Show r IF A bif I 1 jwj I 1 I 1 IN oni HL EL E A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY IN THE TIME OF SILAS WRIGHT IRVIN M BA meller ELLER 1141 Avilio it or op UW UEN HOLDEN D rl RI AND I 1 DARPEL OF THE BLESSED ISLE UP WITH LIZZIE ETC ETC it jl 1 no more as a ahat hat rude push N which mr Grim grimshaw sham gave tile me had hurried the passing pasing I 1 ans as a little surprised at rny illy aiu dignity when sally bally opened the door to mel elcome coine us its my uncle told aunt deel that I 1 acted and bloke like atlis aright Nr right Ight so nice and cioper sally bally mas different too less playful and more beautiful with long bellow culls co cohering ering her shoulders how nice you look I 1 she ehe said eald an she took my arm ami and led me into her playroom these are luy new clothes I 1 boosted boasted they are very expensive and I 1 have to be careful of them I 1 behaved myself with gibat care at the table I 1 remember that and after dinner we played in the door aard urd and the stable I 1 with a great fear of tearing my new clothes clot lies I 1 stopped and cautioned her more than once de be careful full I 1 for gracious asahel be careful ol 01 0 my new As we were mere leaving late in the at af she said 1 I wish you would come hero here to school 1 I suppose lie he will some time said eald uncle Pen body A new hope entered my breast that Ino moment ment and began to grow there arent you going to kiss her said mr dunkelberg with a smile I 1 saw the color in her cheeks deepen na as she turned with a smile and walked away two or three steps while the grown people laughed and stood with her back turned looking in at the window youre looking the wrong way for t the he scenery said mr dunkelberg she turned and walked wa toward me with inith a look of resolution la in her prett face cna ana said im not afraid of him we kissed each other and again that well remembered touch of 0 her hair upon my facet face I 1 dut but the feel of 9 P W 13 7 t g 0 rk Z im not afraid of him her m warm arm lips 1 upon my own that was PO 0 different and so BO ameet ew beet to remember in ID the lonely days that follo followed 1 fart fant flows the river to the sea when milten youth la Is calling on it they hid showed me out of the quiet love into the swift current those thoe dear kin kindle thought thoughtless les people sally ran away into the house as their laughter continued and my uncle and I 1 walked down the street how happy I 1 was I 1 I 1 with avith sati faction that the village boys did tut not make fun of me when I 1 passed them as they did aheu I 1 wow the petticoat trousers trouse rg mr and mrs wright came along with mith the crowd by and by and colonel bedad moody bloody we had supper with the senator on the seat with mith us lie he and my uncle began to talk about the tightness of money and the banking laws lawa and I 1 remember a remark of my uncle ancle for there was mas that la in his tone which I 1 could neer forget we pour poor people are trusting you to look out for us we poor people are trusting you to see that we get treated fair were haala a hard bard time my uncle told himi him about the note and the isit of mr GrIms grimshaw baw and of hla his threats and upbraid ings did he be say that in barts bearing ask asked ed the senator ayeal right out plain too bad I 1 im going to tell you frankly baynes that the best thing I 1 know about you la Is sour conduct toward this boy I 1 like it the next best thing Is the that you signed the note it was mas bid business s but it was mas good christian conduct to help your friend dont regret it you were poor and of ao an age when ahen the boys boya were troublesome to both M N MHO lachew ot or you dut but you took him in ill III lend sou ou the interest and try to git another holder for the mortgage on one condition you must let me nt at tend to harts I 1 want vant to h lip bosq about th thit it NN we e have a great in canton and when nhen 1 la is a little older I 1 want him to go there to school III kiy to find liliu a place where lie he can an work for his board well miss cart bart but well be tickled to death baeres no two ways about that sala uncle peabody Pc the tested my arithmetic and grammar and geography as we rode along in the darene dark nc 3 and said by and by have to work hard bart have to take sour book into the field as I 1 did after every row of corn I 1 learned a rule of s smilax or arithmetic or a fact in geography while I 1 rested and mv thought and memory took hold of it as I 1 plied piled the hoe 1 I dont want you to stop the reading but from froin now on sou must spend halt half of every evening on sour lessons As I 1 was going to bed the tho senator called nie me to him aud said 1 I shall be gone when hen you are up in the it may be a long time before I 1 see sou ou I 1 shall leave something for you in a sealed envelope with mith sour dour name on it you ate aie not to open the envelope until you go awny away to school I 1 know how you will mill feel that hat first day when nig night lit falls yu will think of your aunt and uncle and te be very nery lonely when you go to your room for the night I 1 want sou aou to sit down doun all by yourself and open the envelope and rend what I 1 shall write they will be I 1 think the most impressive words sou avei read you will think them