The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-10-28

WHAT CANE or ".
6sssrt wnIwd ssss Kind b6sstsd boy
frank. generous. honest and truthfni. bu
% larry tbst biz mother dsspaired Of sve'
se<ins him amount 70 anything. Sbs VA
. vidos. With 10 cns 10 help her trail
hss sou. and neither sdvioe. sspcstulstior
nor argansns bad say eject uPoa him.
He sludisd no more than vas absolutely
sscsssary 70 enable him 10 kssp mp With
An cisases. hsd no ambition 70 bs u The
bead Of any Of them. and worked - LITTLE
= possible about tho house. though lovs
and confederation for bis mother prevspt'
"a hin fsom Svsr sinking his sesuIsr du-
In. sseh = niikisg ths Gov pttipl
wood. and bringing water. But be stared
at her sshsst when shs proposed that b
should take entire charge Of the garden,
devoting 10 Il bis tims before and sftsI
school houn, thus saving Ne expense ol
hirisg help.
N. mothef. ! never could, 40 eatds
- vssds would b higher than ny hsad
months tine. I'm 20 band u rake
Or hos.
You're no hand q anything. - far = !
can sse, said his mother There will
hsvs TO b. decided change 10 you. Stu.
art, II you expect y ever win money or
position.
l don't know that care for either, ans
wered Stuart I'm not one Of the pushing
kind. A quiet life suits me best
And you will BE- content to see all your
friends get ahoad Of you, ! suppose.
Now mother, don't worry and Stuart
looked really distressed. I'll come out I'll
right never fear.
There1l have TO be > miracle worked,
then. said Mrs. willard. signing. La.
illness is the one fault Of your character.
Stuart. and it will keep you down oil your
lie.
Though averss TO exertion Of any kind,
Stuart was . fuu-loving boy. always ready
for frolic. and not apt to think, until re-
pentancs was too late TO be Of any avail, Of
the right or wrong ofthe good time. And
he had three particular friends. who. in
boy parlsnce, never stuck ct anything"
when there was fun ahead.
They all considered old Simon Pieffer,
tho richest man in Westville, fair game,
for it WAS we'll known hs hated anything
in the shape Of boy. and never spoke to
or looked at one, little or big. without
growing like rough old bear he was be. |
lieved TO be.
He was h bachelor. and lived with .
and dozen servants 10 .
handsome house in the suburbs OF the
Iown. and he might thoroughly have en-
joyed his large grounds, fine gardens and
vell-bred livestock, but for the boys Of
The town who mischievously MIXED bis
BOWS. stole his fruit. Ashed in his trout
pond. broke down his fences, left his
gates opsn. and made Themselves generally
obnoxious.
The culprits always managed in some
way to escape detection. Well did they
know the terrible example that would
be made Of the drst boy old Simon csnght.
He openly declared that be would show
40 mercy. and would know how to deal
With the offender.
We never know how onr most triHing
IL acted upon, may Affect the
ives OF others. When Ben Hopper stop
,ed one May evening at the gate Of the
title cottage 10 which Stuart lived. and
'sked il be didn't want 10 60 ont to the
I'D mill on the Creek road to hunt squir-
els. no intuition told him that be was do
ng something which was to lead to an
vent that would influence oil the rst Of
|tuart's life. |
Stuart accepted the invitation. Of course.
nd on their way out Of town the boys were
oinsd BY Tom Halpins and Luke Wright.
tho we're quito - fond Of squirrel hunting
! wore Stuart and Ben. n
For 81 least half mile altsr leaving the
own The Greek road VA bounded on one
ide by pasture belonging to Mr.. Pie1sr.
nd 80 generously did il abound with
hestnut. persimmon and crab apple trees /
bat the boys Of ths town were familiar
ith every rod Of it.
But it wss not the season now for chest !
uss, persimmons or crab apples. and the
luirrel hunting party would have gone
histlidg and shouting by. had not :
Andsome brown horse, quietly grasiug the
tort grass. raised his head q sight Of {
lem. and whinnied softly. h
! know something We can do . sight
sitter than squirrel hunting. said Luke I
right, stopping short. What do ycu /
y TO rider .
rm 10 for il. ansvered Tom Hslpins. 1 :
'a's believe wsd fipd any squirrels, any Z
~. They're getting % shy they don't
'ms round The mill like they used 10. o
The brown horse bad apparently been )
cling lonely. and vas glad Of company. b
{ be made no objection whatever when q
'uart lot down pair Of bars. and going h
? 70 him, took hold Of bis forslock and
j him into the road. :
But he objected very vigorously 70 hav. b
9 four boys on his back st one time. and '
cked add csrssred around until be suc j
eded 10 ridding himself Of I'll four Of !
em. Ia
Well hare 70 take turns riding, said Bon :