Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-12-01
d said, I be teto'tly 'od'alrn.'

Il said, be o'tly >oG~rn.
And that's just as bad. Mr.. Butler, you
positively will have to take this boy in hand.
He evinces strong propensity to profane
swearing, which if not corrected Immediate
ly will become ungoyernable.
whenever you can't manage him., said
Butler, as before, just turn him over to me,
and 1 reckon I can cure him. =. ..
when did he say p inquired the moth.
er, returning to Abraham. e.,
you know that time you sent all us chill
dren to the ew-ground to pick peas
why, that's been three months ago at
least, and you've just thought now of tel
ling it. Oh you malicious load, you, where
do you learn to bear malice so long2 ab-
hor that trait of character in child
Ma said Bill, sAbe ha'nt said his pray
ers for three nights
Abe and Bill now exactly swapt places
and countenances.
sYes,' said the mother, 'and suppose I
should never have heard of that, if Abra-
ham had not told of your profanity .
i know BETTER dragged out Abraham,
in reply to William.
Abraham said the mother, solemnly,
did you kneel down when you said your
prayers last night
'Yes, ma'am, and Abraham frightened a
little. e.,
Yes, MAJ continued Bill, 'he kneels
known, and fore I say, 'uow I lay me down
to Sleep he jumps up every night and hops
in bed, and says he's done said his prayers,
and he hadn't time to say half a prayer 80.
During this narrative, my namesake kept
covering under the steadfast frown of his
mother, until he transformed himself into a
perfect personi6catioD of idiocy.
'How many prayers did you say last night,
Abraham paused the mother, in an aw-
fully portentous tone.
Isaid oneand-' (here Abraham paused J
Zone and whatP
Zone and piece of t'other one.'
why, ma, he couldn't ha' said it to save
his life, for he hadn't time
Hush, sir, don't ask for your assistance
Il did, muttered Abraham, Il said tother
piece after I got in bed -s. . ..
Abraham said his mother, I declare I
do not know what to say to you. am
so mortified, so shocked at this conduct, that
I am completely at a loss how to express my
self about it. Suppose you had died last
night after triAing with your prayers as you
did; who can say what would have become
of you 4! Is it possible that you cannot spend
a few minutes in prayer to your Heavenly
Father; who feeds you, who clothes you,
and who gives you every good thing you
have in the world. You poor sinful child,
I could weep over you.
Poor Abraham evinced such deep contri-
ton under this lecture, (for be sobbed as if
his heart would break,) that his mother
deemed it prudent to conclude with suasives,
which she did in the happiest manner.
Having thus restored Abraham's equani-
nifty in measure, with gentle, encour-
aging smile, she continued:
'And now, Abraham, tell your mother how
you came to say part of the second pray
er?'
Il couldn't goto sleep till I said it, ma'am.'
well, that is good sign at least. And
what part was it?
God bless nsy father and motter.'
Mrs. Butler felt quickly for her handker-
chief. It had fallen from her lap, and she
was glad Of it. She depressed her head be-
low the table in search of it, dismissed the
children before she raised it, and then rose
with countenance sufused with smiles and
tears.
sPoor babes,' said she, 'what an odd COM
pound of good and bad they are p
The grandmother returned just at this
time, and discovering some uneasiness at
Mrs. Buffers tears, the latter explained
As she concluded, The Lord bless the poor
dear boy exclaimed the venerable matron,
raising her apron to her eyes, 'that shows
he's got good heart. No danger of the
child that can't sleep till he prays for his
father and mother