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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Red Head and Whistle Breeches - -Author: Ellis Parker Butler - -Illustrator: Arthur D. Puller - -Release Date: November 10, 2013 [EBook #44152] -Last Updated: March 11, 2018 - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - - -RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - -By Ellis Parker Butler - -It is believed that this little story by a master story teller, may, -through its human interest and homely suggestion, exert a wholesome -influence and warrant its publication in permanent form. - -The Publishers. - -With Illustrations By Arthur D. Puller - -The Bancroft Company Publishers New York - -1915 - -[Illustration: Frontispiece] - - - - - -RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - - - - -I. - -When Tim Murphy let his enthusiasm get the better of his judgment and, -in the excitement of that disastrous night, joined the front rank of the -strikers in a general mix-up and cracked the head of a deputy -sheriff, the result was what he might have expected--two years in the -penitentiary. That was all right. The peace of the commonwealth must -be preserved, and that is why laws and penitentiaries exist, but it -sometimes goes hard with the mothers and wives. That is also to be -expected, and the boy should have thought of it before he crowded to the -front of the angry mob or struck the deputy. - -It went very hard with the boy's mother and wife. It went hard with -his old man, too. It is a cruel thing to have one's only boy in the -penitentiary, even if one is only a village hod carrier. - -Maggie Murphy, the boy's wife, did not suffer for food or shelter after -the boy went to wear stripes, for old Mike had a handy little roll in -the bank and a shanty of his own, and he took Maggie into his home and -made a daughter of her; but the girl grew thin and had no spirits. She -cried a good part of the time, quite as if Tim had been a law abiding -citizen, instead of a law breaking rowdy. Then the baby came, and after -that she cried more than ever. - -As for the boy's mother, it was to be expected that she would weep also. -Mothers have a way of weeping over the son they love, even if he has -gone wrong. It is not logical, but it is a fact. It is one of the grand -facts of human life. - -When Maggie's baby came the boy's mother could stand it no longer. It -had been urged--and there was some evidence to support it--that the boy -had acted in self-defense. He said so himself, but he admitted he had -been in the front rank. The strikers had carried things with a high hand -all along, and the jury had decided against him. - -Night and day the boy's mother begged the old man to try for a pardon, -but Mike knew it was not worth a trial. The Governor was an old man and -a strong man, and not one to forgive an injury done to the State or to -himself. He had never been known to forget a wrong, or to leave a debt -unpaid. - -He was a just man, as the ancient Jews were just. It was this that had -made him Governor; his righteousness and fearlessness were greater than -cliques and bosses. - -Old Mrs. Murphy, however, was only a woman, and the boy was her boy, -and she pardoned him. She knew he was innocent, for he was her boy. Mike -refused a thousand times to ask the Governor for a pardon, but as -Mrs. Murphy was the boy's mother and had a valiant tongue, the old man -changed his mind. One day he put on his old silk hat, and with Father -Maurice, the good gray priest, went up to the capital. - -A strange pair they were to sit in the Governor's richly furnished -reception room--Mike with his smoothly shaven face, red as the sunset, -his snowy eye brows, his white flecked red hair, and the shiny black of -his baggy Sunday suit; Father Maurice with his long gray beard that -had been his before the days of the smoothly shaven priests, his kindly -eyes, and the jolly rotundity of his well fed stomach. The father's -gentle heart was hopeful, but Mike sat sadly with his eyes on the toe -of his boot, for he knew the errand was folly; not alone because the -Governor had never pardoned a condemned man, but because it was he, Mike -Murphy, who came. - -He remembered an incident of his boyhood, and he frowned as he recalled -it. Think of it! He, Mike Murphy, had bullied the Governor--had drubbed -him and chased him and worried the life out of him. That was why he had -told the old woman it was no use to try it. - -Who was he to come asking pardons when, years ago, he had done his best -to make life miserable for the quaking schoolboy who was now the stern -faced Governor--the Governor who never forgot or forgave, or left a debt -unpaid? - - - - -II. - -When the Governor entered the reception room he came in unexpectedly, as -Father Maurice was leaning forward with one of Mike's red hands clasped -in his two white ones. Mike was wiping his eyes with his coat sleeve. - -The Governor paused in the doorway and coughed. His visitors started in -surprise, and then arose. - -It was Father Maurice who stated their errand, his seamed face turned -upward to the serious eyes of the Governor; and as he proceeded, -choosing his quaint Frenchified English carefully, the Governor's face -became grave. He motioned them to their chairs. - -He was a gray haired man, and his face was the face of a nobleman. -Clear, gray eyes were set deep under his brows, and his mouth was a -straight line of uncompromising honesty. He sat with one knee thrown -over the other. With one hand he fingered a pen on the desk at his side; -the other he ran again and again through the hair that stood in masses -on his head. His face was long, and the cheekbones protruded. His nose -was power, and his chin was resistance. - -He listened silently until Father - -Maurice had ended. Then he laid the pen carefully by the inkstand, -unfolded his gaunt limbs, and arose. - -“No,” he said slowly. “I cannot interfere.” - -“But his wife? His mother?” asked the priest. - -“He should have considered them before,” said the Governor sadly. “If -you prepare a petition, I will consider it, but I cannot offer you -any hope. They all come to me with the same plea--the wife and the -mother--but they do not take the wife and the mother into account when -the blow is struck. It is late to think of them when the prison door is -closed. You will pardon me, father, but I am very tired to-night.” - -He extended his hand, in token that the interview was at an end, and -Mike arose from his chair in the shadow. He stood awkwardly turning -his hat while the Governor shook the priest's hand, and then shuffled -forward to be dismissed. - -“Good night, sir,” said the Governor. “I did not hear your name--” - -“Murphy,” said the priest quickly--“Michael Murphy. He is the father of -the boy.” - -The Governor looked the old man over carefully, and the old man's eyes -fell under his keen glances. - -“Mike Murphy?” asked the Governor slowly. “Are you the Mike Murphy -who used to go to old No. 3 school in Harmontown, forty--no, nearly -fifty--years ago? There was a Mike Murphy sat on my bench. Are you the -boy they called Red Head?” - -The old man tried to answer. His lips formed the words, but his voice -did not come. He nodded his head. - -“Be seated, gentlemen,” said the Governor, and Father Maurice sat down -hopefully. Mike Murphy dropped into a chair with deeper dejection. - -[Illustration: 23] - -“Well, well!” The Governor nodded his head slowly, his gray eyes -searching the ruddy face before him. “So you are the Mike Murphy who -used to drub me?” - -He smiled grimly. His eyes strayed from the old man's face, and their -glance was lost in the air above his head. He smiled again, as he sat -with the fingers of his left hand pressing the thin skin into a roll -above his cheek bone, for he recalled an incident of his boyhood. - -The Governor had once been an arrant little coward. His mother lived in -the big white house two blocks above the schoolhouse, on the opposite -side of the street. Red Head Mike lived across the alley in a shanty. -The Governor's mother bought milk of Mrs. Murphy, and Red Head brought -it every evening. - -Red Head was a wonderful boy. He was the first to go barefoot in the -spring, picking his way with painful carefulness over the clods in -the street. He was the only boy who chewed tobacco. The others chewed -licorice or purple thistle tops, but Red Head had the real thing. He -even smoked a real pipe without dire consequences, and laughed at the -other boys' mild substitutes of corn silk and “lady cigars”; and the -way he swore was a liberal education. All the boys swore more or less, -especially when they were behind the barn smoking com silk, but they -knew it was not natural It was a puny imitation, but the Red Head -article sounded right. - -But it was when it came to fighting