The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-01-21

tatlve mind, The broad smnuth surface o
the moon presented II temptation no to be
resisted
freely confess that johnny Ia now and
then too much Tor me | wish | could
read him ~ clearly rs he reads inc II,
Knows all my weak points, he secs right
through me, and makes the feel that Am
helpless infant N bis adroit hands -.
lie has an argumentvc, oracular air.
when things have gone wrong, which al.
ways npscl- NY dignity. Yet how cum
hlngy hc uses his power 1t is only III
the last extremity that he or s,es his |, gs.
put hls hands into his tfuuser pockets,
AM argus the case with me Ory day
last week he WAS very near coming To-
griet. l'y NV directions, kndlng WOO ,
aud coal are placed every morning in the
library grnte in ord,r that may have a
FIR the moment return night. Mas.
ter johnny must needs apply u lighted
mHtch I" this arrangement early in the
forenoon. The fire was not discovered
until the blower WAS one mass Of red-hot
iron. and the wnoicn mantle piece was
smoking with the intense heat
When came hum-. Johnny was led
from the slurr.ruOm, where he had hecn
impris nrd from an early purirl. and
where ha | employ ed Lim-rlf in eating
about two dollars worth Of preserved
p nrS.
"ohny." sail |, in "a severe tone a.
one couli nsc in addressing. person
whose tnreheh 4 i,trncd with syrup
'Joinnv. don't yon remember that have
always told you To never medde with
matches I"
II was something to see Johnny trying
10 rem 'mber. He eat one eye inmc
dHtelv up To the ceiling. then he fixed II
"hs'racIrdy 90 the canary bird, then he
rubbed his rofh Il eyebru .s with IA sticky
hand but really, for he lify of him. ha
c"r'd"t recall any niunctons con:ernirs
mi'chc..
Il can't papa, truly" sud JOHNNY at
length. 81 ghe-s must have forgot
il.
We'll, JOHNNY in order lhat you may
not forget 1t in future
Her johnny was 5, lied with an idea.
lie Interrupted me.
"I!l tell you what TO do papa-you
just put i dawn in WIqtia '"
With the air Of Il man who has settled
the question definitely, but at the same
ii'nr Is willing to lstn politely to any
crude Suggestions that you NAV have To
throw "ur, J'hnny crosse his legs, and
thrust his hands into those wonderful
trousers puckeis turneI my face a-i lie
tor felt certain weakness crawling in-
To the rorn:rS of my mouth | Was loat
In an instant the little head all covered
over with yclluw curls, was laid upon my
kn e, AMI Johnny was crying, "rm So
very, very -orry."
hav" said that johnny vns the terror
of the nci.hb':hoo think have not
done tn Young g"nilrm n injustice. If
there is Il window broken within the ri
dlus of two miles from our hGusc. john, s
ball, or a stone, knowa To come from his
d,xt"rous hand. is nlmn,t certain tu be-
found in the haiicrpd premises never
hear the musical iineling of sp'inlered
g'ns-, hui my porlmnnnaie gives u cnnvul-
siNe throh in my breast pocket There j.
not Il duul-!rll in our street that has nut
been rung and run away from at least
three hundred Tins Scarcely "A day
passes over bni what he fall out nf some
thing. ur over sumrlhna, ur into sumo
thing. 4 ladder running up On to the
dizzy roof of an unfinished building is no
more to he r. sisted hy him than the back
platform ot II hocsc car when the cOnduc
tor is-colecIing lis fArs on front
should not like To enum'rale the bat
ties that johnny has fought during the
past eight months 1t isa physical I'M
possibility. should judge, for him TO re-
fuse ii challenge. Tie picks his enemies
on, of all ranks of society lie has fought
the a>hm ms boy. the eroc,rs hoy, the
boys over the way and auv number of
,nSccllAmrnu- b,ys who chanoei to stray
into our sire l.
cant say thAp phis Young desperate is
always victorious. | have knnwr the
TIP "f li- uose ia be- in state of unplcas.
AMI redness for weeks together. ! have
known him To come homc frequently with
no brim to his hat; once he presented
him-,lf with only one shoe. on which oc.
cd-ion his jacket was .pli' up the back in
n manner that gave him The appear ,ncc of
an overripe chestnut bursting out of lis
bnr How he will flht But this can
say: II Johnny is rs cruel as Caligull
he l. every bit as brave rs AgHmemnnn.
| never knew him To strike boy smaller
Than himself never knew him To tell
liz when lie would save him frl.. Dis
asier At present the general. rs some
times call him, is in husl,i'nl. lie WAS
seriously wounded al the battle nf Lrtla
Go-Carl an the 9th inst On returning
from NV otfi'e, YESTERDAY evening. found
that SCARED veteran stretched npon a
sofa III the sililng-Inom, with n patch of
brown paper stuck over his lrit eye.ani a
con' iriing smell of vinegar ahont him
Yes" said his noiher dnIefnlly,
"Johnnys hecn fighting aeain That
horrid Barnabeo hoy twho Is EIGHT years
old, if he is n day. won't let the chill
alone" "f"
"Well, said I, II hope Johnny gave
that l'arnabee boy u lhraShing,
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