Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-22
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Those Awful Pants.

! Hercules was seven; a small boy OF his
age and shockingly freckled. He was the
eldest of four, all small of their ages. and
/ shockiugiy irecklcd; moreover, and very
much moreover. Mrs. Gump thought they
were terribly hard on their hats. shoes
aud clothes.
Hercules knew they were ptiiully poor,
and did III very best, and always cxamin-
| ed his rents with a weehegoue look quite
| afleetin. To see; yet somehow. they would
| tear. those thin Old clothes. and hi- mother
/ had to sit up and sew late into many
night. 50 that he might not 20 to school in
! rags.
~ hat shall do Tor another pair of pants
/ for that Hercules don't know, she said
! to Nj. Grump on the night. after putting
! ia a large patch on the right knee OF the
\ old iruw>crs. Them ones there won't
I bear any any more patches, I'm sure. The
! stitches II hardly ho.dl now
Mr.. Gump was a mild man. with pale,
I blue eye and an uqulriug expression OF
couutenancr, mot calculated 10 inspire
much confidence.
He looked at Mr,. Gump-he had pro-
/ found respect tor Mrs. Guu p-and sighed.
'Ilow's your, now sand the wife.
Mr Gump shook hi head aud answer
I 81 mS >tcfiOu>Iy'
I No use. my dear They're very good
7 vet
+ .lf you could get a new pair, could get
F a pair Tor Hercules. aud Alexander, out OF
/ yours.
MIR Gump said nothing, but shook his
+ head. aud smoolhed down a crease ia hi
! wci.-Woru pautalouu>, a. If he had real
izrd that they had been ia danger.
Mr>. Gump tuuk up sock, very small
I on. and fenced up with cotton an i'm
/ uou>c hole .u tile heel. Meanwhile -hc
I taxed her brain Sur went over in her
Own mind every plrce OF woolien cloth,
. lars, ur small. good. bad or indifferent
thai She had ia tny house, and questioned
whether % wound or would not cut Her
+ c,Iic~ a pair %: pants.
/ uer husband pait,d lis leg and watch
,.A.r. lie didn't tax hi- BRAIN: tie wA-
Z confident that she would think oi some
uH...
A.,ra willie the c.ocA struck twelve a.
. .l.c.Na, tlaiu.i it, She folded up the ,ock-
. and ptt Anav tA, ba,Aet.
.t,uIi.-. 10 h.dt suggested Mr. Gump.
.N,>:I,.> about time /. guess seeing I've
. got tnW wash tp-inprrow. wa> the tart re-
ry.
.Inou-itoi auy:A.usE pursued hc meek
Iy.
No. A.,ut.--.h.> vas somewhat Ear
t.l-..,a,iN. uliotAIns mat does any
3.
Nr.t tuu,p >l .nci heavily aud uothm.
uor,.va. ..ya
Iie va, -omcw hat a,;oui>hcd. therefore
( when Ar came home ucxt evening to by
,a.I Win a tfluuph.tt air that them
pant of u,r,uly, wtie entire cut out and
! tun.. dlur'
.Nbst.iI Won cut them out Of. dear
he asked. ,hiukiu. lsr the hundrcdth time
wha. a manager Mrs. g. was.
.aG,,>,'
.t.il.,iu't,' Lc,aii
well Won never would. an that's
fact. 1 rui en- out OF that ola green table
cloth. .Iu.t cot ',m ont a, pretty a. you
pleas. ai.d uIi, had To piece 'cn in three
= ace,
Upon th.. IN. brought them out for Mr.
t,uinp TO see.
An awful uair of pants ,lcy were tor q
p,1r Ii-,l,.. seven yrtr-nld u be yirtmizrd
wrb
som. f,.pt idea nf tbi. Lind crept ,hru.h
Nr tiYu,n'. mind a. h.. look.d Al them
sna b,. almost wished he bad managed
some way To huy new ones for himself;
rb.y w.r,. .uch an avr,ily vivid Green.
yj.h such a preo,.t.rnus black figure
.Y,u c.ulJ nor inn'f Won Know. have
EN- d,.I or s.,m.tning supuo.c:' he
,uus..,,d mildly
No / could mr. ia. answered know.
fng better thap he did how ridiculous they
,ysr. but determined no, to ackuovledg,.
# ay.rfn Lers..It .pe.jacs praan il a veTv
Fashionable. rol,r iu,t how - /, happens
lIrky'
The next moruipg Hercules was pre-.
rar,d for .cbooI vim uu,ccus,opncd care.
H.. u,usIl, wa.h,.d nj. f,,,.. and h,r,l. anI
brushed his hair himself bur ihi. morning.
..,.i,,., as hi. ,..r,s va. nov bis
,,.5,t.-r .siI .L. ~ ,,It h.r..tr and g,
Jr.adf,,liv ,ia,n nnti.FeJ uncomfortable
fn,Lino, 6,v Ia. ,,n. ,yben n. started
Pm s.. f,.,as ar,tt,u, nr vnt,'u n.
l..,. U.r. .f,u' ,,{y,. n,nthrr /, kiss
I,,.d-h,.,
Herr,,le. ran 81, c,., ,pvtbino, for a
rou,.I. ~ Llnrl. v.bcp ~ .l,u.J mn
,5J ,,t,,i,'., tI,. n,.r.nIration from tis tare
G. o,.an,J ui,itr c,t4 walked mn g.
,,r,,rr o,rd..r and ran, th. Tell nf q,
nr,ffv cnfta..
!.r,,..,,t-.,i,i ,,i,h v,,,. r.,I .r,ns ,.,o,.
~ -. Innr sh. sr,iIsd y.r,. hrn1JIy
,,b.,, .l,'.' '.,,, bi,n NM tIercul,. .,s inrn
,,,,,i, 80 a $780,. =, ,,,,,io. ,ny,h;,.,
III. r. ,,o,,.. y,.,'. h. a.t.d
~ .l,.. -, ,-,,h tho Iind.n nov ,
goad b,If.bn',r aoo. And .nr, Won mus h,.
LII
I'll .,,,.,,,;,,., ,,.,,, ..iJ tIero,,l.s
LOU . - aI hc nnii,emsnd n ier he r9,h
cd down, throu n rh,. gate and got nm the
>tre,.r nt. ,h,. u,,d
rhc rad.srr.b ,,i,I wont hack into tbe
.,.+t,,.,-r,.,,r, Nj Iane was Iauyhing nv
H.. vi,,Jnyy =. .hn watched th,. gr.en
49,, al, ~. ro,d
.nt.. ,n.,n said tho oirI and
did van i,,r se,. sich Inn.ing tbIngs in ,II
y,nT Iit.s.
.V.ya-,. la,,,hed prattv Mrs I,po Il
c,,-,, ia, bsssi- oo Win lin any ,mora he
I1oL. fn ridiculous. ask U,rrv In cali for
her every morning after tbi..
Very well mem, said the red.armed
girl. laughing aoaIn a, she went back 10
IL. kItchen
In srdte Of hurrying. poor Hercules was
la,e and had 70 rnn The gauntlet OF sixty
pairs of ewes and .ixty eiggIing mouths.
m. t.,ch.r didn,t ~. tardv scholars I'm,
She couldn't look cross when She saw the
green pants.
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