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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 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
ds at Selwoode reminded him of "a sore-headed bear who had taken up permanent quarters in an aviary." There was one, however, who found the bear no very untractable monster. This was the son of his brother, dead now, who dwelt at Selwoode as heir presumptive. Frederick R. Woods'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 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. OF A WIT SWORE THAT FREDERIC R WOODS AT SELLWOOD REMINDED HIM OF A SORE HEADED BEAR WHO HAD TAKEN UP PERMANENT QUARTERS IN AN AVIARY THERE WAS ONE HOWEVER WHO FOUND THE BEAR NO VERY UNTRACTABLE MONSTER THIS WAS THE SON OF HIS BROTHER DEAD NOW WHO DWELT AT SELLWOOD AS HEIR PRESUMPTIVE FREDERIC R WOODS'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
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