St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-10-06

s'tiu presently
"Because yon and | are going to IN
friends"
And what about tothers >"
Il am not afraid Of all the other boy.
put together"
"Y"u amt. The mi~rhiell How:
that
"Well, I'm not afraid of them bccaus,
you and | are goin@ 10 be friends, ant
you can whip all of them together
You'll do the f.hting and I'll do the
teachin"."
The diplomatic Bud only chncIled =
little at this; whether lle assented 10 tho
alliance or not Ralph coull not tell
When Ralph looked round on the
faces Of the scholars, the little faces full
OF mischief and curiosity, the biz faces
full Of an expression which was not fur
lher removed than second cousin from
rontempt-whrn young lIart>ook look
cd into these faces, his heart palpitated
with sla4c-lright There Is no audience
so hard To face rs one OF school children,
rs many Il man has found to his cost.
Perhaps II is that no conventinnality can
keep down their laughter when yUu do
or say anything ridiculous
IIarlsook's first day was hurried and
unsatisfactory. He WIS not master of
himself. and consequently not master of
anybody else. When evening came there
were symptoms Of finsubordinaliont through
the whole school. Poor Ralph was sick
at heart. lie iclt that il there had ever
been the shadow of an alliance between
himself and Bud, it was all "oif7' now
1t seemed to ilartsook that even Bull
had lost his respect for the teacher Half
the night the youns man lay awake. At
last comfort came TO him A rcminiS-
ccnce OF the death of the raccoon flashed
on him like II vision. lie remembered
that quiet and annihilating bite which
Bull gave. He remembered Buds GER
tiiicatr. that "lt Ball once takes IL holt,
heavens and yarth can't make him let
20. lie thought that what Flat Creek
needed WAS Il bull-do.. He would he a
bulldog, quiet but invincibc lie
would take ho!d in such IL way that
should make HIM let 90 And
then he went to sleep.
In the morning Ralph got out OF bed
slowly. lie put his clothes ON slowly.
He pulled ON his boots in bulldog
mood. lie tried 10 move IL he thought
Bull would muvr it hc were man.
lie ate with Lchberallon, and looked eve
ry one III the eye III a manner that made
bud watch hun curiou>ly. He found
continually comparing himself
with Bull. IL found Bul possessing a
strange fascination for him lie walked
TO school alone, the rest having zone on
before. lie entered the >chnol-rOom
preser, Ing Il cool and dn2srd manner.
| lie SAW III the rycs ut the BOYS that
there WAS mischief brcwimg. lie lid not
iarc slI down III la. rhtlr iIr lcr ut IA
pm.
Everybody looked solemn. R.lph
lifted the lld OF hl- desk "BDw WOW
wuw-wuw,' II wa, TIA: Voice of an
imprisoned puppy, aud the school @i.yled
and then roarrd. Thea everything was
Iniet.
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wrath from the t.i,.hrr Ear ,hov LaI
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FL into two cIa.,.. lin. ,.,,.h.r nm IN.
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,nI tb. punil, ou ,h,. other IN :. .,,t. ,'f
.broui,. r.L.lliou Ia nI,v =, ,r;'.l, -,
the master wa, AN .>;d,.u,r If ,r;r;t f.
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her, w,. End Mean. and E,u v.LnL,I
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lIenc, ,h,. uunnv IN ,i,n d.IL
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=. hen h,. law ,I,.. punny Ent ,Ln, ,nL
rr,r.s,eJ. bull-dnn nnod IN yLi.h H.,
had kent himself -n>.I him H.. I,,nI