The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-30
Fun.

"Come, Jerry, 60 down to Willow
Cove this afternoon. Lou Stesrns is
going to treat all round, and he told
are going to have lots Of fun"
"HowH
"Well,. we are going to have beer
and cigars, and we are going to get
some new follows to try smoking.
They can't help making fun for the
rest of US. Come, won't your"
"Can you smoker" asked Jerry.
"Y es," answered Walter.
"Who made fun Of you while you
were learning%
"Nobody: 1 looked ont for that, l
tell you"
81 will look out that nobody makes
fun of me either"
"Ohl we wouldn't make fun of you,
jerry"
II know yon won't make fun Of me
when I'm learning TO smoke, for / shall
n SS %y yssFp thls s sfts snsnS ss hive ammo
"HowW
clam going to split some wood for
Miss Crane. She can't afford to hire it
done, 90 I 9 AN going to have the fun of
doing It myself-"
"Queer kind of fun muttered Wal
ter Baker hurrying away, while Jerry
Dosne went whistling down the lane
to Miss Cranes little house; and be.
fore she knew be was there he had be-
gun bis words to express her feelings.
~ Am going to have lots of fun with
this wood" he said ia reply to her re-
peated thanks.
~ hope you will, and perhaps / can
make some fun for You after you have
aniied it," she responded, with q queer
little laugh.
Jerry understood this, and worked
all the faster because of the treat he
knew was In store for him; seed cakes,
such as no one but Miss Crane ever
made and . cup of milk; the cup &C
quaint and handsome no boy would
think of the quality of tina mill it con
tanned.
Long before night his task was &C.
complained and his lunch eaten from
the old fashioned round liable by the
kitchen window. Thinking 1t hac
been the p~leasantest afternoon of al
the year, he wa just starting for home
when he heard q distant call from somt
one In distress. A boy came running
from Willow Cove to. say that q com
pauion was drowning. Fortunately
however, help was near at hand. A
young man walking by the river heard
the 'arst cry and hastened to rescue the
drowning boy.
This done, he looked around upor
the scene before him. Two boys lay
prostrate upon the ground, too dizzy to
rise, until . liberal application of colo
water brought them to their feet
Stumps Of cigars and empty beer bot
tles told the story; yet he insisted up
on knowing tho exact truth.
"Tm not afraid to TELL" said Lou
Steerns. at LAST, putting on a bold face
eve came down here for some fun,
aid We have had It. Some Of the fel.
lows got mad because We laughed at
thsm'a and pitched into us. They tried
to.giy: y, I. l beating. ard E ys. daaSaalABasdS
into the river. Nobody Intended to
have any trouble, and I don't see as
there 10 any harm l6ne.n,
"Yes."
"And smoking"
"YSs."
A"Then there has been harm done.
l suppose you made finn Of the begin
uers." O..
"Yes, beginners are always made
fun Of. They must expect it. We
have ell had BUR turn"
BY this time others, both men and
women, had arrived at Willow Cove,
and such boys a. could make their es-
cape without being recognized were
glad to do 10.
II never was SO ashamed Ia my
life," said Walter Baker to his friend
Jerry the next day. 81 wished l could
drop through somewhere into . wood
chuek's hole. We didn't have any fun
anyway, and If I ever smoke another
cigar, Or drink another drop of beer
you may set me down for a fool. 1
have made up my mind that boys are
mono too good when they let tobacco
and liquor alone. I believe In total abb
stinsncs from both, and l am going to
practice what l believe, fun or no fun"
-CYoUTH's TEMPERANcx BANNER.