Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-10-31
HOW EVA STANLET Bo4RDED
8 AROUND.

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N the thriving yjllaseof HolIythor
there Weresss is common to such III;
ces-ssehureh, post office, Il eout,le
stores and a district school, the sal
4 school being taught by a young lad
!. who had widowed mother and brotl
el.s and sisters TO assist III supporfins
For the sake Of economy Miss Ey
Stanley . boarded around among I'll
scholars, and was considered q para
goll among The teachers. Her fatl,e
had been a respectable mechanic. bu
died after about two years OF illness
which bitterly impoverished the fami
~. Eva had, howevel-she being th,
eldest-received a good plain educa
ton before the great calamity cam,
i upon them, and noble hearted and un
selfish, began her work of assisting il
the support.
The last week previous to the hoIi
day vacation she had been boardino
with Mrs. Carpenter, who was max
ing gigantic preparations to entertain
guests she was expecting from New
| York.
:" You never met my brothers, Eva,n
she said, and then began to give the
pretty young teacher description of
them. ''Thele's Sam, and George, and
Johnny, the youngest, and such times
as they have when they get out here
and rlisticate, as they call it. But.
me, | don't get much rest or peace, for
they are like lot of boys let ont of
school. Such tricks and pranks no one
ever saw. The last time they all visit
ed me together John and Sam actual
ly cut a pane of glass from the win
dow and pelted George out of my best
room with snow. You see there is al
ways regular strife for that palticu-
lar room, for the bed is a spring one.
and they say they don't sleep ON any
other in the city. But they don't Get
it this time, that's certain, for intend
TO keep you in that room and so end
the controversy. | am so afraid they
viii break something that am clad
check a little.'
II had just as soon occupy some
other room, Mrs. Carpenter, and l do
not wish to discommode your brothers
ill fact, / have no right to do so,0 |
said Eva.
mo, you sban't, Eva,n peremptorily
exclaimed her hostess; ''and what Is
the use of your going home vacation
week. You can stay'her just us well
and do up your sewing on my ma
chine. YoGr mother will have enough |
mouths to feed, | guess, and won't
miss yours
The subject was dropped, and the
entire household retired early, for on
the morrow the brothers, young and
full of life, were to be there. But
without sending any word OF their III
tention they had concluded to take the
evening train, which would land them
at Hollythorn about bedtime. George
and John did so, and when seated IL
the cars, began to speculate about the
absence Of Sam.
.sNo reason on earth, why he should
not have been along with u.s. said
George.
ssNone, for he told me this morning
he would certainly be on hand" said
John.
sI can't make it out, unless he has
taken the five o'clock train by mis-
take.n
ssNot bit of it, laughed John, who
fancied he understood the entire pro-
gramme. 1T is more likely he took
that train on purpose to get into Han
nah's spare bed room, and by SO doing
make us take up with straw ticks and
feathers
II didn't think. of that, but | reckon
you are right. We must contrlVe to
oct him out somehow
ssBet your life on that"
The brothers put their heads togeth-
er and laughed merTily over some
scheme for outwitting Sam, and ac-
cordingly, when the train reached
Hollythorn about eleven o'clock, they
approached the house in very steal
thy manner.
Climbing the fence in the rear, they
softly opened a window and obtained
access to the pantry, where they de-
molished nice pie and quantity of
douohnuts. Then with appetites ap-
neased, they removed their boots and
1renared to examine the best room,
stole along the hall, which was dimly
lighted by the moon, assembled the
stairs and reached the door. The faint
ravs Of the moon disclosed a chair
piled with clothing, and they could
distinctly trace the outlines Of a form
beneath the bedclothes, and had not