The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-07-27
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boys ~ they came past and saw him se
10 work jke "hIgger But grea
inspiration burst upon bin, and be wen
TRANQUILITY 70 work Wha, that iuspirs
ton Was win appear from what follows
Oae Of lbe boys, Ben Rogers, comes b.
ltnd pautcs, eating a particularly hne 81
pie Tom does not zee him. Ben stare,
moment aud then said
"Hi.gl You're up stump. ain't yen
No answer. Tom surveyed bis las
touch with the eye Of an sriist, then b
gave smother gentle sweep aud suryeye,
lbe result ss before. Ben ranged ul
along side Of bin. Toms mouth wAteret
for tie spple, but be stuck 10 bis work
Ben said
Hello, old cbspi you got to work
/ heyy
Why! IFS you, Ben; wasn't motto
ing
+ Say, I'm going tn a-swimming. lam
I Don't you wish you couldI But, o
course, you'd druther work, wouldp'
yoni Course you would
/ Tom contemplated the boy bit, sni
said.
+ What do YOU call work.
/ Why, ain't that work.
Tom resumed his whiiewashing, and
answered carelessly:
We'll, maybe Il is, and maybe It amt
/ All know IL, that il suits Tom sawyer
Oh, come, now, you don't mean to lei
on that you like III
The brush continued to move.
Like IL? Well, don't see why
oughtn't TO like il. Does boy get a
chance to whitewash a fence over every
/ day.
That put the thing in new light.
Ben stopped nibbling his apple. Tom
swept bis brush dsintily back and forth
stepped back 10 note the effect added
a touch here and there criticised the eff.
feet again.
Ben watched every move, aud getting
more and more interested, more and more
| absorbed. Presently he said:
Say, let me whitewash a little.
Tom considered; was about to consent !;
bat he altered his mind: No, no, reck-
on i won't hardly dc, Ben. You see,
Aunt PolIy's awful particular about this
fence--right here on the street, you
know-but If it was the back fence |
wouldn't mind, and she wouldn't. Yes,
she is awful particular about this fence !;
its got TO be done very careful. | reck-
on there amt one boy in a thousand,
maybe two thousand, that can do It the
way IL has got to be done.
No--is that soY Oh, come, now lem
me just try, only just little, I'd let
you, II you was me, Tom.
Ben, I'd like TO, honest Ipjun; but
Aunt Polly-well, Jim wanted TO do it
but she wouldn't let him. Sid wanted
TO do it, but she wouldn't let Sid. Now,
don't you see how Pm fxed2 If you
was to tackle this fence, and anything
was TO happen TO it.
oh, shueksl III be just as careful.
Now, lemme try. Say-Pll give you The
corner Of my apple.
Well, here. No, Ben; now don't; I'm
aieered.
III give you all Of il.
Tom gave up the brush with a reluc-
tance In bis face but alacr.ty in his heart.
Aud, while Ben worked aud swealed in
the sun, the retired artist sat on barrel
10 The shade close by, dangling bis legs,
mnuching his apple and planned the
slaughter OF more innocents. There was
no lack ofmaterial; boys happened along
every little while they came TO jeer, but
remained to whitewash. BY the time
Ben was tagged out Tom had traded the
next chanch to Billy Fisher for Kite III
good repair aud when be played out
Johnny Miller bought out for dead rat
and string to swing it with; and SO on
and so on, hour after hour. Aud when
the middle Of the afternoon came, from
being poor, poverty-slricken boy in the
morning, Tom was literally rolling 10
wealth. He bad, besides the things
have mentioned, twelve marbles, part of
q jews-harp, piece Of blue-botile glass
20 look through, a spool.csnnon, key
that wouldn't unlock anything, frsg-
ment Of chalk, a glass stopper Of de-
canier, tin soldier, a couple OF tad.
poles, six iire.erackers, kitten with only
one eye, brass door-knob, dog-collsr
-bot no dog 1.-THE handle Off knife, four
pieces Of orange peel, and dilapidalcd
old window-sash. lie had a nice, good,
Idle time all the while-plenty of com
pany and the fence had three coats of
Whliewtsh on it, If be hadn't run out OF
~hiIewash be would have bankrupied
every hey 10 The village.
Tom said 70 himself that Il was not
such hollow word after all. lie had
8 great law Of human action 4
without knowing il, namely. that, IN or
der 70 make a man or boy eovct q thing.
4 Is only necessary 10 make the thing
diihenl, 10 attain. II be had been great
philosopher, like The writer OF this book, /
be would have comprehcnded thA, work /
consists Of whatever a body Is obliged 10
DO Aud ihi~woald help bin to under.
stand wbat to DO, and that play consists
u whatever body is not Obliged to do. .
md 'hls would help bin to underslAnd 1
why constructing artificial flowers or per-
iorming on tread-mill is work, whilst I
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