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somewhat IIl()llillt‘(l. “])l1I]It‘.lS (‘(illl(l
only see a llarl; object lilirrying up t'i-mu
tho f.;1!f(‘,l)tlt he knew soiul-tiling was
the matter, and threw open his winllow
' t ii. llc ll“ll‘(I her voice as SIIL‘
spoke to the prl illent, anll knew lroin
the tone that ‘iii s ll wonian; aiill, from
the way she lll[Ill‘tl on, tlillt sh '=
St‘lll'9(I halfto lleath, and that slie“ si
telling a torrihle yarii lit‘ some kinll.
As she ,l:,rcw lll4)l'l‘ ext, ed in her story,
he oatiglit the worlls, ‘Hinitlil.-rs,‘ ‘ gun,’
‘dogs,’ ‘ll()llI(‘,' ‘hurt,’ anll then lie
know pretty l)I‘:ll‘ what the row iv: ’
“I Sllt)lll(l thinl; so!" groaiiell I't‘ll,
who "at ruiiiiii 7 his lllig‘tll'S throiigli his
hair, in a pert, , agony of eliagrin anll
iiiuriitiliation.
“I haven't llone yet,” saill l"harlic;
“and when my wretehell tale is all tolll,
I‘iii afraill we only know the begiiiiiiiig
of the lililipter.”
“Out with it-out with it!"siiappcll
Frell, juiiiping lipatill “'tlllv(lllj.',' ha , ; zinl
(‘()“":ll"(ll", tlioli;.rli,” he alllll-,ll, ‘- l‘ll leave
this his tution to-ni;.v,ht, and never coine
back again.”
“You will pi-ohahly leave it u
eiiougli,“ s. ill (Tliarlil-, llrily. “The
tzrlltlllittlll v ll is of ‘GR will he a slim one, i
it‘ I am not ;:l't’ilIl)' niistaken. “’oll, the l
wonilin tolll lll‘l" story in short order, l
aiill then trottlwl oil‘, with Proxy anll
Tiilly at her lieels. Daniels iiotiecll now
that the frOSlllIl(‘ll hall gzline to Slt‘(‘]l, so ,
lie hall it great notion tli slii on his
lllotlie alill t'lillliw the laiiterii, aiill see
if Iieeoiilllii‘t rlin arouiill throiigli tilt,‘
tiellls mill rive us a wariiing soiiie way.
'l‘limi he (:l)llCllllll‘ll that the janitor klltlw
just who were gone l-.iiyway,aiill that
tell lzliliiiees to one he wolillln't linll us, ,
he i ) iell olit of his room, aiil! went,
through the halls, arolliill to the west
wiiilloii', anll watl'hell the light go llliwn
tlil- roall towarll Sniitlier
“ I’rl-tty sooll the hit; hell,-, ‘ows hill l
it froin silvlil, but still he stooll av-ll
watl'liell, till he grew so tirell anll Nlt‘,(‘llV ‘
that he euull S ireely staiill. lle it's
just ahoiit to go back aiill go to litttl,
wlieli he saw .1 lliiii light llown the r l
zwliili, aiill (!l)ll(:lll(ll‘(l that they were
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l
coiniiig hack, so he went to his room,
mill stood at the wiiillow agaiii: aiill, in
a few iiiiutes, the llL',lIl. ualiio [lll"Ill"ll
the gate and up the path. lint there w s
only one porsmi, anll that was the "ll -
tor, who came to the front lloor anll on-
terell the lllllllllllg’. ,’
“He “‘ZltI'll(’ll a few uiiiiutvs loiitgl-,r,
hut llilln't see aiivtliilig lit" l’rlex or 2III)'v l
holly t‘l‘Il‘, so ltaiiiels I
has kept pl-rt ly uiiiiii alioiit this, aiill ‘
not even his thrl-l- rooiii-niate '
as they were away to a roeitatioii wlil-ii
he tolll lne."
