. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. rilil\ ;eil, and \owcil that the \erext inornin;.; the\ show thatmaster that he eould not their hux,in that of waw When the sehonj hell jingled the next morning, everyhoy was in his plaee. and everythingwent on in perfect order. unusualstillness prevaded the room, hut it wasa deathlike stillness that boded no goodto the master. .\ fire of oak logs waslila/int; in the fireplace, and the masternow .uid then, stirred it up with the bigiron shii\el. wliich somehow he neg-lected to remove from the logs, and leftit t
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. rilil\ ;eil, and \owcil that the \erext inornin;.; the\ show thatmaster that he eould not their hux,in that of waw When the sehonj hell jingled the next morning, everyhoy was in his plaee. and everythingwent on in perfect order. unusualstillness prevaded the room, hut it wasa deathlike stillness that boded no goodto the master. .\ fire of oak logs waslila/int; in the fireplace, and the masternow .uid then, stirred it up with the bigiron shii\el. wliich somehow he neg-lected to remove from the logs, and leftit there with its long handle sticking outwithin easy reach of his desk. It wasnone too soon, for in a few minutes halfa do/en burly men tramped into theroom without any useless ceremony ofknocking, and having briefly stated theirbusiness, made a rush for the school-master. the iron shove!blazing hot from the fire, he brought itdown upon their luckless pates with allthe power of his strong arm The ac-tion was short and dcc/sive. In a few. s iiodi, la : \I ?•i:as| ,-
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