Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-03-03

"Yesm," replied tho boy, his chin sink
ing into the hollow place in bis neck.
al thought she would. Well, now, my
dear, shall carry this quarter home, and
keep it F.; and the next time whip you. you
must bring me another. DO you under
stand7"
Kim scowled down at his little bare toes,
and tried to stick them in crack in the
floor. Why, this was getting serious!
Would the woman keep on crying guar
tiers" forever2 1t was perfectly ruinous.
His mother had had all she could do to sup
port the family before but what icoutd be-
come Of them nowl
"You may take your seat" added Miss
Pentecost, still in a low tone, 50 that no one
could hear, but with a smile that eXasper-
ated poor Kim. at is dreadful that you
will be naughty; but then you see, the
moro whip you tho more money l shall
get; and, perhaps, before the summer is
out, l shall have enough TO buy new
dress"
"No, you DON'T" thought Kim, shutting
his teeth together. "Catch me letting my
mother buy dress for you Why, we've
got to go without gingerbread to-day. You
don't get another chance TO whip me for one
while, ma'am-now you seer
To avoid a whipping, 1t was necessary to
study; for Kim was a boy that m ust be
busy at something. He saw Bob Whiting
go TO sleep, and longed to drop tame cher
ny into his mouth. He saw Joe Fuller
sauntering down the aisle, stra' ght before
him, aud it was the "cutost chance" to trip
him up; but Kim resisted these allure
ments, and fif(y more, and got his Seo9ra-
ply lesson so well that Miss Pentecost pat
ted him on the head and said, "That's my
good boy"-which would have been de-
lightful If he could have forgotten that gin
gerbreadi
Next day he tried studying again, and
rose to the head OF his spelling class.
"Why, 1 haven't had whipping since
Tuesday" thought he Saturday noon, as he
ran home with the silver medal on his neck.
After that he seemed somehow to fall in
to the habit of studying. Studying is q
habit, let me tell you, just as much as play
ing, though suppose it is rather harder to
acquire.
The little fellows will was aroused, and
that was precisely what was needed. In
short, Kim had had his last whipping from
Miss Pentecost or anybody else, and in
stead of being her most troublesome boy
he became the best scholar.
az shan't be able TO buy that dress, after
ALL" said she, the night before she left
Skoodac; "but, Kim, dear, know you are
glad"
"Yes'm," replied Kim, meeting her eye
with a smile.
"And I'll keep tho quarter 10 remember
you by. Your mother says she wishes me
to-"
"Yes'm."
Kimball Price is now one of the wealth
lest and most respected men in his native
state.
"And that man." said Squire Hathaway
the other day, in his Fourth OF July ora
tion, twas educated over here at Skoodac
boys, in that little black school-house, tina
is SO poor and m iserable that when it tool
fire, few years ago, it wouldn't burr
down"
Mr.. Kimball Price returned from Eu
rope last May with his wife, and l heart
Mrs. Hathaway say-she was onco Mis-
Pentecost-that she thought her last whip
ping made a man of him.
"He wanted that old quarter Of dollar,
said Mrs. Hathaway, laughing; "but
couldn't bear to part with il; so he cut i
in two, and we've each of us got halk"-
Wide 1Wdke.