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CLINTON AND HIS HOME.

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Description of Brookdale--The house where Clinton lived--Specimens of his ingenuity--His habit of finding out how to do things--Annie--Clinton's mother--Keeping ducks--Clinton's poultry--Keeping accounts--His profits--Obstinate Specky--Ducks bad mothers--The duck-house--No school--Studying at home--Clinton at work--A mysterious "but," 13

JERRY AND OSCAR.

Digging a duck-pond--Bantering--A talk about work--Going to the pond--Clinton's hesitation--Afraid of being laughed at--Ridicule--He yields--Bathing--A merry time--Unpleasant thoughts--A sail proposed--Clinton's remonstrance--His return home--His companions' sport--Aground--Laughing at mischief--Character of Jerry and Oscar--Dangers ahead, 30

TEMPTATION.

The little ducks--Their house and pond--Their first ducking--An exciting scene--The beautiful and the ridiculous--Winter wheat--Hard work--A welcome proposal--The Cross-Roads--Clinton's errand--Oscar and Jerry--Gunning--The closed store--Another successful temptation--The river--The Falls--The wood-road--The cigars--Temptation again--Why Clinton yielded--A new sensation--Starting for home--Another new sensation, not so pleasant--Arrival home--Sickness--Telling half the truth--Parental sympathy--What conscience said--Good-night, 43

CRIME.

The icicle--How evil habits are formed--Stealing pears--Discovery and flight--A call from Mr. Upham--A serious matter--A talk about punishment--The culprits discovered--The flogging of Oscar and Jerry--Its effects--Fire in the woods--Mr. Upham's loss--His suspicions--The warrant--Arrest of Oscar and Jerry--Mr. Preston's feelings--Arrival at Squire Walcott's--A dreary hour, 61

THE EXAMINATION.

The Justice of the Peace--Oscar's arraignment--His feelings--The Squire's advice--Reading of the complaint--Oscar's plea--The witnesses--Mr. Preston's opinion of the evidence--Decision reserved--Jerry's examination--His confession--Oscar's recall--His surprise--Bonds required, but not obtained--Oscar and the constable--A sad journey--The jail--The registry--Oscar's cell--His supper--His father's arrival at Brookdale--The case settled--Release from jail, 73

JERRY AND CLINTON.


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