THREE O'CLOCK
He was then dragged through long halls and up tall stairs by a large boy , who spoke to him disdainfully as `` greenie , '' and cautioned him as to the laying down softly and taking up gently of those poor dusty shoes , so that his spirit was quite broken and his nerves were all unstrung when he was pushed into a room full of bright sunshine and of children who laughed at his frightened little face . The sunshine smote his timid eyes , the laughter smote his timid heart , and he turned to flee . But the door was shut , the large boy gone , and despair took him for its own . -LSB- Illustration : `` MY POOR LITTLE CHAP , YOU MUST N'T CRY LIKE , THAT '' -RSB- -LSB- Illustration : DISMISSED WITH THE COMMON HERD AT THREE O'CLOCK -RSB- Down upon the floor he dropped , and wailed , and wept , and kicked . It was then that he heard , for the first time the voice which now he loved . A hand was forced between his aching body and the floor , and the voice said : `` Why , my dear little chap , you must n't cry like that . What 's the matter ? ''