Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1873-03-06
HARTLEY'S COARSE BOOTS.


shall mover forget lesson which received
when quite young lad at the Academy in d.
Among my schoolfelows were Hartley and Jem'
son. They were somewhat older than myself
and to Jemson looked up to as a sort Of leader
in matters Of opinion as well as sport. Hs was
not at heart malicious, but he had foolish am
bition Of being thought witty. and he made him
self feared by the habit OF turning things into
ridicule. and being ever on the lookout for mat
tars Of derision and ridcule. i
Hartley was new scholar, and little was
known Of him among the boys. One morning,
AZ We we're on our way to school, he was seen
driving COW along the road toward neighbor-
ing fold. A group Of boys, among whom was
Jemson, mot him NJ he was passing. The OPP
portunily was Que not to be lost by Jenson. "Ael-
10 !" he exclaimed, " what's the price OF milk
say, Jonathan, what do you fodder on What
will you take for ali the gold on her horns
Boys, il you want to see the latest Paris style,
| look at those boots "
smile, and driving the COW to the field, took
| down the bars of rail fence, saw her safely in
the incosure, and then, putting up the bars,
| came and entered the school with the rest OF us.
| After school, in the afternoon, he let out the
COW and drove her of, none of us know whore.
\ And every day for weeks he went through the
| same task. .
The Boys OF D. Academy were nearly all the
| sons of wealthy parents, and some OF them,
| among whom was Jemson, were ounces enough
to look down with sort Of disdain upon scholar
| who had to drive COW. The sneers aud jeels
of Jemson were accordingly often renewed. He
once on plea that he md not like the odor Of
tho barn. refused to sit next to Hartley. Oecs-
sionally he would inquire after the cows health,
pronouncing the word "ke-ow," after the man
ner of some country people,
With admirable good nature did Hartley bear
all these attempts to wound and annoy him. l
do not remember that he was even once betrayed
into Il look or word OF angry retaliation.
~ suppose, Hartley" said Jemson one day,
''your daddy means to make milkinan of
you?"
. why not ?" asked Hartley.
"Nothing; only don't leave much water in the
cans after rinse them-thats all!n
|. Tho boys laughed, aud Hartley, not in the
least mortified, replied: "Never fear ; il ever
, should rise to be a milkman, IN give good
' measure and good milk, too" Hn
, The day after the conversation there was
) public examination, at which q number Of ladei
. | aud gentlemen from tho neighborlng town
were prosont. Prizes were awarded by the Prn
cipal OF our academy aud both Hartley and Jem
| son received creditable number; for, in res
0 pect to scholarship, these two wera about elna
. After the ceremony OF distribution, the princi
/ pal remarked that there was oDe prize, consist
l. ing OF gold medal, which was rarely awarded
not w much on account Of its great cost ~ be
d cause the instances were rare which rendere
g its bsstowal proper. 1t was . prize Of herolsn
The last boy who received one WAS young Man
VI ners, who. three years ago, rescued blind gil
"a from drowning. The principal then said tina
ID with permission OF the company, he would II
N late short story.
"a ''N0t long since, some scholars were flying
ID Kite in.the street just poor boy on horsebac
at rode by on his way to the mill. The horse too
m fright and threw the boy, injuring him 30 sad
10 that he was carried home and confined SOIL
d, weeks to his bed. OF the scholars who had III
ia intentionally caused the disaster, none followt
II to learn the fate OF the wounded boy. Ihe
n was one scholar, however, who had wituesse
le the accident from . distance who not only we
r. to make inquiries, but stayed to render service
'.rhis sclolar soon learned that the wound,
Id boy WAS grandson OF poor widow, whose 10
,s- support consisted in selling the milk Of fiji
IT. COW of which she was the owner. Alas VIII
or could she now do She was old and lame, q
ID, her grandson, on whom she depended to dri
her COW to pasture wss on his back helpless.
ed Never mind, good woman, said the scli
ds ar, loan drive your COW !" uu
I'D With blessings aud thanks tho old won
to accepted his offer. But his kindness did II
10, stop here. Money Was wanted to get al
cles from the apothecary. have money Il
TO my mother sent me to buy pair of boots wi,
of but can do without them for Awhs.'
art %, no., said the old woman, l can't 0onst
an to that, but here is pair OF heavy boots that
ear bought for Henry, who can't wear them. If y
OF would only buy these We should get along nj
lily ly'
eei- "The scholar bought the boots, clumsy
they were, and has worn them up to I
he time. ------
~ "Well, when it was discovered by other b
an OF the Academy that our scholar was in the b
his it OF driving COW, he was assailed every
with laughter and ridicule His cowbide bo
was in particular were made matter OF mirth. But
that kept on cheerfully and bravely, day after