Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-07-15


No sooncr was he leii To himself, than
fine ripe cherries Now Thomas was
unconnony fond Of cherries And'he
thought It would DC impossible TO mss
one among 80 many. Tie l"okeo and
lonped and lnOked, for some time; and
II lu,l as he had got of his scat to take
one, he heard us he thought, foot com
II ny 10 the door; b" no, II was false IL
larn. Taking fresh courage, he went
and took "a very fine cherry, for he was
determined 10 take but one, and put st III
his mouth 1t was excellent; and he
then persuaded himself that he ran no
risk IN taking another; tins he did, and
hastily popped it into his mouth. Now
the old gentleman had placed n few small
cherries at The top oi the others, filled
with Cayenne pepper /; one OF thes"
Thomas had unfortunately taken, and II
made his mouth smart aud burn mos, in
,olrrably. The old gentleman heard
him coughing an! knew very well what
was the matter. The boy who would
take what did not belong To him, if no
more than IA cherry, was not the boy for
him. Thomas liawker was scot about
his business without delay, with his
mouth almost as hot as if he had put
burning coal into is.
Il William Baker was next introduced
into the room and left 10 himself; but
he had not been in Tho room two MN
n,cs, before no began Ia move from
one place to another. lie was of bold,
rcsoIute temper, but not overburdeneG
with principle for if he had opened
every cupboard, closet, and drawer in
the house ilh"ut, he would have done
II directly. liayng looked around the
room, he noticed a drawer so the table
aud made mp his mud to peep therein;
bu no sooner did he lay hold on the
draw CT knob than he set a large bell a
| ringing, winch was concealed under The
table. The old gentleman Immediately
answered the sunni ons, and entered the
room. William was SD startled AT the
sudden ringing of the bell, that all his
| Impudence could no. support him; he
locked as If one mig ght knock him down
With feather. The old gentleman ask
ed him ii he rang the bell because he
wanted anything William was much
confused, and tried to excuse himself,
but all to no purpose for It did not pre-
vent his being ordered off the premises.
\ Samuel Jones was then shown into
the room by an old steward; and being
of curious disposition he touched moth
ing, but only looked a, the things about
him. AT las, he saw that closet door
/ I,,l, nl
would be impossible for any one to know
that he had opened it little naore, he
very cautiously opened it an inch further,
looked down at the bottom Of tha door
that it might not catch against anything
and make n noise. Now had he looked
at the top instead Of the bottom, il migh |
have been better for him, for at the top
of the door was fastened plug which
filled the hJlc "f Il small barrel Of shot /
lie veutured to open the door, then
another, I'LL tho plug being pulled out OF
the barrel, the leaden shot began TO pour
out at n strong rate; at the bottom ol the |
closet was placed pan; and the shot
falling upon this pan made such n clai-
ter that Samuel was half frightened out
of his senses. The old gentleman came
into the room to inquire what was the
matter, and there he found Samuel near
y as pale as sheet. Samuel was soon
dismissed.
| 1t now came to the turn Of Hcmy |
Roberts to be put into the room. The |
other boys had been sent to their homes
in different ways, and no one knew the
Experience Of others who had been IN the
soom Of trial. On tho table stood a
small round box, with screw top to il,
and Harry thinking it contained some
thing curious, could not be easy without
IunscrcwIng the Top; but no sooner did he
DO this, than out pounced an artificial
snake, full yard long, and fell upon his
arm. He started back and uttered
scream which broeg ht the old gentleman
to his elbow. There stood Harry with /
The bottom Of the box in one hand, The
top IN the other, aud the snake on the Il
Hoor Come, come said the old gen
tleman, handing him out of tho room,
'one snake is quito enough to have in the
house at time; therefore the sooner you
are gone the better; with that he disnis-
sed him without wa,,Ing a nomen, for his
reply.
Roger Bell next entered the room
and being left alone, soon commenced
amusing himself by looking n, the curl
oStles around him. Roger was not only /
curious and prying, but dishonest too {;
and observing the key was left in the
drawer of a book-casc, he stepped on
iiptoc in that direction; but the moment
he touched the key which had wire
fastened to it, which communicated with
an electric machine, Roger received
such a shock rs he was not likely TO for
get. No sooner did he sufficiently re-
cover himself 10 walk than he was told
To leave the house, and leave other peo-
pie to lock aud unlock their own drawers.
The last boy was John Grove; and
though he was left in the room full
twenty minutes, he never during the
tlne, stirred from his chair. John had
his eyes in his head as well as others H
but he had more integrity in his heart;
al IL. A 4.