He resented being called lazy when he was willing enough to work , but he made one more appeal . `` If you 'll let me go to school this year , I 'll work twice as hard out of school to make up for it -- indeed , I will . Do let me go , Aunt Harriet . I have n't been to school a day for over a year . '' `` Let 's hear no more of this nonsense , '' said Mrs. Elwell , taking a bottle from the shelf above her with the air of one who closes a discussion . `` Here , run down to the Bridge and get me this bottle full of vinegar at Jacob 's store . Be smart , too , d'ye hear ! I ai n't going to have you idling around the Bridge neither . If you ai n't back in twenty minutes , it wo n't be well for you . '' Chester did his errand at the Bridge with a heart full of bitter disappointment and anger . `` I wo n't stand it any longer ! '' he muttered . `` I 'll run away -- I do n't care where , so long as it 's away from her . I wish I could get out West on the harvest excursions . '' On his return home , as he crossed the yard in the dusk , he stumbled over a stick of wood and fell . The bottle of vinegar slipped from his hand and was broken on the doorstep . Mrs. Elwell saw the accident from the window . She rushed out and jerked the unlucky lad to his feet . `` Take that , you sulky little cub ! '' she exclaimed , cuffing his ears soundly .
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