St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-24


with me- | do not believe the junior
even knows my name. and us to recoG-
niZing me. fancy ii would he as great
Il condcScenSion on his part as if he was
To take oft his hat to Il street sweeper.
But il is not about myself | am writing.
but about Clarence. This lunch episode
ended 10y my opening my window with
II sudden jar and dropping the money
on Clarcncc'S fable without IL word.
The mcan-spiritcd fellow absolutely
smiled. and went out with alacrity. II
| had been in his place fifteen Years
ago, | would have let the money stay
there forever. or thrown il at the fourth
clerks head. But boys have not now
the pluck that distinguished them III
our time. Presently he came back and
handed me my luncheon. never thank
eel him. put ii on the cover Of the
ledger, and let il stay there. had II"
appetite for it. | sat turiivclN watch
ing Clarence. Presently he opened his
old drawer and took ont his miserable
dinner. This time il was Il minute crust
and II" cheese. Why hadn't the boy
cheese! opened my glass window
and dropped my sandwich and pie be
fore him.
"Whcrr'S your cheese. boy - asked,
Amt got any. sill.
"Why -
No answer. What WAS it my bust
ness ? | did not want any of his con
iidcncc.
Eat that sandwich. YOU little wretch,
and the pie, and don't bother me :: and
snapped to my window in IL rage and
went to adding up my columns of fig
urcS but somehow they wouldn't add.
| must needs watch Clarence. He waS
munching his bread. with his back turn
ed to me, and my luncheon WAS on the
table. untouched. Some boys are cN-
ISpel;Itin%. Clarence WAS especially 50.
| raped at my window. The boy WAS
10y my Side. Won will Dover t" Mar
tins stores in Br"oklNn and take this
order: and go quickly. Don't dwadlc.
You are wanted back here in IN HON
to 90 over to the Cunard steamer wharf
| What makes you shake 50, You littl,
wretch Why don't y"u eat yoru
| luncheon -
'"BccauS, | amt hungry. Fancy
amt we'll. Afraid | could not he bach
in IN hour; legs Kind of weak. sit,
Clarence replied.
''Spcnd Nour money ut the BOwcrY al
Tony Pastors. suppose. and SIT NJ
late. :" that N"n are good for nothing
in the day time. W.. will have to gel
another boy
"May-bc y"u WILL WAS tlarcncc':
mean spirited reply.
"Whcrr is that girl that used ir al
and bring Nou luncheon ~ asked.
KsN
factory has ruined her health. ! an
afraid she has some complaint of Tia,
lungs. Been i'll for NV" weeks: aud
am such = poor nurse.
'tW here is YOUR cheese Nou used T.,
s'at with that contnundrd luncheon %
yours, which You seemed 50 fond "f -
''llavc not had anNthin" but hIra,
for u week. loII sec there are but tive
III us. poor sis and me. She used T.,
make three dollal>..i week and together
the sin dollars helped {" keep lis hu
now that she is too i'll for work. til,
three dollars / make, " hen toolm-rcnt
is paid Il room and Il closet Nou know
which costs five dollars Il month
what's left over hardly keeps the lif,. il
us Poor sis. she Is So patient II You
wouldn't mind. I'll take home Nnul
| luncheon to her. She might he temple,
to eat something. 1t don't amount t,
much, this trouble of ouIS. sir. | sup
pose we will weather it. Got the or,lc
Tor the storage at Martins ready. vii
hr back us SooH as can. though fcclin.
Il little queer and limp III the legs from
want of sleep. amt quite aS heart
aS | might he. It's awful try Ing to lca
u poor girl cough I'LL night and not Il,
able To relieve her. hope won't h'
discharged, sir. Mr.. Culpcpprr. You
have been kind of rough to me at times
hut | haven't s"It of minded ynu. Poo
sis. hen she was well she's not quit,
twenty one Vet lor II Joke used Ia cal
me, MI. tuipcppcr'S lnI"cr and mIII
dercr. She knows l"u. sill. Poor Mary
! am sometimes very down in the m"utI
about her, fearing she will never 90
we'll again. All ready with that order
sir -
Df course the business OF the hnIIS
hld to Ice attended Ia. Two hundrc,
and SiN bales of South American hide
t" Ice shipped to Boston could not Il
neglected.. and Clarence went CA hi
errand.
II W;, dusk hcfnir "ul boy came bach
aud missed him Not Il soul in tn
office knew his address. Next m"rnin
Clarence did NOT come t" the nlic,. ne
the nrNt day. All that might and tn
next night, had I" hunt that miScilhl
boy up, and il precious ncrdlcin- ID,
hay stack business was it. Mother an
! found him ut last 10y he bed side of
, poor "irl who WAS fast going t" her 1t,
rest. We helped to bury her. Con
| found the office, WAS absent from
t"r the only dag III twenty Years Whic
f WAS not Il holiday.
Clarence never came back to the St"I
! AGAIN. Mother oVcrlIlcd me. Moth,
is net exactly Il hard woman. but Sll
| said that. since had been brought II
+ like II do" III the office. (a term 10y II
means complimentary either to me ,
| t" the tirm.) Clarence should he fire.
from the same canine experiences.
| Mothers second cousin is from Salem
} He has the reputation of being IL har
man, too. In fact. we all come from
+ pccnliar hard grained and knotty stool
We may he lasting and not inclined {
warp or spring, but if You try to hac
: ut us with an aN or IL Ratchet. why, bile,
You , the edge of Nour tool gets turnc
Q in Il moment. Well. mothers coII<i
: sails IL brig from hnSt"n as captain
That brig Is in the wine trade.
Our foreign mail Is Just in and here
| Il letter from Clarence. who is nothin
more than ii sailor on board of the brig
may lie he will remain one all his Iif,
: fnI there really amt much in the bo
+ that | can see. save that he has II 50
, heart, which don't c"unt for anNthin:
You know. in this world. He calls M
Uncle Culpcpper. which is rather of
t liberty. and mother, grandm"thrr,w HE
. is II peculiar kind of relationship, br