The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22

many animals and tho unpncking OF Pandoras box
stuffed tho boys senses until they viewed With utter :
stocsm the passing dinner hour and the prospect OF
finding only cold mashed potntocs and tho necks ana
backs OF chickens In tho cupboards. They oven affected
Indifference to parental seedlings ana fingered anou,
the enchanting spot until their shadows fell eastward
6 and the day old Z 54 ig
When boy gets his good behavior he temps Prov
dcnce And the Providence OF boys Is frai and prone
Yield. So when Bud Perkins, who was burning with q
desire to please Miss Morgan the day before the circus
church that Sunday night any ono can sec that
he was provoking Providence In unusual ana crue
manner Bud did not with Miss Morgan. but lounged
into the church and took back seat Three North End
boys came in and sat on the same bench Then Jimmy
Sears shuGlcd past the and sat beside Bud
After which tho inevitable happened It kept happening
They passed It on and passed It back again; first
pinch then chug, then n cuff then a KICK under inc
bench Heads toward the boys occasionally ana
there came awful moment when Bud Perkins found
himself looking brazcnly into the Of the preacher
who had paused glare the boys IN the midst OF his
sermon. The OF the entire congregation seemed
to turn upon Bud automatically A cherub-like express
sion Innocence and mpenetrabe unconcern
beamed through Bud Perkins features The same express
son rest ed pon the other male
factors end OF tho third second Jimmy Sears put
hand to his mouth and snored between his fingers
And four young looked down their noses IN the
hush Brother Baker-a tptoeing Nemests-stakcd the
full length the church toward the culprs When nc
took his seat beside the boys the preacher ms
DISCOURSE Brother JUNCTION nngcrcd Bud Perkins
felt the Implication that his conduct was Dad, ana
his guilt spurred his temper Satan put pin
in Buds hand Slowly, almost nperceptiby, Satan
moved the boys the back OF tho pew around
Jimmy Sears. Then imp pushed Buds hand as ne
abbed pin the back Of the North ender The boy
from North End let out yowl of pain Bud was not
quick enough Brother Baker saw the pin; zoo devout
Alethodists him clamp his fingers on Bud Perkins
march him down the length of the church ana
set him beside Miss Morgan. It was q stckentng mo-
ment North End grnned under Its skin as one boy,
and was exceeding glad. So agonizng was 1t for BUD
that lie forgot imagine what triumph It was for the
North End-and further anguish IS lmposslpie LOT u
boy.
Miss Morgan Bud Perkins left the church with
the congregation dreaded the moment when they
crowd and turn into their side street
When they did Bud was tagging step or two pc
hind boys troubles always the fault of the other
boy. The Norh-Snd boys responsibility in the ma tier
was SO clear-to Bud-that when he went to justify
himself to Morgan he surprised and hurt at
what he considered her feminine blindness to the fact
After she passed her sentence she asked DO you
really think you deserve to CO. Ilenry?"
The blow stunned the boy. He saw the visions OF
two weeks burst like bubbles. and he whmpcrcd: Il
dunno" But In his heart he did know that to deny
boy the Joy Of seeing Willie Sells his three Shetland
ponies for nothing in the world but showing North
cnder his place. piece Of injustice Of the kind for
which men and nations to At breakfast Bud kept
eyes his plate. He on his face the resigned