Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-20
Miscellaneous
From the London Monthly Magazine.
THE ~LOVE-CHILD.
Continued

oeth liOIlOway, one Oi my companions, ulhoe u
successful grab at the cOin, and started Oh at iull
speed with his twin brother Bob, and one OF his
cousins, whose name | forget. My first impulse
was to run after LayOlta. Hearing my frantic
EXPLANATIONS, he turned round Before l had pro-
ceeded half a dozen yards, and percei'inS az u
glance the posture of affairs, he shouted LOUD
enough Tor the deiinquents TO hear him. very
well, young gentlemen" Then dropping ms
voice, he said to me, after them, TadpCle let
me see you catch them knock 1t ont OF the ras'
calls, and a whole half crown shall be ready Tor
you on Monday next at Caddisconioe' llaiioo
my lad Lo snivelling "
Away / went. at my best pace, and after o
chase of nearly three quarters oi u NUE. began
90 gain so rapidly On Seth, who was a lat, burIy
little BLACKBOARD. that seeing l should soon Oe up
with him, he adopted the mean device oil sending
his brother on with the s~ixpence, while he and his
cousin faced about. and prepared 10y force OF lists
20 cover BJb's retreat. This, of course, could not
be done without IL fight, in which, however. l was
60 terribly thrashed, that when !hey withdrew, l
had neither the heart nor the strength to dog
them. After lying where they bad lett me, cooled
no like Il sleeping eur, at the foot OF the mile
stohe, ior nearly an hour bitterly bemoaning my
lost opulence, | was picked up and perched,
against my will, Gu the summit Of the stone by
Blue Peter. On my making two or three impo'
tent hits ut his face for disturbing me, to my deer
indignation Blue Peter laughed. lie then stepped
back a couple Of PAGES, and in Il more serious tone
than il was his custom to assume, ever on the
most important occasions, he thus addressed me,
'Of all Inc cLatIax erOus, r%esOlute, wllful young
badgers | ever came athirt, thee'rt out-and.out the
worst. Instead OF IL kind hand and u civil word,
thy best friend can get nothing from thee less
than a snap aud a growl. But there-irs thy
fury of q grandmother that's spoiled thee-so l
suppose we must put up WI thee-but Ia as soon
live with a hedge hog-mind me-"
Blue Peters serious zone touched me, and /
began 60 whimper. well come don't be a
foo" said the kind hearted fellow, but let's hear
what it's all about, lni see it we can't mend it,"
As well as my sobs would permit, | told him of
LavOlta's gener I>ity, and Seth llOlluwuy's turpi-
tude. e,eL admitted that | bad been licked. but
added, that the first time | caught Seth or his
cousin alone Ia prove pretty soon who was the
best man. Blue Peter cOndOed with me, and
af,er having stated he had heard all about my hir-
ing with Farmer Belroy, aud its consequences,
he most earnestly urged me to 90 at once to Cuck
ODDS lllrem field, and resume my vocation. In
reply, | dwolt with emphasis on the consequent
restriction OF my freedom tn Il solitary area OF
four acres, totally destitute As l should be of all
interest or musenent-being forbidden even to
DO any mure than merely frighten the pheaSantsL
Peer frankly admitted that so tyrauuIcal an inhi'
bitiun was altogether suferabie-huma nature
could not stand 1t and when | mentioned to him
the stern behest | had received on the subject, ne
observed it was quite prudent for Farmer Be'roy
openly to discourage the destruction OF the priv
legged birds which devOured one half of his crops,
but the more Of ,hem | could wing on the sly. the
better he would be pleased. Now" added
Peter, do you be of 10 your berth, lad-Belroy
won't ha' missed you, for l saw him start fUr
Caddiscombe market before the sun rose-hidt
patiently in the field all day-if the pheasantt
should come down, don't pelt 'em-keep quiet
and about dusk I'll look in and show you som
sport. AS TO the sixpence. don't fret about that
Look ye. lad-here's q shilling go to business
and at dusk it shall he thine-thee canst lick Set
and his cousin at thy leisure"
heynn to iepl that Notwithstanding nv reCer
calamity, l was rapidly rising into importanc
Blue Peter had talked of giving me q shilling. an
Lavolta had estimated me at no less than half
crown that is, if | could Teplevy my sixpenC
from Seth and his assistants. l had been unsu
cessful to he sure. but that a bare pcssibilI
should be held out to me of comprising the pc
session of such a SUN, made me feel big, ar
tempted by Peters promise, | hurried off to n
field. There ( found little Agnes weeping mo
bitterly. She had brought my breakfast, b,
couldn't find me. In the innocence of her hear
she had imputed my secession from Office to b,
non attendance with my meals. She begged
explain, with winning sim plicity, that her tathe
who rigidly prohibited her from holding any con
munication with his servants had, on discoverin
the fact of her bringing me-his scarecrow-
dinner, locked her up for three days. She ha
however. taken the opportunity Of his fir
absence from home, TO wheedle the servants
short, she had succeeded in bringing me my brea
fast.
j u y ~ TELL ucT, u tHc OTcuOUu pusos
very pleasantly. for we blubbered in unison
About noon, the dairy maid, whom | had venture
to call Molly, but whose real rame it appear,
was Dolly, arrived with my daily bacon and
accom- paniments. She hurried little Agnes o
protesting that there would be barely time enou.
TO get home and lock her up, before her father
return. Agnes, by accident, left her blue wal
ribbon ; and having no better strong box in viii
to dispose of the valuable. / stuffed it into Il
deserted nest OF a bush magpie.
Soon after sunset, the tarred and broad brimm,
straw hat Of my friend Blue Peter cleaned abo
the fence. In externals he was a perfect anti:h
sis to a poacher. On the questionable authuri
of having performed a couple Of v"yages-one
and the other from New South Wales, rih
internal Of secea years 6etUeen them. Blue Pet
invariably wore the costume of a sailor. Il
trowsers were SO lUuse, that he could with pertt
IMMUNITY bestOw a hare in each leg. On q
preaching the spot where | stood. he prOduc
from beneath his jacket a small canvass ba
this. as | speedily found, contained a little ha
bred cock, with IL dull dun breast; belly and bac
a white tail and light copper colorad haokles, a
q brilliant rosette to match on each wing. /
eye, beak, and legs were all intensely black.
Blue Peter kept him constantly in complete fgl
ing trim, but not with a view to the pit, for t
bird was a craven, lie might perhaps have be
proof against natural spurs, but one touch of I
steel settled him. If he did not kill his cock
the second or third stroke, he was sure to be BET
en-. Still be had Frequently been entered in
main. on the ground of his wonderful agility al
precision if his antagonist, however game, ha
pened to be clumsy, IL was two to one that Bl
Peters bird gave him ''cold pudding" Nous
that was the rascal's name-had killed often,
and been beaten oftener, than any other ten Dir
in the county still he louked as fresh, clean, a
scathless "a though he had passed his VIII lie |
at "a walk !" in fact, he had never received a
punishment-always turning tail. as he did. at
first scratch he received. OF late he had becol
utterly useless in the pit for experience h
taught him wisdom, and he would not even IA
an enemy whose heels we're armed. Still he "
merry, busting. foppish. c0nceited little fellu
aud saised Blue Peters purposes much be-.
than a bird OF more sterling qualities and Il
assassinating agility. lie struck out like liz
ming, and the touch WAS usually as fatal.
The ~po.cber, after having poised him, latera!
for a few moments on his palm, took him in DO
hands, and threw him gently on his clipped win
The little Bpbadil came to the ground brim {
OF pride, aud assuming the most gallant attitu
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