The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-12-21

must ioOk out Tor myseit, - tuo mssss
snys atm clever. aud III thst; and 20
ON clever, and lhass got abilities; ! Zee
it-,hat Z do!' 'i1.:, .g'..A -st
He walked on, still talking with himself
presently he burst out .,a' ,l '' "
"Whst does uncle hate me for, ] shoult
like to knowi What harm have don'
himf WHATS be always ,hr.shing M
foa7 Why don't he lct mo alone 7" 7i
Again he went on every now aud ther
lettering to think. - 'az i,# ra'r.r
~ wish" said he, turning his pockets
inside out, l only wish had some mon
ey there" = '' .',. "a 20, r.. .'
With this fresh wish on his lips, he wen
into the dry cottage Of his uncle. ltwsi
a homestead ,ha, did anything bu, credit ,s
It's occupants The foor was unswepf, the
hearth covered with coke and potato peel
ings, the remnants of dinner Of the
mcanest kind wera scattered over the u.
bic. The boy felt disgnsted, a. he men
tally compared this abode with the nea
though equally poor homo that he had jus
quilted. He looked at his aunt, sitting In q
dirty cotton gown and discolored cap In the
chimney.comer, and compared her with
the schoolmastcr's suffering sister, who ev'
er looked 20 neat and Glenn. liggn1..'l
The passion for change and improvement
that had been silently taking root m tiar
rvs breast was momentarily becoming
more developed. All al onco he said to hi'
s,,nt-- ,.,.ir ,' ~. ...,. p. ~
"Aunt,c can you give inc little money
ever so little p
"Money!' she looked at him In utte'
surprise. What DO you want with mon
eyF ~ g,.r.I 9r,r.
"Nevcr You mind only SEQ though II
don't pay you back one day. anu plenty
to it,
a violent blow from behind sent the boy
reeiing against the wall There stood his
savage uncle, with his fist double, bare
grimmy, firm, and face distorted with In
toxicatiorL .'n' ..7
81 u teacl' you to ask Tor money sad
he, and other blows aud fierce abuse fol-
lowed. vri .'
The hoy started forward into the centre
Of the room, guzed with steady boldnes.
Into the tyrant's face, and said tlrrr
"iou nave uone ho'n'ng'o"' "''u'o TN
since my '"'ner "'ea. na.o "o'e' "'"'
you a.y "a''' ''" ; '"a" : 'e'' "'' "'''
OF m yn,sF .HH.t F., ,hrH =,
Tho blacksmith caught up heaVy SUCK
"Will You not 2"
"No, Twill not; so take care what yo,
arc about. a, ,-,, .,.'i eau-s.
..Iil break your spirit, or l'll break every
bone In your tody." ...' '". '.'. .
aYou won't do either"
"We'll try th't' r.tu
The blacksmith rushed E'rwanl to grasp
Harry by the collar, and Harry spnng Ia
meet him wi,hwild resistance. They stool
foo, to foot and hondto hand. wrestling for
the mastery, when the door opened, and
the schoolmns,er Of Bnnchurch entered
Instructive reverence for the good mar
made the blacksmith, pause, aud the boy
broke from him, trembling violently, and
now sul,dued to tears. -,r-
a. am sorry n a.. NH, F" ,,id IN. maj,
tor. Wh,, !. IN. ,,,,,.r,,
Tho ,J..L.,,;,h r,,,,r,.,.d .ou.,,,;r. and
III. y;l, took III. .,;ck fro,, hi, hand.
.eThcv mr., .Iw,y. o.,arrcIinp (" said she.
"wha, have ! done ?" exclaimed Harry
"but it don, matter. master; . like you--
you have been good to me. aud ! shall
think oft; but as for Rim Il hate him, and
hespise him and llave nothing to thank him
for; and afler this day will never see his
face again, nor eat of his bread" r.
In on instant the lad was gone.
Some ho,,rs AFR. the master returned
home, and the first thing he did was to take
his strap from table and put Il in The fire
Ills sister smiled but said nothing.
Aaerward they convened respecting the
poor boy, and the master expressed some
uneasy npprehrnsiops as he repeated iiar'
rvs words on going Off Those ,sPprehen'
sio"s increased when !, became known
through the village that Harry Bonner wa'
missing, and could not he found. 49,.
At dusk the villagers were traveslng the
road with l'ghs-that old upper road
which, viewed from the lower cliffs, ,ap
peared but as a lofty terrace cut on the
green mountain side. d. B. rr
AT that time, the now ao'irishing town Of
Vcntnor had scarce begun to exist; only q
few houses relieved tho picturesque wild.
ness OF the scenery, amidst which the shouts
S,f tha villn no ~ fnr,pod an avc;t;o1 ur,osv-