The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-16

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Rich didn't answer, but his thoughts
ran something like this;
SAIL right, sir. II I'm here I'll do
Wills work for him all winter. / think
you won't find me in the morning, Mr..
Thorne." y
And then he took his book, and that
hero proceeded TO get himself out OF
the hands Of the pirates by series Of
turns and twists, and haps and mis-
haps; doubtless all perfectly compre-
hended and religiopsly believed by
Rich, but Which sets my head in q
whirl even to think OF.
Somehow, the book was not 30 inter
estipg as before, and when he had seen
Jack Mainsel safely slowed away in q
hammock, swung on board vessel
bound for the North Pole, he laid 1t
down with yawn.
Where's WIFI"
"He went over 10 stay with Charlie
Case tonight" Mr.. Thorne answered.
EYES," Rich thought, indignantly,
"he can go of galiyanting, and / have
to stay at home and do the work."
Yet on the whsle no wasn't sorry, for
VIII was his bedfellow, and hadn't he
been wondering how he should get
away from ,him2 Truly the fates were
propitious.
II was hardly eight o'clock when
Rich got up and walked to tho fire,
stretching and opening his mouth wide
ever so many times. Very poor imita-
tons those sleepy symptoms" were,
too. Then he took candle from the
mantel and marched out into the hall
and up stairs without o word.
He didn't go TO bed, oh, no. In the
first place he took his new satchel-his
fathers gift-down from It's nail on the
wall, and proceeded TO 'lpaoEsup" such
things as he thought he might want on
the yoyage-he was TO be o sailor, You
know. I wish you could have seen
him. The Thermometer on the back
porch said-six degrees below zero,
and when Rich had been up stairs five
minutes, his teeth were chnttering like
| a magpie's; II you know how that is.
And he atnecessaries" he put into that
satchell First was his 'loudest" neck
ltie-I must beg Of you not to smile
lthat necktie, combination Of yellow
and purple silk, was the delight Of
Rich's existence. fancy he would
| have left his head behind sooner thanit
then q silver pin his uncle had given
him-a pair OF white cotton gloves,
| which he had worn to Sunday school in
| the gummer-thirty.fye cents in cash
uArabian Niehts,| his last Christmas
| present-his go-to-meeting suit, md q
| bottle OF liniment which happened 10
lbe on the table. That was all.
Then he waited, think he was Just o
little nervous frightened whatever
| You may call 1t, The sEind blew fear.
l;fnlIy, shaking the house, Rich thought,
AZ though q giant had laid his two
strong hands on the ridge-pole and
rocked the building as woman would
a cradle. The blinds ratified and the
windows shook. Altogether 1t WASH
a very, pleasant night for Rich's expert
ence In running away.
ii seemed such long time before
tho welcome sound Of the andiron,
sorapinc over the brick hearth as Mr..
lThorne prepared TO "rake up = the fires
reached his ears, but in a little while,
ali was still. Rich grasped his satchel.
Nov was his time.
He might have gone down stairs and
ont Of the front door in tho orthodox
fashion, without detection. But no
Tint wouldn't do. Jack got out OF o
window on 10 shed, and out oil the
window on TO a shed no must get. he
tugged away at the stubborn sash until
| his hands were scraped and his fingers
blue and cold, when he suddenly recol-
lected That he hadn't pressed the
spring. Somebody said something that
sayored strongly Of birthstone, as the
window slid up.
Goodness how the wind blew. Il
made him gasp and catch his breath
and gasp again. He got out on the shed
without much difficulty, and managed
10 stand very well by holding fast to the
window.aill, but how was he to get
DOWN. The. roof was steep, and owing
to q recent sleety rain, very slippery.
he soon found he could not regulate
the movements OF both his satchel aud
himself, so he let the former "shde.
Bump It struck the ground below
with a queer, dull little crash, and Rich
| Immediately bethought himself OF the
liniment.
"There. Iclear forgot that greasy
stuff p he calculated. Z" It'll spoil my
necktie, sure, II IL gets on to 1t, and
INV suit, too. I'll have TO go down my
self and sec TO it, as II going down
was the simplest thing in the world ia
do-'likes not they'll have to oil be
token out"
Rich lei go Of the window.
0Ea.sy, now--e.a-s.y y
But was quite too late to be "easy
now II Rich went rolling, humping
Gathering. pitching, tumbling down the
icy incline, clutching at tho rough
boards for dear life.
It seemed to him the frozen grount
few up 10 meet him. Something strucl
his arm heavy blow. He CROPPED
around for lbs safchel, but he COULDN'T
find IL. His head felt cold and dull
and when he put his hand up to II
something dipped down his fingers
Everything began to swim about him
blending into mass Of blacltnels. TheI
he tainted.
Freezer No indeed, although I'm
not quite sure but he deserved 10
mi. -. L. "a ~, a a. bsr..ntf Il = 49,. III.