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Der wanderer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1867-1957, 1872-12-21
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nuns sebt aus zen Aptwcr:en, bic Elm &C.
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~@ranp arm9 pf Gspuslie" untefvi9nst
par, per!eltn.
srser, Elm Democrat aus Ysnn{Y!oani.n
bssei6nste bic .G.ane Mrms" ais zine poll.
| RIDE Organization.
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ais tie &eeublifaau Sptatsn eeurresn
ieisn, patnnp bic DsmpIratsn GebsGen &c.
peien pdren.
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Slreit uno nabmen ebsniaES ftin Blatt rpr
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ses2
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1873 in Der Gattebrale bafelb i beginner
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Snlduoif9e Na9ri9tcm.
6 Glide 8.
GurtenB dnberer.)
Dir bsiliqe mfibnadt.

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Sri 9esrlst, Du beige Radt,
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Die 3u rstteR aus Der Nptb
Brabte uns Sen lteben Soft.
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81. 2cttcrt,
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-02-29
WHOLE No. 1,f42

Mr.. ioPete Jones shouted
sGunpowder!''s ''s and started
down the road 10 be out Of the
way Of the explosion DR..
Small remembered, probably,
that his patient might die while
he sat there, and started on.
aaBut Ralph emptied the pa
per, andllaid the board over the
chimney. What q row % there
wasiihsidel The benches that
were braced against the door
we're thrown d6wn, and Hank
Bautairushed fott, rubbing his
eyes, coughing FfantieaHIyy and
sure thatohe had been blown
up. All the restafblfowed Bud
bringing up the drear sulkily,
batjeoughing land Sneesing for
dear life. 7Slch aaJsmell OF sui
phur as came from that school.
house!g 9Iom shl mIoi9T s1ly
ID Betsy had to stand against
the fence to giggle. ..
AS soon as ali were out,
Ralph threw the board off the
chimney, leaped to the ground,
entered the chooi-house, and
opened the lv'inntdoaywas,. 20 The
school soon followed him, a and Id
all was still. o"' ''-
"Would he thrashl' THIS was
the important question in
Hank Banta's mind. And the
rest looked for a battle with
Bud.
It's just nine O'clock" said
Ralph, sand Pm glad to see
you all here promptly.
should have given you a holi.
day If you had asked me like
gentlemen yesterday. On the
whole, l think | shall give you
a holiday, anyhow. The schooI
is dismissed" v'safsar m.
And Hank felt foolish.
And Bud secretly resolved tc
thrash Hank or the master, he
didn't care which. r-g nav t..
And Mirandy looked the
love she could not utter.
And Betsey giggled.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-02-29
CHAP. xIv.-A Crisis with Bud.

CHAP. XIv.--A Crisis with Bud.
The master sat still al his
desk. The school had gone
All at once he became con
scious that Shocky SAT yet in
his accustomed place upon the
hard, backless bench.
"Why, Shocky, havn't you
gone yet9"
"No-sir-I was waitin' to
see if you warn't a-goin', too
l-4ln .'.. ......a a..
%Wellgp a .a.. a.
"I thought it would make me
feel as if God warn't quite so
far away to talk to you. 1t did
the other day. ..u .a. #
The master rose and put his
hand on Shocky's head. Was
it the brotherhood In affection
that made Shocky's words
choke him sos Or, was it the
weird thoughts lnat he ex-
pressed9 Or, was it the rec
ollection that Shocky was Han
nah's brotherG Hannah-so far,
far away from him nowl At
any rate, Shocky, looking up
Tor the smile on which he fed,
saw the relaxing of the masters
face that had been as hard as
stone, and felt just one hot teal
on his hand.
"P'r'aps Gods forgot you,
too," said Shocky in a sort Of
half-soliloquy. "Better gel
away from Flat Creek. You
see God forgets everybody
down here. 'Cause most ev.
erybody forgets God, 'cept Mr.
Bosaw, and | low God don't nc
ways keer to be remembered
by sich as him. Leastways /
wouldn't If l was God, you
know. / wonder what becomes
Of folks when God forgets emf
And Shocky, seeing that the
master had resumed his seat
and was looking absently into
the fire, moved slowly out the
door.
"shockyl" called the master.
The little poet came back
and stood before him. y
aShocky, you mustn't think
God has forgotten You. God
brings things out right at last
But Ralph's own faith was
weak, and his words sounded
hollow. and hypocritical to him.
self. Would God indeed bring
things out righu .Q - 4 j
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-02-29
(Rrpm Bearth and Home.
TIE H00sfER SCHOOL MASTER.
BY EDw1RD. EddLEsToN.

