The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-11-18
How DR.. Rounder Beat his BOYS.


A queer, old fashioned house was
aCioverbobs," where the sensible,
but somewhat queer DR.. Rounder
kept his school.
The doctor had q fine garden and
orchard, in which all manner of
pleasant fruits were to be found,
fromthe early strawberries to autumn
plums and apples. From him the
BOYS had full liberty TO reyel in
those inviting pastures. He consid,
cred that the fruit was sent to be
eaten, and that the boys of Clover
bobs were sent to eat it.
All the boys were of the same
opinion; but Mrs. Pinnicker, the
housekeeper, did not agree with
them, now and then. Many griev-
Gus complaints did she carry to her
master of the nursing and doctoring
arising from the boys eating unripe
fruit, or too much Of what was ripe;
and she so worried him that he was
faint to let her lock the gate, and
give out such measure of the daint-
ies as she thought fl.
For this, the big boys resolved to
be rovenged. The theft of her spec
tacles, the drowning of her cat, and
various other plots were made and
abandoned, as unworthy of gentle
men, and disgraceful to the doctors
pupils. Nevertheless, something, it
was decided, must be done. Now
where there's a will there's a way,
and that may be said with strong
significance of a boys will What
cha6ee, then, had the housekeeper
against tie wills of between thirty
and forty boys:
The apples had beeh chiefly gath
cred in with the plums, Whi1h were
stored for preserving, and the WHOLE
were laid in the most housekeeper-
like order on the floor of large
room at one end of the struggling
old house.
OF this room, into which the bows
saw all the good things 90 and new
er come out, Mrs. Pinnicker kept
the key-a great door-key, that
hung with others from her girdle. |
To get the key was impossible, and
to get to the apples without it equal
ly so; at least so it appeared till |
accident showed it otherwise.
1t chanced, that in a game of hide
and-seek, one boy, the hider, climbed |
the roof of the house, and creeping
towards the apple room end, got |
down an ivy covered chimney. The |
chimney was very large, and he de- |
scended rather quicker than he wish
ed into the chamber beneath, and |
fell withing a few inches of a large |
hole in the floor where the gate had |
once been.
At first he was in panic, but
finding he was not hurt, he soon re-
covered himself and began to look
about him. 1t was a dingy place;
the window was almost covered with
ivy; but there was enough light to
show him that the boxes Of all the
pupils we're kept there.
Having ascertsined this, he went
to the edge of the. hole, and looking
down, could see nothing but fiat
hearth stone.
There's no fireplace there" he
thought, but while he thought and
looked a strong Whit Of apples
came up, and suddenly gave him an
of his whereabouts.
%Of course" he exclaimed, 81 am
over the fruit store room
Piling the boxes up, he soon got
out from the chimney, and, smooth
ING the ivy, he descended with all
speed TO tell his comrades.
Exultation was in evevy heart
that night; for, although much had
o be done to carry out their enter.
prise, the first step and most impor
ant had been taken; the apples were
'ound to be within reach without
he big key.
After many a consultation in the
llaN HEOuuQ- luGdS llGo MCiC elSACCu
IN; aud the very next day the ring t
leaders were down the chimney t
the apples and scheming t
now to get at them. 1t was too far i
10 jump or drop down; but a rope k
here were the cords of the boxes
Thst could be more handy? b
They twisted and tvined them Il
n and out to the size of cable n
md then, letting down the smallest Il
If the party, charged him to come il
10 with his pockets full. But pock- h
is, even large ones, would not hold Y,
many, and the small boy had small ic
pockets, Of course; so he had to 60 ci
own several times before he could n
atisfy his companions. il
Lets drop down a basket" said
sour supper basket" said an b
sher. i- a
Eyes said the small boy; "and ei
would be. easier to 60 down and h
me up in the basket; the cord Sc