Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-07-31

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dapplvd-gray worstcd stockings; "yet
what else am to do with him he is ex-
cessively hardened, full of courage and
cunning; never met with boy SO
precociously wicked; everybody prophe-
sizes evil of his future life. He defies re-
straint. In any quarrel all the boys
fear him. but he fears no one. He in
vents wild fun enough for all the mis-
chievous boys in England. lie has
robbed every orchard within ten miles;
and really, I often fancy he does it out
of mere love of adventure and peril"
"Your strap will do him no good"
said the sister, quietly.
"What then will?"
"Patient kindness, and instruction,
and time"
why, docs 10 rot know that 7 have
almost paid his uncle, the blacksmith, to
let him como to school; that send him
vegetables out of my garden, every now
aud then, to keep himi in good humor?''
Harry KNOWS you are his only true
friend, and thinks more of one gentle
word from you than all of your blows
with your strap. lie has far loo much oi
violent usage at home."
"That is true you are right"
One afternoon, Harry Bonner left his
seat at the head of tho high form, flung
his book aside, and planted himself at
the window; whence he enjoyed view
of the sea, and of "a man-of-war that had
approached near the shore, in order, as
Harry had heard it rumored, that its
crew of seamen for the French wal
mightbe recruited by forcibly impress
ing men along the coa1t.
Harry was engaged i'll easy contem-
plation of this prospect, when the mas
ter espied how he was passing his time
"What arc you doing there, Harry
Bonner? Where is your book? Have
you learned your lesson?"
"No."
"Then, sir, you shall learn double
lesson before dinner"
III Iilee double lessons" said Harry
flinging himself -5IIesql' 5IIesq!l1 to }his place, ant
learning rapidly long fo%zN, of words
and meanings. -
Before dinner. time had come, tho dou-
BILE lesson was perfectly mastered, and
hard sums got through,-for sums and
lessons were all play to him.
The master looked at him with feel
ings of pity, regret, admiration.
"Oh, my boy % said he, 'how can
you throw away such abilities on mis-
chief and wickodness?"
Harry colored up to his temples; his
eye flashed and moistened; he was go
ing to make passionate reply, but
turned short round, and went out ol
school whistling, with his hands thrust
among the marbles and whip-chord in
the pockets of his ragged corduroys. Be-
side the pond in the centre of the village
Le stopped and looked jealously around
and seeing he was unobserved, he pull
ed out the marbles and top from hi
pocket, and flung them into tho water.
"There," said he, "now shall Civ
up nonsence, and show the master, ant
f show everybody, what L can do. I'm
thirteen years old and shall soon be
man, and must look out for myself, u
, the master says l am clever, and al
, that; and so dm clever, and haze &c
, abilities; feel it,-that dOv
, He walked OH. still talking with him
self: presentlv he burst out
: .' what does uncle hate me for,
should like TO know? What's he nlway
thrashinr me for? Why don't he let III
= ulone?r
i Ayoin ho went on. every now and the
: lettering TO think.
" "I wish" said he, turning his pocke
: inside out, "I only wish had son
# money there"
q With this fresh wish on his lips,
!, went into the dirty cottage of his uncl
II was homestead that did anythir
:. hut credit to its OCCUPANTS. The flo
:, was unswept. the hearth covered wi
coke and notato peelings the remnan
- of a dinner of the meanest kind we
~ scattered over the table. The boy fC
-, disousted. He looked at his aunt, 81
ting in n dirty cotton gown ana disco
ored cap in the chimney corner, al
: compared her to the schoolmaster's 81
ferinr sister. who ever looked so ne
"A and clean,
- The passion for change and improN
80 ment that had been silently taking no