Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-10-04
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BY 10TH
CHAPTER l.

certain line aEttTIOOH ~ 1unN.
an afternoon as 1t was, 50 sweet ana
SO soft, 30 full OF fragrant sleepy haze,
that any sound louder than the sing
song of a cricket must have disracped
any ordinary nervep possessing mortal.
ON this particular afternoon, now
ever. the sole occupants or the yard
were the stable boys, the groom's urs
chin, and the undcr-gardener' lad, ana
as none Of these had yet reached the
level of nerves, whilst the blood OF all
OF them throbbed with the greed Tor
illegal sport IN every shape, their state
of lazy content was in no way upset
by medley Of bIood-curdling shrieks,
s1ueals, and gobbles that issued from
1he throats of little boy and big
turkey which the boy was swinging
round and round by the tail, from the
vantage ground Of large smooth
round stone, with an amount OF
strength that was preternatural. II one
had Judged by the mere length OF him
and had not taken into consideration
the enormous development Of the imp's
legs and arms.
The stable boys grinned, and smoked
ike furnaces as the show proceeded,
and the other two cheered like Tro.
JAMS, In the cruelty Of the natural boy.
and II might have gone badly for the
turkey, II there had not swooped down
upon him and his tormentor, just in the
nick OF time, little lean, wiry woman,
armed with an authority, which even
che imp, after one spasmodic struggle
saw best not to galnsay.
Master Dacre, whatever do you do
1t for? Do you think the bird has no
feelings? There is no sense in such
goings-on."
There Is sense" spluttered the boy
at full speed, II like bein' swung and
/ like swlngin' the turkey, and I'll learn
him to like II too, aud IL he don't
learn that anyway he'll learn some
thing else, which Is nfe's discerpline,
which father says I'm learnin' when
you whip me. If | want it. so does
the tursey and wuss. ! blongs to
higher orders nor beasts and birds
Here the grlns of the stable boys
broke into hoarse outlaws, and Mary's
ire eliminated In sharp rehuke all
around.
Go TO your work, you idle fellows.
| told your father long ago, jim, what
'ud be the latter end Of you. AS for
you, Robert, / could cry when | think
of your blessed mother!
"And what business have you in the
yard" she cried, turning on the tive
younger sinners BE off with you this
instant 'ris easy TO see none OF the
men are about You two, Jim and
Robert, you'd be surprised yourselves
If YOU could see what soft idiots you
look with them stumps Of pipes be-
tween your jaws.
Look. Master Dacre, look at the
birds tail Haven't you any heart at
all? The creature might have been
through the furze covert
There's not 4 feather broke" said
the boy, after a critical survey, mot
one; | believe that tail were made for
swingin' as muei as my arms was"
For an instant words failed Mary
and she employed herself hushing the
bird into his pen. When she came
back Dacre had disappeared, and the
yard seemed to be quite clear of hui
man life. not 10 be traced even by the
smell of Shag tobacco.
Pursuit was useless, as Mary very
well knew. SO she returned To her
nursery good deal down at heart,
muttering and murmuring as she went.
"Oh Lord, whatever Is to be the end
Of 1t ALP Learning Is the ruin of the
whole place, and yet them children is
as ignorant ms bears, excepting for
their queer words and ways. Set them
TO read a Royal Reader or to tot up
sum, bless You. they couldn't fer
the life of them And the tempers of
the two" she went on, quitting the
cross stitches on a darn, their parents
had no hand IN them anyway, Where
they got III from the Lord only
knows. Tempers. indeed And from
them two blessed babies rs bore EN-"
She fitted her head and glanced out
of the window,
Look al EN-. She whispered, hand
In hand up and down the drive, talking
MATHEMATICS. I'll be bound" and
Mary's eyes returned TO her basket
n triflc moist She had nursed Mrs.
Waring and Mrs Warnings children.
and she was good soul with deal
OF sentiment about her,
AS II happened Mr.. ard Mrs War'ug
We're not discussing mathematics They
were lust then deeply and solemnly
exercised ia their minds as to the
exact date 81 skeleton recently un-
earthed from some red sandstone In
the neighhorhood. They had dismissed
the carriage at the hall gates and were
now hot IN argument concerning the
bones, each holding Numerically OPP
posed views on the subject. and strug-
Cling hard TO prove his or her side
Now and again the husbands voice
rose to pretty high pitch, and his
fine mouth was touched with sheer.
and the wife's eyes flashed and famed
ard shot out indignant wrath Her
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