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Will was now shoving, Aunt Stanshy and Charlie hauling, while the man tried to grasp the sides of the steps; and so, out of the slime and the mist and the night, up into the light, and then into Aunt Stanshy's barn, came the face of old Tim Tyler! "Horrors!" said Aunt Stanshy, startled by this unexpected sight of the second mud-turtle.
Walton, who was single, rather liked Miss Bertha and her ideas. He did not seem to notice Aunt Stanshy's tone, but remarked, "U. T. L.! That means 'Up Too Late!" "Ha, ha, guess again," replied the delighted Charlie. "Useful To Learn!" "No sir." "Up With The Lark!" "You have got one word too many in there. 'Up The' is right." "Up The Lane!" "That's where I live," said Aunt Stanshy, proudly.
The dignity of the club was not sufficient to restrain Charlie and several others from an almost headlong rush for the out-door attraction, and they quickly surrounded the organ-grinder. He owned a remarkable monkey, the boys thought, especially when he mounted by a spout to the window of Aunt Stanshy's chamber, and, entering it, soon re-appeared shaking in his hand Aunt Stanshy's spectacles!
In Charlie's eyes he was a marvelous being. Such wonderful fires in the city as he told Charlie about! And then, what did Aunt Stanshy's boarder do but join the "Cataract" engine company in Seamont! He made a stir generally in the old place, starting a gymnasium and organizing a "reading circle," and putting things generally in a whirl.
In a minute more the man was at the wood-pile driving Aunt Stanshy's saw rapidly through a stick of pine. The club had been looking out of the window while Charlie interceded for the man. When he joined his clubmates some one exclaimed, "What's that?"
Having made this prudent remark, and not waiting for any promise from Charlie, Simes, who dearly loved to tell a thing, and especially any thing that might astonish a hearer, began his story. "You see, Tim Tyler is your Aunt Stanshy's second cousin." "Tim's father?" said Charlie, in astonishment. "You mean young Tim Tyler's father?
Peleg Wherren's fish-house was a neighbor of the lane, and from the boat the party passed to Aunt Stanshy's. As Charlie went along, he noticed a woman in the lane. She wore a rusty black hood, a faded red shawl, and an old calico dress. Her general look was that of poverty. She turned as she heard the sound of steps, and, turning, chanced to face Aunt Stanshy.
However, Charlie carried his point. In a few minutes he appeared again, and pointed at his shoulder. "Aunty, see here!" "Why, Charles Pitt, what have you done to your shoulder?" Charlie grinned. There, on the left shoulder, was a chalk shield. "Teacher, of course, must have time to make our silk shields, and so we got up these." Aunt Stanshy's eyes let out some funny, bright sparks.
The barn-door toward the dock was now open, and, in a humble way, the firm of "Tyler & Fisher" began business, drying their fish on the flakes adjoining Aunt Stanshy's barn, while in the barn itself they stored their possessions, as might be necessary. A note from Mr. Walton arrived about that time.
With the help of Aunt Stanshy's "essences" enough snow was flavored to meet the demands of customers, who, quickly notified, quickly appeared, bringing the contents of all the nail-boxes at their homes. Even Aunt Stanshy was prevailed upon to buy a dish, and she consistently paid cash for it. Her boarder, Will Somers, was induced to promise more extensive patronage.
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