Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-02
SIX RUNAWAYS.
BY II. n. Holdist.

\ATE DIDN'T like 1t at all n, school.
wv They say boys never like school.
anyhow. Maybe that's 80. and may be II
isn't. All I know Is. We did't like H.
Why2 Well. | can hardly tell you.
There was plenty 20 eat-such as IL was
and We didn't have TO study over
hard. but then. you see. 1t was school.
aud that's all about i'll
Watched all the time. YOU know. TAX
ing walks two by two. trunks gone over
every now aud then. and the things YOU
like must bc taken away-especially
books and papers. Some OF ~ had
taken books and papers to school
Cooper's and Marryati'- novels. and
story papcrs, no end. They took them
all away as soon as they found them;
but we'd had time 10 read them all first.
and pretty well learn them by heart.
too.
We were mad enough when We found
that they were all gone. you'd better
believe. We knew there was no use ask
ing for them back. so We didn't do H..
but We held an indignation meeting in
stead.
There was lots OF talk and fellows say
ing what they would like 10 do. but
when wr came down to the point. We
couldn't see but one thing to be done.
and that was TO run away.
of course. We meant to 20 TO SEA.
Drdham was not n seaport Town. aud
we'd have 10 walk 30 miles To find any
sea to go to. but We thought that would
he easy enough. Only We ought TO get
some provisions together first. and We
had TO wait biz for that.
There was one little chap that didn't
seem much set up at the idea Ralph
Nayland his name was He didn't want
10 Ro-up and said he liked the school
well enough. and didn't like the sea at
all. Said he'd been ON IL once. and II
made him awful s.asick.
But We told him We wouldn't leave
him behind. for they'd be sure 10 worm
out of him where we'd gone. We told
him he'd he sneak II he didn't GO. after
hearing our plans and all. We shamed
him so that at last he said he'd start
with rs. but he wouldn't go to sea. he'd
20 home. So we said that would do.
only We called him coward. He
laughed. and said mayb he was; he was
afraid Of being scasick. anyway.
We waited long while before a good
time came. At last we'd got quite a lot
OF things together that we'd saved from
our meals-bread and cheese aud meat
and such. To be sure. the bread was
pretty dry and erumbly. and the cheese
hard. and the meat-well. We should
have made an awful row about eating
II at table, but We thought when we got
hungry we shouldn't mind it-much.
Then there came night when the
principal and most of the teachers were
To go tn party in the town. and We
thought that would be the best time to
go.
We didn't have very hard work to get
Oft. So many of the teachers were
away that the rest couldn't keep a very
strict watch. There were six Of us, and
first one and then another slipped away,
till Ralph and were left.
'Now's our time. Ralph" said, at
last
And Ralph got up with kind OF sigh
and came along.
I'm not going to sea with you. Jerry.
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u" '"''a 'ns'., anu 'ne WINDOW.
Aos' i~''Pn' SAM It's
o '"e seams having irohc whiie
nc, .,,., "i's,ets anu mistress are away.
nes "o" hesp any servants, said
"P". =" MINI oi Whisper Mrs.
'iho' Ne" England woman. and
sne ooss nsr own WORK. BESIDES. Jerry.
81" 'ne shadow OF a man cross the win
uow' "ha. does u mean
Mean' Wen, felt sort of cold; but
put on a big air, and replied:
don't know what II means. Ralph;
but it's none Of our business, any how.
Come along. We're to meet the fellows
at Crossiree's Oak. you know, and we
haven't any more than time"
The other fellows may CO." said
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