The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-05-12

much pleasanter it was over Their
than in his own close fusty shop will
its dirt and litter, and its eterna
smell of tar, and nets shavings. Any
lhow, thought Jonnie, 1 make NOR
money out of my garden than an
of the other fellows, so I must pu
up with a few bad smells. For Eu
ropa, by way of encouraging habits
of industry, allowed the boys to en-
gage pretty extensively in CONNER
cial pursuits, and it was said thai
| Master John, who had been working
unusually hard of late, had some
times trebled or quadrupled his half
yearly pocket money out of the pro
duce of his tool house and garden
Of course the following description
of William and his work and ways
must be taken cum crano suliS.
| By the side of Louis domain was
that Of William, the biggest and
strongest Of all the monitors. He
set up, however, for being a very
studious and peaceable boy, and
made the rest of the school believe
that he had never provoked a quar-
lrel in his life. He was rather fond
of siging psalms and carrying Test
aments about in his pocket; and
many of the boys thought Master
William bit of humbug. He was
as proud as anybody of his garden,
but he never went to work in it with
out envious ewes on two little flower
beds which now belonged to Louis
but which ought by rights, he thought
belong to him. Indeed it was noto-
rious that, in old days before Ell
ther Louis or William came in the
school, one of Louis predecessors in
the garden pulled up some stakes
which served for boundary, and crib
bed his neighbors ground. For long
time William had set his heart upon
getting it back again; but he kept
his wishes to himself, and nobody
suspected that so good and religious
a boy could be guilty of covetin g
what was admitted by the whole
school to be now the property of an.
lother.
William thus consults Mark, his
Ifaverite fag and trusty counsellor
who is thus described:
Mark was not over serupulous in
what he did, full of deep tricks and
lodges, and SO cunning that the old
dame herself, though she had eyes
of hawk, never could catch him out
in anything absolutely wrong. They
thus confer:
To this smart youth William one
day whispered his desires, as they
sat together in the summer house
smoking and drinking beer, for am
sorry to say that they both smoked
anG drank all their play time, though
it of course was against the rules of
the school.
Mark then gave his friend some
pretty shrewd advice;
A garden became vacant on the
other side of Louis territory which
none of the boys seemed much in
clined to accept. Nobody bid for it,
therefore, it seemed to be going beg
ging.
"Don't you think" said Mark one
day to his friend and patron, shat
your little cousin, the new boy,
might as well have that garden?"
"I don't see why he should not, if
he wants it, replied William, by no
means deep enough to understand
what his faithful fag was driving
at.
at will be so nice for Louis, don't
you see, to have William to keep
him check on one side, and Viii
liam's little cousin to watch him on
the other side," observed Mark in
Inocently.
"Ah! to be sure" exclaimed Viii
liam, beginning to wake up, $50 it
will, very nice indeed, you are a sly
dog"
a should say if you paid Louis
the compliment to propose it, that it
is such a delicate little attention as
he would never forget-even if you
withdrew the proposal afterward."
just So my boy, and then we shall
have to fight But look here, won't
The other chaps say that 1 have pro-
Uoked the quarrel?"
mot if we manage properly" was
the reply. "They are sure to fix the
cause of dispute on Louis rather
than on you. You are such a peace
able boy, you know, and he as al
ways been fond Of shindy."
On the matter of the disposition
of the vacant lot Dame Europe was
consulted and thought the boys
ought to settle it between themselves
but they must be sure not to fight. (
Thereupon the following dialogue
ensues:
"There is only one way to do it,
said Mark. 'If you want the flower
beds you must fight Louis for them,
and take care that the other moni- |
tors don't interfere in the quarrel. |
Remember what a grudge Joseph
owes you. for the. licking you gave
him not long ago; and Aleck, though |
to be sure Louis took little Constan-
tines part against him in that great
bullying row, is evidently beginning
to grow jealous of your influence in
the school. You see, old fellow, you |
have grown so much lately, and fill
ed out so wonderfully, that you are
getting really quiet formidable.
Why, 1 recollect the time when you
were quite a little chap~
"Yes," said William, turning up
his eyes devoutly, sit has pleased |
Providence that I should be stout"
81 dare say, but it has not pleased |
the other monitors.
He then. tells how the little boys,
Brunswick, Hanover, Saxony, and !
the rest, didn't take Williams inter
ference into their little plots in good
part:
"They were very angry, you know
when you took those little gardens
belonging to some of the small boys
and packed them on yours"
"Of course you did, and quite
right too. The little beggars were
not strong enough to work, and it
was far better that you should look
after their garden for them, and give
them a share of the produce. All
the same, no doubt it made the other
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