that Red Head had proved his right -to the worship of the world. He could lick any two boys in the school. -The Governor, who was plain Willie Gary then, could not fight at all. -His early youth was one great fear of being whipped. The smallest boys -in the school were accustomed to practice on him until they gained -sufficient dexterity or courage to attack one another. He had a hundred -opprobrious nicknames, which he accepted meekly. “Cry-baby” was the -favorite. When he was attacked he hid his face in his arm and bawled, -leaning his arm against any convenient fence or tree, while his -tormentor drubbed his back at pleasure. He was happy when he could sneak -home unmolested. The chiefest of his tormentors was Red Head, but there -was no partiality. All the boys drubbed him. - -One day Mrs. Gary made him a pair of breeches. They were good, stout -breeches of dove colored corduroy, and his mother was proud of them. -So was Willie. As he walked to school he felt that every one saw and -admired them He felt as conspicuous as when, in a dream, he went to -school in his night dress, but he felt more comfortable. - -[Illustration: 26] - -He took his seat in the school room proudly, and when he was called to -the blackboard to do a sum he walked with a strut. He felt that even -the big boys--the wonderful youths who had money to jingle in their -pockets--observed him, and he blushed as he imagined the eyes of the -little women on the girls' side of the room following him. - -As he crossed the floor, the legs of his breeches rubbed against each -other, giving forth the crisp corduroy sound of “Whist--whist--whist.” - It could be heard in the farthest corner. All the scholars looked up from -their slates or books. He caught Bessie Clayton's eye upon him, and his -cheek flamed. She had blue eyes and yellow curls, and snubbed him daily. - -Even the teacher glanced at his new breeches. Willie paused in his sum -and looked at them with satisfaction himself. Then he walked back to his -bench, and the corduroy spoke again--“Whist--whist--whist.” It was as -musical as the clumping of a new pair of red topped boots. - -As he slid into his place on his bench, Red Head turned his face and -made a mouth. - -“Don't you think you're smart, Whistle Breeches?” he whispered. - -“Whist--whist,” said the breeches in reply, as Willie moved, and every -eye in the school seemed to gaze on him, not enviously as before, but -sneeringly. Who'd want whistle breeches? - -[Illustration: 31] - -When the recess bell rang, Willie walked to the playground with short -steps, but still the corduroy whistled. Two boys behind him laughed, -and Willie burned with shame. They must be laughing at his new breeches. -Bessie Clayton passed him, and he stood motionless, crowded against the -wall, until she was out of hearing. - -He paused in the doorway timidly. Red Head was standing just outside, -one shoulder turned toward Freckles Redmond. It was the signal for a -fight, and the small boys were crowded about them. - -“Aw, you're one yourself,” Red Head was saying, “an' you dassan't say -it agin. I dare you to say it,” he cried, but he caught sight of Willie. -“Huh!” he shouted. “Look here, fellers! Here's Whistle Breeches. Let's -spit on 'em!” - -The boys crowded into the entry and spat on them. Red Head pulled -Willie's hair twice, drawing his head forward as he would pull a bell -rope. - -“Don't he think he's smart?” “Wouldn't have 'em!” “Whistle Breeches! -Whistle Breeches!” they shouted in derision, and Willie whimpered and -edged into a corner. - -“Don't you do that,” he said in a choking voice. “I'll tell teacher, I -will!” - -Red Head stuck his freckled face close and shoved him with a warlike -shoulder. His fists were doubled, and he jabbed Willie with his elbow. - -“Aw, you tell him, then, why don't you, Whistle Breeches?” he inquired. -“Jist you tell him, an' I'll punch your face off.” - -He drew his arm back and feinted, Willie crooked his elbow to hide his -face. - -“Aw, come on, fellers,” said Red Head with deep disgust. “What's the -use of foolin' with him? He ain't nothin' but a cry-baby in whistle -breeches. He ain't no fun.” - - - - -III. - -That noon Willie remained in the schoolroom until the boys had gone. -Some went home for dinner, and the rest ate their lunches under the oak -tree at the side of the school. When the room was clear, Willie stole -out by the back way and ran rapidly up the alley. He knew he was branded -for life; The shame of the name of Whistle Breeches bore him down. He -meditated wild plans for getting rid of the offending garment. He would -burn it, lose it in the river. - -He even considered running away from home. - -[Illustration: 35] - -After dinner he slipped quietly away from the table, crept up to his -room under the slanting roof, and put on his old, patched breeches. He -came down quietly, but his mother caught him tiptoeing through the hall. - -“Why, Willie,” she said, “where are your new trousers, dear?” - -“Up-stairs,” he said simply. “I don't want to wear them They--they're -too tight.” - -His mother saw the prevarication in the droop of his head. - -“Nonsense!” she answered lightly. “They fit you perfectly, dear. If they -are a little stiff now, they will soon wear soft. Go up and put them -on.” - -“I don't want to,” he replied stubbornly. He meant, “I will not,” but he -had learned the disadvantage of contradicting his mother flatly. - -“William,” said his mother sternly, “go up-stairs and put on those -trousers this instant.” - -He climbed the stairs slowly. He hoped he would be late to school. He -would be so leisurely in donning them that his mother would make him -stay at home to avoid the greater disgrace of being tardy. He thought of -playing sick, but decided such an illness would be too sudden to excite -his mother's sympathy. If only the schoolhouse would burn down, or -word come that the teacher was dead! But neither came to pass, and his -mother's voice sounded from the hall, bidding him hurry. - -With his load of shame, he slunk out of the gate and crept to school, -hugging the fences and making himself as insignificant and small as -possible, walking with short steps to avoid the endless “whist--whist” - of the corduroy. He sniffled as he thought of the wo the day still held -for him. Some men, going back to business, glanced at him to see the -cause of his whimpering. He imagined they were thinking cruel things of -his breeches. - -He heard the tardy bell ring, and then he ran in and hurried to his -seat. As he hastened down the aisle the corduroy spoke louder than -before, but if Red Head heard, he made no sign, and as Willie sidled on -to the bench beside him he kept his nose buried in his book. - -Willie did not go to the playground at the afternoon recess. He would -have died rather, and for once he saw the advantage of the rule that the -tardy scholar must lose that half hour of play. - -When school ended for the day, Willie hoped the teacher would keep him -in. He was willing to be whipped rather than meet Red Head again, but -he was dismissed with the rest. He paused in the doorway, gathering -his breath to make a run for liberty, as he had often run to escape -his persecutors. As he waited, he saw Red Head approaching, and he drew -back; but Red Head stepped up to him and took him by the arm. - -“You let me alone now!” whimpered Willie. - -“Aw, shut up,” said Red Head roughly. “I ain't goin' to hurt you. You -shut up an' don't be a cry-baby. Come along an' I won't let 'em hurt -you.” - -Fighting and scuffling were not allowed in the entry. Willie put his -thumb in his mouth and gazed at Red Head doubtfully. Such friendliness -was unnatural. It savored of a plot to entice him forth to be -slaughtered. It was not easy to believe that the Red Head who had -drubbed him a hundred times, and who scorned him as a cry-baby, should -seek to defend him. - -Red Head waited. - -“Come on,” he said at length. “I'll let you help me drive the cow home -tonight.” - -Still Willie hesitated, although he was almost willing to risk a licking -to be allowed to slap the sleek legs of Mrs. Murphy's cow with a limber -willow switch. - -[Illustration: 40] - -“Come on,” said Red Head. “I'll let you smoke my pipe.” - -“Won't you lick me?” asked Willie doubtfully. - -“Naw, I won't lick you. What would I want to lick you for?” Willie -followed Red Head hesitatingly, with an eye to a safe retreat, if -necessary. - -One of the boys came forward from the group by the gate. - -“Hi, here comes Whistle Breeches!” he shouted gleefully. - -“Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches--” - -Red Head turned and clenched his fists, his blue eyes blazing; “Shut up, -Bob Palmer!” he cried fiercely. “Don't you call him that. That ain't no -name to call a feller. You jist wisht you had breeches like 'em!” - -Bob stopped suddenly. He