Practice Typing

One of the reasons why Toms mind had drifted away from its secret troubles was, that it had found a new and weighty matter to interest itself about. Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to school. Tom had struggled with his pride a few days, and tried to whistle her down the wind, but failed. He began to find himself hanging around her fathers house, nights, and feeling very miserable. She was ill. What if she should die.