The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-03-06
BILL AND KULLlFORD.
Two Young Brothers, a Kind Friend an
n Strange Whipping.

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Two Young Brothers,, a Kind Friend and
a Strange Whipping.
William, or Bill, as | prefer to call
him, is a favorite of mine. He is a
frank, honest eyed, reckless, energetic
youngster who is always getting into
trouble. He has had more escapes from
death than any other six boys in the
town. and is either being saved for
some great use in the world or to be a
horrible example to his fellow man.
His brother Clifford is quite a differ
emit boy. Kulliford, as his mother calls
him, will some day be q bank cashier
and will depart hurriedly for Canada
in due course of time. II there is an
open, daredevil piece of rascality COM
mitted in the neighborhood, we know
that Bill has been around. If there is a
mean, s%neaking trick played on some
body, we are equally sure that Kulliford
had one or more hands in it. Bill Is al
ways found out; Kulliford never Is.
The result is that Bill is lathered about
once a day by his loving pepper and
Kulliford accumulates many merit cards
in Sunday school, to the great joy of
the anointed.
According to Bill, his pepper has a
GOLD, cruel way about him that makes
matters all the worse. William, his
father says, just as the boy is about to
eat a piece of cake at supper time, you
will go up stairs to bed Immediately
after supper. Twill be up there to whip
you after 1 have finished reading the
paper" Thus is poor Bill robbed Of the
joy of eating and held in torture OF sus-
pense as we'll as lathered. Such punish
ments are cruel and unusual. They are,
moreover, inflicted in the dark, and Bill
does not get half a chance to dodge.
And what is far worse, Kulliford,
who sleeps in the same bed with Bill,
is permitted TO enjoy his brothers. dis
comflture.
The other day Bill came to me, as he
often does, for sympathy. His brother
had committed some high crime or mis-
demeapor and had convinced his mother
that Bill was the culprit. That meant a
iathering that evening, and an unde-
served one too. Ihad been thinking over
Bills troubles, and this time I was pre-
pared to help him.
ny. "Bill," said I, (which side of the
bed do you sleep on?'
son the side away from the WALL"
he answered ruefully. Pop makes me
sleep there so he won't mistake Cliff
for me in the dark"
'"All right, " said /. "Now, this time
we'll fix Mr.. Clifford. I'll invite your
father over to play a game of chess this
evening. That will make the lathering
come late after both you boys have gone
to sleep, Now, after Clifford has gone
to sleep you roll him over on to your
side and get in his place" Bill gave
me a silent pressure of the hand and a
grateful look that made me feel like a
Talleyrand and a Chevalier Bayard
made into n The boys are about of
the same size, and their voices in mo-
ments Of extreme pain and anguish are
very similar.
That night, after I had beaten their
pepper at chess and he had departed for
home, I heard the wall Of a lathered
boy over in their house with feelings Of
great joy. I delayed my departure for
business the next morning in order to
congratulate Bill. He came over early,
as / expected, but he was a sorry look.
ing sight. And he came over to get some
arnica and vaseline. 1t seems that the
scheme worked all right SO far as get
ting Clifford duly punished was con
cerned. But the trick was discovered.
Bill got about four times the lstherine
that Clifford did.
The latter was presented with sc
cents by his father to cure his wounded
feelings, and he had given the stable
boy next door half Of it to thrash Bill,
which the stable boy did at break Of
day. Moreover, their mother was max.
ing a cake solely for Clifford, and Bill
vas to be punished that night for fight.
ing with the stable hoy.
1 have advised Bill to become a Sun
day school boy and a bank cashier. and
am going out of the Talleyrand-B Bay.
ard business. Tom Hall in Truth.
TUrIn