looked at Red Head in astonishment. Then he -turned and ran to the boys by the gate. They listened to what he -said, and then began a loud singsong chant: “Whistle--Bree-ches ---Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches!” - -[Illustration: 44] - -Red Head bounded forward, his eyes glowing with anger. He toppled two -boys over, and rained his blows right and left. - -“Don't youse call him that!” he cried. - -It was a surprise. The boys drew back and stood ready to scatter at the -next onslaught. Red Head waited, puffing, With clenched fists. - -“The next feller that calls him that, I'll break his face!” he -threatened. “An' I ain't foolin', neither.” - -They saw that he was not, and they waited respectfully as Red Head and -Willie walked away. - -Willie went with Red Head to drive the cow home, and Red Head taught him -how to double up his fist for battle according to the traditions of the -school, with the knuckle of the second finger protruded. - -“You jist do that,” he explained, “an' you can hurt 'em worse. An' if -they fight back, kick 'em in the legs. That's how I do. Why, you're as -big as I am, an' I bet you're jist as strong. You jist stand up to 'em. -There ain't nothin' in fightin' when you know how. If you jist stand -up to 'em, they 'most always back down. You begin on Tom Ament. He's -a bigger baby'n you are. Anybody kin lick him I kin lick him with my -little finger. An' then you tackle Shorty. He's a baby, too. You're jist -afraid.” - -It was Red Head who egged Willie on to strike Tom Ament the next day, -and Red Head coached him until Tom took to his heels, defeated. Then -Red Head made him lick Shorty, and with the lust of victory in his veins -Willie worked his way upward, and soon the other mothers began telling -Willie's mother that he was a bad boy, always fighting, and Mrs. Gary -wept over him. But no one called him Whistle Breeches, and he learned -that he was as much of a man as any of them, and more of a man than -most. - -Then came a battle royal, when Red Head and Willie stood face to face -and pounded each other for a good half hour for supremacy, and Willie -went down with a bleeding nose and an eye that was dark for days. - -But Red Head had taught him self confidence, and self confidence made -him the Governor of a great State. - - - - -IV. - -When the Governor's eyes came back to Mike Murphy's face, they rested a -moment on the grizzled red hair, and a smile softened the lines of his -mouth. - -“Mike,” he said, “I believe you used to give me a drubbing about once -every day.” - -The old Irishman moved uneasily, and his hands played nervously with -the rim of his hat. He drew his feet under his chair, and moved his -lips without speaking. He thought of that last fierce battle, when the -Governor had fallen with a bleeding nose, and he shifted his eyes from -spot to spot on the soft carpet. He felt as does a mouse when the cat -plays with it. - -The Governor turned to Father Maurice. - -“Father,” he said, “I do not often allow myself a personal indulgence, -but I have an unsettled score with Mike. I shall settle it now. I am -going to pardon that young man.” - -Two tears fell from the priest's eyes and rolled slowly into the white -forest of his beard. Mike Murphy stared straight before him, while his -fingers felt vaguely for the rim of the hat that had fallen from his -hands. - -[Illustration: 51] - -“Go home, Mike,” said the Governor gently. “Go home and tell the wife -and the mother.” When his petitioners had departed, the Governor sat -long in the reception room, thinking of the old days. When he opened his -watch it was not to note the hour, but to look on a woman's likeness; -and he crossed his arms on the desk and buried his face in them. The -old days had given him much that the later years had stolen from him. He -sighed and lifted his head. - -“Poor old Mike!” he said. “I'm square with him at last. I wonder why he -took my part that day?” And he wearily climbed the stair to his lonely -room. - -He did not know that when Red Head went home that noon, nearly fifty -years before, he had found Mrs. Murphy cutting out a pair of corduroy -breeches. - -[Illustration: 53] - - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Red Head and Whistle Breeches, by -Ellis Parker Butler - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - -***** This file should be named 44152-0.txt or 44152-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/1/5/44152/ - -Produced by David Widger - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Red Head and Whistle Breeches - -Author: Ellis Parker Butler - -Illustrator: Arthur D. Puller - -Release Date: November 10, 2013 [EBook #44152] -Last Updated: March 11, 2018 - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - -</pre> - - <div style="height: 8em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h1> - RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - </h1> - <p> - <br /> - </p> - <h2> - By Ellis Parker Butler - </h2> - <p> - <br /> <br /> - </p> - <h3> - With Illustrations By Arthur D. Puller - </h3> - <p> - <br /> <br /> - </p> - <h4> - The Bancroft Company Publishers New York <br /> <br /> 1915 - </h4> - <p> - <i>It is believed that this little story by a master story teller, may, - through its human interest and homely suggestion, exert a wholesome - influence and warrant its publication in permanent form.</i> - </p> - <p> - <i>The Publishers.</i> - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0001" id="linkimage-0001"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="frontispiece (125K)" src="images/frontispiece.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="titlepage (80K)" src="images/titlepage.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <p> - <b>CONTENTS</b> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> <b>RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES</b> </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> I. </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> II. </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> III. </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> IV. </a> - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - </h2> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - I. - </h2> - <p> - When Tim Murphy let his enthusiasm get the better of his judgment and, in - the excitement of that disastrous night, joined the front rank of the - strikers in a general mix-up and cracked the head of a deputy sheriff, the - result was what he might have expected—two years in the - penitentiary. That was all right. The peace of the commonwealth must be - preserved, and that is why laws and penitentiaries exist, but it sometimes - goes hard with the mothers and wives. That is also to be expected, and the - boy should have thought of it before he crowded to the front of the angry - mob or struck the deputy. - </p> - <p> - It went very hard with the boy's mother and wife. It went hard with his - old man, too. It is a cruel thing to have one's only boy in the - penitentiary, even if one is only a village hod carrier. - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:30%;"> - <img alt="15 (21K)" src="images/15.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - Maggie Murphy, the boy's wife, did not suffer for food or shelter after - the boy went to wear stripes, for old Mike had a handy little roll in the - bank and a shanty of his own, and he took Maggie into his home and made a - daughter of her; but the girl grew thin and had no spirits. She cried a - good part of the time, quite as if Tim had been a law abiding citizen, - instead of a law breaking rowdy. Then the baby came, and after that she - cried more than ever. - </p> - <p> - As for the boy's mother, it was to be expected that she would weep also. - Mothers have a way of weeping over the son they love, even if he has gone - wrong. It is not logical, but it is a fact. It is one of the grand facts - of human life. - </p> - <p> - When Maggie's baby came the boy's mother could stand it no longer. It had - been urged—and there was some evidence to support it—that the - boy had acted in self-defense. He said so himself, but he admitted he had - been in the front rank. The strikers had carried things with a high hand - all along, and the jury had decided against him. - </p> - <p> - Night and day the boy's mother begged the old man to try for a pardon, but - Mike knew it was not worth a trial. The Governor was an old man and a - strong man, and not one to forgive an injury done to the State or to - himself. He had never been known to forget a wrong, or to leave a debt - unpaid. - </p> - <p> - He was a just man, as the ancient Jews were just. It was this that had - made him Governor; his righteousness and fearlessness were greater than - cliques and bosses. - </p> - <p> - Old Mrs. Murphy, however, was