St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-12

grow all the blackcr for Soaping. Fol
Il moment we were thoroughly fright
cned : then, oIT faith in the Com
) pound returning, we resolved to accept
the situation rcsigncdly for the sake OF
IL mIIstache.
Its probably getting the roots laid.
whispered Harry. a> he went into
breakfast, rather Shamctaccdly.
''Why Why, My stars. boys" cX-
claimed Aunt Dolly (Mr>. SMITH. us
We took "ur places opposite her at the
ta'lc. ''Nhat have You been doing tn
!"ur faces! Ink It's ink. q YOU sill
ly boys
We said not il word. Far better t"
have her think it waS ink than to komw
what we had really been doing.
How little Rhoda and Lizzie laughed
But We were thinking of the tougher
ordeal i'll store tor lis ut school.
80. if We hadn't to go To school" cN-
claimed Tom. after We had left the ta-
BILE
1t wouldn't do t" think of giving up
our going to school. however. The
folks wouldn't hear word to that. If
we even asked To- stay 1T home one day.
we should have to explain it all Be
stains coming Out very soon.
We gave olW lucklc>S lips another
scruhhin%. Il fluitlc>> one: and then. as
it drew near nine o'clock. went Oft to-
ward the school ol-houSc. The master
was just going in a> wcg"t there. Hold
ing our hands To our noses. We went Ia
our seat without attracting much no
tirc. But while reading in the TcSta-
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spite of the books We held up. We he
gan t" hear IL suspicious tittering; and
while the Fifth Ecader Class" which
/ came next. Was ont on the recitation
seats. it kept breaking ont. much to the
masters annoy and surprise. He
looked sharply around. But We held
nrlr heads down and studied prodigiouS-
ll.
GLASS in the Fourth Rcadrr,' cried
the master. That WIS Our class.
bur hearts gave Il great jump. We
stole out t" "ul places. Tom holding
his open book under his nose. while
Harry and put our lrandkcrchicf> over
nur months. MI eyes began t" faStcm
upon H. and ~nmthodN >nickrrcd out.
What : his - demanded the master.
coming down to our end of the room.
No one answered: but Il general grin
and >tarim" pointed u> ont aS the root
of the difficulty.
Put down yoIIr book. Thomas. said
the master. Tom wriggled and hesita-
ted. ..Do You hear ,
Down came the book. and 10, the
black lip, \ roa followed this unvcil-
ing.
"What i that ," cried the master.
looking at il attcmti\clN.
.Mu,tachc '" suggested Il voice he
hind.
The master glanced AT it again. then
trnwmcd He had Il small. sandy mus
tachc himself. and. with Il Young gen
tlrmau'> usual >cm>ltiNcncSs on this sub
irct. / think he took it ;S IL saucy mi
tation. Il piece of imPndcnce. F"l Il
moment he almost glarcd at poor lnm.
when another voice bluItcd ont. ~
couple more under the hamdkrrchirt>' y
Take them down., Numbered he.
turning upon us.
We did 80 and were greeted with AN
other roar.
But Mr. RcdWaN recovered his hum"r
in Il mIomrnt. and. turning I" on" "t the
little bows. said pleasantly. though >tlll
with =. >limht "lcIm III hI~ eye. ".I"hn-
ny. run over To Mi. \ccdham> :. ncNt
door. and borrow his razor and Il pee"
"t soap. These Young gentlemen will
have tn shave. The class may br seat -
Ell till We can get THEN mu>tachr> oil.
Now the best thing tnr uS to hay"
done then would nave been tn tell him
frankly iu~i how it WAS. But we Wrr"
So huStrrrd. scared. and Withal :"
ashamed hat We ~t""d mute ~ mon
keys. "ur lips helping the ~imllr.
..C"mr ont here :" >Lid he. We fol
lowed him int" the floor. Fake oil
,nur Jackets" We peeled
.'Nov pin N"ur Iludkrr,hirt~ about
each others nrck>. tnNrl fashion.
We performed this office ion each 9th
er. il, Il ,hradtulIl CLUMSY way. .clicitiug
fresh outhur>t> from the whole school.
which now set a.apc with mCIllm"nt.
BY this time Johnny had got back
with Mr. Nccdham'> razor and lathCr-
box.
The maStcr went along to the pail
and poured some water INTO the box.
which he set on the table. Next he
seated me in his chair. barber fashion.
and had me put my heels up on the
stove. This done. he retired to the
back seat and hadc Harry shave me at
ter the most approved style, with the
remark that he would teach lis barber
ing. if nothing else.
"Lathcr him and shave him well.
: wa> the order. A> he went up the aisle,
leaving lis alone III the floor.
1t took IL second command to drive
, Harry into it. And then. o, how lin
gcrinmlN awkward and slow he went
about it How silly he looked. aS he
smrared the lathrr over my face. And
how his hands trcmhlcd and shook
about as he diddcrcd the razor along
my lip. And the little chap i'll the
chair must have been IL picture, lou
can imagine him. In short. leave the
whole scene to Your Imagination. You
can't ovcrdo it. The master laughed
till the tears ran down into his sandy
mIIStachc. And such outlaws, both bass
and treble, as rose in the back seat
What the three little fellows who fur
niShcd the fun underwent Heaven only
can know. | never had anything So
knock the bottom ont of my self
respect before nor since To this day
it makes me Squirm and calculate,
; whenever happen to think of it sud
} denly.
And when. after scrapimg off the lath-
or. my lip still showed black as jet,
how they laughed again The master
made Harry go over me second time.
Then shaved him, and lastly he shay
ed Tom. That wound up the shaving
part.
Now" said the master, coming to
the table, ''go and wash OFF that ink"
1T isn't ink, sir" Harry ventured to
say.
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