“ llaiiil-ls isatrliliip!" aill I'‘I‘t‘lI: ‘‘ lllit ,
whore in the naiiie lit" all that's gooll
will this thing onll‘ ‘
“ It will eiill in a pilhlil: l)riH5lNSl4>ll. in
which nineteen Nt)])llUIttl)l‘lis, lllllrK',lIlll‘.f, l
bag and Iitiggli-re, froin the l-ollel,;l--lloor l
llown to tliel liiou I)t"l'tI. will be the
(‘.liiet':tttraetieii," was lho l':ltIiei' l[i:-ll:olir-
aging reply; aiill I'lI:lI'lli‘ sat llowli with
as glooiiiy 3 ram lie his 1'-'illI]ilIIllliIl. 1
Despite thl- [illss'l:s<ililt ot‘ a gooll many l
of the failings lzoiiiliioii to lililuaiiitjat
large, [lll‘N‘t’, yoliiiq t'elloii's we '1
ainhitioli stillll-iii-,anxious to a
future lll‘lIlll4‘llltlI, .tlIll the prospcvt ofl
being t'3X[!l‘lll'Il l'l‘oiil l"lll go in llisgralie
was an extrlaiioly llistrl J,‘ one. u
fact, the very llliwer oi‘ the sophoniorl-,
class, or the male port‘ it,
would he pal-tall rs ofthi-l lllsqraee. i it
oeoiirrell; liiill tholigli Ill('!n't' two ro
not SPIIISII hoy at lll‘.’ll'l, this thoii;.-;Iit
was about the only ooiiifort they hall in
eoiitcinplatiiig tli. ,
Vt! you tolll anyoiio rise. (‘har-
lie?" askl lI<‘rell, at'tl'r sl-i'l-,ral IIIIIIIIIPS
ol';.gloomV . ilminr: l
“Not .-mill," “':Ntlll! :tII<“'V?I'. H ltli
you think we'll lN‘[l.4',l‘ loll all our lioys""
M “V0, Jon‘! ’" saill “ , oiiipliati- l
r-alli. “Two or I.lll'i‘H 4-an plan a ;,vrl:at ‘
Vlmll lit-tier than ;.w.rl-. ll‘ wl-, lulllirl
hall sill-h a oi-owll in hl-rl-, l,Iil- otlil-r
lIl‘,(lll, wl- nl-lillli‘t ll: , l)t'I'll in l[lIIlI'
.‘s'Ilt'li ll rilllltlllliltx M‘l‘lt]H‘. llaliil-Is iiil
kl-l-p wliat lI(‘ luiows to liillisulll 'l'lil-l'
iilitlillig; tlilliar I'i‘lilii It sl-ilsilllo lillllltil‘
like him. I‘ll go anll got llroolllll," lI4'
alllll-ll. starting lip. “ If illl‘rl$ is any
onl: l i sliggnst a way out of this (ix, it
is h
tll riglit," rl-llii'nv'll his (‘l:IH.‘1lllHI",
“ I'll wait lH'l'l' till you liriiigz Iiilii."
I"rmI wont nut, aiill iii a run‘ nlinlitlwl
]'(‘Illrl]I‘(I willl 1‘ vino, who, in his turn,
listoiivll to l‘li:li ‘s rl- I: lIl- llill not
Hl'l'llltIil)()ZlNIlIll'1ll llis-lilrhr-ll, olltw:irll-
ly, by the storyas ll‘rl-,ll hall hlwii, hut
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forth :It:l‘0S‘s‘ tile floor. "If it Wtlslfill
jllsl, IIPI your li
sat, with a lialt‘-lioiiiie look of inortitiell
not 01101‘, iiiterriiptiiig
prille on his la '2
llrll or gt turo
time in l
' lt‘ll, alill sat tor.
. .i
lll‘l'>:lltl)tl.
