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 . `` I 'll teach you to break and spill things you 're sent for ! You did it on purpose . Get off to bed with you this instant . '' Chester crept off to his garret chamber with a very sullen face . He was too used to being sent to bed without any supper to care much for that , although he was hungry . But his whole being was in a tumult of rebellion over the injustice that was meted out to him . `` I wo n't stand it ! ''
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