The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-05-22

:. That wish that some April day,
S%me framps would take in our carRsts and rur
' '''"@n saEkHsN x.se..E;s
MISS MAY. "a z 4,
1T was an afternoon in late February, ant
Tom Kingsley was lounging in the bay-win
dow OF the little sitting-room, his Latin anC
Greek books all around hin, aud, what wa
worse, broad, sn0w-covefed hill In front o
him, down which sled after sled was glidins
" 1Ssa aSov sns rs ss s sa g 81 r.,
scented itself Occasionally he favored his sis
ter, who was the only other occupant of the
room, with very audible grOwlings against the
restrictions of study hours
The two were students in the academy
whose Mechanically square buildings rose
almost opposite to the Kingsley house. They
were nearly OF an age; but the one was pre-.
pairing to enter COLLEGE; the education OF
the other was considered nearly completed.
The two young people. with their father and
mother, made up the whole family: but Mr.
Kingsley, in the simple, unpretending way
of the village. received into his house, as q
boarder, one of the academic professors, and
also occasional students when they hap
this first-namedf individual who was exciting
Toms attention, in lack Of anything better
to look at.
May" he said. Jerking his head OYER, his
shoulder with quick; Characteristic move
%sp S1. "'just core here sssss. Pref R'nssl
His sister dropoed her work and came to
TIE window. q the other side Of tbs street
stood a TAIL uutajQlr nan, with . scholarly
stoop in his sbelNers, q head Of bushy hair
much threaded With gray. a pair of mild, wise
spectacles, aaGkA gensaal airof,perpasRed ac
mir Scencp in all mundane affairs uh <oyor
In his hands, he held . very ting sled, look
ing at it at arm's-len eth, as II It was some
thing of an explosive nature. One six year.
old little fellow was surveying his broken
plaything with despairing eyes, while two
other excited urchins danced up and down in
front OF the professor, endeavoriDg duly to
set forth the nature of the accident that had
happened to the runner. Two dogs wagged
their tails hopefully in the background, and,
to complete the procession, q disabled crow,
the pet of one OF the villagers, brought up the
rear. 1t hoped gravely along, now on one
foot, now on the other, setting its head on one
side in Oracular fashion, and looking ten times
blacker and wickeder than ever against the
whitcnesS of the snow.
After considering The situation few min
ntcs, the professor started of again, dragging
the sled by the rope, and his procession, crow
and ALL trotted along behind him ~,t. -.
Vow, said Tom, she will go straight to the
carpenter's shop to get that thing mended !;
and the carpenter, after impressiny upon him
re arduous nature of the job, will charge just
ton times what it is worth, and he will pay it
without a word"
mo doubt he will. d .--.--e ----..-
"And those little beggars will run off with
ont even thanking him."
But So they ar. ar; ia1d Mt e him 4g xxs .n.,
'". ..I I SnoW i a a" 4. .ar.s-y.
"Just fancy his going out with telescope
and watching the moon all night because we
ioys told him there were changes on its sur
s; n. Aud when he couldn't find them, and
r''ne to US to point them out, We pretend6d to
sc them plainly enough, told him his eyes
wrr.. getting weak, and he believed every
wii OF it, and has taken 70 wearing spects-
els rom that day.
h. y shortsighted," said his sister, laughing.
"tut MayS best jol'e Of ALL you never
hear; of. nrodise me god Son't tell anybody
abCu: it.''
"pf course not except Jem."
"n' Jem knows all about it already; he
was II it,. Seems to me you're very dutiful,
thou, all at once, Getting engaged has i'm
~. r. pay saas i. may lasts said his sis.
"Wn .h:-the Engagement, or the engage.
gagged feforssSk,z Nav .sTf9-H
"Ab,ri half dozen. l think"
~ nix 50, TOO: Don't treat Jem in that
way. lis aTTe9. Fl: t3te; snd, atlr sall,
it's rath, moftffyih you know, to q fellow .
1T cart very we'll BE- mcytlfying in this
s @:at because i:ss of 'hf engage
81 should like to know if they don't! Why,
MAY, it is known all over town. Jem told of
it himself. You see. you a-e rather pretty for
a girl; and then there's that bit of money
Inn LATE (N,, h. III.
rather proud Of it, and no wonder."2 t.-!
Lets have the joke now; never mind the
compliment 8.
.'Ncver complimented anybody in my life.
What are you talkingebs1si. But shout tia,
perimeu,iny with that it5bgen ioiids, in he
laboratory, May" & s.
"You remembef ii6wseip,osive It was
safe as long as you kept it wet, but going of
like nj. o-glycerine and dynamite put togeth
ut didn't 90 off unless some one touched
H. q rather guess i. did. s1fa fellow merel,
breathed a yard away fr@gOf Hwe6t. Bal
that's of no conseQue0c6y sf0f~fn- this case
somebody was expected to touch it."
sand that somebody was the professor. OF
ceurse!'
"Of course. We madea lot of it, and pu,
some on the handle Of hiSs door, some in hi
slippers, and some asaOne HIS b6eksS the resi-
We scattered round promiscuously. Aud, Al
heavy ' tsnndsrsSoss sssy e afeeln Ss
The professor came hurrying in; accidentally
Jem and 1 met him on the stairs. We asked
him to explain a difficult Latin passage. oh
come right income right in, .bpys, he says
In that benevolent way of his, and laid his
back as if he had bseE shot bless me
what's the matter!' he exclaimed, rubbing hi,
nose. We dida't say anything, but acted a
IL twas the most everyday OccuUemB Wall
VIC went in, and he pulled of Ms Btbts nd
started to get his slippers on 1eBgN QeAe
oh, May, you never saw the like6f Int }YimH
! believe lie actually struck the ceiling. Wher
he went to draw down the window curtain
bang! again. When he took .Aoxn i6SsiStir
book-it was big and sRk5g1 tb6e-lbSke
bang! bang! And SO on with every thing B,
touched in the room, till began to think tn
Of it was he never even aispeeted the causs
You know his wisdom lies in Latin an,
Greek; he doesn't know anything about tn
sciences, though l believe he regards then
with more awe than all the rtst of Tie curric
ulum put together. Well, Lem rips told ~
hal charged the ' room viii n E%tS%7'
tnat ne himself was first-rate prime con
ductor. Jem expatiated learnedly for half a
nCur or mons, Oh the freaks OF electricity
talked, you know, as Fit was usual thing (,
see Inngs behaving IN that fashion, And, /
it all in; is writing ! paper now--n lem,
any authority on the rsubject--on theee extrs
ordinary natural phenomena t1ls'TF
Tom was fp ecstacies If lavghter nv TIL
time, and his sister was not slow in joinjn,
him. sisi liz 1879 III n'r.S
81 was only afraid father would hear In
noise. and stop the fun," gssped he ct last
when he was able to sneak. "l. uclilv h