ChARs4L1I.-A Struggio hor thd mnstefy
The school closed on Monday
evening as usual The boys
had been talking in knots all
day, Nothing but the bulldog
in the slender resolute young
master had kept down the rls.
Ing storm. Let a teacher lose
moral support at home, and he
can not long govern 2 school.
Ralph had eitectually lost his
popularity in the distIfGt, and
the worst of il was that he
could not divine from jastwhat
quarter the i'll wind came, ex-
ceptthat he felt sure Of Small's
agency init somewhere. Even
Hannah had sighted him, when
he called at Means on Monday
morning to draw the pittance
Of pay that was due him.
He bad expected q petition
tor q holiday on Christmas day.
Such holidays are deducted
from the teachers time and il
is Customary for the boys to
"turn out" the teacher who
refuses to grant them, by bar
ring hlm out Of the school.house
on Christmas and New Years
morning. Ralph had intened
to grant a holiday If it should
be asked, but it was rot asked.
Hank Banta was the ring!lead-
er in the disaffection, AMI he
had managed to draw tho surly
Bud, who was present this
morning into it. II is but fair
to say that Bud was in favor Of
making a request before resort
ing to extreme measures, but
he was overruled. He gave it
as his solemn opinion that the
master was mighty peart, and
they would be beat anyhow
some way, but he would lick
the master fer two cents ef he
warn't 80 SLIM that he'd feel
like he was lighting . bqby.v
And all that day things
looked black. Ralph's coun-
tenance was cold and hard as
stone, and Shocky trembled
when he was in front Of him.
Betsy Short Uttered rather
more than usual. A riot or q
murder would have seemed
amusing to her.
School was dismissed, and
Ralph, instead of returning to
the Squire's, set out for the vii
lage of Clifty a few miles away.
| No one knew what he had went
for, and some one suggested
that he had "sloped." But Bud
said che warn't that air kind.
He was one of them air sort as
died in ther tracks, was Mr..
Hartsook. They'd find him on
the ground the mex morning,
and he allowed the master war
made of that air sort ofstuff as
would burn the dog-on'd ole
chool-house to ashes, or blow
it into splinters, but what he'd
beat. lHowsumdever he'd said
he was a:goln' toIhelp, and help
he would; but all the sinew in
Collier wouldn' be no account
agin the cute they was in the
head of the master.
But Bud, discouraged as he
was with the fear of Ralph's
"cute," weEtlike martyr TO the
stake e,and took his place at nine
o'clock at night. 1t may have
been Ralph's intention to have
preoccupied the school-house
TOR at ten o'clock Hank Banta
was sci shaking from head to
foot at seeing a face like the
masters at the window. He
walked up Bud and told him
about it.
| swell, what are you trem
blin'about,you cowardi" grewl'
ed, Bud. He won't shoot syou
but he'll beat youIat this game
Ill bet a hoss, and me, too, and
| poaHa po hofh oh q m, od NJ nur
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rADYTRTIsING lrRR Ma.

