Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-06-05

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marbles and bladeless knives on his
broker mad. He couldn't eat his dinner
in peace. He was told that "he
should be seen and not heard;" but when,
in accordance with the desires of his
family, he reduced himselfto mere spec
tacle by upsetting the cranberry sauce
| over his entire length, they resented the
very sight of him.
"I cart do nothing!' howled Andy,
sent to his room in disgrace, they won't
| let me play with the boys, nor even look
at the girls, nor eat when Pm hungry
nor nothing! This is mean old world.
I'll run away and go to seal" With boys
resolution and action are twin brothers.
Andy girded himself to dodge down.
stairs the moment he could elude his Wig
liant parents.
And, as he meant to run away in good
style and according to the letter of story
books, he felt it incumbent upon him to
write letter of farewell 20 his family.
Now ANDY had once been constrained to
write an epistle of duty to the unfortunate
gentleman who had stood godfather to
him at his christening, on which Occa-
sion he had recourse to an old letter-book
in his fathers library. So he now fiat
tered himself he was equal to heart
rending testament, and, finding stumpy
pencil, he sat down and wrote, fragments
| of the letter book floating in his mind.
Three-quarters of an hour he spent
upon his work, which, being finished, he
| placed under the lid of the Bible he had
received for examining 5000 verses when
his head was younger and tenderer.
| Andy pictured to himself with grim
pleasure, his weeping household stand
| ing around its head, who would, between
many sobs, read the following note:
| Dear Parents: i hav run ava and you wont
| never see me no More you hav bin very Harsch
and tirannicle when am off making Mummy praps
you will repent thy undutiful cOnduck.
So no more the girls may have my tOise. Your
| obedyent servant Andrew jackson perkins.
Before the evening gas was lighted he
struck out and attempted to set his face
seaward But Andy's geographical knowl-
edge was limited; he wished he had con-
suited map before he started, for he
knew not which way to turn. He, more
over, regretted sincerely not having filled
his pockets with cookies. 1t was a No
vember night, and Andy hadn't been al
lowed to partake of the evening repast
He will remember that night. [ think
[ see the dear boy wandering up and
down, blowing bravely on his red fingers,
watching the f1aring gas Jets, putting
fist inte his eye occasionally. He saw
| life that night.
1t did not appear he could realize his
MUMMY Immediately. Before ten the
boy spirit was cooled. He stole back to
his fathers door, but had not courage to
ring. Then he wondered how he could
stand it out all night. Here and there
rambled Andy.
He stood in the shadow of the doorway
| (evading a policeman of the house where
Miss May lived. Miss May was young
lady whom he specially admired. He
felt strong desire to see her that even
ing.
And as he stood, crying silently, like a
little soldier, because he was so cold he
could hardly stand ii, the door opened and
gentleman emerged whom Miss May
bade lingering and really afectionate
good night.
She stood an instant watching her lover
before she closed the door, and in this in
slant Andy exploded with a big sob.
After screaming, as all orthodox young
ladies do, Miss May recovered herself and
drew the child in.
Here is sacred picture in Andy's life.
He will never tell anyone how happy he
was one hour, sitting in the heart of a
warm room at Miss Mays feet, taking his
supper and unloading his heart to her.
She was woman who loved and under
stood boys; their brusquerie, their heavy
antics, their overplus of spirits never
made her nervous" She had helped to
bring up several boys creditably and JOY
ously, and was now about to try her hand
on somebody else's brother.
eff they'd only let me be-" stufing un-
| limited tarts into his mouth, but never
can do nothing!"
Miss May smoothed the brown hand
which Andy, in gush of confidence,
yielded TO her (your sturdiest boys have
sneaking fondness for being petted), and
as she gazed into the CRATE she fretted
within herself" Why is it that parents
will drive these baby-men desperate; that
teachers will try to cram them-wili sit
l had all the boys! I'd make boys par
adise! They should walk on their ears
if they wanted, but they should likewise
should live their honest joyous hearts
out; and never learn to sneak, to lie, to
whine, to cant, to ape Miss Nancy, to sac
rifice their sense of right and wrong to the
mere pleasing. of some other person! Oh,
I'd"
And here the proverb about maids
children and bachelors wives came into
her mind She laughed aloud and
stopped to kiss Andy. 1t was such a
hearty, wholesome kiss that he took it
without sheep-facedness.
| 1t was decided that, as his parents be-
lieved him asleep in his own bower, they
should not be notified of his running
away, and that night Andy slept in Miss
Mays house.
Early next morning he laid hand on
the note which was to have fallen like a
thunderbolt on his people and sent it to
oblivion. He walked as circumspectly
as Andy could. But a Micawber-like fit
of letter-writing seemed to have seized
him. Though he could fly to his COM
forter when trouble lowered, and though
she never denied him a personal inter
view, Andy sought pen, with which he
hacked the English language and split
ink like black gore upon large cap
| sheet
His honest little heart spouted forth to
the one who appreciated and helped him
Dear Miss May: dident get licked all day and
had my ioggerfy just hokey good touched my
cap to old mis- pease and mama sed that looked
better than runnin over her like always did
love you if goin to get married wood marry you.
your obedyent servent
Andrew jackson perkins.
-Locke's National Monthly.
As THE steamer Alexander Mitchell
was putting off freight at Alma, Wis, a
keg of wine fell into the river. The mate
insisted upon one of the deck hands, a