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In any event, he never again alluded to the subject; and it is a fact that when Billy sent for carpenters to convert an upper room into an atelier, Frederick R. IN ANY EVENT HE NEVER AGAIN ALLUDED TO THE SUBJECT AND IT IS A FACT THAT WHEN BILLY SENT FOR CARPENTERS TO CONVERT AN UPPER ROOM INTO AN ATTILIER FREDERIC R
d to become a famous painter. Frederick R. Woods exhorted him not to be a fool, and packed him off to college. Billy Woods returned on his first vacation with a fragmentary mustache and any quantity of paint-tubes, canvases, palettes, mahl-sticks, and such-like paraphernalia. Frederick R. Woods passed over the mustache, and had the painters' trappings burned by the second footman. Billy promptly purchased another lot. His uncle came upon them one morning, rubbed his chin meditatively for a moment, and laughed for the first time, so far as known, in his lifetime; then he tiptoed to his own apartments, lest Billy--the lazy young rascal was still abed in the next room--should awaken and discover his knowledge of this act of flat rebellion. I dare say the old gentleman was so completely accustomed to having his own way that this unlooked-for opposition tickled him by its novelty; or perhaps he recognised in Billy an obstinacy akin to his own; or perhaps it was merely that he loved the boy.  HIS UNCLE THAT HE INTENDED TO BECOME A FAMOUS PAINTER FREDERIC R WOODS EXHORTED HIM NOT TO BE A FOOL AND PACKED HIM OFF TO COLLEGE BILLY WOODS RETURNED ON HIS FIRST VACATION WITH A FRAGMENTARY MOUSTACHE AND ANY QUANTITY OF PAINT TUBES CANVASES PALETTES MAULSTICKS AND SUCH LIKE PARAPHERNALIA FREDERICK R WOODS PASSED OVER THE MOUSTACHE AND HAD THE PAINTERS TRAPPINGS BURNED BY THE SECOND FOOTMAN BILLY PROMPTLY PURCHASED ANOTHER LOT HIS UNCLE CAME UPON THEM ONE MORNING RUBBED HIS CHIN MEDITATIVELY FOR A MOMENT AND LAUGHED FOR THE FIRST TIME SO FAR AS KNOWN IN HIS LIFETIME THEN HE TIPTOED TO HIS OWN APARTMENTS LEST BILLY THE LAZY YOUNG RASCAL WAS STILL ABED IN THE NEXT ROOM SHOULD AWAKEN AND DISCOVER HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ACT OF FLAT REBELLION I DARE SAY THE OLD GENTLEMAN WAS SO COMPLETELY ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING HIS OWN WAY THAT THIS UNLOOKED FOR OPPOSITION TICKLED HIM BY ITS NOVELTY OR PERHAPS HE RECOGNIZED IN BILLY AN OBSTINACY AKIN TO HIS OWN OR PERHAPS IT WAS MERELY THAT HE LOVED THE BOY
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