Show o 4 9 u I 0 I 1 c i i uS 00 I ANDERSON NDE its ON was C to b VS s name Dame though had hada hada I Ij S a a j T ile le Inquiry for tor ot of ant fl nv boy DOV DOVi oj of TO i jh h he n nd I iw Imy iwa my u fl a handy Bandy b bY bey ry In 1 the I v vou ou doubtless would i J mimed r med ed that UMIt nobody n bodY of 0 a i N then t er juvenile j venUe r a vr fr r by way of at I i kf f i might have gone on ont 1 I t t tO vo ramBles of ot th the name namer r sided there ther Old Do Doi i 1 i the 9 preacher and his But Rut hd had you ou asked for forr or orn r it n or simply Tod Todi I have i ie known Too Ted your hood ji d would ouId have had t for remembering Tod Tad I c m In jesty might io 10 inform you how Tod Tad I 1 to him moren morn v I t have ha ve told as I tell n r if it Tod A den was the theand theand they y and lived at the par part paris I t i v is tS a Il queer boy boyf f 4 1 was vas named in inn int divine his hla fa t i n rn ni obscure ob cure I Ih h net nl 1 church under when a as aa s 5 a peculiar weakness s of or r i relate plate the experience ex of or l r n and as he never J tf f enting it by way of or pre pret t arl to the wayward I rs o his hII flock Tod Tad mastered its I t nM i j 1 and sacred phraseology th h r A n fl with the fathers athers more g j S 3 to toa a degree of ot per pern peri 3 n i t tilt t enabled f him to preside t r Th k i IT t nga in the hayloft and andt andi i c t th ti service at the hIe i t of f personal or moral oral re ret reI rei t I 3 Tod i was wag In no wise like lile liler ati r Some said Id he was wag the pic 4 i 1 mother they who could re VP hi for she he fell tell asleep when as 1 ti tre r e days old with her moth 3 arnS 1 s h kt kd ed d around him so closely t b ii bl n rid rd d and they had to take taIC i a a from her No Death had hadn n h hr r away from him now roV no chronicle to tell ten how d 1 in spite pite of ot his great loss 1 J c v he le grew to be a big fat tat two 1 j bir ba with a double chin the nd constant worry of ot the dear I grin Into whose care he be 1 1 Uen Tien I n It requires no space in int t r 15 s crowded page to tell how he 1 1 4 jarl l up by a chair when eight th fl and crow cro and laugh and 3 i M his little chubby chubb arms till tin he her r I ur urt t his balance and pulling t ebar with him would laugh laughL si Li L row stOW louder than over ever vel arid kick kicki 1 i tr wl and sprawl spra and Jabber L 1 I r flever er lift a whimper of ot distress it being rocked to sleep Let Leta LetS a S of usual interest be In f TtA th n add a few more years and andI I III a 2 wll have han the Tod of 10 I 1 knew n 1 m moral ra and consistent what is It In the souls of ot little I en ren 5 I antagonistic to your own i F fJ What Is it In their way wa it tri irl and natures that you your I Ir r r not br ok k And what strange tine tiner rs r tf If f rebellious feeling Is it that erp eni fPs tors rs all the tenderness and love you youir youiT ir iT o Ot so lavishly upon UDon their stub I rn and sad resentful hearts Why Is Jt Jr i i 1 so Sf 5 cherish the com corn lid obey your and ari yet et no warm nook ity Mn Thin the breast for J that old e 8 truth rutt that RO s through A S will Is the winds will 4 tn r th the thoughts of 0 youth are long ong long thoughts Tod went to school the thriftless 7 T Inot not wholly holly thriftless either for Cor v hough h had not that apt way of at like a swallow down the lidl i i tIl II nJ rill of learning barning he did possess possess ome mt m mysterious strength a most knack of acquiring ac Just Justh r Ih h information as was not taught at att t ix 1 and had no place within the I L LLy y hi hIv of ot knowledge T 3 was as a failure in arithmetic Tod r tell tel twice ten from twice eter Tod Td TI knew absolutely nothing of ot off r f ler er Christopher Columbus or the thet t ious Ions he discovered express It r the th Ue Ut of nf industry and learning h ti tea teah h would have had him Im ith Tod tell you Jou t ng about John Smith even that T r td d Captain who walks cheek by 1 r w tb th th dusky Pochontas POC 1 hontas across ill fancy of ot the f 15 i boy 5 of our glorious republic Tod w a ll 11 about the famous Captain M i b wr In fact Tod Tad could sing hist hj history ry with more lively interest r i r i appreciation than his fellow teltow 1 san sang geography The Thep p Trod once on joined the i 1 hrus with 11 I 1 1 a Biblo BibI in my hand band bands handI As s I sailed as I sailed Ana And I sunk flunk her In the sand sanci sandA sandAs A As I sailed nd d T d not Captain had a aT T in his ears as he sang as he lie hes s tang s and anti an overflow of ot tears as he i sang And ADd then he be ran away from school chool that afternoon and sang nang Cap Captain CaptaIn tain tam Kidd from A to Izzard in the full hearing of the Industrial hive to t the very evident amusement of at the work workers ers and the discomfiture of at the ruler Dt of n the swarm i The Th teacher caned called on the good rain that evening and after atter a long loni talk on the back porch Dorch left late In Inthe the dusk duck wiping wIp g his eyes with one on hand and end shaking the other very ver warmly with he the preacher And Tod slipped noiselessly along the roof above them and slid sUd down the other side and arid watched the teachers ers departure