The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-07-14

a boy Oh the farm all the time, TO rur
Of orrands, get mp the cows, feed th'
poultry, go 10 mill, drive hose 10 p!Ow
| and a hundred other things / dom
! think Of just now. And that reminds
mc that ] need just such q boy dread
| fully, just now, 20 rake hay and dc
! chores, while we arc moving. I won
der il the widow couldn't spare him O
| few days"
BY this time the squire had got just
! opposite Mrs. Uavcns's barn, aud upOn
the spur OF the moment he rode right
| into the shed beside IT, that faced the
highway, intending 10 hitch Seim
aud 10 go into the houge 10 ask tho
widow FOR her boy. But Just as he had
dismouEtod, and was hanging his bride
over the hook, he heard n shout Of
laughter and the ring Of voices close al
hand. There was window hole close
by, cut for ventilation Of TIE stables
ana looking through IL hc gaw sight
that made him want TO JOIN in the
chorus.
For there sat the widow in her torn
gown, with q goose ia her lap, busily
ripping off the feathers In great hand
fuls, and with n handkerchief over her
head 10 keep them out Of her hair,
looking smart energetic ana rosy, and
ready 10 explode with laughter, while
upon hcn-cOop, near at hand stood
Ike, in the very act Of delivering an
grafton. The fact was, the last time
he went 10 town with his mother he
went into the court house, and listened
TO n lawyers plea in a ease in which he
had been interested, and since then
he had been fun Of IL. And now he had
Just been and marked out great
image on the stable wall 20 represent
The judge. ana dozen others, close by,
Of smaller dimensions, foy the Jury,
while his clients, the flock Of geese,
were the plaintiff, and his mother, their
tormentor, the defendant; and just
then he was putting in the closing
plea
Now, your honor knows that these
poor clients Of mine are all the more
to be pitied, and have all the more
need to have justice done them for
being weak ana simple folks, So gentle
and lamb.like that they would never
harm anything bigger than n fly or n
pollywog. while that wicked womg n,
the defCndant'--and he pointed ficrccly
at his mOther-"iS strong and cruel
as the grave. You have Just listened
jury - and he gave his hand lofty
yet graceful wave toward thcm-"tO
the evidence just brought into court,
aud can you doubt that II is abundant,
~ proved that she fclOniouS!y, and by
force Of arms, and with full intent,
seized and ovcrpowcred them, every
one of them. and ruthiessly tore the
hair ana skin from their backS-the
feathers, you knOw-and deliberately
aud cruelty shut out the light Of heaven
from their eyes with IN old blinder
made Of wool, and abused them in the
most shocking and shameful way, for
which wicked treatment She has made
herself amenabio TO that statute en-
acted for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. l leave the case in your
hands, gentlemen Of the jury, knowing
that you will be sure To do justice to
the cause of the oppressed, and see
the laws of your country faithfully
executed; and, with a sweeping how
TO judge and jury, the young orator
Jumped from his rostrum. OF. in reality,
turned somcrsault from il, over to
the stable floor, landing on his feet
amid cheers and bravos of one at least
of his audience. and the squawks Of
two al least Of his clients.
He rebounded like shot at the sound
Of the applause, ana looking up sud-
denly, there stood the squire in the
doorway, laughing loudly at the anus
ing performance.
"Wcl done, my boy he exclaimed,
and Pm sure youll be equal TO the
best of them one of these days"
Ashamed and Crestfallcn To be
caught, Ike skunk away, with his
cheeks blazing and the frccklcs
brighter than ever, while his mothers
face flushed hotly, and Strengthened in
an instant. FOR about the same reasons;
and I'm her agitation and surprise she
jumped up. and came near letting go
the half-picked client She sat down
again. however, with n bow TO the
squire. that might be considered q very
stifI and awkward one.
81 hope you don't think we pick
geese here every day, squire she said,
though | think YOU caught us nc IL
oncC before"
"Yes, but it's work that must he
done, Mrs. Uavcns ! hope, however,
that my presence here will not be con
sidcrcd nm intrusion. | had no idea
OF playing the eavesdroppcr when
rode into the shed just now, but really,
your young lawyer was so amusing
that couldn't help il. That boy will
make smart and talented man one of
these days. Mrs. Havens, you see IL hC
doesn't. and that reminds me that
called 70 see If you could spare him q
few days. We want such q hoy Just
now very much, and I viii give him
good wages"
"Well, that is just rs you and he car
agree. Our little hooing and moving
is done. thank fortune, and he can 50
il he likes He is smart boy, if
do say il; but hc has the uuccrest no
tions in his head. lie and Hannah
both take after their father, and love
their books little too well. They botl
read every spare minute, aad Ike has
a notion that he wants 20 go 20 college
| like your samuel Now. with our pov