Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-04-04
THE BRAVE BOY.

my in B Among my school fellows |
were Hartley and Jemson. They were |
somewhat older than myself, and to Jemson |
looked up as sort Of a leader in matters of
opinion as well as of sport. He was not at |
all malicious, but he had foolish ambition of
icing thought witty, and he made himself
feared by the bad habit of turning things into
ridicule, and being ever on the look out for
matters of opinion.
Hartley was new scholar, and little was
known of him among the boys One morning
as we were on the way to school, he was
driving cow along the road to neighboring
field. A group of boys, among whom was
Jemson, met him as he was passing. The
opportunity was one not to be lost by Jem-
son.
Halio,' he exclaimed, 4" what's the price
Of milk ? say, Jonathan, what do you fod-
der on What will you take for all the gold
on her horns? Boys, if you want to see the
latest Paris style, look at those boots {"
Hartley, waving his hand ID us with
pleasant smile, and driving the COW to the
6a4d, took dawn the hars of rail fonoe, saw
her safely in the enclosure, and then putting
up the bars, came and entered the school
with the rest of us. After school, IN the af-
ternoon, he let out the COW, and drove her
off, no one knew where, and every day for
The boys OF b Academy were nearly all
the sons OF wealthy parents, and some of them,
among whom was Jemson, were Ounces
enough TO look down with sort Of dlsdain
upon scholar who had to drive COW. The
sneers OF Jemson were accordingly often re-
newed. He once, on plea that he did not
| like the oder of barn, refused to sit next to
| Hartley. Occasionally he would inquire
after the cows health pronounclng the word
| ke-ow" after the manner of some country
| people.
With admirable good nature did Heartley
| bear all these silly attempts to wound and
annoy him. / do not remember that he was
| even once betrayed into look or word oil
angry retaliation.
{" / suppose, Hartley. said Jemson, one
day, your daddy means to make milk
man of you 7"
Why not ?" asked Hartley.
40 nothing, only don't leave much water
| in the cans after you rinse them; that's
all
The boys laughed, and Hartley, not in the
least mortified, replied:
Never fear it ever / should rise to be
4 mlkman, I'll give good measure, and good
mllE, too"
Tue next day after this conversation, there
WAS a public examination, at which number
of ladies' and gentlemen from neIghborlng
towns were present.
Prizes were awarded by the Principal o.
our Academy, Sand both Harley and Jem
,on received creditable number; for IN re-
>pect TO schola: ship these two boys were abou
equal.
After the ceremony of distribution, the
Principal remarked that there was one prize
, consisting of gold medal, which was rarel,
} awarded, not 50 much on account OF ITS grea
cost. as because the instances were rare whIci
, rendered its bestowal proper 1t was tn
p or,ze of heroism. The last boy who receives
, one was Young Manners, who threeyears age
rescued a blind girl from drowning. n
Principal then said that with permissIo
VI the company, he would re late shor
. story.
. mot long since, some scholars were fyin
70 \ kite in the street, just as a poor boy o
p horseback rode by on his way to mill. Ih
l. hyr,e took fright and threw the boy, inJunn
70 ri,n 40 badly that he was carried home an
a .on6ned some weeks to his bed. OF tn
a scholars who had unintentionaily caused I'll
u disaster. none followed to l.arp the fate
2. the wounded boy. There was one schola
y however, who had witnessed the acclde nt fro
i distance, who not only went to make II
r nniries. but stayed to render services.
"a sTh-F Fcholar soon learned that the woun
r. Ell boy was the grandson of poor wldo,
)r who e sole support consisted in selling II
Is milk of A fine COW. Of which she was the ow
er.
/" Alas, what could she now do She W
b old and lame, and her grandson, on who
- ,he deperded to drive her COW to the pastuI
-, was on his back entirely helpless.
=. Never mind good woman SAID the sch'
h, ar. can drive your COW.
l.. :. With blessings and thanks the old wom
1s accented his offer. But his kindness dld u
q SON here. Money was wanted to get artlc
al from the apothecary
a. " have money that my mother sent me
a.. buy pair of boots with. but can DO WI
IL out them for a while
nd O. no." said the old woman, l cant &C
tie sent to that, but here Is par oil hea"y oo
that | bought for Henry, VINO can ":
rbem. If YOU would only buy them' giVl
50 what they cost, we should get along nj
H. The scholar bought the boots, clumsy
ON they were. and has worn them up to
time.
OF .. But when it was discovered by other b
)hs of the academy that our scholar was IN
o. habit of driving cow, he was assaileo eT '
ma day with laughter and ridicule. Ills co"i
cai boots, in particular, were made mater @
one ~ hrt he kent on cheerfully and brav
rs never stunning observation, driving
art a;dos's COW and wearing his thick boots, {
l'd- ,.nted in the thought that he was dong II
1t ,.ring not for the icers and sneers that c'
cen he uttered He never undertook 10 eA =
he! why he drove COW, for he was not ihcii
1sa- 70 make vaunt of his charitable motlVeS'
oo- Furthermore, in his heart he had no syniPa
up with the false pride that could look u
me with ridicule on any useful empioyheHIi, l.
by was bv mere accident that his course oi
WIN ness and self denial was yesterday DISCO
:. ed by bis teacher. T.,
1t II 9 nd now. ladies and gentlemen, ap
..rn was there not true heroism IN
hoys conduct? Nay, Master Hartle.
,,ost not hide out of sight behind the black o'
hat Van are not afrasd of ridicule, you mus
the he afraid ofpraise. Come forth, come
1on, % Master Edward Hartley, and let US see
,h;n ,U, "oI A. Hartley with blushing cheeks,
,,bo ~, an,earance. what a round of aPplau
: not ,yb;rb the whole company joined spok
mo. 'i,,oraI anprobation of his conduct.
11sba- I,,d,ns stood upon the benches anu
heir bandkerchiefs. The old men WIPE
ed 10 ratbering moisture from the COIN Vi
mere eves, and clapped their hands. ihose
lrca- sy boots on harhey ieet II 40 he,
down ornament than crown "0"'A
zee to his head. amir
tiers The medal was oeS'o"eu oi -'A'
Of sill eral acclamatIont .a .L;,,, of .Je
t the Let me tell you g9oU S5,ost he
gs Of asbamed of his i'll hammered railery, and
Gate, we were dismissed, ne went VIII .o,5ar,
pre- iy self rebuke in his eyes and tenderf ,e,
go or hand to Hartley, making an apology
lmber i'll manners. =, c,I,ov
ted to "Ttink no more OF II, o'L ,u ,
natter Hartley, "let us all 60 aand have a r
take in the woods before we Oro"A W
The ton" :, c-,,oa Tor
,nt on The bows, one ana ALL LoAi"