The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-30
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ssiIfiaI 9 give belowia tshnrt story,a hat
good one,sfort the special lbenef fitsoft bur
1 young eaderss ] IheYt8ill find tit both
Interesting and instructive. 5spsa
II sOh, papa, said ailittle boyoneleyen-
| ling, in India, entering in ilaste3 3n$sA,.,,
|tlrawing room, twill yout esmcon.c s ].
your knee, forEI love tossitttliere;aaan
then Iwill relateltosy youimya adventure
Eof this afternoon !,sIa st4s.aas aas1a
4 Certainly ,ideaa' johnny II said MR..
Smithstfokihg gitllesSlrit itecufl ynlsead Of
lthis. little darling. Come. 4 now ,ssou
Iihaye yourIpldce upon 80 I'D Dobbin,o as
syou callmyitwole ssy pray proceedWitll
dfyour wonderful observation-disclosures III
isesys0h, papa, 1t was not wonderful.
IsDld j caltitiso? Ifsyotlt give lits4that
name. ], shallthinls fthaty ouare making
| fun ofme.'ss Ess5eH SsI.f3 rfa itaab 3
1No,inp, my pct ,'ssai,i a ATs Smitlfen-
|couragingl u. I4et us Ehave iyoui;iiarra-
tive;; YOU u4know tllak i like4tot;llearRall
| your little tales and dstories;sthatI like
Ito be confdant:iso prattle o,l,s and
! you will find "a patient and adeliglhed
l,hstencrini your rapa d sstsi5s
:Johnny7had rel gained his self posses.
fsion bythis tinie ], and thus proceed
you know, papa, thatmyiuncletatSFIo SFIo,,-
1;rahf promised me tarisctlthis evening.
because | said my lesson in gFamner
to,day5to mamma withdutsaisingle mis-
l!takc, SO about six O'Clock llciEassedi our
house and took, me up. We: certainly
had adelishtful drive of atlnile ori'two;
land / enjoyed the cool breeze upon my
face; ;Icventook off my sbonnet, andaet
my cutls fly about my head thithersand
thither; for inithis hoE.wcathcrBthere is
no fearof catching cold ii saw several
carriages and bi,ggys with fne ladies
looked quiet cool and conifortahle1With-
out bonnets, and their si,ow-wldte wells
just thrown oyer. theirhcads, auttering
lin the breeze. We'll, afterwe had seen
all this, andspassed some pretttahouses,
fine gardens, dark-lookings groves and
tall coeoa-nut trees, NE were about ten
minutes drive from home; iand in the
middle of! the street was IA mob collec-
lted; johnny said uncle, gswllat, can
this be?' and he drew in his horse, and
made him 3proeeedlslowly to- whore the
people were. As wc{ came closer,aswe
heard great chattering, and .theiacry-
ing Of aninfant. Uncle gave theireins
to iSadoo thc8groom, who, you sslsnpw,
meets us always on our way home from
| driving, and for o short distance can
| keep up wonderfully with the ;abofse,
and we walked into the lmidstsofstho
crowd. s...s, ta .s.ess3 ts
well, my friend, ,'ysaidiunsle, addres-
sing anold Brah,nin, whoswas holding
the squalling baby in hisarlns tshassany
accident ,happened?'a9 lf41'5 W i.4sa
Yes, aaahayas7 Cor my lord) :isas
was in yonder grove plucking someasild
flowers to strcw upon the shrine of MA
l;hadeo, 1heard q ;ilaintiSc cry Of an in,
fant, and 10 and behold theras was
thieving, prcwlng iackal llra gging this
ichild3by the nap of thensck, and max
ing allthe hastele could to a heagesof
Mysore thorn.i See,fhoro arc alE the
marks of thelrascal'stee teeth; andseealso
how he has made this tender cheek
Iiblced. d | Of courscsmale q great clam
or, and brought around me :aliunibefof
the peighbors, and we succeeded dyiB'fe-
scuingGthe child; but who ats uhfortun-
ate mothorliswe5do ;nottas yot know
It9i sThci iold.manhad scarcely stopped,
(which we sawia nice young gWorhaficoin-
| ing up also.at She arp preached, ,7as Eve
had doncs from curiosity, and WIS s;car-
ryingtn gharraR, or afer-sessei ,suF6n
herlhip. i She almost ecoeered'her face,
and respectfully asked the old Brahmin
to lct2ler alSotthe poor infant. But
scarcely had sheifixed herleyes, 0roisit,
tgwhem her ghurfall fell out afEheri arm,
Elandbfolc into a hundred rieoes,;s she
Erushed to the baby pressctls sSits TO Her
bosom I beat her; r;foFehead ;saad begalfto
icryrout, 81 Why, ohwhydid IleaveSoa?
{Oh1rny darling, my darling!'
\ BE composed, ,'stsaia my uncle: sas
youfare the mother, tho ohilais in good
thandsa Scatayoutself, t,ny good No.
man, upon the footboard Of the buggy.
Twill drive 1youto my hoeses md Ne
will do.thc inccdfnl for your child iGju-
tries. 2t 8 fe fift q 8: sEfS, 3
a4.sSo, after the mother and child wore
f,tA f1rSxs,