Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-02-10

as one Of US steps out of the way of an or
cart. II must be very stupid Dig that
lets himself ho rVn over by fast driver ia \
h's Q'a, he can jump oa. Of the wheels
way xk%r the tire has already tascl,cd him.
So, whi'o anc L lifting stick ia strike. or K,
drawing back his foot to kick, The b.a.t
makes his spplns. and the Llow ar he kjVk
eomcs TOO hate, %
1t was not so this time. The maslsp ~
fcncer, and something of boxer, Ne h~a
played at singie-siick. and was used 4
watching nm adversarys eye. and coeninn
down on him without any Of those pEcmoa-
tory symptoms by which unpractiscd per-
sons show long heihreband what mischief
they mediate,
Out with you he said fercely,-and
explained what he meant by sudden hssh
of his foot that clashed the yellow dogs
white teeth together. like the springing Of =
bearLrap, The cur knew he had found his
master at the first word and glancc, as how
animals on four legs, or smaller numhep,
always do; and the blow took him - much
by surprise that il curled him up In an ia,
slant, and he went bundlng out Of the open
school-house door, with most pitiable yelp.
and his stump Of a tail shut down as clio
as his owner ever shut tho short, slabbed
blade of his ]aoknifh,
| 1t was time for the other cur 10 hnd who
his masior was.
Follow youp dog. Abner Briagsr said
Master Langlon.
The stout butcher youth looked round,
but the rebels were all cowed, and sat still,
I'll go whom I'm ready he said-''nI
guess won't go afore I'm ready
You're ready now said Master Lang.
don, turning up his cuffs SO that tho little
boys noticed the yellow CLEAN Of a pair Of
gold sleevc-buttons, once worn by Colonel
Percy Wentworth, famous in the Old French
War.
Abner Briggs, Junior, did not apparent
ly think he was ready. at any rate, for he
rose in his place and stood with olenched
fists, defiant, as tho master str0de toward
him. The master knew the fellow was
really frightened, for all his looks, and that
he must have no time to rally. So he caught
him suddenly by the collar, and, with ono
great pull, had him out over his desk and
on the open floor. He gave him sharp
fling backwards, and stood looking at him.
The rough-and-tumble fighters all cliincA,
as everybody knows, and Abner Briggs,
Junior, was one of that kind. He remem.
bered how he had floored Master Weeks
and he had just "spunk' enough left In him
to try to repeat his former successful ex.
pertinent on the new master. He sprang
at him open-handcd, to clutch him. So the
master had TO strike,-once, but very hard,
and just in the place to tell. No doubt,
the authority that doth hedge schoolmas.
ter, added to the effect Of the blow; but the
blow was itself a neat one, and did not 70.
quire to be repeated.
Now go home, said tho master, land
don't let me see you or your dog hore again.
And he turned his cuffs down again oyep
the gold sle.ve-buttons.
This finished the great Pigwacket Cen.
ter school rebellion. What could be done
with master who was so pleasant as long
as the boys behaved decently, ard such :
terrible fellow when he got ariled," A. they
called it? In weeks time, everything
was reduced TO order, and The sohool-com-
mittee we're delighted. The master, how.
ever, had received proposition so much
more agreeable and advantageous, that ha
informed the committee he should leave st
the end of his month, having in his eye
sensible and energetic young college grad.
ua'e, who would be willing, and fully Oom.
petent TO take his place.