“ llo,-’li I" t'X(‘l.’lilllt.’(l l“rell; ‘- “
all Wlllllll)’ to iliamu. zllltl it" limo I
lllllll>‘lIltlt‘liI for one, it's l',qli:llly lll‘s.i‘i'
(‘ll hy lisa
“ It" I only kiimi'jlist how iliul-,li the
)l'(‘SItlt'lll t'onnll out last night!" saill
I
Ilrlitilllt’.“‘itlIl)tliSt'Cllllll!l0 lot
’to his fllut, " I'ni
Don't say aworll of Illlh to any of the
“ A .‘!l‘l(IiN1'y Putt or IIANDR‘ t,'.tI‘()IlT IIULIJ 01" MY lroryrj‘
fl-llows, I shall toll l(allonh, oi’ coiirsn,
INN‘ Willi Ultl-tlil-l',:llill he l-an help
IN to work our iiavoiit ofthis iiiiiss,
l)t‘l'lI:l[N, for lil"s it real geiiilis. '
Anll with llll.‘4, he liiirril-ll awav to his
room. "
“Wit.-it Vl7l)l‘lIl(“(l() yolislipposn ltrlionie
liar-i in his il-al iiow'."‘asl;l>.l (‘hm-i
altlir hi. vollipaliioli hall quilt‘.
“ I've no illt-a,“ an. Yt',l‘t'1l 1-'rl-ll; “anll,
inllel-ll, I llon't l)l‘lll'Y1' now that hl-, l-an
llo 5Ill)‘llllll'g, onlyto go to llll- fal-illtv
anll own llprjllsl what we shall all h:ii"l-
to llo in llll‘ l'lItl, hat I For illll‘ ii ill iiovl-r
gut lloiin on Ill - kill-ls lo ihl ill, voli l-an
ill that I“ ‘
“ “ l-ll,‘ . till his l-I.lsslii:ill-, “i ll we
I illl s --,. N’, mo ilIll' ]illIlIRut',l'l'
up I 1-ml, anll only l-m-ll...-::.ill-at uI'l‘l'
lll lilisl ll . l" our ti llslilll Ii Ill Iwl-ii l‘llv
illily vll-slll: II" Mrs. .<liiil.hl l’- Ii:lllli‘t,
l'Il’lll"Ill"1lllIHt'lll Iil-r lll'1‘.lill‘IIlll!llI’
l-nlvl Jtlllllll Ill-iiiilly; il‘ SltllIlIl‘[‘N' him-4-ll‘
litlllllll[il:IV'l-IlslllllillllN:III1l llm.“.. HQ
oil‘ our L(Ill'll‘ll, anll 1iIlltiI'1llll'lllxgllisl-s;
il anll ll anll ii‘, no haw- rllolml. 4.1’ ll;-V
Iillt Illlliirlil , 4-ly l3.rl.wlo- ll: ;m- not
."ll‘ltlUhN[It‘:ll'Iltll. Jtllll will lilllwlly ]tl‘(lYt‘ l..
lll- ‘ It'll 4‘-lliillxl rs.’ "
l"rl-ll ;;ai'l- i'l-lit to
lisllillxy laugh at his
liolirwe you're iiispirell, t,‘harlie,“
saill he, “ tor I liaveii't laiigliell lJt‘ll)l‘(‘:
luit I must go to work aiill get
s hatills when
onio
Itwoii‘t lllll'oi' us to lilaglelll our
stllllil - to-llay, on the top of all olirotlier
Itl lie,:lt l(‘lIf.'l.ll, look. ‘
no w:li' hill to t'al-e this
’J‘liCi‘l- s llllil't‘ i'espoiisi-
iilioii lllt‘ than any one else
,aiill Ishall let that lie illi-
Anll tlivy “'l’liI at the ll-sson with all
the rzhl-erfiiliiliss they eoillll siliniulin.
