St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-11-03
From lI,artn AMI H"n..
iHc {iUD"icI. !Srh0Oi- NUSttI'.
~ IpNyAEp EGGIE~IoN


tMINOi = RENhEkS OF NE. .IuNf~
The srhool-mastcr'- mind was like an
rirnt Caul--diviird into three parts.
With one part he mechanically perform
td hi- school duti,- With another he
asked himself, What >hall do about
the robbery And with the thri hr de
JatrI about bad nnd Hannah For
Bud was n"t present, and il was clear
that hr WAS .n"ry, and there WAS t.
storm hr,wiu2. In lact, il seemed L.
Ralph ;lGt there WA, storm hrcwin" all
round the sky. For Pete .Irnr- Wa
evidently ;L.lly At thr thought at brin.
watched, and II w:t~ lar to suppose that
DR.. Smlil Wa not in ANY better hmmor
than usual AMI 81. between Bud
jealousy anal rc,cn.e and tine suspicion
AMI !, sentiment II the nen ENGAGED in
tho robbery al ''thc Dutrhman's" (,-
the only German IA thr whole region
wa, caII,d), Etlpl'- excited nerves had
,tu~e t,r trvmor A. one moment lac
w.ulI irSolrc to have Hannah at all
costs. ia the next his conscience would
question the ri4hllumr-s OF thr cunrlu-
sion Then he would make up hi.
mili to tell all that h. knew about til,
robbery But il he told hi- suspicion,
about Small, Eohudy woull believe him
And it Ec tod about Pete Jones, he real.
ly could tell only y cmougiI 10 bring ven
gcancr upon himself. And how couL
he rxplain hi own walk through the
pasture and down the road What
! hn~iuc.s had lie lrio" ont ui bed ut tw,
! O'Clock in the mornimg The crcum.
>tantial cNidcnoe was quite as strou,
against him aS against the man on I'll,
/ horse with the white lett fore foot and
/ thC white nose. Suspicion might faster
om himself. And then what would b,
the effect on his prospects Ga IL,
people at I.awi~burg On Hannah
Il j. astonishing how much instruction
and comfort there i in Il bull dor. Thi.
slender schuol-ma~!rr, who had been al
his lie rcpi,S S>ing tine animal and dcv,l
upu" the finer nature, ROW found Il ncel
of Just what the bull ,log had. Ard 50
with the thought oi how his friend til,
doc would ii.lit in desperate strait, h,
determined to take hold of his difficult
tc< ~ bull tcol, hold of the raccoon
Moral questions he postponed for care
Iul decision. But ior the present. he Sc
his teeth together in Il desperate bull-do;
fashion, and he set his 'cct down slowly.
po>tivcIy, ul!-dog9elly. Afcr a wretch
cd supper at Pete ,jun,s'S he found him
set at the spclIin.-school, which. owins
to ;Ic absence of Hannah and the excite
men; about the hurglary, WAS Il dull al
fair. half the evening wa+ spcnt il
talking III little Knots. Pete Jones Las
taken the afflicted .Dmchmam" undo
his own particular supervision.
II >'po-r," said Pete, ''ihat them nj
frlIrr- what robbed your house must I
come down from Jinhins Run. Thcy'r,
the blam,Ic>t st up there ever see.
"la a>, >ad Schrocder, ''put how
did Iinkins vcller@ know dat | sell t
medt,r TO lc Shquirc, hey? How til
lmkns know anything bout the Shquire'
Lay in me trre hunlrIt ia T.. hard g:isl
-hry -
"Nomc ,coundrcl- down in these cr
paris i Il layin' IN with .Jimkin~ Run, II
bet u hos-,' sad Pete. Ralph wonder
ed = hcilIcr he'd bet the one with III
white lett tore foot AMI the white nose
"Nuw," said Pete, ",i could find Tia
lcilyr that's l Lrlrin' them >cnundrc'
rob u ioll.+. III hrIp stretch him 10 th'
urarlc~i tree.
"|n >ucd t." add Schroeder, IL
-htrrtch him dill ne bald me my Dire
hnnt'rt tuliar- pack. 80 | wood.
And Hei>ry Short who had found Tin
whole affair very funny, was transport
ed with fit OF tlttcrin9 at poor Schrot
der's English. Ralph, fearing that Iii
,l!cEce would excite Suspicion, tried t
talk But he could not tell what Ii
knew, and ali that lie said sounded ;
hollow aud hypocrilical that il mad
him feel gully. And 50 he shut hi
mouth, and nedliated protitably on tn
subject of bull dog. And when late
he overheard the garrulous Jones dcclar
that he'd bet ho>s he could pint ou
somebody "a know'd blamed sigl
more'n they keer'd 10 tell, he made Il
lis mind that If it came to pintin@ or
lie should try to be- even with Jones.