"I will take him over the downs with me to-morrow; they always appeal to Tommy, and one is never saner, or nearer to God, or more ready for repentance, than out there upon the ranges."
There was a sound of wheels down the lane, and in a minute the doctor drove by.
"Hullo," he called out, cheerily, "I have just got myself a new bat."
[XII]
IN WHICH TOMMY MAKES A RESOLVE
It is one of the privileges of youth that alimentary indulgence is but rarely penalized, and if either of us next morning was pale and disinclined for breakfast it was certainly not Tommy.
On the contrary, he seemed cool, and fit, and hungry, and although he looked at me occasionally in a shy, questioning way, yet he chattered away much as usual, and made no reference to yesterday's adventures.