The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-03

seen lad iuet like Rufus. tardy a
school. punished for inat,ention, dc
graded for mistakes, detained af,c,
other we're dismissed. seolded for up
setting his inks:afd, and rcrhay.
beaten in n quarrel with his ma.cs
and all beginning with n har,i kno,
in las shoe '.iing in the morning. .--
The smallest trihe viii destroy TN.
eq"inini;y OF such an ango, crnaLle
boy rs Rufus. aud bring ca hlm n
whole string Of missortuncs.
But If the boys harassed Rufus no,
soul Of them ever disturbed Willy
lie was always ready with the stron :.
weapon VIC have before mentioned
the 'sof, answct,' and nobody could
impose upon gentle Willy. Nobody
We are sorry to say it, ID, there mas
one boy who could and did aud WHO
do YOU thinl j, was No other than
his own brother Rufus.
Little Willy was much younger
than his brother, and vet he saved
the quar- elsomc boy from many a
difficulty. lie would put himself be.
tween R,fus and harm and a great
many times he stopped the other boys
from tormen,irg him, because they
could not bear 10 hurt the feelings Of
a lad who never hurt anybody himself;
and, on the very day Of which We
have been talking, gentle Willy took
ungentle Rufus by the arm ani per-
suadcd him to come home. Their
path wound through pleasant fields
and woods, which Willy dearly loved
to lock upon. lie wicked away, de-.
lighted and cheerful; row Watching
the little birds Which started up from
the bushes. and flew away, Us the
boys came ncar--ior boys have not a
rcy good character with birds
laughing to see an AWKWARD frog pop
into the water with croak, aud now
stepping carefully aside to avoid an
ant.lill, or a worm, in his nath. Willy
was happy, and he wished every thing
10 ike on and be happy too.
1t was not SO with foolish Rufus
lie had made himself miserable. and
not only did hc struggle hard to keep
SO, but he was really angry with eve
ry body who was not miserable too !:
and he hated to sec any thin: look
cheerful. lie switched down tho
wild flowers as he passed, as ifhe was
vcxed tosrc them lifting up their lit
tie modest eyes to heaven, to render
thanks for the sun, and the dew, and
the rain, which make then, grow
lie threw stones at the poor frogs,
and wished he had a ,un to kill the
gentle birds, who have as good a
right to live as any boy has. At las.
however, even Rufus smiled but j,
was malice. lie had discovered q
means Of mischief. lie saw a birds
nest among the leaves, and with q
bound and whoop, lc ran up direct,
ly and began to climb for it.
Gentle Willy begged him not to dc
so; he even caught hold of him to pull
him back but the ungracious lal turn
ed round and struck his kind brother
rudcly in the face. Poor Willy turnet
i away almost lear,-brulcn, but stifc,
/ his sobs with his handkerchief. for ht
| was afraid some one would hear hin
cry, and he should be obliged TO tel
when asked, why lis own brother s'rucI
him.
Rufus persisted in climbing the tree
but, when the little bird built their mes,
she did no, select tree large enougl
to hold groa, rude boy w. to spoil th
house .hc had so carefully constructed
so the tender bough gave way with
bend, and down came Rufus, when vii
ly was not near and dil not iou h hiT
He had turned hi, anclc IN he fail, an
limped oil bowling and bellowing--iu
rude 0uarrcl-ome boys cannot bear Ia
like gentle ones. Willy followed, an
tried to comfort him, but cross Rufu
hunchcd up hi, shoulders. and s,ruc
back at hi, brother spi'efully with hi
elbows, and loppcd into his father
house. screaming worse than liul
savage. And. when his mother ark"
him " hat Was the matter. can you b'
iieyc that Ruff, was wicked enough
say MR Illi pulled me down out Z
n tree, and la. almo.t broke my leg
William wa a,'oni,hcd ~ we'll l
might be. We burt Into tear, and ,ai
only, oh, dd'nt" And then ever
body knew tha, Willy told the truth, u
cas.e nobody lad ever known him
: tell le. 50 Kufus got no pity, wi
p the worrnwood bruised III vinegar whi,
| his mother bound round his aucle, AZ
[ whs, WAS wor,c. he Tel, very mus
, ashamed of himself Willy had CO
; quered him again with tie, 'soE u
q swcr.' II would have leen very naiu
, al, and lerhaF, it would n" have bc'
. wrong. 1t Willy had gone on, and 10
hos Rvfo- dill get hur II i, rc
!ikel, that the lille GIL or bay wl'r
Z reading THE story nos, wouli la
II spoken righ, out, and laid w /
c mother. Rufus MAS climbing The ir,