over but you will nill not understand them for a long time ask every v vise ae man 5 sou ou meet to explain thorn thom to you for all yourl happiness will depend upon your un der standing ot of those few words in the envelope em elope in the morning aunt deel put it lit in DI wa b ands 1 I wonder nonder what in the world he wrote there aes sold she bhe 11 e must keep it c it eaul avell aves 1 put it in in ti trunk u n nn n gh glat it to ye m when hen e go to canton to school 11 lias has mr wright gone I 1 asked rather sadly ayeal land 0 mere I 1 lie he went away amny long before with a lot 0 jerkin meat in u puck basket ats ants I 1 yer uncle it 1 coln down to the village to seo see bout the iee this afternoon ayeal it was a saturday batur day and I 1 spent lib its hours cording wood in the ched p parsing gitig now and Q then lor a look into I 1 iu in grammar pi gl ammar what a day it ras basl the first ot of binns like it I 1 never nener think of those lays days without saying paying to myself N what hat a gods god s blessing a roan man like silas NN right can be in the community in which his heart and soul are as an opt n book I 1 I 1 A the hie evening came on I 1 took a long iong look at my iny cold coid the shed haq as marl half balf full of them faur idair rules of syntax also had been caie fulli stored aai in my brain 1 I sold said them over as I 1 bullied don into the posture pasture old shep and brought in tile the cons coe I 1 got through milking just ne aa uncle Pe atod came I 1 saw with joy that its ills face ans as cheerful alp I 1 he shouted ng as he stopped its his team at the barn door chere aunt deel and I 1 were mere standing we aftin got much to worry about now nom lye ive yot got the interest Inte money right here in dinv inv IV pocket 11 we unhitched and went lit in to supper I 1 was hoping that aunt deel would speak of my work but she seemed deemed not to think of it I 1 went ment out on the porch and stood looking down donn with nith a sad countenance aunt deel followed me wy bartl bart I 1 she exclaimed youre too roo tired to eat ayeal be ye sick I 1 ghook my head bead peabody she he called this abby has haa worked like a beaver every minute since ince sou left ayes he hasl bast I 1 never see ee anything to boat beat it ne never er I 1 I 1 want you to como come right out into the wood mood shed bed an soe what hes done this minute adest I 1 fol followed lomed them into ant the shed wy of nil all things I 1 my uncle exclaimed lies iles worked like a nailer ile he I 1 I 1 jere were mere tears in Ms eyes when li ii took my hin I 1 la his rough palm and squeezed it and sald said sometimes I 1 ich yo ye was little again a so I 1 could take 50 up in my arms an kiss 3 e jut as I 1 used to ororato elberg bivs q avs youre the bet best lonkert lon kirt hoy boy he ever see I 1 repent repeat d the lules iules I 1 had learned its as we me went nent to the table I 1 I 1 m coln oln to be like silas wright if II 11 I 1 can I 1 added I 1 cluts the ideel idee said uncle peabody i you leca on as youre start I 1 oa ca BU an saws mul mio into your poll pail I 1 kept on not with the vigor of ct I 1 th that at first day with mith its new inspiration but with mith dioning gi owing strength and enec effee nights eights arid and mornings and I 1 with a will nn my book in my polet pocket or at the ta of u tile the flold ald and mag I 1 know a help of some noflie value on the farm mychol KIWI airship improved rapidly and that year I 1 ment about as far as I 1 could hope to go in the little school at leonards corners 1 I won ler it if ol 01 kate was right about our boy said eald aunt deel one day when slie she saw me with mith MY cay book in tile field I 1 begun began to know than that ol oil kate tind had hem at nork ork in my 1 soul subconsciously as I 1 would now put it I 1 was mas trying to put truth cinto into tile the As I 1 look at the bhole hole matter these daas da a I 1 can see unit that mr Gilm shaw himself was a help no less important to me for it mag na a sharp pur eulth chich alch he be continued to prod us CHAPTER VI my second peril arll one day mr grimshaw came out in tile field to see my uncle they 4 I 1 KIP a 4 4 01 41 1 I 1 4 one day mr grimshaw came out in the field to see my uncle walked away amay to the shade of a tree abile alle the hired man and I 1 went on ith the hoeing I 1 could hear bear the harsh voice of the money moneylender lender gp speaking ealIng in loud and angry tones and Itly he went ment away the rip I 1 I 1 asked as my uncle returned looking very sober 1 we wont talk about it now he finst ered in the candlelight candle light of the evening uncle peabody said bald grimshaw his dema demanded his mort aige money an he wants it in gold coln coin well have to git it some come way I 1 dunno how wy of 0 all thi things ngsi 1 my aunt exclaimed tiow are we coln to git all that money these hard times tamest id like to know well I 1 cant tell ye said uncle 1 I guess he cant forgive us QS for savin rodney barnea what milt did he say I 1 asked he says we me no bust business n ess to hire a man to help us he sais you an me ought to do all the work here ile he thinks I 1 ought to took you out 0 school long ago 1 I can stay out 0 school and keep on with my le lessons sons I 1 said bald not an please him ile he was mad when he see 50 with