. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . ededto put his books under his arm, preparatory to makinga start for home. One of the monitors, a large boy, observing thismovement, informed Mr. Carter that Willard Glazierwas going to cut for home, in other words, to leaveschool without permission. The master, upon receiving this intelligence, starteddown the aisle towards young Willard; but thatrestive youth perceiving the movement, made rapidtime for the door, and dashed down-stairs closely pur-sued by the now furious pedagogue. Having some rods the ad
. Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature . ededto put his books under his arm, preparatory to makinga start for home. One of the monitors, a large boy, observing thismovement, informed Mr. Carter that Willard Glazierwas going to cut for home, in other words, to leaveschool without permission. The master, upon receiving this intelligence, starteddown the aisle towards young Willard; but thatrestive youth perceiving the movement, made rapidtime for the door, and dashed down-stairs closely pur-sued by the now furious pedagogue. Having some rods the advantage at the start, theboy reached the exterior of the building first, andstruck out in a straight line for home. The storms which prevailed throughout the entirevinter in St. Lawrence County, had piled up theiraccumulated snows over the space of ground thatseparated the school-house from Willard Glaziers this single expanse of deep snow many feet hadtrodden a hard path, which alternate melting andfreezing had formed into a solid, slippery, back-bono . ■ ^:I 3111 j. .-;,.■. L,lli„.i!;,»ll[illi . ■ ^ RACE WITH THE SCHOOLMASTER. 45 looking ridge, altogether unsafe for fast travel. Overthis ridge young Willard was now running at the top ofhis speed. In view of the probable flogging behind,he took no heed of the perils of the path before him. So like an arrow, swift he flewShot by an archer strong,So did he fly, which brings me toThe middle of my song. As for Carter, not a whit daunted by the icy pathand the fact that he was hatless, in slippers, and cladonly in a long, loose summer coat worn in the heatedschool-room, he gave chase in gallant style, and whileWillard possessed the advantage of an earlier start,the teachers long legs compensated for the time gainedby his pupil, and made a pretty even race of it. On he ^vent therefore, his coat-tails standing outstraight like the forks of a boot-jack, and a redbandanna handkerchief streaming
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