He sat musing a good while,
trying to convince himself OF
the truth Of what be had just
been saying to Shocky-lhat
God would indeed bring things
out right at last. Would It all
come out right if Bud married
Habnah7 Would it all come
out right If he were driven
from Flat Greek with a dark
suspicion upon his characterE
Did God concern himself with
these things9 Was there any
Go11 1t was the same old
struggle between Doubt and
Faith. And when Ralph looked
up, Shocky had departed. ~
In the next hour Ralph
fought the old battle Of Ar!
mageddon, shall not describe
it. You will fight it in your
own way. No two alike. The
important thing is the End
If you come. out as he did, with
the doubt gone and the trust
in God victorious, it matters
little just what shape the bati
tie may take. Since Jacob be-
came Iseral there have never
been two such struggles alikej
save in that they all end eith'
er in victory or defeat.
1t was after twelve O'CLOCK
on that Christmas day that
Ralph put his head out the
door Of the school house and
called out: "Bud, I'd like I'd
see you" sN1' s.a
Bud did not care to see the
master, for he had inly resolS.
ed 10 thrash him and have
done with him. But he couldn't
back out, certainly not in sight
of the Others who were pass.
ing along the road with him.
81 don't want the rest Of you,'
said Ralph in decided way, as
he saw that Hank and one or
two others were resolved 10
come also. #5t ,t1
"Thought may be you'd want
somebody to see fair play" said
Hank as he went off sheepish-
ly.
"If | did, you would be the
last one l should ask" said
Ralph. "Tbere's no unfair play
in Bud, and there is in you"
And he shut the door.
"Now, looky here, Mr.. Ralph
HartsooS," said Bud. "You
don't come no gum games ovef
me with your saft solder and
all that. I've made up nv
mind. You've got to promise
to leave these ere diggins, or
I've got to thrash you."
"You'll have TO thrash me;
then," said Ralph, turning q
little pale, but remembering
the bulldog, "But you'll tell
me what it's all about, won't
your ID
"You know we'll enough
Folks says You know more
bout the robbery at the Dutch
mans than you orter. But /
don't believe them. Fer them
as says it is liars and thieves
themselves. 'Ta'n't fer none of
that. And I shan't tell you
what it is fer. So now if you
won't travel, why take off your
coat and git ready fer athraah'
ing" "-.-
The master took of HE coat
: and showed his slender arms
Bud laid his of, and showed
the physique of prize-6ghtef.
"You amt a-goin to 6gh6
meS' said Bud.
"Not unless you make me-
"Why l could chaw you all
up.' ........ sss .s
n know that" vra
"Well you're the grittiest
teller I ever did see, and sf
you'd jest kept off of my
ground 1 wouldn't a touched
you. But l amt agoin' to be
cut out by no feller a liyin
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en- anything to have been al
home. .,..
When morning csme, the pu-
pills began TO gather early, A
few boys who were likely to
prove Of service IN the coming
siege were admitted through
the window, and then every
thing was made fast and a
'snack" was eaten. -
aHow do you low he'll git
inf" said Hank trying to hide
his fear. -"' on ~ "'''
allow do I 'lowr' said Bud oaT
low nothin' about it. You
might as we'll ak me where l
low the mex shpotin' rtar, is
a-goin' to drap. Mr., Hartsoo,k
is mighty onsartln, buI he'll git
in, though, and tan yer hide Ter
you, see Of. he don't, Ehe
don't blow the house up with
gunpowder." This last was Va
thrown in by way Of falleviatting
the fears of the cowardly, Hank,
for whom Bud had great Con:
tempt. 80 ,'~', '''', S'"'', c.,',
The time for school. had al
most come. The boys inside
were demoralized by waiting,
They began to hope that he
had "sloped." They dreaded to
see him coming.
81 don't believe he'll come, y
said Hank with a cold shiver.
'It's past school-t time"
ayes he will come, too" said
Bud. "And he lows to come in
here mighty quick. ! don't
know how. But he'll be a-stand-
in at that air desk when it's
nine O'clock. Pll bet a thou
sand dollars on that. Ef he
don't take it into his head to
blow US up" Hank was now
white. ..,,-
Some Of the parents came
along, accidentally Of course,
and stopped to see the fun, sure
that Bud would thrash the mas
ter if he tried to, break In
Il
Small, on the way to see pa.
tient perhaps, reined up in front
of the door. Still no Ralph, Il
was just five minutes before
nine. A rumor now gained
currency that he had been seen
going to Clifty last evening,
and that he had not come back
though in fact Ralph had come
back, and had slept at Squire
Hawkins's,
"There's the master," cried
Betsy Short, who stood out in
the road, shivering and gig
Cling alternately. For Ralph
at that moment emerged from
the sugar-camp by the school
house carrying a board.
"Hol ho!" laughed Hank, "he
thinks he'll smoke us out.
guess he'll find us ready" The
boys had let the fire burn down
and there was now nothing bal
hot hickory Goals on the hearth
II tell you he'll come in. He
didn't 60 to Olilty fer nothinI,'
said Bud who sat still on one
of the benches which leaned
against the door. II don't know
how, but they's lots of,ways Of
killing a cat besides chokin
her with butter He'll come in
IF be don't blow rs all sky
high" .. ....
Ralph's voice was now heard
J demanding that the door bt
} opened. a .ll $50 ,la
"Let's open her." said Hank
turning livid with fear at the
, firm, confident tone OF the mas
ter. al 70
} Bud Strengthened himself up
J "Hank you're a coward. Pve
} got a mind to lick you. Yor
got me into this blamed mes;
and now you want to funk
You jest tech one Of these ere
, fastenings, and III lay you our
| M f--
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-12
THE PENINSULA.
CAROLINE COUNTY.


The Denton Journal will be sold at publ
sale on the Goth.
The Methodist church of Denton has adopted
the envelope system.
The Sabbath School Jubilee will be held on
the lst of August, and in the Grove near Ander-
sontown.
The public square is a disgrace to Denton and
the county. The fence around it is broken and
down in great many places, and the Commits
sioners havn't got pride and energy enough to
repair it, Shame on theml
The merchants of fredericksburg were thrown
into furry the other day by the report that an
other store was to be opened in the town. The
excitement only subsidized when it was known
that the stranger had departed for Linkwood to
open barber shop.
By hitch in the arrangements, the daily mail
between Denton an fredericksburg did not begin
to run.
TALBOT COUNTY.
Hon. Saml. Hambleton is in declining health,
and has gone to Rockbridge Alum Springs to
reeuperate.
VIM. b. Wheeler has been appointed Justice
of the Peace for Easton district to fill the un-
expired telm of Thomas O. Nichols, sr , de-
ceased.
A diocesan school will be established in Eas-
ton under the superintendency Of Bishop Lay.
Another case of the smallpox has broken out
at IT tppe.
Col Hambetons new pavement and the lay
ing of brick gutter on Harrison street make
up the local improvements reported in Easton
this week. -Four planks have been torn from
the green fence and their replacement, we sup
Dose will make up the report for next week