The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-29
lam Afraid.

lam Afraid.
George, let's go down to old Reed
little while," said Dan White TO a con,
pamon, one evening, just after the lamp
were ilt and the days work was done.
I've got to study" replied GEORGE
Let the studying do itself and com
on, " said Dan. 'N' 0O--'
l can't, 1 must get that lesson"
Well, get up in the morning and ge
IT. Professor Jones says morninesis tb,
Ilg6t nme to study, anyway, and h,
" | am afraid, said George.
what are you afraid Off" inouired
Dan, as soon as he could command his
tongue. --'' ii'a
George hesitated.
Of his morals, " sneered one.
ana his manners" added another.
And his nanny" supplemented a
Let him speak for himself" sue-
GeorgeP" ~ ''- anu 0i'
Why-why, if we go there we might
stay late; then L might oversleep myself
ana not get up early in the morning:
ana then they smoke and swear and
orlnk, and 1t is not much of place"
Go hire hall, go hire hall l' was
echoed on all sides.
1t is not pleasant to be laughed at
and George was just ready to crv. when
one OF the larger boys silenced the cla-
NOR and said: WIZ 0i''-
ZONE on, boys, who cares for NOR
S,s, or manners, or~ grandmothers
ZONE ahead; come, George" he added
entreatingly, "don't be backed down.
tne fools don't know what thew are
laughing at; you've as good right to
your opinion as anybody; but come
once and judge for yourself. If Won
don't like it you needn't go back"
am sorry to say the honied words
had the desired effect, and the whole
Troop, George and all, went rushing
uown to the lowest little dram-sbop of
al that community, with as much bra |
vado as if there was not conscience in
the crowd. -
=, Late In the night, or rather early in
the morning, George slipped quietly
into his home at the back door and
crept nolselessly up the back stairs' To |
day bloated, degraded, debaucbed
confirmed drunkard, whom intemper.
rnce' as a strong man armed, has over
come and taken captive, will tell Won
WIN Tears OF shame in his eyes, that he
is going straight down to r1in hecorso
In his youth he was afraid to saw 1T
am afraid" 1'
Ihere is Divine Arm able to save
even him, but he has sunk SO low he
scarcely wants to be saved. and we hard
~ dare to hope he will be.
Courage boys, courage Dara 20
90 right. Dare to shun the wrong
lave the courage to say, 81 am afraid p
Catching Coons.
A piece of hunting strategy that must
nave amused ancient Nimrod. had he
heard OF the like in his day, is thus re-
ported in the Huron CO.. Times \
One day as Mr.. Alfred Walbridge was
coming to town, and when in the rayine
near the village, he heard noise up in :
the top of large whitewood tree. He
surmlsed that the noise was made bv s
ccoons, and that the tree was a bed. tree J
for them. -o0 1
de applied for permission to cut the
tree, which could be done without much i
damage to other timber in the vicinity. a
twas suggested by some one that Fred 3
rSlce could climb the tree and get them
out. FRED was sent for, and he came. 8
armed with pair of creepers such as q
are used by telegraph men, and a short d
'iuo tied around his wrist The open-
ng IN the nest was in the side of the 81
'ree about sixty feet from the ground. t.
when Fred was asked how he was 90.
ng TO get the coons out. he smiled P
dandy, but made no reply. With great tc
apparent ease he assembled the tree TO n,
me hole, then drew from his pocket a "
punch of fire-crackers, and after light
lng match he set them on fire. and L
iropped them into the hollow Of the al
rec, In short time they began to ex-
.iode, and out came the coons one at a
lme' coughing and sneezing. while az
Fred knocked them off, and thew were in
dispatched by the men and bows on the ~ ~
round Thirteen coons, little and big. W
Gere thus captured in few minutes. ps
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A Noble Son. eff
There is a story in ancient history of
famous Judge who was a great favorite in
viin the Roman Emperor. Among some co
'rlsoners brought before him. who had OF
'een nghting against the Romans. was =,
q ola man with long hair and unshayen bo bo
card, and parments form o,,5 cko;,,..l - -