rith a book in yer hand out olit there in the corn field 11 what were we to do now I 1 spent the first sad night of my life undoing the plans which had been so eo dear to me but not so dear as my aunt and uncle I 1 decided to give all my life ond and strength att bength to the saving of the farm I 1 would mould still try to be great but not as great as the senator one day in december of that year I 1 had bad my first trial in the full responsibility lity of mans work I 1 was allowed to load and harness and hitch bitch up and po to the duill without assistance my uncle and purvis our hired man were wera busy with mith the chopping and we were out of flour and meal it took a lot of them to keep the axes going so I 1 filled two maicks with corn and two with wheat and put them into the box wagon magon tor for the ground was waa bare and hitched up my horses and set out I 1 reached the mill safely ely and before the grain wits was ground the earth and toe sky above were white with enow driving down in a cold stiff wind nind out of if the northwest I 1 loaded my griets and covered them with a blanket and hurried away the snow came so fast t that hat it almost blinded me there were times when I 1 could scarcely see the road or the horses the wind came colder and soon boon it was hard work mork to hold the relna reins and keep my hands from freezing suddenly the wheels began jumping over rocks the horses were in the ditch I 1 knew what was mas the matter for my eyes had been filling with snow and I 1 had had to brush them often of 0 course the team had suffered to in a like manner before I 1 could stop I 1 heard the crack of a felly and a front wheel dropped to its hub I 1 checked the horses and jumped out and went to their hads and cleared their eyes the snow was up to my knees then how the thought of that broken wheel smote met me I 1 it was our only heavy wagon and we having baying to pay he mortgage I 1 what would mould my uncle bayl ayl the query brought brouS bit fan to cay eyes I 1 unhitched end and led my horses up into the cover of the pines how grateful it deemed f for or tile the wind mind was mas slack below but howling in the tr tree I 1 knew that I 1 was vas four miles from home and kuen knew not how hom I 1 was to get thre there chilled to the bone I 1 gathered voine omo pitch pine and soon hod bad a ire fire going with alth my flint and tinder I 1 knew that I 1 could mount one of the horses and i lend lead the other and reach home ably but there was the grist we needed that I 1 knew that we ie should have to go hungry without the grist it would get wet vet from above and below if I 1 tried to carry it on the back of a horse I 1 warmed myself by the fire and hitched in team near it so as to tha thaw w the frost out of their forelocks fore locks s and eye eyebrows broNs I 1 felt in iny coat pockets and found a handful of nails everybody carried nails in one pocket in those days das and I 1 remember that my uncles pockets were nere a museum of bolts and nuts and screws and washers the idea occurred to me that I 1 would mould make a kind of sled which was called a jumper so I 1 got my ax out of the wagon and soon found a couple of small trees with the right crook for the forward end of a runner and cut them and hewed their bottoms as smoothly as 1 I could then I 1 made notches in them near the top of their crooks and fitted the notches and secured it i stout stick into it with nails driven by the ax filae thus I 1 got goi a hold for my evener billat illat done I 1 chopped and hewed an arch to cross the middle of the run aers and hold them apart and used all my nails to secure and brace it I 1 got the two tao boards which were fas bened together and constituted my wagon agon suit stat and laid them over the arch and front brace llo to make them fast was as my worst problem I 1 succeeded in splitting a green sticks to hold the bolt of the benener just un ya ler kr its iab head while I 1 heated it its lower end in the fire and kept its head cool with sno snow with this I 1 burnt a hole in the end of each board and fastened them to the front brace with withes of moose moosewood i it was late in tho the day and there was as no time for the slow process of burning more holes so I 1 notched the other ends of the boards and lashed them to the rear brace with a length of aly iny reins then I 1 re tempered ro bolt and brought up the grist and dmd chain and fastened the latter between the boards in the middle of the front brace hitched my team to the chain and set act i out gain again sitting on the bags it was pitch dark and the horses wading to their bellies and the snow enow coming faster when we ve turned into Rattle road soon I 1 heard a loud halloo and knew that it was the voice of i uncle peabody lie he had started out to meet me in the storm and shep was mas eulth him thank god ive found yel ye I 1 he shouted 1 I in blind and tired out and I 1 keep a lantern goin to save me are ye froze I 1 im all right but these horses are awful tired had to let em cm rest every few minutes I 1 told him about the wagon andi and how bow it relieved me to hear him say As long it as s youre all right boy 1 I 4 aint coln to worry bout the ol oil wagon not a bit ye git yer jumper made blade it with the ax and some nails I 1 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