The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-12-04
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is.$sssJ I, give me, back thatbook." These
words, spoken in a harsh tone by his
!, father, caused John Morton to Start in
alright !.
ss3ssaP Please, father, was only
II IN o words, interrupted the father
give me the book. = =, -.
With fearful Eeyes. and trembling hands
John passed the book TO his father, S:who
Immediately thTsw,i into the fire.
3-'ss How, sir, go and finish chopping that
sbrnsh ,sand remember, if. you squitit again
5beforeit is oil .dche, II. give you.a whip.
:: = Mr.. Morton was a small farm er, who
lived a:few miles from thesvillage OF M,
in Massachusetts, A man Of no literary
taste; himself, he could not endure it in
Others and ior this reason was an unkind
andsoftensuni1st, fathertowards John; his
second son.. who loved books better than
anything. else in the world. -
JohnsNas not q lazy. boy but as farm
ar boy nows no such thing ass1eisure, ho
: ,l, Wss. Obliged Ito: do his reading at such
!. times LINES as he could from his work..
sHhhe en@his father was not. t.by. George, bis.
:SelderS brother, was his: opposite in; every.
respect; heSwas "a good farmer, but the
Ounce at school. 81 tell you what it is,.
John he would say, II wouldn't give a
snap of my fngerssfor all your book
learning; but if you like:it, go in, if the
old man willslet you but as fer me, / ann
f,,,,, :, a S,ch{ ol--{otf h "a rno ,,
John lad been saving, his money for.
some time, 10 buy q fne edition of Coop
:er'a works complete, Which7an acquaint-
ance had; bought at auction in aneighbor-
ing town, and not caring much for it, had
offered, tito him fDr:half prico.
The night before our story commences,
John had procured the long g-coyeted treas
.ure, and in the morning. had commenced
.tosread as soon as it was light. From
dhis:h was soon called by his father to
chop load Of brush he had just brought
in... -.
g Reluctantly John left the book and
went to the task, but the departure of his
father after: another load was too much
!, for for him /; heleft. the brush heap, and was
soon absogbe din his book.
Mr. NJ ortons had gone but short dis
tat,ce, whenshe remembered some direc-
tions which he had forgotten to give
George qand returned. s.As be neafed the
house, hss missed tho sound of.the. .hatchet.
when he: entered the house, there sat
John. comfortably before the FIRE, com
spietely LOST. in his book. 1t was this that
made him.angrily burn the book. With
adjusting heart John.went to the brush
ssheapsagain and commenced his work. BE
I, worked steadily all day, but spoke not a
word tosany:one.
~ George, seeing how bad hefelt aboutit,
good naturedly said to him:
Never mind, Jack, wouldn't care
let:it-go, and the next time / go to the.
!. city I'lI get you another" :
.ssAnd what if you do? q replied John,
sadly, Che will not let mo read it. tell
yon,, George, it's nosnse I'm going away
where i; can have q chance to study as
much as please. ,, 8
.eOh, nonsense, Jack, said George, ayou
WILSON get over it. AS for my part, /
can't see what you find so intercoting in
books. I'D rather go into the scorn-feld
ard work the hottest day ipsummert than.
to have to get one lesson Of any kind. "
sci know that" said John, otis your ma
ture, but / can,tsdo the farm work, it isn't
.msme., was never; meant for it, and
therefore, to o-morrow morning I'm going,
come what may 2 -. -. e.
= George tried to change his mind for
some time, but finding him deterlqined,
helped him to get ready to the best ofhis
ability, forcing him to accept all: his spare
pocket money telling him that ne could
repay it+when he got;rich.
!. But one. thing, Jack, said he, @"what.
everyone do, be an honest man. You'll
make a:smarter man than ever [ shall, /
am sure of that: And remember, / ex-
.pect to .be.here as long as Live. So if at
anytime the world goes hard with you.
don't forget home:9 -
The next morning at breakfast, John,
was missed An examination of his room
showed that he had taken his little bundle
Of clothes, and; gave evidence to his father
that5he had gone for good.
ssNevcrsmind,D 2 said he, she'll soon be
back
:. Thirteen years have passed since John.
Morton left the old homestead, and con-
: trary to his fathers prediction, he had not
come back.
In the meantime, things had not gone
onsmoothly at the farm. Farmer Nor
tom had given up the.whole charge of the
farm to George, who had married a girl
insthe neighborhood, and was now the
father Of five children. Years before, in
case Of emergency, .Farmor Morton had
mortgagcd the farm to small amount,
and ever since the marriage of George, in
spite Of all his exertions, the mortgage
had been gaining ground, until now tho
nlnno 1nnst he sold. as he could not meet