. The Dorcas club; or, Our girls afloat. ,and he was denied the privilege of purchasingany books or newspapers needed for the proper 64 THE DORCAS CLUB. cultivation of his mind, while the property inthe hands of his guardian yielded, or ought toyield, an income of eighteen hundred dollars ayear. You villain! What do you mean to do withthis paper? gasped the guardian, trembling inevery fibre of his frame. I intend to present it to the court, repliedPrince, quietly. You do? I do, sir. I dont mean to strike for libertyand decent living on my own hook. I am will-ing to leave the whole matter to th
. The Dorcas club; or, Our girls afloat. ,and he was denied the privilege of purchasingany books or newspapers needed for the proper 64 THE DORCAS CLUB. cultivation of his mind, while the property inthe hands of his guardian yielded, or ought toyield, an income of eighteen hundred dollars ayear. You villain! What do you mean to do withthis paper? gasped the guardian, trembling inevery fibre of his frame. I intend to present it to the court, repliedPrince, quietly. You do? I do, sir. I dont mean to strike for libertyand decent living on my own hook. I am will-ing to leave the whole matter to the judge. Iam willing to submit to him, and to the guar-dian he appoints. If he says it is all right asit is, I have nothing more to say. Do you mean to give this to the judge? Of course I do, if I cant have fair playwithout doing so. Fox Bushwell was furious for the moment,and tearing the paper into a hundred pieces, hethrew them into the stove. Well see if you will, gasped he. That was only a co23y of the petition, addedPrince, THE DORCAS CLUB. (J-!) The guardian cooled off again, realizing thathe was utterly helpless against the strong-mindedyoung man, who seemed to act with a conscious-ness that boys have rights. Dont do anything rash, Prince, said he. I will think over what you have said. You may think over it till next Mondaymorning. The court meets in the afternoon ;and my paper goes in then, if at all, repliedPrince. Fox Bushwell went into the front room, wherehe paced the apartment for liours, thinking overthe situation. Prince spent the evening in thekitchen, studying his lessons. When he got up,rather later than usual, the next morning, thegrateful odor of fried ham saluted his senses,and he was almost willing to believe that hehad won the battle. For his dinner that day,he was rather surprised to see some fried muttonset before him. It was cheap and poor meat, itis true ; but it was a luxury to him. On Monday morning his uncle gave him a ten-dollar bill; but
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