Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . ng a walk. Within two peaceless days Tavys po-sition was established as between thatof Ted Blake and that of Bud Hicks— but not midway between. That is, Tedlicked Tavy with difficulty, but Tavylicked Bud with considerable ease andthereby established the proposition thathe had been educated by a governess. Thats nuthin—thus Bud col-lected remnants of honor out of thewreck. My uncle knows the shook hands with him an ever-thing. Tavys place in the class-room wasmore vague, for the teacher was inclinedto let the little st
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 139 June to November 1919 . ng a walk. Within two peaceless days Tavys po-sition was established as between thatof Ted Blake and that of Bud Hicks— but not midway between. That is, Tedlicked Tavy with difficulty, but Tavylicked Bud with considerable ease andthereby established the proposition thathe had been educated by a governess. Thats nuthin—thus Bud col-lected remnants of honor out of thewreck. My uncle knows the shook hands with him an ever-thing. Tavys place in the class-room wasmore vague, for the teacher was inclinedto let the little stranger alone for a whileand not to bother him with embarrassingquestions. If he did not make himselfoffensive by brilliance of intellect, he didscore a success in geography. Tavyseemed to make a personal matter ofgeography. He described the conductof the Colorado River with almost in-decent accuracy. I have been all through that coun-try, he added. There was something about this re-mark that stirred a faintly favorablefeeling in the breast of Randolph Har-. WHILE THE AUTHORITIES WERE TALKING OVER HIS FUTURE, HE WAS SEATED ON A FRONT SEAT THE STRANGE BOY LOOKED AT TED, THEN AT HIS RESERVES rington Dukes. Ranny had never en-joyed the advantages of travel, but hewas not without curiosity about placesmentioned in maps and atlases. Hetherefore managed to be happening topass the old Thompson place alone afterschool that afternoon. As he did notsee Tavy, he decided that he would hap-pen to pass down the alley and look intothe back yard. There was Tavy, , he seemed to be doing some-thing interesting with the wood-pile—not working at all, but building some-thing. Then and there Ranny decided that,as far as he was concerned, the fellowhad been sufficiently punished for beingfrom somewhere else. He did not alwaystake his duty to his tree-dwelling ances-tors as seriously as he might. So, look-ing up and down the alley to see thathe was not observed, he thus spoke overth
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