The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-04-03
BILL M KuLLlFoRp.
Two Young Brothers, a Kind Friend and
q Strange Whipping.

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 a bank cashier
and will depart hurriedly for Canada
in due course of time. If there is an
open, daredevil piece of rascality COM
mitted in the n%eighborhood, we know
that Bill has been around. If there is a
mean, sneaking trick played on some
body. we are equally sure that Kulliford
had II or more hands in it. Bill is al
ways found out; Kulliford v 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 l have finished reading the
paper. Thus is poor Bill robbed Of the
Joy of eating and held in torture of sus-
pense as well 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.
ccmlture.
The other day Bill came to me, as he
often does, for sympathy. His brother
had committed some high crime or mis-
demeanor and had convinced his mother
that Bill was the culprit. That meant a
lathering that evening, and all unde-
served one too. ] had been thinking over
Bills troubles, and this time / was pre-
pared to help him.
"Bill," said ], (which side of the
bed do you sleep on?"
"On 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 I. Now, this time
we'll fix MI. Clifford. I'll invite your
father over to play o 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 OH to your
side and get i'll 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 one. 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 / 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 I 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 lathering
that Clifford did.
The latter was presented with so
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
was to be punished that night for fight
ing with the stable boy.
/ have advised Bill to become a Sun.
day school boy and a bank cashier, and
I am going out Of the Talleyrand-B Bay
| ard business. Tom Hall in Truth.