98 FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



was, "And still they come." Toby, scores of times, 

 told thirsty blear-eyed Chubby that he reckoned 

 himself middling good, but that really he "waunt 

 fit not to hold a candle to 'Eddard' in the way 

 of using a bow." 



So expert indeed was Edward in the use of 

 this weapon, that he would stand opposite the 

 stable-door, where the light fell steadily, and shoot 

 at as many penny-pieces as his spectators chese 

 to throw into the air, hitting, them, not with a 

 bolt but a marble. 



That very crossbow may some day hang up in 

 my painting-room as a memento of past days ; in 

 the meantime its prospective owner thinks of an 

 ancient copy-slip maxim which says, " Put not 

 temptation in the way of youth," and he feels that 

 a man who does not yet number sixty years is 

 far too young to enjoy the custody of such an 

 alluring weapon. 



Those who choose to oppress their fellow-men 

 for the sake of their own interests, whether these 

 are real or fancied, can generally find dirty tools 

 to carry out their purpose, and soiled fingers that 

 will do their bidding, at the expense of gaining 