with a puzzled face tace I Tod was at school next morning long before the call can of Books In fact tact so early earl that he availed himself of ot his isolated situation to chalk the handle of 0 the teachers teacher pointer poInt r to t bore a gim gimlet gimlet gimlet let hole in the th water bucket to slip sUp a chip Under tinder one corner of at the clock in order to tilt it out of at balance and time and In many more ingenious ways to contribute to the coming troubles trou troubles trouble bles ble of the th day The most audacious act however h wever was w s to 16 t climb above the teachers teacher desk and paste a paper scrap over oer a l I letter o 0 In the old motto Be good that had offered him Its aln vain advice adIce for years As one by one these depredations met the eachers notice through the day the culprit braced himself for tor some disastrous is issue Issue Issue sue but his only punishment p was the assured glance the teacher always gave him hint and the settled yet forbear forbearing forbearIng forbearing ing look of at pain upon his face ta e In sheer daring Tod Tad laughed aloud a hollow hungry laugh that had no mirth in it but as suddenly subsided In ill a iI 1 doge cloe clo e investigation of ot a problem In mental menta arithmetic when the teacher backed slowly toward his desk and stood covertly awaiting further devel developments developments But he was left again to his own Inclinations after atter having with a brazen air of at Innocence so 50 and gained the masters as assistance assistance assistance in the tb solution of a very v ry knot knotty t tty tty ty problem which It is 15 needless to say he knew no more of at than before Throughout the remainder of ot the day Tod was was thoughtful and was evidently evolving in his mind a problem far tar more serious than could be found Jn In books Of his own accord that even evenIng evening Ing at t the close of school he stayed In for tot some mysterious reason that even een his own could not com corn comprehend comprehend When an hour later this latter worthy worth from the old barn opposite opposite opposite site watched Tod Tad and the teacher band hand in hand band come slowly down the walk he whispered to himself with bated breath the durn fool up to anyhow From that time Urne Tod Tad grew to be a deeper mystery than he could fathom inasmuch as some strange spirit of In Industry Industry Industry fell upon him and he became a L Though a perverse fate tate had bad seem seemingly seemingly decreed that Tod Tad should remain remaina a failure In all branches wherein most school boys readily succeed he rapidly advanced In reading and In the declamatory art he soon acquired a fame that placed him high above the reach of competitors rOd Tod od never nev never i crid dhen when he got up to i speak Tod never blanched looked I silly amy and hung down d wn his head Tad Tod I never nev er mumbled In an undertone U nd was n V a losa Joss to t use us ushi hands nor 1 ever eV r had his piece so mem memorized memorized I that he be must hesitate h with I awkward repetitions to sit down at last In wordless misery among the un unfeeling unfeeling feeling and derisive plaudits of the school Tod Tad In a word knew no such word ord as fail taU when w en his turn was called to entertain his hearers either with the gallant story of ot the youthful Casablanca The uThe Speech of Logan or Defiance Let a schol scholar ar l b be In training for the ex exercises exercises of ot Friday afternoon and he was told to speak out clear and full tull not hang his bead not let his arms hang down like empty sleeves but to stand up like a king look everybody In the th face fa e as though he were doing something to be proud of ofIn in short to take Tod Ted for his model and speak out like Uke a man When Tod failed to make his ap appearance appearance with his usual promptness one Friday afternoon and the last day of the term there was evidence of gen general general general eral disappointment Tod Tad was to de deliver deliver deliver liver an oration written especially for that occasion by the teacher The vis via visitors visitors were all there the school schoor com corn committee committee and the minister Tads father tather who occupied Tads Teds desk alone when Books was called The teacher with his pallid palUd careworn face tiptoed up and down the aisles bending occasion occasionally occasIonally occasionally ally to ask a whispered Question and to let the look of anxious wonder deepen on his face tace as the respectful pupils shook their heads beads in silent re response response spouse But upon a whispered col colloquy j with the minister his face tace bright brIghtened brightened 1 ened as he be learned that Tod was practicing his oration In the wood 1 I I I 4 ik S c i T Tr r I J t 1 t tA A I II I i iI I I I Ir N 4 i Lie 4 g gi i 1 itu k ki i house half an hour before the ringing of the bell bellA bellA belLA A boy was sent to bring him but re returned returned returned turned alone to say that he had not been able to find any trace of him Oh hell be here in time enough said the teacher apologetically to the minister Hes deeply Inter Interested Interested interested ested in his effort for fot this afternoon and Im certain he purposely disappoint me The good man In re reply reply ply shook