Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-02-02

tho rightplace.
Yrsm Chsmbeu' Journal
The Eton Boy, and how he DID the Old Uns'
So long IS boys are permitted to 20 around
.95ss, oa. s liable to inset with them aud met
uth L specimen only last Se-k which ! shall
DO. -s.l' '9rgpy / vas starting from Waterloo
Station BIZ 20 afternoon trsa from Hampshire
aad meeting vita four military friends who were
going 10 Farnbofo Station, (for AldsrhoI,) got
INTO their carriage. Besides % five there was
al Etoa boy There is 10 mistakiug that de'crip-
uoa oi glt ftce They arc slrays dressed in the
asga. % tshion 10 the vacstoua, although At
school they lelight % bat dlh half itl brim off,
aud, moreover they 81 ueat stiff little ties, which
give ,hem lhe appearance Of duodscmo ministers
ol some juvenile religious sect The lttlo
vretChoa arr as hsughy and reserved as North
American lndius and The individual Of fourteen
yesl- 0I aec @. 80, whom We had on this occasion
ur our fIoH-ltayeIlsr, looked ss though the en-
i .aaea. HA-aa plat, snd valuabo property
4opue0., belonged -atrey d himself My '9i-
e, friends however q osn which ha' generally
s Contempt fJf boysD paid no sort Of attention to
b.mi sad as i0r me- r-s hgay delighted 10 y
more bio pressnos
Nov Jack " .ld ny frient,--tWo Of whom
wsfs 10Y 20 sgs chumi, and all Of them ntl.
mtt-s.-" you will ls, W smoke, We know, Al
.lougt uo, fond u 10 yourself
!" ISL -u 0bli, replied /, il will very probably
MAKE He i. Lut otherrSo have 90 objection.
As s1oa as tht train began 70 move, they &C.
cofdugs .it their c.glrs. They had not, how
ever, iaksn inrel pufs when the child in the
white lravat (ah Sc wishes 10 one thought oi
a.asusing) requested in ,lal hall hoans, hall
.qusakng voice pe-a.iar TO bis period o. life, that
they should pui HEN clgar out, bscAuss smoking
aA- offensive 10 him, and contrary 10 ths by-swi.
The officers stared 40 though the carriage lamp
bad uttered aa observation, aud then oil four
b4Is ,n.o b roar u augnter
" You will lind 9 no ,ughiag mttler, gentle
men. when You get 70 tarnboro'' said the Etonl
an or, 81 all events, the Joke will cost you svo
FOUND, apiece You have been warned As tbs
sc Directs object to your smoking il this car
negs,'
"Ihen get into another you little brute, oh
,arr,J Pepperpol, Of The One Hundred and
Ieulhi indeed, have good mind to drop yol
OUT Of the y ndov a. We 20 along"
II will thank you for your names and Address,
.s,uraed the phenomenon, stiifiyi here Is my
card al your service Re 50 good as to nAm'
your friend
Smith Of London, replied PeppTpot "onIy
give me lime 10 Wrte to my wife and fmil}
What b.oodhir'ly young creature it is =
"lig i very plucky" remarked Norman Of th'
Knights, sppioTngly. 81 vii! cay that for him
but VIA. cheek what cheek
anu obliged to you ior your good opinion
returned the ll1tle wonder drawing out go
repeater bu, 4, within one minute, your cigar
Ars no, eIuuguished, Hill appear against you a
lur. m / am living man. My time is Of =
consequence and ! would as soon get out
F-ml.f9 "a anywhere elIe; 80 YOU may be sur
ylu Uu not Escape ms feel it my duty {
prosecute op public grounds"
Once mere lld Pepperpot glance at the vii
dow, and even stretch bic hand towards this hu
mai gsally q, though be would have nipped bin
Up between he hngers and thumb bu,, With
ruelu. book a. at companions, be presently cal
his beloved weed out Of the carriage instead q
the boy The other three followed hi, example
for was i. worth she to pay forty shilling, api,c
lur forty minutes rideg"
That's right" observed the young gentemal
aud 70 engaging himself IN the columns Of Bell
Life, obedience to law is one Of The frat duti'
oi the soldier
Conversation tagged after this, for a ssn'e
8,graceiui defeat oppressed tho spirits Of n
lrendo They said great many severe thing
aganit ,he common snemy; but he never LITE
, niseyes from the exciting details Of the C1ampio
A., Fight Of Light Weights which appeared TO stFor
him intense though trsnqn satisfaction.
Whom the soldiers got cut at Fsruboro', oil
: served bis eysi twinkle with ,p'cisl merrmenI
+, buI could uo, be certain that he wa. enjoyin
his victory until the train began to move ag.iI
No sooner, however, had We left The slatiorl
. Than the Elonln burst into such a series OF f
4 Of iughter that they actually rumpIed his necI
a cloth lie became, IN short, to my horror be
!. ia enc Of lie most ordinary aud repusive forms
!. think did 'cm--eh, old stick .in.the mud
b observed be, when he had got little breath.
=. "You deprived four gentlemen Of an hour
" pleasure replied |, hsughlily,
"Yss, but deprived myself as well, replc
:, the diminutiye, producing from bus pocket bri
: root pipe " can'I 20 without my tobacco m
A. ssl old fellow, without very great inconvenience
/ What" olied !, you are not going to smo
b yulTteN You young monkey
"Ant |, though g' interrupted the Eloni.
uoddlns 10 an Extensively familiar manner. "
L. tho,s fellow, had bssn civil and s,ksd my p,
"a mission TO smoke as well a. yours, would hs
i gwen them zach better cigar than the line a
accustomed TO, tiattsr myself but aimee ID
p, chose to carry matters with bsh hand, you /,
n -puh-paf-sbsy got hold o. the wrong IN
:, iol that sort q thing -puif--puif- vhy-pui
!. puff they have to take the consequences.
e " But | vii not permit you to smoke, you
N III" observed !, Indignantly "of, If you d,
~ Ctr / shrank from personal contest with II
audacous ehild) "you shall pay ac ouple Of SC
sregns w, Of your pocket money al the ne
,Ation."
Excuse me, returned the Etonsn, hland
q &" the bylaw, say, il objected TO- Now, VII
70 yom friends inquired whether you would all,
=, Them TO smoke, jack Imokt'ck by the
%. tl'i lmny) whsa your friend,-puff-
demanded that, you -pua-pal--ior
'V heard you--Ihat YOU had no objection
cd Aud ttlt awful specimen Of The genu. b
to ,mJktd undetefrsd, Ike lme kiln, until We BE-
4 20. Out az Weymouth, where, il | had had |
j.. way, he SHOULD have been taken off 10 Portls
= pr,on, and kept there until such time as
,hould no ouger be a boy.