The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-09-18
roRTHE BOYS g. GIRLS.
Al ADVENTURE.

And. mother, they said they meant to
...,, Ii, pears, and take bags and bring away !
.,b 10 last a fortnight. And heard
....,, =, ,ha, all were gong but me. They
l the, didn't believe knew anything a.
I-,ir: but if did, and told, should never
49,. any more peace in this village. Now
.r,, ran dc, mother: You know that MIR
,,.,. u. been very kind to us; he brought
=, mon.trous load of wood and chips, for a
y.w Year, present, last winter and has
..,,rr rs GOOD many favors besides. But
...t. hadn't. | shouldn't want to have his
,.,on. carried off by those ugly boys
Ur, Howard heard her sons story with
,..r,oa She rrieved that any of his assoc'-
,,.. N the factory were of such vicious
L,-..,er She had been Obliged to sell the
r.1o homestead where she had hoped to spend
ber Javs. and rent small house in factory
..;,,,oe that Henry might be able to obtain
work constantly, ana She earn something ad- !
r.;oD,l hy ,aking few boardcrs. She had
rrnd many kind friends among her neigh
,,r. Rut few families she feared. There
was the silent contamination of protane and
,,,,,r spccch, the neglect and contempt tor
,be Sabbath Influences to which she dread
elto have her only son exposed. And now
number of the factory boys had plotted
,-c.pass upon kind neighbors ground; and
,be was sensible of the i'll will which might
u. shown Henry if they suspected him of de-
.,atin. their plans
Mrs Howard finally sent for the agent, Mr.
TOPPER He was con>iderate man, and IN
,.r,,tc,l in the GOOD behavior of all the help
rmplovrd.
tive Yourself no concern, Mrs Howard,
h., SAID. on leaving; Il will make it sorry
JOB for them"
Not long after, Henry saw, by the moon
T.ht. the agents carriage pass down the hill
towards Mr. Jones.
About nine o'clock. the party. bound for
the fruit orchard, and they didn't know what
,-r skukcd alon" in the same direction
Their Guilty cOnScienccs began TO npbrald
rhrm they started at the sight of their own
.haiowS in the pond.
Upon arriving at the ground where they
r~ono>ed committing their depredation>. part
Of ,hr company agreed TO 90 up the great
rcar,rccs and shake off some of the fruit
But the grass was 50 deep that the pears
,laken off could not be found.
Well, get mp and pull 'em off for vonr-
lives then" said the boys in the trees, who
we're filling their bags as rapidly as they pos
,itiy could.
While they we're eating and gathering, Mr.
Jones happened to walk out.and friend with
Lin, to enjoy the moon in the orchard =
How the bows started when they heard them
a,Iroachin. the very tree where they al
were And Mr. Cooper was there too, Il
vas no use to jump down and run, and Sc
,bcy whispered to each other, almost chokeC
with fear, to keep still"
Il suppose" SAID Mr. Cooper ''that yor
have no fears of having vour choice fruit ia
Ken by any of the people of the villagc:'
None at all. sir Nv dog is a savage iel
iow, and he will wait. if any one comes on #
NV grounds, to see what they carried off.
lrIicyc he were to stop any of your boys
sAy ont there in the road, with bags Of m
.ear, that they had been stealing, he woul
tear the clothes off their back Ks for them. an
perhaps 20 little deeper"
There was slight trembling among tn
'hJ"k foliage above them.
Il cannot but feel it a shameful crime, sal
Mr. Cooper. for any boys to come here an
robyou under cover of the night, of what
honestly YOURS How would it suit them,
Nhcn payday came, they were to be robbie
"t some Of their hard earnnss?"
Il should not blame vou Mr. JONES'" col
tuned Mr. Cooper. III YOU logged every be
Won found on YOUR trees, within an inch q
hi' htc. Perhaps when he got over it, i
scars might suggest to him to be more hone
III future"
Well here comes my men and the dog
INA You ever notice his teeth, Mr. Cooper
80 You have brought out the guns, ha
.on, berry What are they loaded wit
An sure we've put in a handful or two
'"' ll>t thinking some the auld crows mig
'e 'aplng on the trees"
a good plan. Well, look about the %
'.n' and YOU see any thing on the ire
''"r good aim, and let drive"
The effect of all this haransue had been
'eFrify the boys, who were quivering in t
"''> above them. When the guns and I
- came out, at preconcerted signal, I
,.NrT"rS could not prevent their groans fir
'"'n- half audible.
f'r'lng that they had been pretty seve
punished for their thieving, Mr. Jo1
"'"'Tew, calling the men in. They, how
y path. came around behind or;
."f, and heard what the boys had to
''Tr they went away. They left til
~ On the ground, and, mutually VOW
".'rF t" be caught stealing again, they sli
'A as fast as their legs would carry tn,
And now, Mr. Cooper" said Mr. Jor
''e7 they had walked into the farmers no,
no" dId YOU know that my trees were to