Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-17

81 don't think Mr.. Shenston mant to do
wrong" said Sal.
And | should not have supposed your
father would have been guilty Of it. II
he is ever caught AGAIN.
He willn't be such fule."
Miss Judy conceived a smile. can
other pail!" she said. "And empty that
into the duck pond"
She fastened off with her burden, and
another pail received the brandy.
Really, Dick" murmured Miss Judy,
apostrophizing the boarding in a whisper
lit was most naughty of YOU"
Meanwhile Dick was showing his re.
pentance by faithfully engaging the
lieutenant in conversation. 1t was rath-
er difficult thing to do and annoying ex-
ceedingly to see him sitting there on the
cask. Dick, consulting his watch. found
that Is minutes had passed, and he made
another effort, for Curwen was getting
restless
You see" he urged, ain any case there
is nice point of law involved If am
an ignorant accessory, there cannot
Squire dew not see nice points of
law" retortcd Curwen. There's morals
and there's sins; there's sheep and there's
goats
And asses" Dick suggested.
There's keeping straight and there's
running contraband."
And my contention is" repeated Dick
YEARLY, that so far as l know there is
no brandy in that keg."
The lleutenants retOrt was interrupted
by the tramp of his returning men.
Ihey showed empty hands and said they
had had no luck. But the lieutenant
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by this.
"Never mind" he said; there's enough
here. Get the barrow ready, and wen
go up TO squre's."
And he turned to the landlord rancor-
ously. "Prendergast, yew have made off
with the rest O your sinful contraband,
but yew cannot escape when yew have
broken the law"
"Stow ut" said Prendergast sulkily.
"Hew come here to ma house an call me
rascal Yew've gat no prewf l ask
yew where's yew're prewf?"
Here" said the lieutenant. And again
he kicked his heels on the keg. 1t gave
out hollow sound. He leaped off it as
If he had been suddenly stung. A faint
glimmer of the truth dawned upon Dick
Remember" he said provokingly, my
contention has been that there is no
brandy in the cask."
The lieutenant turned 1t over on its
side without answering. 1t was empty,
and, though the floor beneath was damp,
the holes had been stopped up.
"There was brandy in it," he said,
rounding on Dick.
"The soda water seems to have evap-
Grated" said Dick innocently. Some Of
the revenue men began to Singer.
"Search the place." said Curwen,
crashing his teeth. One of the men re-
turned presently and announced a strong
smell of brandy in the yard, particularly
in the duck pond.
at would hardly do to show the squire
water from the duck pond as contraband
| spirits" said Dick.
"There's sheep and there's goats" said
| the lieutenant, hardly able to contain his
wrath, so that Dick came very near to
| plying him and only murmured, "And
asses" this time under his breath. The
lieutenant ordered his men off and fol-
| lowed them. Dick, without stopping to
explain matters to the bewildered Prem
dergast, FASTENED down.
SAL" he called. where is Miss
| Judy?"
wasn't it clever Of herr" said Sal
admiringly. But I'm going to stop ia
Their runner kegs. It's very bad, she
says and not safe."-Exchange.
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