Show 1 frodi the be i fp T haruim laru im I 1 in an irishman while I 1 was clerk in the store in bethel conn connecticut my father fattor kept the billage village rep I 1 usually slept liiv wit my yan younger brother er eder but when our house wa was sTilled hilled with travelers we were obliged t to sleep lsley three in a b bed c dl by taking in au i honest 41 sti sh farmer I 1 edmund 4 as sleeping leep lg partner iner k atter after the store was closed at nigh tl frequently ue n sly joi joined 1 hd jp same rne olour of our village boys in a party ache at the house d of their parents and with sto ry y telling and anav canons rians kinds dVe bild P play f ay I 1 a couple of bourg barj would elitle gl ule away akay and at al 11 a at night which was 6 8 later than aba n in my I 1 y p parents I 1 agents permitted permit i would slyly creep I 1 up stairs and crawl into tied with the greatest caution jest I 1 should wake my brotter brother who wo would ula be s sure to r report my late h hours rs to 0 o my parents my aly brother contrived al alj sorts of plans to catch me on my return iome but bait sleep would overtake him and nd I 1 would elude ede his vigilance sometimes in as he would duld pile aie trunks ind and q chairs v rs against the door so go that I 1 coad could hardly open it without t up getting the barricade and awakening t him by y the noise I 1 would generally manage manage 9 however to open the door by degrees degreck and to get tb do bed without disturbing ing his slumbers A among mong g other contrivances contri vences ovie one lie he fastened faken ed a spur upon I 1 bl his leaked heel jd and wept went to sleep thinking that when I 1 0 got 0 t P t 0 led ed I 1 should hit hii the spur a and nd perhaps reaps rake raap aki my 6 vii skin he pain of bf which would cause iku se me to ory cry out oat and t thug h u i awake bai him I 1 I 1 retired W with ith my usual caution 1 that thai night and discovering no contrivance I 1 concluded my prother brother hua had abandoned the he abase and turning 11 my back ba ick to min him I 1 was soon wrapped in the arms of it eb chanced aneed that night that a a number of ti tin gedles ped les and other travelers arrived at a lite late hour and every evely bed being engaged our irish edmund edmun d was obliged to sleep with us perceiving me stowed away on the back baa side of the bed A and i nd my mj br brother lying is as usual 1 iu the middle he quietly dietly laid himself down on I 1 the front p part a cof af pf the bed and went to sleep I 1 at ai about two I 1 was I 1 wakened awakened by a fearful noise the full moon was str streaming in pt 9 t the akin i g our bedra bedroom om as light as da I 1 all tache yv ye to tb go to t bed wid a spur on ye little divil ye 1 exclaimed exclaim eid edmund as lie he held my brother high in the air oile one hand I 1 neck and the 0 other theriol holding din g the alie off offending endina t leg with the spur on just over my head I 1 what s ia the matter exclaimed e ac lq j i mi in surprise I 1 I 1 I 1 alvil a tiling g it is the matter except this brother of yours has run ran this spur into pe me I 1 groin a matter ol 01 0 three inches replied the indignant 6 ir ishman irishman who was cufferi suffering P 0 under tie the smart of his wound J did riot not mean it for you J meant it for taylor whined out my brother only hall haft awake divil ivil a bit do dio I 1 care who he you yon meant it for so that I 1 pt got it replied edmund at the same time giving my brother several slaps which made him yell like a young indian edmund then unbuckled buckled un the spur and arranging us all in bed again he turned to go to sleep simply remarking to toy my brother the time ve ye try to ride me for a horse ye will find I 1 ani am a kicking one ye young 1 I 1 |