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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. 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
g him childless. His brother's boy was an orphan; and so, for a time, he and the grim old man lived together peaceably enough. Indeed, Billy Woods was in those days as fine a lad as you would wish to see, with the eyes of an inquisitive cherub and a big tow-head, which Frederick R. Woods fell into the habit of cuffing heartily, in order to conceal the fact that he would have burned Selwoode to the ground rather than allow any one else to injure a hair of it. In the consummation of time, Billy, having attained the ripe age of eighteen, announced to his uncle that he intended 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. S WIFE HAD DIED LONG AGO LEAVING HIM CHILDLESS HIS BROTHER'S BOY WAS AN ORPHAN AND SO FOR A TIME HE AND THE GRIM OLD MAN LIVED TOGETHER PEACEABLY ENOUGH INDEED BILLY WOODS WAS IN THOSE DAYS AS FINE A LAD AS YOU WOULD WISH TO SEE WITH THE EYES OF AN INQUISITIVE CHERUB AND A BIG TOWHEAD WHICH FREDERIC R WOODS FELL INTO THE HABIT OF CUFFING HEARTILY IN ORDER TO CONCEAL THE FACT THAT HE WOULD HAVE BURNED SELWOOD TO THE GROUND RATHER THAN ALLOW ANY ONE ELSE TO INJURE A HAIR OF IT IN THE CONSUMMATION OF TIME BILLY HAVING ATTAINED THE RIPE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ANNOUNCED TO 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
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