only a woman, and the boy was her boy, and - she pardoned him. She knew he was innocent, for he was her boy. Mike - refused a thousand times to ask the Governor for a pardon, but as Mrs. - Murphy was the boy's mother and had a valiant tongue, the old man changed - his mind. One day he put on his old silk hat, and with Father Maurice, the - good gray priest, went up to the capital. - </p> - <p> - A strange pair they were to sit in the Governor's richly furnished - reception room—Mike with his smoothly shaven face, red as the - sunset, his snowy eye brows, his white flecked red hair, and the shiny - black of his baggy Sunday suit; Father Maurice with his long gray beard - that had been his before the days of the smoothly shaven priests, his - kindly eyes, and the jolly rotundity of his well fed stomach. The father's - gentle heart was hopeful, but Mike sat sadly with his eyes on the toe of - his boot, for he knew the errand was folly; not alone because the Governor - had never pardoned a condemned man, but because it was he, Mike Murphy, - who came. - </p> - <p> - He remembered an incident of his boyhood, and he frowned as he recalled - it. Think of it! He, Mike Murphy, had bullied the Governor—had - drubbed him and chased him and worried the life out of him. That was why - he had told the old woman it was no use to try it. - </p> - <p> - Who was he to come asking pardons when, years ago, he had done his best to - make life miserable for the quaking schoolboy who was now the stern faced - Governor—the Governor who never forgot or forgave, or left a debt - unpaid? - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - II. - </h2> - <p> - When the Governor entered the reception room he came in unexpectedly, as - Father Maurice was leaning forward with one of Mike's red hands clasped in - his two white ones. Mike was wiping his eyes with his coat sleeve. - </p> - <p> - The Governor paused in the doorway and coughed. His visitors started in - surprise, and then arose. - </p> - <p> - It was Father Maurice who stated their errand, his seamed face turned - upward to the serious eyes of the Governor; and as he proceeded, choosing - his quaint Frenchified English carefully, the Governor's face became - grave. He motioned them to their chairs. - </p> - <p> - He was a gray haired man, and his face was the face of a nobleman. Clear, - gray eyes were set deep under his brows, and his mouth was a straight line - of uncompromising honesty. He sat with one knee thrown over the other. - With one hand he fingered a pen on the desk at his side; the other he ran - again and again through the hair that stood in masses on his head. His - face was long, and the cheekbones protruded. His nose was power, and his - chin was resistance. - </p> - <p> - He listened silently until Father - </p> - <p> - Maurice had ended. Then he laid the pen carefully by the inkstand, - unfolded his gaunt limbs, and arose. - </p> - <p> - “No,” he said slowly. “I cannot interfere.” - </p> - <p> - “But his wife? His mother?” asked the priest. - </p> - <p> - “He should have considered them before,” said the Governor sadly. “If you - prepare a petition, I will consider it, but I cannot offer you any hope. - They all come to me with the same plea—the wife and the mother—but - they do not take the wife and the mother into account when the blow is - struck. It is late to think of them when the prison door is closed. You - will pardon me, father, but I am very tired to-night.” - </p> - <p> - He extended his hand, in token that the interview was at an end, and Mike - arose from his chair in the shadow. He stood awkwardly turning his hat - while the Governor shook the priest's hand, and then shuffled forward to - be dismissed. - </p> - <p> - “Good night, sir,” said the Governor. “I did not hear your name—” - </p> - <p> - “Murphy,” said the priest quickly—“Michael Murphy. He is the father - of the boy.” - </p> - <p> - The Governor looked the old man over carefully, and the old man's eyes - fell under his keen glances. - </p> - <p> - “Mike Murphy?” asked the Governor slowly. “Are you the Mike Murphy who - used to go to old No. 3 school in Harmontown, forty—no, nearly fifty—years - ago? There was a Mike Murphy sat on my bench. Are you the boy they called - Red Head?” - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="frontispiece (125K)" src="images/frontispiece.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - The old man tried to answer. His lips formed the words, but his voice did - not come. He nodded his head. - </p> - <p> - “Be seated, gentlemen,” said the Governor, and Father Maurice sat down - hopefully. Mike Murphy dropped into a chair with deeper dejection. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0002" id="linkimage-0002"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:30%;"> - <img alt="23 (24K)" src="images/23.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - “Well, well!” The Governor nodded his head slowly, his gray eyes searching - the ruddy face before him. “So you are the Mike Murphy who used to drub - me?” - </p> - <p> - He smiled grimly. His eyes strayed from the old man's face, and their - glance was lost in the air above his head. He smiled again, as he sat with - the fingers of his left hand pressing the thin skin into a roll above his - cheek bone, for he recalled an incident of his boyhood. - </p> - <p> - The Governor had once been an arrant little coward. His mother lived in - the big white house two blocks above the schoolhouse, on the opposite side - of the street. Red Head Mike lived across the alley in a shanty. The - Governor's mother bought milk of Mrs. Murphy, and Red Head brought it - every evening. - </p> - <p> - Red Head was a wonderful boy. He was the first to go barefoot in the - spring, picking his way with painful carefulness over the clods in the - street. He was the only boy who chewed tobacco. The others chewed licorice - or purple thistle tops, but Red Head had the real thing. He even smoked a - real pipe without dire consequences, and laughed at the other boys' mild - substitutes of corn silk and “lady cigars”; and the way he swore was a - liberal education. All the boys swore more or less, especially when they - were behind the barn smoking com silk, but they knew it was not natural It - was a puny imitation, but the Red Head article sounded right. - </p> - <p> - But it was when it came to fighting that Red Head had proved his right to - the worship of the world. He could lick any two boys in the school. The - Governor, who was plain Willie Gary then, could not fight at all. His - early youth was one great fear of being whipped. The smallest boys in the - school were accustomed to practice on him until they gained sufficient - dexterity or courage to attack one another. He had a hundred opprobrious - nicknames, which he accepted meekly. “Cry-baby” was the favorite. When he - was attacked he hid his face in his arm and bawled, leaning his arm - against any convenient fence or tree, while his tormentor drubbed his back - at pleasure. He was happy when he could sneak home unmolested. The - chiefest of his tormentors was Red Head, but there was no partiality. All - the boys drubbed him. - </p> - <p> - One day Mrs. Gary made him a pair of breeches. They were good, stout - breeches of dove colored corduroy, and his mother was proud of them. So - was Willie. As he walked to school he felt that every one saw and admired - them He felt as conspicuous as when, in a dream, he went to school in his - night dress, but he felt more comfortable. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0003" id="linkimage-0003"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="26 (144K)" src="images/26.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - He took his seat in the school room proudly, and when he was called to the - blackboard to do a sum he walked with a strut. He felt that even the big - boys—the wonderful youths who had money to jingle in their pockets—observed - him, and he blushed as he imagined the eyes of the little women on the - girls' side of the room following him. - </p> - <p> - As he crossed the floor, the legs of his breeches rubbed against each - other, giving forth the crisp corduroy sound of “Whist—whist—whist.” - It could be heard in the farthest corner. All the scholars looked up from - their slates or books. He caught Bessie Clayton's eye upon him, and his - cheek flamed. She had blue eyes and yellow curls, and snubbed him daily. - </p> - <p> - Even the teacher glanced at his new breeches. Willie paused in his sum and - looked at them with satisfaction himself. Then he walked back to his - bench, and the corduroy spoke again—“Whist—whist—whist.” - It was as musical as the clumping of a new pair of red topped boots. - </p> - <p> - As he slid into his place on his bench, Red Head turned his face and made - a mouth. - </p> - <p> - “Don't you think you're smart, Whistle Breeches?” he whispered. - </p> - <p> - “Whist—whist,” said the breeches in reply, as Willie moved, and - every eye in the school seemed to gaze on him, not enviously as before, - but sneeringly. Who'd want whistle breeches? - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0004" id="linkimage-0004"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:30%;"> - <img alt="31 (13K)" src="images/31.