The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-30

Scls0ol.beil sent the Doy fmtng.sh !. !.
bees INTO d hive, ana The hun, iof TING nsat
davis w6sR beRan.a The hayn went On pretty
quietly for o. week Tho boy sR7efe taElng
The gauge or che new mast eye and H nA1s,
md were too busy Ter much rosyc 90 OF tlc
new .comer excepting That pull az tne Wass ~.
band that Miss Judyes boy eoHsan,s seem W ].
do without. 6 Hitch, Z Ha5. s1n,al'p ~, y.
whispered, with "a imitation sucn US WY y.
he could giYc, and thas was tne aigs.a igs
The rest. Hiss Judy boy sonidnst Fassss nls
eyes or speak toaDybody but there a.. y was y
was this the 2ar Of going to schoos Ia -. 4.
.rudu,s earsY AT any rate she stalked grimly
ss Sise yilIave store ftiat night and carne back
with avery small parcel in her band, ana
,he next morning the shrinking little ftaee
under the slippery hat shone proud ana tn
umphant for once. .sf rs. : ),
aFeel q little extra this morning. en- -
said Hal, as a pair OF brown eyes hasnea up
at him with a qusver 'at the heart they De
ionped to. tt had had a goodmany quiyers
since school began, but this was neW va
rjety, Joyful one and could not be :. kept !ep
back. n !. 1.<s,:> -, .;....'s@.l ss&g
AHaIsof Gaitowses !:G Gallowses He's
cot some gallowsesi Now we've got a
name for. hifnl,' shouted Ha.; andthe cry
went round. Miss Judy g. boy was named.
For an instant the wide pants and loose mas
shrank away as il from stab, but they were
out again, and doing their share In y the
game, when their turn came. ;.:a 's
There was another culver, that Went
pretty deep, as GalIowses crept into Toms
iorsakcn. bed that evening, after Miss Ju.
dlth's crisp goodnight M,
.HAre the boys going TO can me that dread
full name forever? But / sciu bear Ill II
am TO be good and brave Tor her sake, ana
for. but oh, why couldn't I have gone
with bers It is so terrible here all the
time.,, and Galowses's trembling fingers
drew out little .glistening something: bid
den at bis neck, and with one long. passion
ate kiss, he laid his cheek against 1t without
another word. :ss5,a ~ 5aa Gg&.eh .i.''
An hour later Miss Judith walked noise
lessly in; those foolish store suspenders had
n ri5 already, to be sewed. The little 6gure
living in Toms bed gave her strange tbriii.
She besitated-there was no one to see her
and Miss Pophurst stopped quickly and
kissed the cheek on the pillow. But the
cheek was wet; there was something Dlue
around the neck. and Miss Judith's black
ewes shot piercingly under the other cheek.
4Good land of our fathers !, where did the
child get that" @s tiSa4st. ;.as''-,.r ;, !,
The next few weeks were pretty dull
times, the boys thought. The DULLES made
several advances on the master, and re-
treated we'll scared to their place; Cal
lowses's white hair attempted to come out IN
crispy little yellow curls, and was shipped
back by Miss .Judy's scissors, and that was
ali. "Look here, boys" said Hal Phillips
at last; .s'they'll be calling us spoonies, and
serve us right, IL this thing goes on much
longer. I tell you we've, Just got to hang
together in some move, and let the master
have it when he can't tell where it comes
from. Do you say agreed? ~"
"Agreedl" went up IN chorus. "Give
us programme, that's all"
)" Well, there's that old donkey OF Deacon
Bayberry's; what il he should be found
stray ed into the masters desk some morn
ing with the masters cap on his head, and
one OF those law-books he's always fooliDg
with ut intermission under bis nose? How
would that do, just for q feeler, you
know 2" ~. ' IN. 4" -
| A shout rose up for an answer, and Hal
went on. "Shake hands, then! A pull all
together, you know, and then nobody is to
blames" and one by one the boys marched
up and gave Hal a hand. %5 Now, Cal
lowses! you're the, last -, but the wide
trousers stood motionless, and Gallowses
shook his close-cropped head. . .i..;:., :.
CIV haiti. YOU'RE afraid! PshaW, we'll
tell Miss Judy we did it." a,.' y: go. ~ .
""No; you Needn't, said GalloTses;
":bnt can't help YOU" > ~, ,-:..,.2
; 'What, you little sneak ~. said. Sam,
bouncing on him and Selling him by the
collar )" You won't peach; will your"
.sNo, won't peach Sam. Hebberton, nor
do anything else that's mean, hope. Let
go Of my collar, please; you've no right to
it!,'.4 ~ =. .r r ,s:l =. -. :.;1 . -.
"Will you lend hand, then 2'
Gallowses's head shook again. s'sNot on
the donkey-I can't" ,,;.,. - .ss
.ACowardl coward! Gallowses is a cow
ard {" rose up the shout, and Sam. tight
ened his grip with'a growl that meant mis-
chief; but sudden thought struck Hal.
uHoIdoni ." he said. +" Somebody's got
to open the sehoolroom door for us. WHAT'S
the harm If Gallowses slips Through the
ventiIators and down on the inside, and
Just draws the. bolt of that back-door2
There's no other, boy small. enough, and
what's that to do with the donkey, or with
us?" .-...-....--..
.sWill you do it 2" asked Sam. with o
s"I can't, tell you. 1t; wouldn't be good
or brave, and can't" r..,.5 ~. 20
at wouldn't, chi" retorted Sam. fu-
riously between his teeth; and it was dan
gerous moment for Miss Judy's boy. But
the bell rang again, and Sam. had found out
that it wasn't best to be late in bis seat.
"I'li settle you," he muttered, with scowl
that glowered more and more fiercely to-
ward GalloWses's desk for the rest OF the
afternoon. "Pl thrash you within an inch
of your life!'''' ..5.. :5a .ss.@ " H..
why shouldn't he? Wasn't he three
times as big as the coward GalIowses, and a
hero OF the school into the bargain !? H
Two weeks passed, and the curb-bit Of
the Elm-Tree School still held steady and
strong: but outside winter had been march
ing merrily on, till it swept suddenly down
one Friday night and locked up everything,
Deacon Bayberry's mil-pond included, in
prison-waiis Of ice. And the next day, a
Saturday, with blue skies, air like wine, aud
the ring OF tue skates on that pond starting
the Deacon up to the liveliest psa(m-tune he
knewl From Miss Pophurst's kitchen
window pair OF eager brown eyes had
watched every boy of the school scurrying
past, and the jingle of their skate-rons was
like the trumpet to warehouses; ears. But
what is war-horse without bride OF spurs,
and-Gailowses had no skates. And what
fun was there In going to look on? Miss
Judith grew little nervous at last watch
ing the little figure with elbows on the table
and shorn head in its hands, pouring over
q lesson for next week. 81
"Why don't you follow the rest Of the
bows, wherever they are? The Kitchens no