[VII. THE WAY OF TRANSGRESSORS IS HARD]
A DANGEROUS FRIEND
[CHAPTER I.]
TOM'S HOME.
"A LETTER from Uncle George," and the speaker, a boy about fourteen, ran up the garden path, shouting the news as he came.
A brother and sister met him at the door of the cottage, each eager to see the letter, but he held it high above their heads, and as he was taller than either of them, it was quite out of their reach.