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - When the recess bell rang, Willie walked to the playground with short - steps, but still the corduroy whistled. Two boys behind him laughed, and - Willie burned with shame. They must be laughing at his new breeches. - Bessie Clayton passed him, and he stood motionless, crowded against the - wall, until she was out of hearing. - </p> - <p> - He paused in the doorway timidly. Red Head was standing just outside, one - shoulder turned toward Freckles Redmond. It was the signal for a fight, - and the small boys were crowded about them. - </p> - <p> - “Aw, you're one yourself,” Red Head was saying, “an' you dassan't say it - agin. I dare you to say it,” he cried, but he caught sight of Willie. - “Huh!” he shouted. “Look here, fellers! Here's Whistle Breeches. Let's - spit on 'em!” - </p> - <p> - The boys crowded into the entry and spat on them. Red Head pulled Willie's - hair twice, drawing his head forward as he would pull a bell rope. - </p> - <p> - “Don't he think he's smart?” “Wouldn't have 'em!” “Whistle Breeches! - Whistle Breeches!” they shouted in derision, and Willie whimpered and - edged into a corner. - </p> - <p> - “Don't you do that,” he said in a choking voice. “I'll tell teacher, I - will!” - </p> - <p> - Red Head stuck his freckled face close and shoved him with a warlike - shoulder. His fists were doubled, and he jabbed Willie with his elbow. - </p> - <p> - “Aw, you tell him, then, why don't you, Whistle Breeches?” he inquired. - “Jist you tell him, an' I'll punch your face off.” - </p> - <p> - He drew his arm back and feinted, Willie crooked his elbow to hide his - face. - </p> - <p> - “Aw, come on, fellers,” said Red Head with deep disgust. “What's the use - of foolin' with him? He ain't nothin' but a cry-baby in whistle breeches. - He ain't no fun.” - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - III. - </h2> - <p> - That noon Willie remained in the schoolroom until the boys had gone. Some - went home for dinner, and the rest ate their lunches under the oak tree at - the side of the school. When the room was clear, Willie stole out by the - back way and ran rapidly up the alley. He knew he was branded for life; - The shame of the name of Whistle Breeches bore him down. He meditated wild - plans for getting rid of the offending garment. He would burn it, lose it - in the river. - </p> - <p> - He even considered running away from home. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0005" id="linkimage-0005"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:30%;"> - <img alt="35 (19K)" src="images/35.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - After dinner he slipped quietly away from the table, crept up to his room - under the slanting roof, and put on his old, patched breeches. He came - down quietly, but his mother caught him tiptoeing through the hall. - </p> - <p> - “Why, Willie,” she said, “where are your new trousers, dear?” - </p> - <p> - “Up-stairs,” he said simply. “I don't want to wear them They—they're - too tight.” - </p> - <p> - His mother saw the prevarication in the droop of his head. - </p> - <p> - “Nonsense!” she answered lightly. “They fit you perfectly, dear. If they - are a little stiff now, they will soon wear soft. Go up and put them on.” - </p> - <p> - “I don't want to,” he replied stubbornly. He meant, “I will not,” but he - had learned the disadvantage of contradicting his mother flatly. - </p> - <p> - “William,” said his mother sternly, “go up-stairs and put on those - trousers this instant.” - </p> - <p> - He climbed the stairs slowly. He hoped he would be late to school. He - would be so leisurely in donning them that his mother would make him stay - at home to avoid the greater disgrace of being tardy. He thought of - playing sick, but decided such an illness would be too sudden to excite - his mother's sympathy. If only the schoolhouse would burn down, or word - come that the teacher was dead! But neither came to pass, and his mother's - voice sounded from the hall, bidding him hurry. - </p> - <p> - With his load of shame, he slunk out of the gate and crept to school, - hugging the fences and making himself as insignificant and small as - possible, walking with short steps to avoid the endless “whist—whist” - of the corduroy. He sniffled as he thought of the wo the day still held - for him. Some men, going back to business, glanced at him to see the cause - of his whimpering. He imagined they were thinking cruel things of his - breeches. - </p> - <p> - He heard the tardy bell ring, and then he ran in and hurried to his seat. - As he hastened down the aisle the corduroy spoke louder than before, but - if Red Head heard, he made no sign, and as Willie sidled on to the bench - beside him he kept his nose buried in his book. - </p> - <p> - Willie did not go to the playground at the afternoon recess. He would have - died rather, and for once he saw the advantage of the rule that the tardy - scholar must lose that half hour of play. - </p> - <p> - When school ended for the day, Willie hoped the teacher would keep him in. - He was willing to be whipped rather than meet Red Head again, but he was - dismissed with the rest. He paused in the doorway, gathering his breath to - make a run for liberty, as he had often run to escape his persecutors. As - he waited, he saw Red Head approaching, and he drew back; but Red Head - stepped up to him and took him by the arm. - </p> - <p> - “You let me alone now!” whimpered Willie. - </p> - <p> - “Aw, shut up,” said Red Head roughly. “I ain't goin' to hurt you. You shut - up an' don't be a cry-baby. Come along an' I won't let 'em hurt you.” - </p> - <p> - Fighting and scuffling were not allowed in the entry. Willie put his thumb - in his mouth and gazed at Red Head doubtfully. Such friendliness was - unnatural. It savored of a plot to entice him forth to be slaughtered. It - was not easy to believe that the Red Head who had drubbed him a hundred - times, and who scorned him as a cry-baby, should seek to defend him. - </p> - <p> - Red Head waited. - </p> - <p> - “Come on,” he said at length. “I'll let you help me drive the cow home - tonight.” - </p> - <p> - Still Willie hesitated, although he was almost willing to risk a licking - to be allowed to slap the sleek legs of Mrs. Murphy's cow with a limber - willow switch. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0006" id="linkimage-0006"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="40 (94K)" src="images/40.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - “Come on,” said Red Head. “I'll let you smoke my pipe.” - </p> - <p> - “Won't you lick me?” asked Willie doubtfully. - </p> - <p> - “Naw, I won't lick you. What would I want to lick you for?” Willie - followed Red Head hesitatingly, with an eye to a safe retreat, if - necessary. - </p> - <p> - One of the boys came forward from the group by the gate. - </p> - <p> - “Hi, here comes Whistle Breeches!” he shouted gleefully. - </p> - <p> - “Whistle—Bree-ches—Whistle—Bree-ches—Whistle—Bree-ches—” - </p> - <p> - Red Head turned and clenched his fists, his blue eyes blazing; “Shut up, - Bob Palmer!” he cried fiercely. “Don't you call him that. That ain't no - name to call a feller. You jist wisht you had breeches like 'em!” - </p> - <p> - Bob stopped suddenly. He looked at Red Head in astonishment. Then he - turned and ran to the boys by the gate. They listened to what he said, and - then began a loud singsong chant: “Whistle—Bree-ches —Whistle—Bree-ches—Whistle—Bree-ches!” - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0007" id="linkimage-0007"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="44 (141K)" src="images/44.