The Scratchsides family: a book for young people. . THE SCRATCHSIDES FAMILY. 21 one, with a throat cut open, a skull shattered by a pistol-shot, or a body swollen with water—I forget which—tothe examination of the coroners jury to determinewhether or not he committed self-murder. Among thefresh ones, if the report is true, Milford Lighthead hasfound favor in her eyes, won her heart, and is going tograce her left fourth finger with a wedding-ring. We shall, therefore, congratulate him upon his con-quest, and wish him and his bride long life and happinessin his native land—Old, merry C
The Scratchsides family: a book for young people. . THE SCRATCHSIDES FAMILY. 21 one, with a throat cut open, a skull shattered by a pistol-shot, or a body swollen with water—I forget which—tothe examination of the coroners jury to determinewhether or not he committed self-murder. Among thefresh ones, if the report is true, Milford Lighthead hasfound favor in her eyes, won her heart, and is going tograce her left fourth finger with a wedding-ring. We shall, therefore, congratulate him upon his con-quest, and wish him and his bride long life and happinessin his native land—Old, merry C H A P T E K V. Gusty had a disease, which clung to his heart as aleech to the flesh. It was his second son, Achilles, whowas as mischievous as mischievous could be. I dontknow why Gusty gave him so illustrious a name ; but Ipresume it was given for the purpose of showing his admira-tion for the hero of his favorite, Homer. Besides this son,he also named another son after our beloved Washing-ton, whose lofty honesty of purpose gained his affection ;and he used to declare that the old Greek philosopher,Diogenes, would have certainly found in him the honestman whom he long sought over all Greece with his lan-tern, had Washington lived in the days of Alexanderthe Great. THE SCRATCHSIDES FAMILY. 23 Little Achilles was, during his infancy, so precociousa mischief-maker, that his father was more than onceobjiged to tie him to a place out of the reach of hisbench, for Achy broke nearly all the awls, cut shoe sidesopen, and did many other tricks that could not havefailed to make a man with t
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