Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-24

and as ne did so made upon it an
ugly mark.
"why, Bob, your hands bleeding!"
'Is it, Miss? oh, ah! so it is.
That amt nothink."
you are all over mud, too. Have
you met with an accident again?"
The boys lips parted to say Yes, .
but as he gazed up into the clear
searching eyes which looked down so
kindly into his, he shook his head.
''No, Miss" he said boldly.
why, Bob, you have not been fight
ing?"
81 didn't want to fight, Miss; but
what's a chap TO do?"
Surely not fight when he is sent
on an Grand" said Rich severely.
81 didn't want to fight" said the
boy again: 'but was fightin', and
Mr.. Hendon ketched me-"
I'm afraid, Bob, shall be obliged
to speak to my father, and have you
sent away"
mo, no! don't do that, Miss; please
don't. l will be so very useful, and
viii do everything 'Lisbeth tells me.
Don't send a feller away"
eve cannot keep a boy who behaves
so badly" continued Rich, who was
trying to hide being amused and
pleased at the boys affectionate
|earnestness.
"Then I won't fight no more" said
Bob. "BuC you don't know what il is,
Miss. You don't know how the fellers
tease yer. They're alters at yer.
Soon as yer goes down the street,
some one shouts Bottles!' Jest be-
/ cause l takes out the physic. I should
I jest like to make some Of 'em take it.
I'd give EN- a dose"
"But, Bob, you ought to be too sen
sible to take any notice about rude
boy calling you names
so I am, Miss" cried the boy,
"ever so much. never did nothing
[ till they began on the DOCTOR"
Began on the doctor?"
eyes, Miss; saying all sorts o.
things about him. I shouldn't like to
tell you what"
"And l should not like to hear, Bob, /"
said Rich gravely, as she went up
stairs; while after waiting till he
heard the door close, Bob went
cautiously into the surgery, crept to
/ the door of the cOnsulting-ro and
listened to find out whether the doctor
was there, and finding him absent, the
boy went nimbly to the nest o.
drawers, opened one, and took out a
pair of scissors before lifting a tin case
from a corner-a case which looked
| like the holder of a map.
Bob removed the lid, drew out a roll
of diachylon, and after cutting off a
strip, he replaced the lid and scissors,
and descended to the kitchen, where
Elizabeth was peeling potatoes, and
making the droning noise which she
evidently believed to be a song.
Look we herel" cried the boy,
trimuphantly showing his bleeding
knuckles.
/ Elizabeth uttered a faint cry.
"Why, you've been fighting!" she
cried. ooh, you bad wicked boy!"
so are YOU" cried Bob tauntingly;
you'd fight if the chaps served you as
they did me, and said what they did
about the doctor"
what did they say?" said the girl,
giving her nose a rub as if to make
it more plastic.
you battle them cuts nistely and
put some sticking-plaister on, and IN
tell you"
Elizabeth set down the potato basin,
wiped her hands, and after filling a
tin bowl full of cold water, and fetch
ing a towel, she tenderly bathed the
boys dirty injured hands.
Nov tell me what they said about
the DOCTOR" she said coaxingly.
'Why, they gets saying things to try
and get me took away. My old woman
don't like me stopping"
"She's a dreadful old creature"
said Elizabeth angrily. land won't
have her here"
"So's your old woman a dreadful old
creature" retorted Bob, "and l won't
have her here"
"My mothers been dead ten years"
said Elizabeth battling with an OBJ
stinate bit of mud, "and l won't have
you speak to me in that impudent
way"
"Then you leave my poor old wom-
an alone"
"You let her stop away instead of
always coming down them area
steps. and you encouraging her."
THAT l don't, so. come now. She's
my old woman and I'm very fond Of
her; but wish she wouldn't come.
She allus comes when I'm busy"
"And she ought to be very glad you
are here"
But she amt. She says doctors are
bad 'uns, and that they do all sorts o.
things as they oughtn't to. She was
in the orspitle once. and she said it
was horrid, and if she hadn't made
haste and got we'll they'd have 'sected
her"
Lori" said Elizabeth, drying the
boys hands with a series of gentle
mats of the fowl