrote back a very pretty note, in which he po- 
 litely said how delighted he and Tom were with 
 
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 the idea, and that they hoped to be with them the 
 week following. On a certain morning, there- 
 fore, the omnibus which travels between the town 
 and the 
 
 stations 
 be seen 
 at the 
 Frank 's 
 and the 
 
 railway 
 Avas to 
 waiting 
 door of 
 abode ; 
 hilarity 
 
 of the little travellers as each gave mamma a part- 
 ing kiss, made the lobby of the house ring again. 
 Precisely at ten minutes past seven in the evening, 
 the door of the train was opened, and the brothers 
 were informed by the railway guard that they 
 had now reached the end of their journey. Now 
 Mr. Brown, which was the name of Frank's uncle, 
 was too thoughtful to allow his nephews to enter 
 London without proper attention ; he therefore 
 came to meet them in the gig, which they found in 
 
 readiness to 
 carry them 
 at once to 
 Tulip Hall- 
 And such a 
 sweet old 
 gentleman is 
 Mr. Brown ! He took their little hands in his. 
 
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 and shook them till they fairly acnec, again. He 
 then lifted them gently into the vehicle, sprang in 
 by the side of them, and away they went, pell-mell, 
 through the beautiful streets of the largest city in 
 the world. Uncle Brown's house was a little out 
 of London, on the road to Windsor, and was sur- 
 rounded by a large park, which the stag and the 
 hind traversed with the speed of the wind. As 
 they glided along through this rich domain, first 
 
 one and then another of those nimble creatures 
 would dart past with playful rapidity, until the 
 house at length appeared in view, and Frank and 
 Tom were soon borne into one of its handsomest 
 rooms in the arms of their cousins and Mrs. Brown. 
 Everything was delightful ! There were three 
 little Miss Browns, with cheeks like the sunny 
 side of a ripe apple ; and then there was curly- 
 headed Eugene who had completed his tenth year 
 
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 a fortnight before, and was as fine a fellow as ever 
 leaped a brook or strode a pony. Frank and Tom 
 were at home in no time. The second day they 
 all strolled into the park together, and went to see 
 the large swan which carried itself so proudly on 
 the surface of the pond. It was so tame that they 
 could entice it very near them by throwing crumbs 
 of bread upon the water, to which it would dart 
 gracefully, and then retire. I had almost forgot to 
 
 tell you that while little Ellen Brown was leaning 
 over the edge of the pond, watching the motions 
 of the swan, she overbalanced herself, and tum- 
 bled headlong in. Her sisters shrieked with all 
 their might, and away ran Tom and Eugene with 
 the sad news to Tulip Hall. But Ellen would 
 drown before her father could arrive : something 
 must be done there and then, for the child was all 
 
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 out gone : Frank threw off his jacket in an instant, 
 plunged into the water, and grasped his senseless 
 cousin in his arms, bringing her safely to land just 
 as Mr. Brown came up. Ellen was borne home, 
 and soon recovered ; while Frank was loaded with 
 caresses, and from that time forward became the 
 favourite of everybody. 
 
 Mr. Brown took them all to see the Queen and 
 Prince Albert one fine afternoon, and sure enough 
 they did see them. Here you have the portraits 
 GI^fiSS^SGB of them, as they were 
 drawn by Frank and his 
 uncle, during the time & 
 that the glittering car- m 
 ringe of Her Majesty moved slowly past, 
 sight was magnificent. Imagine eight cream-co- 
 loured horses, yoked to a superb coach, gilded in 
 the richest style. The little people were in rap- 
 tures, and they returned home in high glee. 
 
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 The day was finished by a short excursion in the 
 boat, and in order to prevent any accident, Mr- 
 Brown went with them. They had an excellent 
 
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 trip, and were allowed to go upon the island in 
 the centre of the lake, where each had a cup of 
 
 milk and a biscuit. On the island Eugene built 
 a small arbour, over which the honeysuckle and 
 the rose had thrown their fragrant clusters. To 
 all his sisters and cousins Eugene presented a rose, 
 which each of them placed in his bonnet or cap ; 
 and retired with three hearty cheers for the Queen. 
 Tom sometimes amused himself by drawing his 
 cousin Kate in the hand- carriage through the 
 park ; but one day while he was thus engaged, a 
 huge bull came 
 rushing toward 
 them, roaring as 
 though he would 
 shake the very 
 sky, and tearing 
 up the grasss in 
 
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 his angry flight. The beast ought to have been 
 grazing in an adjacent field, but he had forced his 
 passage through the fence. What was Tom to 
 do ? The bull was vet a great distance off, so 
 away he ran back with the carriage as fast as he 
 could get along, shouting for help all the way. 
 Frank, who was at work in the garden, came out 
 with a fork in his hand, met the bull face to face, 
 and sent him back to his own pasture bleeding in 
 
 the head and roaring with rage. Tom and Kate 
 gathered flowers, and gave them to Frank in token 
 of his victory, while his Uncle Brown presented 
 him with a shilling for his heroism. 
 
 Mrs. Playfair now wrote for her sons to return 
 home, as they had already been away a month. 
 Mr. Brown resolved to comply with the request, 
 but obtained a few days' longer absence for them, 
 so that they might visit the wild beasts at the Zo- 
 ological gardens. What an enjoyment that was \ 
 There 'were monkeys, which perched upon the 
 
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 Doughs ot trees, and caught nuts in their paws : 
 there was an elephant, that permitted Frank, and 
 Tom, and his cousins, to mount its broad back 
 and then marched with them, round its little 
 prison-house — took gingerbread at their hands, 
 and with its trunk struck a rude boy who had 
 several times proffered it sweets, and then with- 
 drew them. There was a leopard, with its glossy- 
 
 skin and piercing eye s there were birds of every fea- 
 ther, and reptiles of every form ; and, what seemed 
 as interesting to the cousins as anything, they saw 
 a beautiful zebra, of 
 whose speed in its 
 native plains we have 
 all surely read. In /fj^Yfij 
 every portion of the i\^^^tM\7 Vif ||^ 
 Gardens fresh beau- 
 ties struck the eye, 
 
 and the last day of ^^^^ j||^^ 
 
 Fiank and Tom's 
 
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 visit slipped away like a midnight dream dispelled 
 by the morning light. 
 
 With heavy hearts, lightened, however, by the 
 hope of soon repeating their journey to London, 
 the Fairplays bade adieu to uncle, aunt, and all 
 their dear cousins, except Kate, whom they took 
 with them to Yorkshire, where they arrived in 
 perfect safety long before evening had set in. Mrs. 
 Fair] i ( received her children with a kiss ; and as 
 
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 Kate advanced towards her, she was welcomed 
 with all the fervour of a little favourite. 
 
 We promise our youthful readers that when 
 next Frank and Tom leave home in search of ad- 
 ventures, we will not fail to go with them, and 
 print the particulars without delay. 
 
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