The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-01

bank-t the "he" of whom Len and
they had been talking.
II w sh Len would run away from
him." growled Ned, after he had passed
them.
but Len won't" said Horace. she
hasn't got spunk enough
Len was milking when Burbank re-
turned and put up his horses; and
when he brought in the milk his uncle
asked him, shortly, how the work had
gone on for the day.
eve didn't get the potatoes all
hoed," replied the boy, reluctantly.
why, l thought you would finish
that piece to-day" cried Burbank, i'm
patiently.
I'VE worked pretty hard" replied
Len. ''But that field is witchgrassy,
Won know, and we couldn't finish it by
thirteen rows"
'llumph" exclaimed his uncle. much
dissatisfied. 1--WE must cultivate and
hoe the sweet corn tomorrow" he
added. 'The potatoes will have to go
till next day."
"The next day is the Fourth" Len
ventured to mention. ''The hired men
will be off that day-and-and-"h he
hesitated little. 1.-THE Thornhill boys
are going to play baseball against the
Longcroft nine in the afternoon, at the
village. They want me to GO"
BASEBALL. Hob! Why, Len, don't
see how you can think of goin' off
with all our work so behind. I'm goin'
to work, myself, all day"
II know it's behind said Len.
''But the boys think they'll get beaten
if don't pitch for EN-; so they're kind
of urging me strong to GO
''But what's baseball, Len, beside
necessary work like ourn? That's all
such Toys think. Thcm's the boys
met out here, spose,' he continued.
"llere teasing you off. Id like to put
my hoss-whip on 'em''
The next evening the boys came
around again, to learn whether Len
could go.
''He has given me another stint, and
a good big one" said Len, with his
odd, low laugh.
Lets go see it, cried Ned Corliss.
They went across the field, and the
boys hastily looked the stint over. !,
1.-TWO days work" exclaimed
Horace. THAT uncle of yours-well,
no matter what. OF course you can't
go-unless," he added, unless we raise
crew and help you do it,"
"And that's just what we had better
do" said Ned. For we must have
Len"
Soon after six o'clock on Fourth of
July morning there were eleven boys
in Selectman Burbank's potato field,
hoeing with all their might. They
had finished row apiece, and had all
turned to upon the remaining two
rows when Burbank appeared.
He's coming out to forbid your go
in muttered Ned.
81 guess not" said Len.
eff he does, let's mob him."
But Burbank had only come to say
to Len that he must try to string
a late-planted acre of sweet corn with
Irvine, to keep off the crows before he
went away. IN put the ball of Irvine
down here at the end Of this row." he
said, as he turned back.
The boys groaned after him.
well, it will only take us few
minutes" said Len.
But as they came near the ends OF
the rows, Horace Atkins picked up the
Irvine ball, unobserved, and put it in
his pocket. So Len could not find the
Irvine, and after searching awhile he
set off with the other boys, who Inn
patientlv hurried him away to collect
their baseball outfit.
On their way to the village Horace
slipped the ball of Irvine into Lens
pocket. where he presently found it.
He suspected that trick had been
PLAYED. but said nothing. lie had
never disobeyed an express COM
mand of his uncle. But twas too late
to turn back.
The background was half mile
out of the village, near the river,
little way from the bend above the
falls which furnish the water-power
for the factories.
When Mr.. burbank found that Len
had gone off with the boys without
stringing the corn, he was angry; and
grew more angry as he worked, alone,
that day. 1t seemed to him to be
downright rebellion to his authority.
So about the middle of the afternoon
he drove to the village with the inten-
ton OF fetching Len back home TO
finish the stint.
But meanwhile an event had oc-
Cured.
The ball game was over Len had
pitched good game for the Ihornhiii
nine. The score stood: Thornhiii
eighteen, Longcroft thirteen. The at
tention of the crowd was termed 10
tub race" on the river above the
..boom." as the long line Of logs at
tached end to end and extending across
the channel above the falls is termed.
Besides the contestants In their tubs,
there were boats on the water above
the boom. Among them was bateau
in which one of the young lady school
ten cheers of the village was taking row
w,,h seven or eight of her girl pupils
and two lads, aged ten and thirteen