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And that was all Dr Lavendar got out of the father

This was thirty-two years ago Sain Wright ry, but

he never spoke Instead, he worked Old Chester seethed with curiosity

for a while--to see Benjaht pass his son with a contelance was very exciting

But exciteht

came less often into town--because he could not bear to meet his son,

people said; and Samuel never took the hill road out of Old Chester

for a corresponding reason Further so irrational as a quarrel, for every year he grew in

soleroas all in the way of

temper; at least so his boy Simmons, a freckled ot no human feelin's, 'cept for therieved voice; "he'll stand and look at

'em and chirp to 'em by the hour--an' 'en he'll turn round and swear

at you 'nough to take your leg off," Simmons said, bitterly Simmons

did his best for the canaries which he detested, cleaning out the

cages and scraping the perches and seeing that the seed-trays and

bath-tubs were always full; he did his best conscientiously, and it

was hard to be "swore at when you 'ain't done nothin'" Perhaps