Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-31
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PLAYING TRUANT.

oOy creeping alohgata snall paOe
HI. .sighs heavily and looks SO very
dad DE might tah6y Ne hsallpH
some dear friend. But, no, he is
Oily going toaschool on anne Sep
tsulbsr morning, when tRs tsx1 9lqckbeff- : k}beff
ries are ripe.
sdThs isrTommy sReakesBho lives
withhis grandmother iii that little
brown cottage Only a few minutes
ago h lad coAxingly asksd4eFAtO
give. him, a holiday that hhe might goI
with Charlie Bartonto gatherblaek-
berries. Butwhephis grandmother
said, Tommy, my child, you must
go to school now, you. can gather
B6ebsrrissa the e9s4idgi tByqgI
love granny much you will show
your love by doing what she bids
YOU" Tommy put on a frown, and
made his bright little face look as
blnekVas possible. IIe th4pFtogk
his school bag sullenly, and set off
withoit'his usual goodbye. II
AS Tommy moved slowly away,
Risgv9ndmother stood aht4a deer
and watched him until Il turn in The
road hidhim from sight She then
went iii to make everything still IT,
dier inaher already tidy kitchen. --
But while her hands were busy with
household work her heart was full !
ofloyipgrthougRts about her graqo- |
SON. w He, being an vorplan Ahad .
lived with her ever since he was a .
baby, and her chief desire was to |
see him grow up wise, and good,I
and useful. But though she loved .
him most warmly, She loved him |
too well to indulge him in all his
whims. And every day she prayed
thntGod would renew his will and
make him an obedient child Nor
did she doubt that heri prayers
would be answered, even though
Tommy might seem to forget her
advice and make, gher sad drbyFeome
b6yish act Of tiisobedieute TJhst
as Tommy was getting near the
school house, Charlie Barton, who |
had been lingering about in hopes
of meeting him, came tp and tap |
ped him on the shoulder with |
"N'hy, Tommy did YOU bring your
school bag r. I''t.a. iq sa,t .ara'
'@BeconsG She says ! in4st 90 y
school and not to the glen with
you" answered Tommy IN d tone
ybieh seemed to say that 4q had
been very hardly used
'ia"@h inohsensep cried Challe,
"who likes to 60 to school such a
morning as this, when the blackber-
rics are dropping Off the bushes Z
! can tell you old Mr Crooks may
can the roll twice t6-duy' before
Charlie Barton answers sIIere, sir,
Hsoa may rs Wen comcwitlt- rncS'P
"Gran said 1 must go to school,
Tommy whispered feebly.
is1And } yon must come VIII I
nc, yod1n6w you prduilsed,S tirgcd
Charlie; there, run and Aidc your ,
bag behind the oak tree in our field,
iFwF bdsRfo enough till We retqrh{
Tommy knew he Was doing wrong,
yet he did j. At9Jra
Away went the two boys through
greenlaues, putA fhcy camo tg the
gicn Where the finest bldckberries
in all that part op the country grew,
Hands. and lips were soon purple
AShrlthe44ch thcc, and 4 Aba5lJct
which Charlie had brought was get
ting quito fall. BY this time con
,sdsnoc baaecased to torment Tom.
my, and, for the moment he WAS al.
most wild with delight For there
is a passing pleasure in sin and
ahStsih YES ils tpoScr. 8 pl6aSde
soon to be exchanged for pain. Sin
surely brings sorrow,
: 9tAfS Tcpi' shouted Charlie,
"climb up here; did you ever see
such beauties 2 just look at this
bunch" Tommy did as he was de
Afed, but II stretching forward to
grasp cluster more tempting than
usual, he sllpped6nd fell lie came
downg uphprt into1a great bed Of
nettles, but in the fall his Jacket was
torn Fom tohot 70 waist, and the
basket be bag, carried was omptied
Of its precious contents. Partly
from fright and partly from the
singing ef.thc psttes on Iis hands
Sua f6ce,' Tommy began 70 cry
chaglieY was angry, at iho loss of the
b'a 'kberries, and probably would