The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey

way to town, "the more I see of that blacksmith the be

ld him. "He makes me think of the priest in th

ad advanced. "Sometimes it's hid under a whole lot of trash, as Deacon Winslow calls it, and y

ck prove that he practices wha

ence many years ago," Thad went on to say; "and

different people since we came to Scranton; but I don't rem

ere the parents are the finest kind of Christian people, young Joel had a bad streak in his make-up. Oh! they say he gave his father no end of trouble

bad again?" asked the

is head in t

he left a line to his mother saying he was going west to where they raised men, not sissies. And so the years rolled around, and, they say, the old lady even now sits looking int

sily matched in every town of any size in the country; for it is of common

how long ago, Thad?

forty years; perhaps forty-five w

ly each evening as it sets, still yearning for her boy to come back. It is a dream that has become a part of her very existence. Why, even if young Joel had lived he would now be o

d man often takes himself to task because he didn't understand boys as he might have done, when younger. He believes he could h

ll boys ever since," Hugh was saying reflectively; "espec

a fault of his earlier years. Sometimes I think I'd just like to be able to follow

t, Thad; plenty of fellows have gone out

ld mother at least once in a while. I could never forgive Joel for that. But they say he had an ugly nature, and was very stubborn. Well, I'

rprised one of these fine days,

as passed, Hugh," rema

meone the world looks down on as a scamp," Hugh persisted. "But you're one of those who

he Civil War, and was with Grant when Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House. But I admit I am a littl

w about that? Does he manage to hit it off occasionally, so as to equal ou

sort of day we'll have to-morrow, or even for the coming week. He looks ahead, and finds out from the signs of Nature what sort of

is attention, because he believed some of these shrewd countrymen, who watched the weather and observed what was going on a

Christmas came and went, and so far we'd had precious little of cold. But it's come along at last, and from

ith get his ideas-from Nature

s. Oh! he has a hundred different signs that he depends on before making up his mind. I used to laugh when I heard him ta

bees that always lay by a certain amount of honey for winter use, are said to stock up extra heavy on years when a severe winter comes along. It must be a mi

Thad. "She's a fine old lady though, and as

n one of those self-propelling wheel-chairs, h

say, she does make the greatest crullers you ever tasted in your born days. I know, because that couple are always sending things

where there were only boys in the family; and the parents knew

Mrs. Winslow. Some time I may have the pleasure of tasting her famous cooking that you rate so highly. But to turn to anoth

ld, me they were an exceptionally husky proposition. He also saw us work yesterday afternoon in the scratch game, and when I a

aid Hugh, apparently not at all disturbed. "Well, we have a whole week still for practice, and

rk will cause them to

gh

ace comes off when they attain that top-notch pinnacle, they're apt to do their very best; but should it be delayed, by weather or something

erable valuable knowledge from Mr. Leonard, who, as a college man

le lot of information by making the journey out to the cross-roads. Somehow he seemed

failed to cultivate his acquaintance. But he was now determined to see more of Deacon Winslow, for he believed the weather prophet would be