The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-10-31
Revenge and it. Consequence,

'ovllIes bor was at the velo-ipele rink
FRIDAY n'ght IL was not his in,en,;on .,
going there % riie velocipele lie Won,
there te ~hip toy who put some chew
ing gum here he sal downoa i, IN school
hhi. owing 10 language he usei on rho
'ecas'nn. was prevented from l,,vj,.
the bulldog in time to make ,h.
froper c'n'.ectivn With the criminal n.
'onnd the Toy there a. he expected, and
md. dosl .rs up his list SO the middle
'oi"t OF tie second finger projected in -
very a'arm'uS nanaer Ne approached
The Young mar, with view of riv;r,
lam ''ohHe-. as he suIi-, uurn,ly co,6.I.d
70 the o'Ioreut hin,>-lt wien. alas, f,r
'"'nan eNpecialioul the wly Toe n-ou,h,
""t top with brass PEI. and generously
TERED f 10 las adversary. The lonk al
lire in CoviIles boys eycdiri conp!.t.l,
'''i ani toe next minute tile ton wa. in
his own pocket, with the ie.ociou. fl,
"Ipsed over H. Instead o: banging M ,h.
ira'ne OF tie other boy. After a few min
r'r- of drsu,cry conversation. in which
not the r'mo'e-t reference was made t.,
The late nnp'ea-antneSs. two of tie veloc.
'Pe.ies were vacated. AMI, at the invitation
81 the other Toy, Coyiiles bov mounted
one Ut them tor a display OF hi, agility
The other boy could ride. but this was
'ovlie h"' irst attempt At first he
h'i' mostly on his side, Int a:tera while h.
grew more acquainted with the vararies
Of ID" machine, AMI commenced to strike
on the top OF his head. thus saving his
clothes and shielding the machine Get.
ting tired Of the mono,ony, and becoming
atrihe uneasy on account Of it's frequency
he finally dashed out on the track spnn
lart way around, commenced to waver as
t"ree other machines bore down upon his
rrsr and lost his balance Just "a thew
reached him, and went down on his nose
thus forming the cornerstone to "A re-
tnsrkahle mass of mixed velocpede-, legs
AMI shrieks. the other boys were helped
mp at once 10y the keeper, who took Co.
villes boy by the EAR, under the impress.
ION that he was the malicious source of
all the trouble, and walled him ont to
the street. Any other boy would have
gone straight home and had himself done
mp in cotton and sweet oil. but Coville's
boy was not made Of such stuff. lie pan.
tei tor revenge. When the keener let 20
Of him he went round TO u back street aud
iore r picket fro i fence and returned
10 the entrance Of the rink, where he pa
tiently waited for the keeper to appear.
that he might kill him with the picket
lie didn't care how long he hal to wait.
An uno'e was visiting at the house, and
his father wonldn dare win him while
'Here was any company around Pretty
soon he heard steps descending the stairs
and peeping through the crack Of the
door he saw the keeper approach lie
"altei with the stick drawn until the
shadow crossed the threshold aud lnnged
fearful blow at the victims stomach,
hit the mark, and fir.. And halt AN hour
later. while lying rejoicing in bed, MS
father dashed into the room, picking hin
up BY his hair stood him on tue floor.
and silently but vigorously warmed his
legs with what the miserable boy, from
The meager opportunity lie had Of obsrrv-
,ng the weapon, WIS confident was the
Identical picket which short time ago
hourislei IN his own possession But
the elder Coville made no explanation
Late the next day Mr. Coville found op.
pprtunuy to explain TO him that his uncle
had gone out TO Lurt him up for some
ice cream. aud had stroll Ell into the
rink, where, learning hat he had just gone
home, lie was retracing his way when lac
Wa murdetously assaulted by hi own
nrphrw, aud nearly knocked into eternity.
- DtaJVry NeVs