Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-08-20


ty grandma gave him so much candy"
"Then I can buy teeth like yours, .
tandy anyway. !" ''s's''.as
But grandmother shook her head, and
that day she was proof against teasing,
although Digglybones teased his best.
10 He found his 1aother equally untract-
able, and then his busy little brain be-
gan to think; and he thought, among
other things, that Wosie had some olive
centses," and If he gave her that letter
she would give him some of them.
Grandma had said that she would give
two bits to get that letter, and he was
sure there was good many 'fiye
centses" in two bits; and visions of an
unlimited amount of candy passed be-
fore him.
He knew the school where Wosie went,
and was sure he could find it; he had
watched her go down street SO many
times.
So, without saying n word to anybody,
he put the letter in his little jacket
pocket and started off. The letter stuck
up 80 high that it scraped his soft skin,
SO he doubled it up and crowded it
down. He walked along very compla-
Gently, with his ragged straw hat on one
side, totally unconscious that his face
was dirty and his hair in his eyes; in
fact, he felt perfectly satisfied with him
self.
BY and by it occurred to him that he
was pretty hungry, and it was queer
that he did not find the high school.
" My daoious !" he thought to himself,
1 wonder if Wosie doesn't get awful
tired going to school," He thought q
little rest would do him no harm, SO he
found nice, shady doorstep, and sat
down.
When he put Mr.. Affords letter into
his pocket he had felt something hard in
it, and now, being reduced 10 great ne
thing hard wasn't something to eat.
Perhaps" thought Digglybones to
himself, :" it is five cents. i dess it is
aud I dess Wosie would just rs lieve
dive it to me as not"
He could not imagine tenderer mark
of affection on Mr.. Affords part than
his inclosing five cents to Wosie.
He opened the letter as carefully as
his clumsy little fingers could do it, and
out slipped-not something to eat, and
not five cents, but round, firm curl
clipped from Mr.. Affords black, curly
head. :! tE
go dear!" said Digglybones, dis
gusted.
He tried to slip it back again, but his
small fingers were s'all thumbs" and it
slipped down to the sidewalk beside him;
he thought, however, that he had got it
in again NIL safe, and ho stuffed the let
ter back into his pocket, feeling rather
dubious about what Wosie would say
when she found that he had opened it.
q Not being in the habit of borrowing
trouble, however, Digglybones dis
missed the subject from his mind and
started off again on his journey,
The rther he walked the more forci-
bly, it occurred to him that it was queer
tn he did not find the High School;
and the more certain he was that lie felt
decidedly hungry.
These two circumstances together
caused Digglybones' spirits to descend
to zero, and putting his fingers i'll his
mouth and rubbing his eyes with his
dirty fist he began to cry.
For some time he walked along, cry
ing harder and harder every minute,
and nobody noticed him; but at last a
brown eyed gentleman, who, perhaps,
had half-dozen little brown eyed chill
deen at home, stopped Digglybones and
said:
WHATS the matter, little man?"
Digglybones took his fist away from
his eye to SEQ who it was that had spoiS-
on to him; and being won Mt once by the
kindly light of the brown eyes he took
his finger out of his mouth and an
swered:
Please, sir, I want to find the high
school and thain't had no lunch, and
I'm hungry !"
The last words came out with below
thut would have made grandmothor's
heart ache for her pot if she could have
heard it,
Hungry" said the gentleman, who
could not suppress grin at the nature
of Digglybones' complaint. "Wcll, we'll,
my boy, we'll 80 n cure that. Now tell
mo which high school you wish to find,
tho boys or the giris'?"
This was a poser for Digglybenes,
who instantly clapped his finger into
his mouth again to consider the sub.
ject; and he came out bravely.
81 want to find Wosie," he said.
All. la T. said tho gentleman. els
Rosie your sister?"
.Digglybones nodded.
"Take my hand, said his new friend,
"ard we will find some hing to eat first,
and Rosie afterward.
They walked along together very con-
fidentially indeed for the indiscreet
Digglybones told the gentla aman NIL
about Wosie's letter, aud what grand
mother had said, aud what his naughty
eye saw at the parler keyhole, and the
curl of black hair that had dropped out
of the letter; all of which made the
gentleman laugh so upronriously that
Diggly bones was profoundly astonished.
He filled his little companion's pockets