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - Red Head bounded forward, his eyes glowing with anger. He toppled two boys - over, and rained his blows right and left. - </p> - <p> - “Don't youse call him that!” he cried. - </p> - <p> - It was a surprise. The boys drew back and stood ready to scatter at the - next onslaught. Red Head waited, puffing, With clenched fists. - </p> - <p> - “The next feller that calls him that, I'll break his face!” he threatened. - “An' I ain't foolin', neither.” - </p> - <p> - They saw that he was not, and they waited respectfully as Red Head and - Willie walked away. - </p> - <p> - Willie went with Red Head to drive the cow home, and Red Head taught him - how to double up his fist for battle according to the traditions of the - school, with the knuckle of the second finger protruded. - </p> - <p> - “You jist do that,” he explained, “an' you can hurt 'em worse. An' if they - fight back, kick 'em in the legs. That's how I do. Why, you're as big as I - am, an' I bet you're jist as strong. You jist stand up to 'em. There ain't - nothin' in fightin' when you know how. If you jist stand up to 'em, they - 'most always back down. You begin on Tom Ament. He's a bigger baby'n you - are. Anybody kin lick him I kin lick him with my little finger. An' then - you tackle Shorty. He's a baby, too. You're jist afraid.” - </p> - <p> - It was Red Head who egged Willie on to strike Tom Ament the next day, and - Red Head coached him until Tom took to his heels, defeated. Then Red Head - made him lick Shorty, and with the lust of victory in his veins Willie - worked his way upward, and soon the other mothers began telling Willie's - mother that he was a bad boy, always fighting, and Mrs. Gary wept over - him. But no one called him Whistle Breeches, and he learned that he was as - much of a man as any of them, and more of a man than most. - </p> - <p> - Then came a battle royal, when Red Head and Willie stood face to face and - pounded each other for a good half hour for supremacy, and Willie went - down with a bleeding nose and an eye that was dark for days. - </p> - <p> - But Red Head had taught him self confidence, and self confidence made him - the Governor of a great State. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - IV. - </h2> - <p> - When the Governor's eyes came back to Mike Murphy's face, they rested a - moment on the grizzled red hair, and a smile softened the lines of his - mouth. - </p> - <p> - “Mike,” he said, “I believe you used to give me a drubbing about once - every day.” - </p> - <p> - The old Irishman moved uneasily, and his hands played nervously with the - rim of his hat. He drew his feet under his chair, and moved his lips - without speaking. He thought of that last fierce battle, when the Governor - had fallen with a bleeding nose, and he shifted his eyes from spot to spot - on the soft carpet. He felt as does a mouse when the cat plays with it. - </p> - <p> - The Governor turned to Father Maurice. - </p> - <p> - “Father,” he said, “I do not often allow myself a personal indulgence, but - I have an unsettled score with Mike. I shall settle it now. I am going to - pardon that young man.” - </p> - <p> - Two tears fell from the priest's eyes and rolled slowly into the white - forest of his beard. Mike Murphy stared straight before him, while his - fingers felt vaguely for the rim of the hat that had fallen from his - hands. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0008" id="linkimage-0008"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:30%;"> - <img alt="51 (17K)" src="images/51.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <p> - “Go home, Mike,” said the Governor gently. “Go home and tell the wife and - the mother.” When his petitioners had departed, the Governor sat long in - the reception room, thinking of the old days. When he opened his watch it - was not to note the hour, but to look on a woman's likeness; and he - crossed his arms on the desk and buried his face in them. The old days had - given him much that the later years had stolen from him. He sighed and - lifted his head. - </p> - <p> - “Poor old Mike!” he said. “I'm square with him at last. I wonder why he - took my part that day?” And he wearily climbed the stair to his lonely - room. - </p> - <p> - He did not know that when Red Head went home that noon, nearly fifty years - before, he had found Mrs. Murphy cutting out a pair of corduroy breeches. - </p> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <a name="linkimage-0009" id="linkimage-0009"> </a> - </p> - <div class="fig" style="width:80%;"> - <img alt="53 (23K)" src="images/53.jpg" width="100%" /><br /> - </div> - <div style="height: 6em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Red Head and Whistle Breeches, by -Ellis Parker Butler - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - -***** This file should be named 44152-h.htm or 44152-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/1/5/44152/ - -Produced by David Widger - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Red Head and Whistle Breeches - -Author: Ellis Parker Butler - -Illustrator: Arthur D. Puller - -Release Date: November 10, 2013 [EBook #44152] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - - -RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - -By Ellis Parker Butler - -It is believed that this little story by a master story teller, may, -through its human interest and homely suggestion, exert a wholesome -influence and warrant its publication in permanent form. - -The Publishers. - -With Illustrations By Arthur D. Puller - -The Bancroft Company Publishers New York - -1915 - -[Illustration: Frontispiece] - - - - - -RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES - - - - -I. - -When Tim Murphy let his enthusiasm get the better of his judgment and, -in the excitement of that disastrous night, joined the front rank of the -strikers in a general mix-up and cracked the head of a deputy -sheriff, the result was what he might have expected--two years in the -penitentiary. That was all right. The peace of the commonwealth must -be preserved, and that is why laws and penitentiaries exist, but it -sometimes goes hard with the mothers and wives. That is also to be -expected, and the boy should have thought of it before he crowded to the -front of the angry mob or struck the deputy. - -It went very hard with the boy's mother and wife. It went hard with -his old man, too. It is a cruel thing to have one's only boy in the -penitentiary, even if one is only a village hod carrier. - -Maggie Murphy, the boy's wife, did not suffer for food or shelter after -the boy went to wear stripes, for old Mike had a handy little roll in -the bank and a shanty of his own, and he took Maggie into his home and -made a daughter of her; but the girl grew thin and had no spirits. She -cried a good part of the time, quite as if Tim had been a law abiding -citizen, instead of a law breaking rowdy. Then the baby came, and after -that she cried more than ever. - -As for the boy's mother, it was to be expected that she would weep also. -Mothers have a way of weeping over the son they love, even if he has -gone wrong. It is not logical, but it is a fact. It is one of the grand -facts of human life. - -When Maggie's baby came the boy's mother could stand it no longer. It -had been urged--and there was some evidence to support it--that the boy -had acted in self-defense. He said so himself, but he admitted he had -been in the front rank. The strikers had carried things with a high hand -all along, and the jury had decided against him. - -Night and day the boy's mother begged the old man to try for a pardon, -but Mike knew it was not worth a trial. The Governor was an old man and -a strong man, and not one to forgive an injury done to the State or to -himself. He had never been known to forget a wrong, or to leave a debt -unpaid. - -He was a just man, as the ancient Jews were just. It was this that had -made him Governor; his righteousness and fearlessness were greater than -cliques and bosses. - -Old Mrs. Murphy, however, was only a woman, and the boy was her boy, -and she pardoned him. She knew he was innocent, for he was her boy. Mike -refused a thousand times to ask the Governor for a pardon, but as -Mrs. Murphy was the boy's mother and had a valiant tongue, the old man -changed his mind. One day he put on his old silk hat, and with Father -Maurice, the good gray priest, went up to the capital. - -A strange pair they were to sit in the Governor's richly furnished -reception room--Mike with his smoothly shaven face, red as the sunset, -his snowy eye brows, his white flecked red hair, and the shiny black of -his baggy Sunday suit; Father Maurice with his long gray beard that -had been his before the days of the smoothly shaven priests, his kindly -eyes, and the jolly rotundity of his well fed stomach. The father's -gentle heart was hopeful, but Mike sat sadly with his eyes on the toe -of his boot, for he knew the errand was folly; not alone because the -Governor had never pardoned a condemned man, but because it was he, Mike -Murphy, who came. - -He remembered an incident of his boyhood, and he frowned as he recalled -it. Think of it! He, Mike Murphy, had bullied the Governor--had drubbed -him and chased him and worried the life out of him. That was why he had -told the old woman it was no use to try it. - -Who was he to come asking pardons when, years ago, he had done his best -to make life miserable for the quaking schoolboy who was