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AN UNPLEASANT Fix.
it-e ll rl-(l‘s , V
iliterrilptlon. Anll. lllilt ‘ he 2l(lll(‘ll, “F ‘‘l'””‘’ ‘S -l“l‘" ‘1‘“.'-’fl‘"“>
attenll a l>oartliii;.:-scliool up in the inte-
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1 ltllv-Illg little spires and fancy work stlllik
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, still-anll Iltl‘ll
, top liox, ailll over they all wl‘,iit7rattll>.
v
‘ Lt’-li:IH‘.", rattle-to-haii;;, (:1
l)()(',lUr “’illiain was the 0ltl(‘l'
aiill hall the l:hil:l' lIl:tll1IL:1‘lllt‘,lll. lit" i
was a very stern lnan. alii
ll lioy iii liiisltliilcf, lil- with
him to 'l 4‘I‘l'I:tIll ainoliiil ol work 4..-1”.
ll‘tillll('(‘ll mm to tho ltll':l.NllTl‘,S Ll tho
l-irlrh, “'lt'lill'tl hy his on H >1 THHU‘ um,‘
Mr. ill-in-y was llilllirl-ill l,.l,.,.“.,,l .,,.,,,
, in that ho l:ou1.l..‘l l,.. M,,.,.,.,. if h,,
...‘
.-ulijv.
'l'lIIh the M'lilrl-I was l'Iilltlll(’Il'll in a
very ("air aiill l-oiilI'orl:llill- iiialilil-r, anll
‘W “lair ‘NW -.vl-n--mill’ llilll it’.
’['olii wi-it mm mi ‘ml “"t'llilIs,
April 8. 1882.
smaller than I. hut quick, wiry and
smart.
I saytliat Toni was iuy evil l.‘((‘llIllS,
mill 1 iiieaii it, for hall it not llt‘l‘lI for
Toni I might have loll a pcaceahlli anll
[il‘lN[it‘l'UlIS life; but, as it was " ill was
alii lt'll(lIXl"‘ me into uapos aiill
Il‘4lllltl0. III’ iicverglit into St",l‘ll]t(‘S. tili.
ii lle always led nil‘, into IIIUHI, aiill
l.lIl‘li slipped out while I got the punish-
m
' lIll‘llI.
l
l was Toni who asked me to Vlllllli
the old eliestnut and get him a rohii s
no.-t up in its l)I'tIll(.'ll(‘S, lilrealiso his
tluiiiili was so sore ho eolilllii‘t (‘lllIIl);
l anll when I gotiiptliero,(lillii't hetlirow
a !-‘tone at the big hornet s iiest, anll
llllivc iue alone to light thcin ‘.7
it was Tom who told me to give the
l giii<,;erlii‘e:Id lieart,witli the frlistoll siiglir
ii, whieh V uiit hall sent Hit‘, to
pretty Mary Sniith, and, j list before we
Kl‘ll‘It‘tl for eliurvli, stole the lcako out of
pocket, and put a wrlippell-up piece
ling u in it p i 5' ii ‘or ‘or-
gave me for viiiiig her that piece of
shingxle, anll ’l‘oin ate the (‘IIl((‘,.
Toni got me into an awful lot. of
scrapes, hut the worst one was when he
uek in tho garret. It liappeiiell
,l There was a sin-all elipola on the trip of
l the seliool, where the liig hell was liuiilg.
5 It not only sorvell asa cover for the hell,
hut was an ernllinent to the hnilllin;:,
L.
To reach the laipola, you hall to go up
to the garret, “’lIl(!ll was only llUt)i‘(‘tl
overiii places, the part heileatli the l-ll-
pola having nothing but the Ilizirejl st
2llIl(ll the laths and plaster of the (‘CI ing
H! I)“'.
There hati once lieeii a l:I(lLl(‘I' l'C:I(‘llIIlg
to the opeiiilig by which the cupl.];. was
entered, but it had been taken away for
lhe opening itsult was
Hflllle T021501].
x I iarrow, and only a thin person
eonlll get tliroiigli it.
-T01!) hall often cxprcsslill his iiitention
otggliirig up into the eliplila, hiitiicvor
tried it till one moriiiiip; in June. lIe
nilllll-ell me to go with him. We inan-
:I‘.((‘(I to get into the izarret without heing:
St't‘lI, and then tried our > st to reliltli
the oiipela, hut were unsiil-, ‘ill.
