The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-06-06
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church, post-offce, couple of stores,
and district school, the said school being
taught by young lady who had wild
owed mother and brothers and sisters to
assist In supporting.
For the sake of economy, Miss Eva
Stanley boarded around among the
scholars, and was considered paragon
among teachers. Her father had been
respectable merchant, but died after two
years of illness. which bitterly impover-
ished the family. Eva had, however.
(she was the oldcst,) received good
plain education before the great calamity
came upon them, and noble-hearted and
unselfshr began her work of assisting in
the support
The last week previous to the holiday
vacation she had been boarding with
Mrs. Carpenter, who was making gigantic
preparations for guests she expected from
New York.
''You never met my brothers, Eva"
she said, and then began to give the pref
ty young teacher description of them
There's Sam, George, and johnny, the
youngest; and such times as they have
when they get out here to rest and rusti-
cate as they call It'll But, dear me, [
don get much rest or peace, for they are
ike lot Of boys let out of school. Such
tricks and pranks no one ever saw. The
last time they visited me altogether John
and Sam actually cut a pane of glass from
the window and pelted George out of my
best room with snow! You see there IS
always regular strife for that particular
room, for the bed is spring one, and
they say they don't sleep on any other
IN the city. But they don't get in there
this time, that's certain, for I intend to
keep you in that room, and so end the
controversy. l am so afraid they will
break or ruin something, that | am glad
you are here. 1t may keep them in
check little.
Il had just as soon occupy any other
room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do not wish
to incommode your brothers, have no
right to do So"
mo you shan't, Eva peremptorily
exclaimed her hostess "and what is the
use of your going home vacation week
You can stay here just as well as not, and
do your sewing on my machine. Your
mother has enough mouths to feed |
The subject was dropped and the entire
household retired early, for on the NOR
row the brothers, young, ardent and full
of life, were to be there. But without
sending any word of their intention, they
had concluded to take the evening train,
which would land them at Holythorn
about bedtime. George and John did
SO, and when safely seated in the cars,
began to speculate about the absence of
Sam.
No reason upon earth why he should
not have been along" said George.
''No, for he told me this morning he
would certainly be on hand" replied
John.
Il can't make it out, unless he has
taken the five o'clock train by mistake"
s'Not bit of it, laughed John, who
fancied he understood the entire pro-
gramme.
sit is more likely he took that train
on purpose to get into Hannah spare
bed room, and make US take up with
straw ticks and feathers"
Il didn't think of that, but [ reckon
You are right. We must contrive to get
him out somehow"
''Bet your life on that
The brothers put their heads together
and laughed merrily over some scheme
for outwltting Sam, and accordingly, when
the train cached Holly thorn about eleven
o'clock they approached the house of
their sister in very stealthy manner
Climbing the fence in the rear they
softly opened a window and obtained ac-
cess to the pantry, where they demolish-
ed mince pie and a quantity of dough-
nuts. Then, with appetites appeased,
they removed their boots and prepared
to investigate the "best room" stole
along the hall, which was dimly lighted
by the moon, assembled the stairs and
reached the door. The faint rays of the
moon disclosed chair piled with cloth
ing, and they could distinctly trace the
outlines of form beneath the bed clothes
and had not the remotest idea but that
Sam was enjoying sweet repose upon
Hannah's best bed.
few whispered words were exchang-
ed, and then as softly and lightly as if
shod with down they drew near.
''All ready" whispered George.
Quick as thought they seized upon the
form of the sleeper, bed-clothes and all,
and bore it swiftly down the stairs, out
into the snow, and were just about to de-
post 1t in a huge drift, when a shrill
scream broke the stiffness of the night,
and Oh! horror-it was that of woman,
and In their CONSERVATION they dropped
their burden plump into the middle of
the drift.
Good heaven!' exclaimed George,
1T isn't Sam, but some woman, as I'm
sinner, and she has tainted. Run and
call Hannah.
With admirable presence of mind he
lifted the limp form of Eva Stanley and
carried her into the house. But her cry
had already been heard. and the inmates
came rushing into the hall just as he ap-
peared.