[CHAPTER I. INTRODUCES THE READER TO TOMMY.]
[CHAPTER II. HOW SMITHERS FOUND CONSOLATION.]
[CHAPTER III. FUN ENDS IN TRAGEDY.]
[CHAPTER IV. A NIGHT IN A COFFIN.]
[CHAPTER V. THE MAN WITH ONE EYE.]
[CHAPTER VI. THE CONFIDENCE GAME.]
[CHAPTER VII. TOMMY MAKES A STRANGE VOYAGE.]
[CHAPTER VIII. THE WRONG SIGNALS.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE SMUGGLER.]
[CHAPTER X. LOST IN LONDON.]
[CHAPTER XI. TOMMY IN BUTTONS.]
[CHAPTER XII. AN ARTISTIC CHIMNEY SWEEPING.]
[CHAPTER XIII. TOMMY FINDS A FRIEND IN BOBSEY.]
[CHAPTER XIV. A DOSE FOR THE DOCTOR.]
[CHAPTER XV. A HASTY TRIP.]
[CHAPTER XVI. OUT WEST.]
[CHAPTER XVII. KILLED BY HIS FATHER.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. "WHO BREAKS, PAYS."]
[CHAPTER XIX. BOUND HOME.]
[CHAPTER XX. TOMMY'S COURAGEOUS RESOLVE.]
[CHAPTER XXI. FINDING A FATHER.]
[CHAPTER XXII. THE FINAL TRAGEDY.]
THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCES THE READER TO TOMMY.
"Mother!" exclaimed Mr. Smithers, as he came into the parlor about supper time one winter evening, "that boy's a fool."
Mrs. Smithers, who was a quiet-looking, blond little woman, about thirty-five years of age, looked up from a book she was reading, and regarded her husband with a weary air.
"What boy?" she asked, languidly.
"As if you didn't know?" replied Mr. Smithers.
"We have two," she said, calmly.
"Oh, that boy, Tommy."