Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-06-29
POOR JAMES WYMPER.

neglected boy. He had red oyehds. No
power could brush his hair smoothe,
or keep the knees of his trousers
clean. He had II wonderful faculty
for cutting his fingers and Wrapping
them up III unpleasant looking IA S.
He always had II cold in his head. -
At the age of twelve he could barely
read two sJ llables, Ills only use in
the world appeared to serve as an
awful example to naughty boys, vino
would play with knives, and disliked
soap and water; and for this purpose
he was used freely. They sent him
to a great big school, whore he
did nothing buC get bullied, and
when his father died, and left him
very poor in Il new sense OF the word
the distant relative who took him in
charge, out of charity, could find nc
better employment for him than to
sweep out the Office and run Of CT
rands. By this time ho had ceased
to be "poor little James" and be
came poor James Wymper.
He cou'd do nothing good Of him.
self, and by some curious perycrsity
ST himself to undo tho good othert
had done. He had a craze for taking
things to pieces, 10y nomcaus equal.
ed by his capacity to put them to.
@ethcr again. He complained they
did not give him time, and declared
that, this granted, the condition o.
the victims Of his handiwork coull
be improved, BE this as it might
be, every piece of mechanism that
ell in bis. way, from his cousin.
sewing machine to the great hydrau
lie press at his protectors works
were made to suffer.
He had a great aptitude for bcine
always in the way. He seemed t,
be all elbows. lie could not NOV,
ten steps, to save his life, withou
treading upon some ones toes, o
upsetting something, When yol
spoke to him, he always ina fog
"The boy is half idiot" groaued tb
cotton-spinner, to whom he was i'll
debted for II home.
At the age of eighteen he ha'
made only two friends III the world
Il blacksmith and IL cat, evil
minded black Tom, who swore a
every one else, and bit tsayagely whe
any one attempted TO put hin
through the tricks poor James Wynn
per had taught him. Amateur ham
pering at the forge did not improy
untijy Jim's appearance; and hi
cat-not being III Il show-did nc
increase bis income. He ran his el
rands for his cousin like boy, whe
- he had attained mans estate, unit
one day he ran one for'himsolf-an
90 did not come back again.
Fear, were entertained thathe ha
| come II II bad end. The pollceweI
put in motion, and rewards oilereC
but is friend, the bla ksmith, upo
: being pressed, said that he bad gop
to 'Morcker," cat and all.
| d. not think that his relation
: were brotcn-hearted. / fancy th,
I good Mr.. Brice the cotton-spinnC
was rather glad to be rid of his wife
1 cousin, the errand boy. His wli
@ who was not unkind to the lorlor
5 lad in way of her own, IA very col
way it as,-sighed several tlm'
3 appropos of nothing, andmurmure'
e Poor JONES Wymper!
S Five years passed, and Mrs Brlt
was left widow by no means as We
a provided far as she expected to b
Moreover, there was lawsuit abol
" the will, and "A squabblo i'll the wln'
g ing up Of the partnership. She WI
- glad to get get shut us her detun
lord would have said, of Mancheste
Il and seeing an advertisement to Il
effect that widow lady, having
house too largo for her, pleasant
|, situated on the Thames, was pr
I pared to share it with just such
person as herself, transported heIst
l. thither, after a due exchange OF re
n ences and such-liko formalitios, al
II found no reason to regre, what 81
had done,
l. The other widow does not Ggu
is much in this story; and therefore
y will be enough to say that she was
}. quick, hdy-liko woman, rather atrt
OF her partner in housekeeping, vi
Il n daughter aged eighteen who rul
/ the pair, and made the place We
~ pleasant.
o Bessy Jervoice was not pretty.
Beside her eyes she had not II go'
a a feature in her face; but she had
~ u, good face, Earnest and loving, WI
y a sub,current of fun running under
(as streamsunder the water-hlles a.
Is rippling out constantly. Her hgu
1t and her halr were simply perfeclic
=, :, Her little thoroughbred bands We
ever busy, and the patter of i
dainty feet was pleasant music
s. many poor cottage.
IN Things went on smoothly at
" riverside villa until one ratny di
le when, without a with your leave
to "by your leave" or letter, or te
gram, or me sage, or any other s.
st OF preparation, in marches pc
ny James Wymper, dripping with IN
y, and spIashed with rain up to
ut hat.
"lf you please, Cousin Morgal
10 I've come back" subsiding in
nc, ns low spirited way into an amber sa
"a "a char, which in two minutes he Sol
be m ed through and through
70 That was all. No excuse, no p,
" ton; a simple announcement thai
had come back, conveyed in m
lty ner that made it sufficient clear t
le, he had come to stay. "If you pie
t. Cousin Margaret, I've come bo'
by Not another word did he say,