The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-24


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patient Frank II g0t Tired NJ ny baths
AZ t'ft1ui B1t, Rob your letters refe
s1 R0od' Mamma faid they alFaya came
at the right time, when I C1uIdnt ferp,
nf bal a hilattr IN make me rf0sa, 0r some
hni medicine IN take
"ARd gaur letters Frankie were better
Than sugar nluma fuf me. See hero-fm
trying tp De- good, rsliIV now a days
W htncycr feel myself getting spunky,
THINK about you and generally cry a no.
llni and The spunk goes all away
Us that euf' asked Frank, eagerly
"thcn Robbie beglre Idun'tc care anything
about being lame Mamma has said perhaps
iehould be a more patient boy Tor having
such q trial but Il its poing 10 make non
fprh o good boy, why, I'm sure 1t wa ali
night that This happened Now, tell me
All about The fellows In school This
Rob proceeded 10 90, while Mrs. Gray
WALKED away, wlping her eyes yet smil-
ing
Tho winter passed quietly, Frank did
not 20 10 school for, although comfort.
able, he was not strong, but no studied
regularly ~ home and loved his mothers
teaching better than any tutors,
lie rarely missed Ruing 10 Sunday
School, whore his perfect lcsslnsand beau
tiuI voice In singing were his teachers I
delight. ,
MAJOR Gray CANT home for a Christmas
wish, o colonel then, and found almost as /
many keepsakcs on Gracie's tree as the
grille herself had hanging there.
because | have not taken time 10 tell !
van nj any Othnr frtap1a thai tIn M. ,
nlng', you must not think mamma GRAY ,
and her little folks had no Others. No, in. 5
deed, don't make that mistake. There
wercaunts and uncles and q dozen cousins, I
and one dear grandma to help them keep
this Merry Christmas Then their minis. F.,
ter and hlsloyely wife were tender friends
10 Mrs, Gray, while the brave colonel was
absent and her heart was heavy with the d,
dread OF Franks Increasing lameness. But ,
II | should tell you all 1 know shout all ,
these pleasant people | should nll a book.
The next spring, when peace came so ,
quietly and happily, Colonel Gray re- /
turned y general. ,
DO you remember when the soldiers ,
came trooping homey Most of them. a
tired and battered, and many, out of y
prisons, as weak as babies. Oh, If you
that sad sight, You can never forget
1t, | am sure,
Papa Gray was tired, too, hut very i'm.
patient To Try something new for Frank, .
VINO seemed TO droop with the frat warm
days, A new doctor put a steel brace
upon his poor little hip and sent them all G
to the seaside to battle there. 9
Frank loved the sea with lie changing !,
colors and mountain like waves, Its y
ceaseletS roar, its lar,oit ships, the sea. l
gulls-al entertained him. Grace was
IN q hutter OF happiness, There were a n
5000 many other children in the great n
hotel who loved to play with her, she was
so bright aud full of fun. Her papa II
called her his busy bee, his birdie and his i
butterfly, aud she was, indeed, a little like
them all. :,
One afternoon he found her in n ouiet u
halI' sitting on the floor, holding another '
i'ttle SlrIs head on her lap, smoothing her ;.
Lag and kissing her, evidently trying to v
sop her tears, which flowed freely. He u
dld NOT wish to interrupt them and !"
stood listening, much interested in the
little scene. Il
You see" sobbed the little rirl .
mamma promised to take me to ride !
anu Just because the crimp was out of nv g,
nan y ltlle, she said, when the carriage !
was Nv the door, that looked like a !
lrlghl ana must stay at home, and | never I
oh, dear p |
u don't think my mamma would have
lone 30 II my hair had got tumbled," said
Oracle Indignantly "she dlodys keeps her
why, you don'tmean altrays," said the
little glrl, raising her head in astonish.
ment.
Yes, always repeated Grace.
well, don't know rs | should dl,s1vs
hke that, ~ said the other. "Why. some.
times, when my mamma says | can't q
somewhere, or can't have something. II
coax and coax, she will let me have nv
own way after awhile and that ia nice.
SOY" Wv
"Aettr,' said Gnce, with 8 little scorn
and pity in her yoioe. "She never saws
no 70 US, unless she thinks we ought mot
10 hsEe what we want, and then Frank
D l Know there woulan'. be auy use IN
leasing her. But then, when she nrom.
Uses 10 % any thing foy us, she does IL. M
matter how maob trouble il makes for her.
MsrianA, sne Grace ended her speech
with an sir II vicsory.
"Oh, eessi ! guSss that is the hest
way, sighed the lutte girl, as she rose,
shook out her two lady like iounces, put
ner arm around Gracie's waist, and the
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