his head resignedly with a apra pra prayerful erful flight of the eyes indicative of long sut r rT The T opening services of singing and prayer No Tod Tad First class In arithmetic called ex examined No Tod Second class ditto still no Tod Pr Primary mary class in ditto composed of little twin sisters aged 6 with WI th very red hair hall and Pond very fair tair skin and very short dresses and very ver slim legs Tod failed to Join his Class The longsuffering minister was ill fIl at ease The exercise failed In some way to appease the hunger of at the th soul w with within withIn ith in He looked out of the open window nervously and watched a saucy little sapsucker hopping up and a tree first up one side and then down the other suddenly disappearing near the roots and as suddenly surprising him with a mischievous pecking near the top fork He Be thought of his poor wayward boy with a vague vague hope that he might yet in some wise ruling mUng of a gracious Providence escape the gallows and with a deep sigh turned to the noisy quiet of the school schoolroom schoolroom schoolroom room he did not even smile as he took up Tads geography opened at atthe atthe atthe the boys latest work a picture of the state seal where a stalwart pioneer In his shirt sleeves hacked away at a gnarled and tree without deigning to notice a stampeding herd of ot buffalo that dashed by hy In most alarming proximity The nonchalance of at the sturdy yeoman was intensified by Tads graphic pen which had mounted each plunging monster with witha a daring rider holding a slack bridle I rein in one hvid hend and with the other swinging a plug hat in the most ex exultant exultant exultant and defiant manner This piece of grotesque art and others equally suggestive of the outcropping out genius of their author were put wearily W aside only serving as it seemed to deepen rather than dissolve the gloom en enshrouding enshrouding enshrouding shrouding the good fathers rathers face And so the exercises wore ore along till recess came and with It came ame the missing Tod Tad Im in time am I 11 Goody shout shouted ed Tod Tad jumping over a mall boy who had stopped tp pick nip up a slate pencil and in front the h k 44 V Vod Why Tod od what In Ute the world features wore wor vor a proud exult exultant exultant ant smile though somewhat rep with a network of spiteful looking J scratches and his eyes were more than usually bright although their lids were blue and swollen to a size that half halt concealed tho them m His head held Jauntily erect suggested nothing hilt bilt boyish spirit but his hair tousled be bej beyond yond jond all aU reason re on with little wisps of ot It glued together with clots of blood his liis best clothes soiled and torn a bruised sed and naked knee showing through a straight rent across one leg of his trousers conveyed the idea of a are re recent recent cent passage through some gantlet of n disastrous fortune It was nothing Tod said only on his way to school he had bad come upon a blind man who played the fiddle and sold lead pencils and ana Je e b who had been leading him had stolen something from him and Ted Tad had voluntarily started in pursuit of the fugitive only to overtake him after a prolonged 1 chase of at more than a mile mUe And now n w Ive got you out o town said the of offender offender fender tender wheeling suddenly upon him Ill list meller your head fer you After a long pause in which Tads I face was hidden from the curious group above aboe him as the teacher bent above him at the back steps pouring water on his head he continued think the little cuss was so stout Oh Im scratched up but you oU ought ou ht to see him And YOU ought to 10 hear him hint holler Null and you ought to see him hand over three boxes of pens and them penholders and pencils he and a whole bunch o 0 en envelopes envelopes s theres blood on mt n some of em em and tile the blind man said I keen ket ke em and he be give me a lead pencil too with red in one end and blue In the theother theother theother other Father you sharpen It Tod never spoke better in his life Ufe than on that memorable afternoon so well ell indeed did he Ile acquit himself that the good old father failed to censure him lihn that evening for the sin sm of fight fighting ing lag an anc f perhaps never would hare bave done ione so had not the noor Door blind man manso manSO manso so SO far forgotten the dignity of his great affliction ion as to get set drunk as he be was blind two evenings following and Qt pl Played iddle in froat nt f the meet meetIng Ing ig f g house during divine service It was In the vacation following these incidents that tha an oc 00 occurrence occurrence currence of ot far more seriousness took place Tod Tad had never seen a circus for foru until u tIl this eventful epoch in our simple I history the humble little village bad had never net ne i r been honored with the presence fir ence I of this most moat highly moral and instructive I Ithe tire the exhibition of at the th age When the I grand cavalcade with its blaring music and Its richly caparisoned horses i with their nodding plumes and span spangles spangles spangles four abreast drawing the Identical Identical identical cal fiery chariot charlot Tod Ted had heard his father f ther talk about when all the hIghly painted wagons |