Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-11-05

There was danger that its appetizing odor
might find its way to somebody's nostrils
as they carried it up stairs. Indeed Mr..
Spriggins, who was at the further end Of
the hall, was seen to take snuff and look
around him in surprise. ......t.g.. .....
"He'll think they are cooking turkey
for dinner" said Bert. Didn't you see
how surprised he looked? I'llwagcr there
never was one in his house before p yoHol
The turkey was rolled up 10 towels and
hidden in the bed while they went down
to dinner. ~.
Doctor GrindaIl remarked with salts
faction, that day, that the appetite of three
of his pupils had lessened remarkably, and
the dinner that was sent up to Tommy
fuckers room was sent back almost uu.
touched.
The afternoon study hour the boys we're
required to spend in their own rooms, but
sometimes three or four received per,nis.
sion to study together, and on this after
noon, Bert Hildreth, with very demure
face, asked of Doctor Grindall permission
for himself aud Tommy Tucker to spend
the afternoon with Will Burton and Ned
Lander, which was granted. .,..... ...
Tommy was assisted to hobble in, the
door was securely locked, aud the turkey
brought forth from the bed. Even Tom.
my's woe. .begoue face frightened little
when its plump, brown sides were dis
played, and he admired the skill which
had cooked it so finely as much AZ the
boys could desire. '" -'2' '"-
The feast was just about to commence,
when step sounded in the corrider-a
ponderous, deliberate step, recognised at
once as Doctor Grindalls. And it stopped
at their door.
The doctor tried the door, then Knocked
sharply and impatiently when he found it
locked. Will Burton sat beside the open
window. holding the turkey; and Will
was almost equal to any emergency. A
string which had been tied around the
legs Of the turkey while cooking, was still
there, and fortunately, was longer than
more experienced cooks might have used,
and while Ned was rushing frantically
around the room to find hiding place for
the turkey, Will let it quietly out Of the
window, holding the end Of the string care
lessly in his hand. Bert opened the door
for Doctor Grindall, who stood silent for q
moment, looking suspiciously at the boys
flushed, confused faces. In spite Of Bert's
gravity, the doctor had noted twinkle Of
mischief in his eye when he asked leave to
study with Will and Ned, and had deter
mined to make call upon the party.
They certainly looked disturbed and guilty,
all except Will, who was composure per-
sonified, with Latin grammar open be-
fore him, but there was no traces of mis-
chief about the room. It was evident,
however, that none of them, except, per.
haps, Will, had been studying so the
doctor took occasion to deliver one Of the
long lectures, for which he was noted,
upon idleness. '., l ..i5
A full half hour it lasted-two or three
hours it seemed to the boys who waited in
such fever Of suspense. Who knew how
many passers by we're looking at that tur-
key dangling from the window. Only now
and then word Of the doctors discourse
did any of them hear, though Bert pre-:
sented most edited expression of counte.
nance, and Will played carlessly with the
end of that string as if it had held moth
| ing more important at last, and as soon as
he was out Of hearing, Bert softly locked
| the door. .l"% ie 's+t' "''
"Why, it is . great deal lighter than it
was" exclaimed Will, pulling the string.
The next instant be drew up-the turkey
bones, tied nicely together on the end Of q
string, every particle Of meat gone from
them! Tommy grew as white a. ghost,
and his yellow hair stood up straighter
than ever. Bert was speechless, the pic.
ture Of dismay. Will put his head out of
the window, and looked down, then measur-
ed the length ofthe string with his eye.
"Good gracious, if we haven't been and
gone done itw he exclaimed. "T That
turkey hung right in Spriggin's window I
He must have eaten it-and cut of what
he couldn't eat. See, there's place where
the meat was cut of. Now, you see he
has got chance 70 pay us off for the mean
tricks we've played on him, and the names
we've called him Farmer Alden will be
up here complaining about his turkey be-
fore night, and Sprigg will tell on Us r
"I told you We would be expelled i"
said Tommy, ready to cry. 40, I wish I
uaOu SVuo WIN yOu
"You had better wish that you hadn't
been SO stupid and clumsy as to fall, and
then Farmer Alden wouldn't have seen
US, and would have thought hawk carried
his turkeyoff! Andanyway, if you hadn't
hurt yourself, We should have eaten the
turkey in the grove, and never been found
out in the world p said Ned. ~ -
Well, I'll never go with you again r.
said Tommy. ga r.a7 ar,ssI4
Ned responded in the same fashion, and
for few moments war Of words waged
fiercely. . aa'1s '0''''''
81 don't see what good it does to quar-
rel about it," interposed Will, At last.
"We are all in the Same fix. aud we've oil
got to bear the blame. Tommy is the
youngest, and We coaxed him to 60, 90 he
is the least to blame"
And Wills word was always law, 90 the
dispute ceased. When the boys went
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