Tommy began to cry.
She dragged him out of the room and up the stairs. He screamed and kicked, but was finally placed in his cot. Mrs. Soher had hardly stepped into the kitchen, when her son was heard crying.
"I am frightened," he bawled; "the fire—the witches—the book."
"Bah!" said his mother, "he'll go to sleep soon." And so he did.
CHAPTER III.
The Boarding-School.
