. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . BOUGHT. in an emphatic whisper^ Be still; I seeone \ he cocked the gun and brought theheavy old piece to a level with his eye. Aftera long, portentous aim, during which Iwinked so hard as nearly to put my eyes out-bang ! it went, and Bill was stretchedbackward upon the grass in an instant, by. the kicking of the gun ! He very soon gotup, however, and jumped over the fence topick up his game. He was gone but aminute, and when he came back he onlysaid, Well, I peppered him ! (i Pepperedwhat? said I. No matter, said he, andthat was all I
. Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry . BOUGHT. in an emphatic whisper^ Be still; I seeone \ he cocked the gun and brought theheavy old piece to a level with his eye. Aftera long, portentous aim, during which Iwinked so hard as nearly to put my eyes out-bang ! it went, and Bill was stretchedbackward upon the grass in an instant, by. the kicking of the gun ! He very soon gotup, however, and jumped over the fence topick up his game. He was gone but aminute, and when he came back he onlysaid, Well, I peppered him ! (i Pepperedwhat? said I. No matter, said he, andthat was all I could get out of him. But thenext morning one of neighbour Kelloggscows was found in a thicket, shot throughthe head, and dead as a hatchet. Bill was obliged to confess, and my unclesettled the affair by paying the value oithe cow. CHAPTER III. MY NEW GUN A STRANGE CHARACTER—-ADVENTURES ON THE MOUNTAINS. WHILE I was living under the indulgentcare of my uncle, I thought it very pleasantto be permitted to have my own way; but Ihave since been led to believe that most ofthe serious evils of my life have flowed fromthis circumstance. We ought to be broughtup to follow duty rather than pleasure, or, tospeak more properly, to find our pleasure indoing our duty. If parents send their childrento school, it is the duty of their children notonly to go
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