The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-09-22

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soy managing tricky boys, Il they are
brave aud honest Such boys regard
With
"Ths stern j., thss wsrtos feel
Ia f1siaeh e'sl8ly ul jltoif sioelr
But the pcculiar,,y q Billy Throg-
morton j.. that WITH an lis love 81 Fan
aud mischief. he is one Of toe armntcst
towards you can imagine He Is ready
enough q play tricks bat Nhcu it
CONES p tae question u paving ihe due
penaltv Mus.e B.ly draws IN his horns
aith wonderful ceierity Ia see him
IN his intervals ofimpunHy you would
shink him one oi the most daring reb-
els; hat the moment that tie fatal key
turns in the lock N the sacred drawer,
his spirits SO down 70 zoro, and he
hlubbers like a baby Then, when tho
inflictiou is over, BE ropeuts most copi-
ously, and makes cdigiug vows Of
amendment; but in five minutes his lit
Tie black eyes are sparkling with as
much mischief as ever In fact he is a
thorough humbug.
Billy, as you may suppose, is not
.honght much Of by his companions. --
ln excellent rebuke was administered to
i'm by one ofthem the other day. One
of my colleagues had caught him at
some Of his usual pranks, and was pro-
posing 10 punish him. Billy wept and
entreated, and made sucn work that
both the class and the master were
thoroughly disgusted, and the latter
took the opportunity OF improving the
occasion, pointing out what fool this
fellow was, who wastek their time by
his silly antics, but made such mn out
cry over the due consequences thereof.
And then another boy, a decent, quiet
fellow, who seldom gave any trouble,
stepped forward and volunteered to
take the thrashing for him. The mas
ter gave it to him, not very severely
suppose, and then turned upon Billy
and addressed him in winged words. -
1t was a grand chance for the advocate
oflaw and order the good boy taking
the punishment voluntarily on himself
and the naughty one behaving like a
baby. My friend made the most OF it,
and the boys we're deeply impressed,
and gava vent TO their righteous indig-
nation by Kissing Billy as soon as they
got out OF school. He, for bis part, was
as much ashamed of himself as it was
possible for such an animal to be, and
was comparatively sobered down for u
day or two.
/ can't understand the boy, he is such
an odd mixture OF rccklessness and
cowardice. lsuspects he presumes up
on my well-known propensties for the
humorous,a and upon the moment OF exc.
cution hopes to soften my heart by his
impudence. He once played upon me
the most impertinent trick | ever knew
/ had given him hundred lines tc
write, and WHOM called him to pro
duce them he grayely walked up to my
desk and laid down ten sealed ,enyel
opes upon it one by one EacL envel
ope was addressed to me in fun, anc
contained ten lines scrawled over 1
whole sheet OF note paper. He did no
make much by this, for gave him bacl
his envelopes, and desired him to bring
me the imposition next day written up
on single piece of paper. This made
him look rather disgusted for "a few
minutes, but he was so quiet all the res
Of the morning that suspected he wal
1 planning some new piece of impertl
nence; and, indeed, when hs went hom,
he cut the edges off newspaper. past
ed them into one long strip on which
he wrote the lines, and then wound i
around clothes p n. Next morning
when | asked him for il, be pulled th'
clothes pin out of his great-coat pock
ct, and began TO unroll the voluminouI
work amid great roars Of laughter. --
You told me ! was to write it all up
on one piece Of paper, sir, he remark
ed, in tone Of remonstrance, as h'
caught my eye fixed upon him with M
twinkle Of appreciation in it. II wa
moi TO be borne. i thrashed Billy well
much to his anlazement and disgust
and kept him in school 70 write tho i'm
I position properly. He did il this time
and added at the end OF it. for my ben
eft, Il beg your pardon, SIR, and an
going TO try and mend my ways iron
this day" knew very well that b
was going to do nothing Of the sort
but wish be would. for his ways ar
anything but the ways Of pleasantness
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