The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-02-29

the trape=ius, lying liamond-shaped over
the back and shoulders like monks cow
or IL dcltoid which caps the shoulders
like an cpau Iette--or the triceps which
furnishes the calf of the upper arm-or
the hard-knotted Jiceps-any Of the great
sculptura landmarks in fisct-you would
have said there was pretty show of them
beneath the white satiny skin of Mr.. Bsr-
nard Langdon, And if you had seen
him, when he had lain down the Indian
clubs, catch hold Of leather strap which
hung from the beam Of the old-fashioned
ceiling, and lift and lower him self over
and over again by his left hand alone, YOU
might have thought it n very simple and
easy thing TO do, until you tried to do it
yourself. Mr.. Bernard looked at himself
with thesoye of an expert. pretty well, !"
he said; "not 50 much fallen off as eX-
pected.' Then he set up his bolster III
very knowing sort of way, and delivered
two or three blows straight rs rulers and
swift rs winks. THAT will do, he said.
Then, as if determined t. make a certain
ty of his condition, he took dynomcter
from one of the drawers in his old veneer
ed bureau, First he squeezad it with his
two hands. Then he placed it on the
floor, and lifted steadily, strongly. The
springs cracked and creaked; the index
swept with q great stride far up int the
high figures OF the scale; it was n good
| lift. He was satisfied. lie sat down on
the edge of the bed and looked at lis
clearly shaped arms. "If strike one of
those boobies | am afraid | shall spoil
him." he said Yet this young man,
when weighed with his class at the col
legc, could barely turn one hundred and
forty two pounds in the scale-nota heav-
V weight, surely: but some of the middle
weights, as the present English champion
for instance, seom to be of a far finer
quality of muscle than the bulkie: fel
lows.
The master took his breakfast with
a good appetite that morning, but was
perhaps rather more quiet than usual.
After breakfast, he went up stains AMI
put on a light loose frock, instead
of his usual dress coat, which was close
fitting and rather stylish one. On his way
to school he met Alnliny Gutter, who
happened to be walking in the other di
roction. "Good morning, Miss Cutter
he said for she and another young lady
| had been introduced to him. on former
occasion, in the usual phrase of polite
society in presenting ladies to gentlemen
-"Mr. Langdon, let me make y ac-
quainted with Miss Gutter; let me make
v acquainted with Miss Braowne" So
he said, "Good morning. to which she
replied, "Good mornin', Mr.. Langdon.-
Haow's your heaIth?" The answer to
this question ought naturally to have
| been the end of the talk: but Alminy
Cutter fingered and looked as if she had
something more on her mind.
A young fellow does not require
great experience to read a simple country
| GIRLS face as if it were sign-board.-
Alminy was good soul, with red
cheeks and bright eyes, kind-hearted as
she could be, audit was out of the ques-
ton for her to hide her thoughts or feel
ings like fine lady. Her bright eyes
were moist and her red cheeks paler than
their wont, as she said, with her lips
quivoling--"Oh, Mr.. Langdon, them
BOYS II be the death Of ye, if you don't
take CARP
"Why, what's the matter, my dear"
said Mr.. Bernard. Don't think there
WIS anything very odd in that "my
dear" at the second interview with vii
lage belle; some of those women tanners
call girl "My DEAR" after five minutes
acquaintance, and it sounds all right as
they say At. But you had better not try
it at venture.
1t sounded all right to Alminy, as Mr..
Bernard said it. 'I'll tell We what's the
matter, she said, in frightened voice.
"Ahbner's go'n' to car his dog, N he'll
set him on ye'z sure 'z'r' alive. IT'S the
same cretur that haaf eat up Eben
Squire's little 10, year come mex Fast
day."
Now this last statement was undoubt
edlv oser-colored; as little 10 Squires
was running about the village-with an
ugly scar of his arm, it is true, where the
beast had caught him with his teeth, on
the occasion of the child's taking liberties
with him, as he had been accustomed tc
, do with good-tempered Newfoundland
; dog. who seemed to like being pulled ant