now the stern -faced Governor--the Governor who never forgot or forgave, or left a debt -unpaid? - - - - -II. - -When the Governor entered the reception room he came in unexpectedly, as -Father Maurice was leaning forward with one of Mike's red hands clasped -in his two white ones. Mike was wiping his eyes with his coat sleeve. - -The Governor paused in the doorway and coughed. His visitors started in -surprise, and then arose. - -It was Father Maurice who stated their errand, his seamed face turned -upward to the serious eyes of the Governor; and as he proceeded, -choosing his quaint Frenchified English carefully, the Governor's face -became grave. He motioned them to their chairs. - -He was a gray haired man, and his face was the face of a nobleman. -Clear, gray eyes were set deep under his brows, and his mouth was a -straight line of uncompromising honesty. He sat with one knee thrown -over the other. With one hand he fingered a pen on the desk at his side; -the other he ran again and again through the hair that stood in masses -on his head. His face was long, and the cheekbones protruded. His nose -was power, and his chin was resistance. - -He listened silently until Father - -Maurice had ended. Then he laid the pen carefully by the inkstand, -unfolded his gaunt limbs, and arose. - -"No," he said slowly. "I cannot interfere." - -"But his wife? His mother?" asked the priest. - -"He should have considered them before," said the Governor sadly. "If -you prepare a petition, I will consider it, but I cannot offer you -any hope. They all come to me with the same plea--the wife and the -mother--but they do not take the wife and the mother into account when -the blow is struck. It is late to think of them when the prison door is -closed. You will pardon me, father, but I am very tired to-night." - -He extended his hand, in token that the interview was at an end, and -Mike arose from his chair in the shadow. He stood awkwardly turning -his hat while the Governor shook the priest's hand, and then shuffled -forward to be dismissed. - -"Good night, sir," said the Governor. "I did not hear your name--" - -"Murphy," said the priest quickly--"Michael Murphy. He is the father of -the boy." - -The Governor looked the old man over carefully, and the old man's eyes -fell under his keen glances. - -"Mike Murphy?" asked the Governor slowly. "Are you the Mike Murphy -who used to go to old No. 3 school in Harmontown, forty--no, nearly -fifty--years ago? There was a Mike Murphy sat on my bench. Are you the -boy they called Red Head?" - -The old man tried to answer. His lips formed the words, but his voice -did not come. He nodded his head. - -"Be seated, gentlemen," said the Governor, and Father Maurice sat down -hopefully. Mike Murphy dropped into a chair with deeper dejection. - -[Illustration: 23] - -"Well, well!" The Governor nodded his head slowly, his gray eyes -searching the ruddy face before him. "So you are the Mike Murphy who -used to drub me?" - -He smiled grimly. His eyes strayed from the old man's face, and their -glance was lost in the air above his head. He smiled again, as he sat -with the fingers of his left hand pressing the thin skin into a roll -above his cheek bone, for he recalled an incident of his boyhood. - -The Governor had once been an arrant little coward. His mother lived in -the big white house two blocks above the schoolhouse, on the opposite -side of the street. Red Head Mike lived across the alley in a shanty. -The Governor's mother bought milk of Mrs. Murphy, and Red Head brought -it every evening. - -Red Head was a wonderful boy. He was the first to go barefoot in the -spring, picking his way with painful carefulness over the clods in -the street. He was the only boy who chewed tobacco. The others chewed -licorice or purple thistle tops, but Red Head had the real thing. He -even smoked a real pipe without dire consequences, and laughed at the -other boys' mild substitutes of corn silk and "lady cigars"; and the -way he swore was a liberal education. All the boys swore more or less, -especially when they were behind the barn smoking com silk, but they -knew it was not natural It was a puny imitation, but the Red Head -article sounded right. - -But it was when it came to fighting that Red Head had proved his right -to the worship of the world. He could lick any two boys in the school. -The Governor, who was plain Willie Gary then, could not fight at all. -His early youth was one great fear of being whipped. The smallest boys -in the school were accustomed to practice on him until they gained -sufficient dexterity or courage to attack one another. He had a hundred -opprobrious nicknames, which he accepted meekly. "Cry-baby" was the -favorite. When he was attacked he hid his face in his arm and bawled, -leaning his arm against any convenient fence or tree, while his -tormentor drubbed his back at pleasure. He was happy when he could sneak -home unmolested. The chiefest of his tormentors was Red Head, but there -was no partiality. All the boys drubbed him. - -One day Mrs. Gary made him a pair of breeches. They were good, stout -breeches of dove colored corduroy, and his mother was proud of them. -So was Willie. As he walked to school he felt that every one saw and -admired them He felt as conspicuous as when, in a dream, he went to -school in his night dress, but he felt more comfortable. - -[Illustration: 26] - -He took his seat in the school room proudly, and when he was called to -the blackboard to do a sum he walked with a strut. He felt that even -the big boys--the wonderful youths who had money to jingle in their -pockets--observed him, and he blushed as he imagined the eyes of the -little women on the girls' side of the room following him. - -As he crossed the floor, the legs of his breeches rubbed against each -other, giving forth the crisp corduroy sound of "Whist--whist--whist." -It could be heard in the farthest corner. All the scholars looked up from -their slates or books. He caught Bessie Clayton's eye upon him, and his -cheek flamed. She had blue eyes and yellow curls, and snubbed him daily. - -Even the teacher glanced at his new breeches. Willie paused in his sum -and looked at them with satisfaction himself. Then he walked back to his -bench, and the corduroy spoke again--"Whist--whist--whist." It was as -musical as the clumping of a new pair of red topped boots. - -As he slid into his place on his bench, Red Head turned his face and -made a mouth. - -"Don't you think you're smart, Whistle Breeches?" he whispered. - -"Whist--whist," said the breeches in reply, as Willie moved, and every -eye in the school seemed to gaze on him, not enviously as before, but -sneeringly. Who'd want whistle breeches? - -[Illustration: 31] - -When the recess bell rang, Willie walked to the playground with short -steps, but still the corduroy whistled. Two boys behind him laughed, -and Willie burned with shame. They must be laughing at his new breeches. -Bessie Clayton passed him, and he stood motionless, crowded against the -wall, until she was out of hearing. - -He paused in the doorway timidly. Red Head was standing just outside, -one shoulder turned toward Freckles Redmond. It was the signal for a -fight, and the small boys were crowded about them. - -"Aw, you're one yourself," Red Head was saying, "an' you dassan't say -it agin. I dare you to say it," he cried, but he caught sight of Willie. -"Huh!" he shouted. "Look here, fellers! Here's Whistle Breeches. Let's -spit on 'em!" - -The boys crowded into the entry and spat on them. Red Head pulled -Willie's hair twice, drawing his head forward as he would pull a bell -rope. - -"Don't he think he's smart?" "Wouldn't have 'em!" "Whistle Breeches! -Whistle Breeches!" they shouted in derision, and Willie whimpered and -edged into a corner. - -"Don't you do that," he said in a choking voice. "I'll tell teacher, I -will!" - -Red Head stuck his freckled face close and shoved him with a warlike -shoulder. His fists were doubled, and he jabbed Willie with his elbow. - -"Aw, you tell him, then, why don't you, Whistle Breeches?" he inquired. -"Jist you tell him, an' I'll punch your face off." - -He drew his arm back and feinted, Willie crooked his elbow to hide his -face. - -"Aw, come on, fellers," said Red Head with deep disgust. "What's the -use of foolin' with him? He ain't nothin' but a cry-baby in whistle -breeches. He ain't no fun." - - - - -III. - -That noon Willie remained in the schoolroom until the boys had gone. -Some went home for dinner, and the rest ate their lunches under the oak -tree at the side of the school. When the room was clear, Willie stole -out by the back way and ran rapidly up the alley. He knew he was branded -for life; The shame of the name of Whistle Breeches bore him down. He -meditated wild plans for getting rid of the offending garment. He would -burn