Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-29

Ma, ii Just Il look at ABE, cried out
| William: hhe saw me gong, to take
very one I was going to take ii
"A5e," said the mother, ~ do,
wish I could make you quit nick
naming each other-and e wish more
that I had never set you ll!l the example,
Put down that biscuit, III, vi, and and take
another" la:sira
Abraham returned the biscuit, and
William took it up. u: Yithi,a sly but
triumphant giggle al: :Abraham; 4 na39.
Ma, said. Abrahans Bill said
God duqm." " -.l..la aT s4:!eii, Hs.
Law-what a. storylIe Ma, I de-
clare Inever said j. mo such thing.
y :" Yes you did, and Chaneyo heard
you.n" aaaq iRs
Williams countenace Immediately
showed that his memory ihad been
refreshed :; and he drgwled out, ." I
never none now" with ia tone and
countenance that plainly impaired
guilt to some extent. His mother
suspected he was hinging upon tech
MICS, and she put the probing quss-
ton, "Well, what did yo1ssay. 2
"I said I'd be teotly od urn.
And that's Just as bad. Mr..
Butler, you positively will have to
take this boy in hand, Heevinces a
strong. propensity to profane swear
ing, which, if not corrected imme-
diately will become ungoyernable.
Whenever you can tmanagehim"
said Butler, as before, Just turn him
over to me, and I reckon ! can cure
him" er. .i4 a3ea
1t is due to Butler here to state,
that it was mutually understood be-
tween him and, his wife, that her
credit was not staked upon these gen.
eral drafts, and thereforehe did not
feel himself bound to honor them
but whenever she valued on him Gas
the merchants say,) for a specific
amount, or a special purpose, her bills
wero never dishonored. y.
When did he say it?" inquired
the mother, returning tot.Abrah ham.
"You know that time YOU sent all
us chillen to the new ground ground to pick
peas?" ~,
| "Why, that's been three months
ago, at least, and you've just thought
now of telling it. Oh, you malicious
toad, you-where do ypu learn to
bear malice SO long? ! abhor that
trait Of character in a child"
"Ma," said Bill, "Abe hahn 7 said
his prayers for three nights =
Abe and Bill just exactly swapt
places and countenancesI
EYES," said the mother. ghand j!
suppose I should never,shaveaheard
of that, if Abraham hadnot told of
your profanity" - ,3f1 s.. jsaf
81 know BETTER dragged out
Abraham, in reply to William. =
tsAbraham, said themother, sol
,emnly, did you kneeI down when
you il said your prayers last night.?"
Yes, ma am" said Abraham,
frightening a little. ~
Eyes, ma, continued Bill, "he
kneels down, and fore I say Now 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
hain't had time to say half prayer
During this narratiye mynamesake
kept covering under the steadfast
frown of his mother, until he trans
formed himself into the perfect per
sonifcation Of idiocy. s'.e
"How many. prayers did you say
last night, Abraham pursued the
mother, in an awfully porteutous tone
I said one, and"-(here Abraham
paused)
Zone, and what ?"
"One, and piece of t'other one:
"Why, ma, he couldn't ha' said i
to save his life, for he hadn't time" :
!, Hush, sir, I don't ask. for you
assistance. fl.'l,.ss.
al did" muttered Abraham,
said t'other piece after 1 got in bed.
:" Abraham" said his mother 6"
declare l do not know what to say tt
you. am so mortified, SO shocked
at this conduct, that | am completed.
at loss how to express myself ab ~
it. Suppose you had died last nigh
after trihing with your prayers q
) you did, who can say what woul'
have become Of you? Is it possibl
that you cannot spend few minute
, in prayer to your Heavenly Father
who feeds you, who clothes you, an
. who gives you. every good thing 20
have in the world You poor sinfr
child, I could weep over yod." -.
= = Poor Abraham evinced such dee
= contrition under this lecture, (for b
scbbed as if his heart. would break
that his mother deemed it prudent t
t conclude with suasives, which she di
e in the happiest manner,
: Having thus restored Abraham
.equanimity in a measure, with a gen
y lyt encouraging smile she continued
sand now, Abraham, tell ycr
mother how you came to say apal
$ Of the second prayer
4I couldn't go to sleep till I sal
>. it, ma'am." ~ !
!" "Well that is good sign, at leas
ell And what part was it ?" 9oat%.
IS ",God bless my father and mother.
e Mrs. Butler felt quickly for; h
/: handkerchief. 1t had fallen fro
d her lap, and she was glad If IT, 81
IS depressed her head below the tab
at in search of it, dismissed the childrt
, before she raised it, and d9then. ro
W with a countenance suffused. wi
u smiles and tears. : :.
er aPoor babies" said she, "wRat
a compound of good and bad ths
4 are.
tie The grandmother returned just
st, this time and discovering some u
i eaainess at Mrs. Butler's ,teara,I t.
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