The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-08

nay, quVerlng Win excitement anO
pain. When I put my hand upon
him, he shrank from the touch when
1 spoke his name, he looked up with
the look of a dog that has been beat
en-; when lifted his head and pillow
ed it on my lap, floods of tears gushed
forth. l let him have a good cry,
soothing him by passing my hand light
ly. over, his damp hair. When he grew
calmer, loosenad his shirt band and
looked at his back; and, as I did so.
bit my lips to suppress a scream. 1t
was literally covered with livid welts,
and in some places the blood came
through the skin! /. s-., ,,.;. s.. rr.t
Drawing his shirt-band up, fasten-
ing it round his neck, and command
ing, as well as 1 could, my trembling
voice, 1 proposed to him to go with me
to his room, and rest awhile. He
rose slowly to his feet. and putting
his hand in mine, we proceeded to,
ward the house, and gained the cham
bers in the same way left them, un-
seen by Mrs. Thorne.
persuaded him to undress and lie
down upon the bed, and while l bath
ed his aching head and bruised back,
he told me what the offence was for
which his father had beaten him. I'll
give the story in his own words. ~
h "Last week.. he'-referring to his
fathe ri; it was curious to see how he
avoided speaking theiword 'sfather"
''to1d me if [ would dig all the 'taters
in the south patch, might go chest
nutting the next day; and when L ask
ed him next day he said he did not
promise me, but 1 stuck to. it he did,
a d told him right where he was when
he said it. Then lie said he didn't
care if he did say so, 1 couldn't, for ]
must pick up cider apples, and if I'd
be good boy and work right smart
might go to-day: but knew he
wouldn't keep his word, and Silas
Bruce was a going to day, and 1 want
cd to go too, for the squirrels was a
carrying off the nuts as fast as they
could, and Sile Bruce, and all the
boys, have got as many agin as i
have, and when asked him if might
go out he SAID, ''N1, shouldn't" and
told me to go over in the back lot
and git the sheep, and | pretended to
go, and went off with the other boys to
hunt chestnuts, and he came through
the woods a huntin' for the old mare,
and saw me there, and he asked me
what was / there for, and / said /
couldn't find the sheep in the lot and
and he said the sheep was in the lot,
and he seen 'cm when he wns q coin
ing through it; a:i ae...a i told me l had lied,
and . ne would lick me but I stuck to
it l did not lie, for l knew he'd lick
me anyhow, and he has, and l hate
him and I'll run away; I'd rather live
way off on an island like Robinson
Crusoe, and have Friday live with me
than to live here and be licked every
day.
What could say? -' ral..
1 said nothing; but sung him fast
asleep, and left him sleeping, and went
down stairs thinking to talk to his
mother about him; but 1 found her
up to her elbows in flour, and her head
full of the baking for tomorrow, and
n pursed-up expression of her mouth
warned me to keep shady. And so l
wandered off to the orchard, and sat
down among the yellow apples, and
held my tongue; but in my heart of
hearts, [ thanked God was an old
maid, and had no boys to bring up.
At night the Deacon came home,
turned ont his horse, ate his supper,
and then enquired where Jimmy was.
Mrs. Thorne did not know. He look
ed surprised, not to say alarmed. took
down his hat and went at quick pace
toward the barn. Soon he came back
and-I'll confess it chuckled to see
that he looked pale and scared. Ihad
a good mind to keep, still and let him
get what Theodore Winthrop calls q
''prickley scare" but he came direct
to me, and asked me if knew where
he was. / reluctantly answered: =
"Up stairs in bed, asleep" and added,
maliciously, "sick, too, and 1 shouldn't
wonder if he has TO have doctor be-
fore he gets through with it." 80. Tea
2 The, deacon shot an inquiry from
beneath. his shaggy brows, and went
up stairs. I would have given all the
apples in the orchard to have seen him
as he stood over his bruised and beat
He came down with a slow, hesita.
ting step, and a look on his face that l
thought BODIED much good to Jim.
Strange, Jim told lies ! " r'i"' '..-
Who taught him? 1888 "-.i -.. -... .
Next morning, when Jim came
down, the breakfast was over, and he
asked his mother if he couldn't have
some boiled eggs. She told him she
had sold all the eggs to Tim Thurston
yesterday morning. Jim, in looking
round for something to eat, found a
painful of eggs.
Strange, Jim told lies
Who taught him?
One day, Deacon Frisbie came to
Deacon Thorne, to buy a good COW.
The irrepressible Jim was on hand to
drive up the COWS, with instructions to
leave three or four of the best ones in
the field. They were driven in to the
milking yard, duly inspected by Dea-
con Frisbie, and praised, or depreci-
ated, by Deacon Thorne, as his ankle
ty to keep or sell any particular one,
lay in the scale. AT last, by skillful
maneuvering, Frisbie was induced to
choose the poorest one in the lot-not
only poor in flesh, but poor every
way. And what think, you decided
him to take her =? ..........' ., 80
q Deacon Thorne said to Jim, 'What
do you think mother will say when
che finds Tve; sold tOld Fill-Pail ?"