The Scratchsides family: a book for young people. . er,under the penalty of castigation in case of his disobe-dience. There, alone and shunned by all, even his own puppy,now a grown dog, Achilles squatted for hours, watchingihe house, rubbing the part which received the organ-grinders kick, smoothening the ear which his fatherwrung, and hunting fleas in his hair. You know themonkeys and fleas are inseparable ioes. Good. Everyone who treats inoffensive creatures with wanton crueltywill surely find his reward, certainly as painful to him ashis torment to the dumb sufferers. CHAPTER VI. As might
The Scratchsides family: a book for young people. . er,under the penalty of castigation in case of his disobe-dience. There, alone and shunned by all, even his own puppy,now a grown dog, Achilles squatted for hours, watchingihe house, rubbing the part which received the organ-grinders kick, smoothening the ear which his fatherwrung, and hunting fleas in his hair. You know themonkeys and fleas are inseparable ioes. Good. Everyone who treats inoffensive creatures with wanton crueltywill surely find his reward, certainly as painful to him ashis torment to the dumb sufferers. CHAPTER VI. As might be expected from their tender years, Sera-phina, not yet in her teens, and George Washington, nolonger an infant, had done nothing worth recording were quiet children, always obedient to theirparents. Georgy, however, had a passion for the soundof the drum, and used to march about the yard,shouldering a stick as a gun. Hence, the cronies of th^village foretold his high position in the world as a mili-tary man, like his great «. CHAPT K R had an older -brother, named Nicholas, whomhe had not seen since his unlucky marriage. Thisbrother inherited the whole fortune of the late PhilipScratchsides, Esquire. In obedience to the conditions inthe Will, he never gave Gusty one penny. Not that hewas of a cruel disposition, because he did not send hisbrother, the cobbler, any crumbs of comfort, but hefeared the forfeit, stated in the said Will in this wise : Incase of my son Nicholas disregarding the conditions em-bodied in my Will and Testament, or speaking toAugustus Scratchsides, whom I have formally disowned,on account of his clandestine marriage with a low-bornperson, the whole real and personal property shall betaken from my sou Nicholas, and be divided equally THH SOIIATCHSIDES FAMILY. o.) among the charitable institutions, the names of whichwill be found below. Besides, Mr. Nicholas Scratch-sides, somewhat of a miser, loved the jingle of his silveran
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