Tolii llilln‘t, give up, ll(i“'(‘V(‘J'. antl
sl-vt.-ral [llIl(‘S I saw him going to the
Lrarrot. At l:1SI,(lllC‘ night, he told me
, he hall l'ollilll a way, aiil a" we would
try it the Ill‘ rt aftoriiomi.
The next aftoriiooii was :1 liaif-liolill
anll we siiealtoll up to the top of
ltlillst‘. ‘What was my sllr arise to tinll
ever lllll‘l,‘.’,‘ as it hall hecn lit‘li)l‘t‘l l hall
an l(It‘Jt"l'()llI hall i-iggull npa lallller or
sliiiiletliiiig of that kinll, alill in stglist
I tllriiell to go llowii Stairs; but 'l'onl
lmllliell out a lot ol‘ empty hoxos over in
onel, rnllr. I llIllIl(3(lIttt('l) saw his plan,
, aiill we t‘,0[tllll(‘llL'()(l to arraiige the lilixcs
one on top ot‘ the other, lni the joist be-
low the hole.
'l'oui iiioiiiitllll tirst, and went through
the hole like an eel. 'l‘hen I followed.
Iwa ‘toiiter than 'l'oni, and I l'oun
l sonilal illieulty in forlsiiigg inv sholllllers
‘tlirlliigli.
"‘ l I "'="III'.'t‘ll to got my ll(‘:I(l,
ll’ aiill arms on till‘ othl-,i' sille oi"
the openni . Iillt l,llI‘t'i' I stuck. I l-on1ll-
n t get any l'lli'thl-r to .N;lYt‘ iiie.
Toni piillell anll Ill;L],;t‘ll, anll I strn;:-
glell, hlit it was no go, ‘rim. “vi, hoth
i (‘,lIlllllI(‘lI(‘t'Il to lali;:li, I iilalle a tlt'N[)(‘l":I[0
ell‘-ii-t-got a little I'll-‘ll
l(‘l llitlllitilrtlier
illonlally liI(‘lx’t‘(l the
top
lIUXV lxIlUl'k(‘(I part of the lug tliroligli.
ttn, lioi-rors! “'li:it if lioclor ’VVilliaiu
sholilll limit‘ the IIOISI‘? In lIlV(‘.V(‘.lI0.
llwlll, I in; my llllmls sliptill Ihtuig; lly
niv arni-pits. 'l‘oin lolikl-ll S(':Il'(‘,il, aiill
“ You yxroat gawk! “'hat llill you do
that tor?" "
kl‘ his SP1. me to laiigliingg again.
I lial are you lliiigliiiig at, you
‘Mil-,i'! llow are we ;;oin<,; to get
lloii ii 9"
‘lllls sohorell lllf‘, aiill I li(“,(2llI to think
ot Illll pl%i'ilsol' tlil ‘ t‘ I was
; ‘‘l”"S-1l1l- tllero I wolllll l.((‘L2I“'lllp1illl;:.
H let go Iwoillll llrop tlirongli the
laiiliiii; aiill lll't‘1lli lily legs. HI i‘lliiiaiii-
(‘ll thl ‘ I woilill starve.
“Y ‘H3 now l-oiiiiiieiicoll to tin;.>;lt‘l
Irliiii their lliiiiatliral position, uiill I llilll
loin to give nil-, a pull. II(‘ valiantly
slit to work, tool‘ ],..].l .,l- my (:l):ll-Plillllt‘
:liilI l',lIlIIlllt‘lII't'tI to pl. 1, '
“ Ml-i'l'illil powers! “'li:tt‘s that '3"
A ‘ roii-,: pair of haiill:-i vauulit holll of
lily llwl. alill the stllrn voilze oi‘ llllctlir
it illiaiii was lIC:l['ll sayin;.;:
xi;-I .-