Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-05-06
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ss:13 DON'T care" sobbed Julius Kingsley.
IS YOU'RE real ilean-so you are !" And
he threw himself down a pile of disjointed
kindiing wood in paroxysm of childish rage.
"ls that the way to talk to me?" angrily
demanded Mrs. Farley, bestowing a cordially
given boz either side of The doomed Young
victims head, land you nothing on earth bit
a bound boy! I ha'nt no patience with YOU
and job himself wouldn't have I"
Gently, mother, gently. What's the mat
ter now? p demanded Farmer Farley, eau
tiousiy thrusting his sunburnt shock Of hair
into the wood>shed door.
"NIatter!" echoed Mrs Farley. "Why
just, just look here! Them wheels off the
old eel-barrow hysted up to the ruff, with
the second,ha harness you bought O. Dea>
con Silsbury, and the strips for the new rag
carpet-and all the wood tumbled down hig.
eledy- pigsledy, to make room for'it And
the hens amt fed, and the cows amt gone
after-and there amt nothin' 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 mouthful of supper will you get
this night"
Julius Kingsley obeyed sulkily, and with
housekeeping head. He was bright look
ing boy of about thirteen, with dark grny
eyes and thick brown hair, which hung over
low square forehead; and as lc walked he
clenched his boyish hands, until the nails in,
dented the flesh in crescent shaped marks.
II won't stand it r' muttered Julius To
himself. "They've no business to treat ME
So"
And then the wrathfnl mood subsided in
some degree, as he remembered the many
deeds of kindness he had received from both
Mr. aud Mrs. Parley-the care in sick hness,
the neatly mended clothes, the MANY little
tokens of watchfuness so new and grateful to
the orphan boy and little Alice, too, who
trotted at his heels When he went to gather
apples in the orchard, and thought of the
wooden toys his ingenious jack knife furnished
the most marvellous of creation
81 suppose | am a trial" sighed Julius
but she needn't have torn all my machinery
down; and then to box my ears, ,ool'
1t was rather derogatory process to the
hoy'sh dignity of thirteen.
You aiu't in earnest about his supper.
mother 2" said Farmer Farley, as they sat
down to the Widespread evening board.
"fes, L be. Have some ounce sass,
Alice ?"
Remember, he'a CROWN boy" pleaded
Il can't help that; he's got to learn to
behave himself There amt no other way of
managin' him. 1t was only Yesterday he
blowed the top off my best presarvin' can. to
show Alice how steamboat worked. and last
week [ most got poisoned with bottle o.
some stuff he'd got tucked away on the shelf,
that | took for vinegar"
"Sulphuric acid, mother" said little Alice.
cit was to"
81 don't care what it was for" ihterrupted
the farmers wife, "Jnlius can behave we'll
enough when he's mind to, and he's GOT to"
And the farmer knew from the wav his wife
compressed her lips together, that she was in
upmittignted earnest
Julius Kingsley went supperless to his room.
but before he had begun to undress. soft
knock came to his door, and Alice's voice
whispered
"Julus! Julius !"
"What is it?"
"Open the door I've got piece of neach
pie for you, and two rusks, and bowl of
milk"
"But what will your mother say, Alice ?'
''She's gone to Mrs. Badgers, and she
thinks I'm in bed, but got up and dressed
myself. 1 couldn't SLEEP, julius, thinking
how hungry you must be-" And she nestled
Uo"u ci"Se "t the uounu DOy6 SIDE. as he
eagerly devoured the supper, which was
brought him.
''I was hungry, Alice" said Julius, as he
took a long draught of milk, land you're a
good little thing. I'tl doc as much for you
some day"
Alice laughed.
81 don't get into scrapes like you Julius"
''That's no sign you never will"
Mrs. Parley, secretly relentiug in the 'denths
Of her motheriy heart, gave Julius the brown.
est cakes and tho juciest bit of meat for breaks
fast, the next morning
''He'll behave himself now, I guess" she
thought; but in this, she was mistaken.
Julius ''did up" his chores in the shortest
possible period of time, that afternoon when
Mrs. Farley had betaken herself TO the Sew
ing Circle with little Alice, and the farmer
was going to the neighboring village and ap-
piled himself with more zeal than discretion
to the further prosecution of the experiment
that had ended SO disastrously for the pre-
serving can.
The tea kettle isn't of glass" thought
Julius, land l know | can make that work"
Vain unction to lay to his soul for Just as
that experiment, whatever it happened to be.
reached the caluminating point, up few the
tea Kettle from the stove, tortured by too much
ealorii, and bang wen the iron lid, right into
the dresser cupboard, that held Mrs Parley's
best set of china.
julius stood starting aghast at the ruins
All housckeepers have their domestic idols.
and this new ''iton stone" set was Mrs. Par
ley's. The teapot lay noiseless and demol-
lshed before his eyes. three cups were broken.
and the handle was dashed of from the cream