Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-12
THE BOUND BOY

Il don't care = sobbed Julias Kingsly. You're
real mean
Aud he threw himself down on pile of dis
ioited kindlns wo.d. in IL psroxysm of child
ish rage.
is that ths way to talk to mei angriy de-
manAed Mrs. Farley, bestowing cordially CIV
en- box Oh either side OF the doomed victims
head
you are nothing on earth but bound boy
| ha'nt 10 patience with you-and Job himself
wouldn't
sGently, mother, gently Whats the matter
| nowa' demanded Farmer Farley, cautiously
| thrugting his sunburnt shock of hair into the
woodshad door.
sAIatter = echoed Mrs. Farley. 'Why lust
| look here. Them Wheels of the old wheel bar
row hysted up TO the ruff, with the second hand
harness you bought o. Deacon Silsbury. and
| lhe strips fer the new rag carpet-and all. tho
wood tumbled down higgledy plggledy to make
! room for il.
And The hens ain't fed, and tho cows amt
gone after--and there amt nothing done that
| ought to be. ! tell you | ha'nt no patience
with his experiments and his tricks.
Get up julius, this minute, and go for the
cows; and not blessed msuthful of supper will
you get this night
Il won't stand il = muttered julius to him
self. sThey have no business to treat me in
this way
| And then the wratbful mood subsiied in
| sonb DEGREE MS he remembered the many deeds
of kindness he had received from both Mr..
and Mrs. Patley--the care in sickness, the
neatly mended clothes, the many little tokens
of watchiulnGss SO new AMI grateful to the Or
phan boy; and littlo Alice, too, who trotted at
his heels when lie went to gather apples I, the
orchard, and thought of the wooden toys his
ingenious Jack knife furnished the most mar
vellbus of creation.
u suppose am trial sighed Julius; sbui
she needn't have torn all my machinery down
| and til en- TO box my ears, too
1t was rather derogatory process to the boy
1 ish lignity Of thirteen.
tYou amt in earnest about his supper, moth
cr?' said Fai ner Psrley,as they sat down TO tn,
well spread evening board.
y eYes, am. Have some nice quinoe sass
n Alitc%
Remembcr, he's a CROWN boy pleaded he
v husband
j can't help that; he's got to learn 10 behav,
himself. There amt no other way Of managin
him.
:, n was only yesterday he bowed the top OF
INV best prcssrvin' can, to show Alice how
steamboat worked; and lfst week, most go
poisoned with bottle o. some stuff he ha,
tue sed away on the shelf, that took for vine
O. gar"
$ .Suphuric acid, mother said little Alice. u
e was to-
in :. don't care what it is for interrupted tn
II, farmers wife. Julius can behave well enougl
gc whbn has a mind to.
al And the farmer knew from the way his wifi
II compressed her lips together, that She was II
unmtigated earnest.
julius Kingsley went supperless to his room
but before he had begun to undress, so
knock came to his dO0r,and Alices voice wbi
pered:
aJulius"
y What is It" ..,
d. pic for you, and two rusks, and bowl of ne
10 milk.
no But what will your mother say, Alice"
'V SHE gone to Mrs. Balger's and she thinks L
ply in bed, but got up and dressed myself.
-. couldn't sleep, Julius, thinking how hu
Wy Wy CRY you must be-
I, ion And she nestled close at the bound boy
3m side, as he eagerly Gevoured the supper whit
- she brought him.
Il was hungry, Alice said Julius as he to-
long draught of milk, 'and you'ne a go
little thing. | will do rs much for you SOL
q. day.
- Alice laughed
u don't get into such sclapes like you, y
lls.'
That's no sign you never WILL
Mrs Farley, secretly relenting in the dept
of her motheriy heart, gave Julius the brown
cakes aud the juciest bit of meat for breakfa
tile next morning.
He'll behave himself now,l guess, She thong
!. but in this she was mistaken.
~ Julius s',lid up" his chores in the shortest p
= sible period of time that afternoon, when
%, sr, Farley had beaken herself TO the sewing Gil
very WIN Allce, anu Tie iarther WAS SohiS "
neighborng village, and applied himself "
more zeal than discretion to the further pre-
ID cltion of the experiment that had ended so
-'' astrously for the preserving can.
Il tsThe Tea kettle isn't ofglass," thought Jul
'oat sand know can make that work."
,,,. Vain JUNCTION to lay TO his soul; for just
ware that experiment, whatever it happened to
reached the eliminating point, up flew the
John LnttIa from, tho stove tortured Inv too much
1-tt eric, and bang went the lid right into the di