The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-29
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piece, dfins u BIZ worm eaten Old fesk
In Ne ANTIQUE window SPACE looked up
fron his work, snd catching sight a !
bird hoppinf about among The rusfling
leaves outside The optn window. b<onme
lcst In dfe<ny fsvsfie which led him 70
waste Whole koun Ia following the I'M
restrained YAahries Qf idle thought In
no. dreaming vas almost the only fscrs.
alton Which Mr. H~nallplsce ever had nov
he euald remember, and that easily
enough, Q tina when he was not the eAlid.
lee cd man which hfe hsd left him year,
age. Thew he'd been . DAP when : cheer.
ful hems, srsoed with che Injuries OF lie
and rendered sacred by its love Of wife
and daughter, wa not the least OF HI,
worldly POSSESSIONS and now his wifi
"a sleeping In the churchysrd yonder
while his daughter - Worse even
than deAdf" exclaimed Simon Smailpisoe
olosching HE hand a. he thought oi her
Worse even than Dead. May my curss
90 with her, and with the man who rob
bed mo Of hssp
And then he cat back In his leather
covered chair, biting the end Of his quill
pen psyEetiy, and thought, with bitter
ness fnkk heart, of the day, 10 long AGO
when she had come 70 him holding vii
Alien ~ the hand, and when VIII, stand.
ing proudly before him in the full nobility
Of saawaSt manhood, hsd asked him foi
Nellie ~ his wife. Mr.. emsllpiccc 70
menbesed too, with . chuckls or exulta
ton, how h had shown Will Allen 70 thu
door1k once, and forbade him ever n
cpter M house again; how be had sent
Nellie 70 her room n : food Of tears, and
how he had himself returned 70 vii
Allen all the foolish letters and keepsAkct
which he ever had The .audscity 10 send
70 Simon Hmallpicce's daughter. The old
lawyer could mot hut ackncwledgc Il
himselfs - he sat thinking Of thesg things
that he lnAde somewhat Of 3 donkey O
himself, after al for Nellie had obSti
natefy refused 10 marry tho wealthy
suitnf whom he had selected for her. snt
had persisted ID the lilly attachment foI
this poor AFmef's son, whom she ulu
mately ran away with and married. Blu
simon Smallpiece had scnt his loudes
curses after them, and had never seen III,
fAce OF his only child from that day Il
thiA He never would forgive her, ant
there wAs comfort In assuring himself o
that 1t Ill events.
And old Simon had lived alone eve
sinoe, his temper soufed against all man
kind, and kis heart II he ever had one
which Il doubtful, chilled 10 . thing O
STONE. He Nxs ftputed rich, hut few eve
nav the color OF his money. His apart
mcnz,s In the upper part Of the same OLE
building with ha oficc, were moan In u,
NatASMaN AA1 N1Wt&V4 WUx8 kuic1oV8&u
and his facc VIVA pinched with the hArt
lines Of svAfice and SelIshnssS VITA ii
charity for the suiiuripg. with no %fesllnt
Of Ktndlinces ff the unfortunate, viii
HI heAft cloaed 70 every appeal from
womAnly tenderness or childish limo
Genoa, 6imop BmAllpiece avowed himscl
the enenaY ofthe world, and passed hi
LIE n picking QuAfrels with II.
One lazy afternoon Mr. GmAllpiecs
chancing 10 look up nom the misty desp
Of slcne chAncesy bill IN wAieA he VA
just thsn submsreed, cAughtk9htthroug
the open window Of . iiHlc child stand
Ing upoa the ateps of 3 honss on the op
posfte Sids Of the common. There Va
nothing Interesting % Mr.. HmAllpiscs u
children. A. = general rule no hate,
then; but . he happened 70 giAnce 4
this wee little lady s~l4nding, % plum
and rosy, upon the doorstep, she sud
denly caApped her chubby hands togcthe
and gave sch { Joyous littlc scream o
delight tAakEim0n actually smiled. Yes
he DID; sndit was something he had no
done toy . 1ery long time. /,
Locking > the direosaan tn which u
child was giving, 10 nav Z man, clad 4
the drDss d workman, coming ncrot
the comnoa. And this person, whoa b
Ame 20 vAsfs the child was standing
Aust& her hish up Shove his head with
little laugh, and bringing her down int
his arms Asain, kiss<d her.
Wkethcr. Nj. Hmallpiecc's heart was
trine lore Lender than usual tuss then
~uuA4 Awsks~A sta..~.A - ~ 49,.
somelhiAg ~ movement Of the work
man ysry pleasing and pretty. Hc n
mcmhsred ne time whom he wss wont /
do the sAm1 thing 70 biz own child hin
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The ehiI1. catching . giinpss Il n,
Bmallkicce3 bald head ahining b9ighu
at ~ .ope1 window, aid something Goth
MAJ Who Md her ; and the latter, pu'
ting ~ ddHn upon Ne ground, led Nd
aov4y acren ne lawn toward the alto
fSoss Srsa Is ,hass~ said sino,
whea' they had approached near sncug
for conyersAtion.
"HA6lls not : brat" replied the mn,
quickly eDOem't she look pretf
saOugh TO p cailed sonsshing betsst tia
Hmm = sruntsa Mr.. Gmallpieo
swsll, child, thin. Whose u II
aS1ss zine now" replied the ma,
"but I'm not her fAther. She Is m
bFother,s child, afan siggxg
4Hhs semi very fond Of you," nj
H2non nGmiut that v0u'ro not her NAH