it, lose it in the river. - -He even considered running away from home. - -[Illustration: 35] - -After dinner he slipped quietly away from the table, crept up to his -room under the slanting roof, and put on his old, patched breeches. He -came down quietly, but his mother caught him tiptoeing through the hall. - -"Why, Willie," she said, "where are your new trousers, dear?" - -"Up-stairs," he said simply. "I don't want to wear them They--they're -too tight." - -His mother saw the prevarication in the droop of his head. - -"Nonsense!" she answered lightly. "They fit you perfectly, dear. If they -are a little stiff now, they will soon wear soft. Go up and put them -on." - -"I don't want to," he replied stubbornly. He meant, "I will not," but he -had learned the disadvantage of contradicting his mother flatly. - -"William," said his mother sternly, "go up-stairs and put on those -trousers this instant." - -He climbed the stairs slowly. He hoped he would be late to school. He -would be so leisurely in donning them that his mother would make him -stay at home to avoid the greater disgrace of being tardy. He thought of -playing sick, but decided such an illness would be too sudden to excite -his mother's sympathy. If only the schoolhouse would burn down, or -word come that the teacher was dead! But neither came to pass, and his -mother's voice sounded from the hall, bidding him hurry. - -With his load of shame, he slunk out of the gate and crept to school, -hugging the fences and making himself as insignificant and small as -possible, walking with short steps to avoid the endless "whist--whist" -of the corduroy. He sniffled as he thought of the wo the day still held -for him. Some men, going back to business, glanced at him to see the -cause of his whimpering. He imagined they were thinking cruel things of -his breeches. - -He heard the tardy bell ring, and then he ran in and hurried to his -seat. As he hastened down the aisle the corduroy spoke louder than -before, but if Red Head heard, he made no sign, and as Willie sidled on -to the bench beside him he kept his nose buried in his book. - -Willie did not go to the playground at the afternoon recess. He would -have died rather, and for once he saw the advantage of the rule that the -tardy scholar must lose that half hour of play. - -When school ended for the day, Willie hoped the teacher would keep him -in. He was willing to be whipped rather than meet Red Head again, but -he was dismissed with the rest. He paused in the doorway, gathering -his breath to make a run for liberty, as he had often run to escape -his persecutors. As he waited, he saw Red Head approaching, and he drew -back; but Red Head stepped up to him and took him by the arm. - -"You let me alone now!" whimpered Willie. - -"Aw, shut up," said Red Head roughly. "I ain't goin' to hurt you. You -shut up an' don't be a cry-baby. Come along an' I won't let 'em hurt -you." - -Fighting and scuffling were not allowed in the entry. Willie put his -thumb in his mouth and gazed at Red Head doubtfully. Such friendliness -was unnatural. It savored of a plot to entice him forth to be -slaughtered. It was not easy to believe that the Red Head who had -drubbed him a hundred times, and who scorned him as a cry-baby, should -seek to defend him. - -Red Head waited. - -"Come on," he said at length. "I'll let you help me drive the cow home -tonight." - -Still Willie hesitated, although he was almost willing to risk a licking -to be allowed to slap the sleek legs of Mrs. Murphy's cow with a limber -willow switch. - -[Illustration: 40] - -"Come on," said Red Head. "I'll let you smoke my pipe." - -"Won't you lick me?" asked Willie doubtfully. - -"Naw, I won't lick you. What would I want to lick you for?" Willie -followed Red Head hesitatingly, with an eye to a safe retreat, if -necessary. - -One of the boys came forward from the group by the gate. - -"Hi, here comes Whistle Breeches!" he shouted gleefully. - -"Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches--" - -Red Head turned and clenched his fists, his blue eyes blazing; "Shut up, -Bob Palmer!" he cried fiercely. "Don't you call him that. That ain't no -name to call a feller. You jist wisht you had breeches like 'em!" - -Bob stopped suddenly. He looked at Red Head in astonishment. Then he -turned and ran to the boys by the gate. They listened to what he -said, and then began a loud singsong chant: "Whistle--Bree-ches ---Whistle--Bree-ches--Whistle--Bree-ches!" - -[Illustration: 44] - -Red Head bounded forward, his eyes glowing with anger. He toppled two -boys over, and rained his blows right and left. - -"Don't youse call him that!" he cried. - -It was a surprise. The boys drew back and stood ready to scatter at the -next onslaught. Red Head waited, puffing, With clenched fists. - -"The next feller that calls him that, I'll break his face!" he -threatened. "An' I ain't foolin', neither." - -They saw that he was not, and they waited respectfully as Red Head and -Willie walked away. - -Willie went with Red Head to drive the cow home, and Red Head taught him -how to double up his fist for battle according to the traditions of the -school, with the knuckle of the second finger protruded. - -"You jist do that," he explained, "an' you can hurt 'em worse. An' if -they fight back, kick 'em in the legs. That's how I do. Why, you're as -big as I am, an' I bet you're jist as strong. You jist stand up to 'em. -There ain't nothin' in fightin' when you know how. If you jist stand -up to 'em, they 'most always back down. You begin on Tom Ament. He's -a bigger baby'n you are. Anybody kin lick him I kin lick him with my -little finger. An' then you tackle Shorty. He's a baby, too. You're jist -afraid." - -It was Red Head who egged Willie on to strike Tom Ament the next day, -and Red Head coached him until Tom took to his heels, defeated. Then -Red Head made him lick Shorty, and with the lust of victory in his veins -Willie worked his way upward, and soon the other mothers began telling -Willie's mother that he was a bad boy, always fighting, and Mrs. Gary -wept over him. But no one called him Whistle Breeches, and he learned -that he was as much of a man as any of them, and more of a man than -most. - -Then came a battle royal, when Red Head and Willie stood face to face -and pounded each other for a good half hour for supremacy, and Willie -went down with a bleeding nose and an eye that was dark for days. - -But Red Head had taught him self confidence, and self confidence made -him the Governor of a great State. - - - - -IV. - -When the Governor's eyes came back to Mike Murphy's face, they rested a -moment on the grizzled red hair, and a smile softened the lines of his -mouth. - -"Mike," he said, "I believe you used to give me a drubbing about once -every day." - -The old Irishman moved uneasily, and his hands played nervously with -the rim of his hat. He drew his feet under his chair, and moved his -lips without speaking. He thought of that last fierce battle, when the -Governor had fallen with a bleeding nose, and he shifted his eyes from -spot to spot on the soft carpet. He felt as does a mouse when the cat -plays with it. - -The Governor turned to Father Maurice. - -"Father," he said, "I do not often allow myself a personal indulgence, -but I have an unsettled score with Mike. I shall settle it now. I am -going to pardon that young man." - -Two tears fell from the priest's eyes and rolled slowly into the white -forest of his beard. Mike Murphy stared straight before him, while his -fingers felt vaguely for the rim of the hat that had fallen from his -hands. - -[Illustration: 51] - -"Go home, Mike," said the Governor gently. "Go home and tell the wife -and the mother." When his petitioners had departed, the Governor sat -long in the reception room, thinking of the old days. When he opened his -watch it was not to note the hour, but to look on a woman's likeness; -and he crossed his arms on the desk and buried his face in them. The -old days had given him much that the later years had stolen from him. He -sighed and lifted his head. - -"Poor old Mike!" he said. "I'm square with him at last. I wonder why he -took my part that day?" And he wearily climbed the stair to his lonely -room. - -He did not know that when Red Head went home that noon, nearly fifty -years before, he had found Mrs. Murphy cutting out a pair of corduroy -breeches. - -[Illustration: 53] - - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Red Head and Whistle Breeches, by -Ellis Parker Butler - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RED HEAD AND WHISTLE BREECHES *** - -***** This file should be named 44152.txt or 44152.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/1/5/44152/ - -Produced by David Widger - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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