Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-05-24
The Night Rescue.

The Night Rescue.
HOW THEY ,ArTtEEp DC, TORS ISLAND
The way it All came about WAS this
Ashton school had been greatly trouble,
Qv the " Hole" boys. and DR.. Parr, tn
principal, threatened to take the matter o
/ their punishment into his own hands. un
less the raids We're stopped. The Hal
boys, You must know, We're 50 called be
cause of their situation. Half 4 mile back
lust out of the village WAS i dcprcssc,
piece ut ground. surrounded on thrc,
sidc- by low hills This WAS called tn,
Hole; and con-regatcd there were til,
Hole boys. between whom and the schoo
WIS wa@"d eternal warfare The Ashton
boys formed a secret society, which flour
i~hcd under III" mysterious title of H. K
X Il \. II had punmrlcl no end Of >mtl
Hole boy. and it> last exploit had been t
capture Jim Swlrtz, king of the tribe, il
the very act of ddcking young Simm> il
thr lake because he wouldn't tell wher,
the >chool-hUy, kept their sweet fern q
garS. 1t never WAS known just what th'
X. K. X K. As did to their prisoner; bu
the next morning this note WAS found tie,
to the home-ba>c on the background
Now me Young covic~ look ont 70,
your>,l this means bi>nr>> vou lalc hand.
on ~wlrtI and we'll git even VIII Yer Nj
amt play this Is ENLNDE.
lh'> note WAS discovered hN >mlms him
~'I1. and III tive minutes lt~ contents were
Known throughout thr school. Some Wcr,
tor t'h'n- II At "uccto l'r farr: bat tn
majority determined t. shoulder their OWL
PonShlItlr>, and tn" nl~>ive was a !'r,
To- tn" archives OF the Il. Il X X. \. Witl
full power IL act Is th!t body should d
eide. For 4 few DAYS sharp lookout VA
kept ht the boys upon thrir property i.
the club room. and everything pprttbl,
Wa~ removed after each game on the bali
tlcil. Bat nothing Wt> missed, and til,
recollection OF the letter WIS soon lost il
the rltrV-dlv duties and pnetimo5 Of the
boys.
The school l-GroundS ~loprI down t. :
iAr4e lake. upon the banks of which. ~ont
distance further down. stood the village o
Ashton. Like most localities where bo II
nG ttcI.ltIe> are close at hand. very lttl,
trouble WAS taken by the inhthit.nt> t,
enjoy the injury, and il - happrnrd that
with The exception of those owned ht
Ashton ~rho L. there We're only two avail
able boats in the vilIa-r. The fl tila be
longing to the school consisted of 4 -four
cared barge, 4 duublc-~cul Whcrrv. an,
TWO ~iN-o1rcd racing boats Opposite til,
>chool-groun l., the Lake wi,lenrd into :
Sheet of water nearly three miles acro>,
from shore to shore IIulf way this dis
t:,nco 4 small island arose. covering .
space Of three, acres or more. and 4 favor
it, resort for the hoy- Outside Of school
hours a party could At almost any time b,
found there. hlIhin., or n~h.n.5. AMI IN,
bov~ hid christ"ncd it J." Doctor, Island.
At,cr nine o'clork the ,,hool-orounJ, wer,
closed. and the boy. rcunircl +, be in
doors. unless special p.rmi.,, were. ,,iy
ON for .,h..u.r \, iii. hour ia, MA,
th. hound WI, ,h,in.I in n, Kennel h,
the llr,r,. rate and under hi. v,t,hluI .y,
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"Frrt Fire Fire .,'.
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