The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-08-27

ter back into his pocket, feeling rathei
| dubious about what Wosis would sal
! when she found thst he had opeled e.
Not being in the habit Of borrowing
/ trOuEles however, Digglybones dis
missed the subject sroTa his mind and
| started off again on his journey,
The rther he walked the more forei.
I by il occurred to him that it was queer
thst he did not end the High School;
and the more certain he was that he felt
decidedly hungry.
These two circumstances together
caused Digglybones' spirits to descend
to zero, and putting his fi1gsis in 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
dren at home, stopped Digglybones and
said:
sFWhat's the matter, little man?'
DigglyboBes took his fist away from
his eye to see who it was that had spok-
en- to him; and being won at once by the
KINDLY light Of the brown eyes he took
his finger ont of his mouth and an
swered
Sc Please, sir, want to find the high
school and hain't had no lunch, and
I'm hungry r.
The last words came out with a below
that would have made grandmother's
heart ache for her pet il she could have
heard is.
Hungry " - said the gentleman, who
could not suppress a grin at the nature
of Digglybones' complaint. ''WelI, we'll,
my boy, we'll soon cure that. Now tell
me which high school you wish to find,
the boys or the girls 2"
This was poser for Digglybones,
who instantly clapped his finger into
his mouth again to consider the sub
iect and he came out bravely.
''I want to find Wosie," he said
All. ha !" said the gentleman. els
Rosie your sister ?"
DigglybOnes nodded.
''Take my hand, said his new friend,
''ard We will find something to eat first,
and Rosie afterward. "
They walked along together very con-
fidentially indeed for the indiscreet
told the gentl man all
about Wosie's letter, and what grand
mother had said, and what his naughty
eye saw at the parler keyhole, and the |
curl of black hair that had dropped out |
Df the letter all of which made the !
gentleman laugh so uproariously that |
bones was profoundly astonished. |
de filed his little companions pockets |
With cakes, candy and nuts, however, /
10 that the little boy could not feel |
lurt at his laughter, and took him to /
he very steps of the high school.
Where is your letter, my little /
nan ?" he said. "Iet me see the curl. -
took out the letter and |
hook it, but no curl fell out then the
gentlemen took the letter and shook
nd all in vain.
!" Why, my boy" he said, &" what Will
iosie say to you? You've lost the curl
f hair. Z"
Digglybones looked little puzzled
nd worried for moment, but his face
oOn cleared, and he replied, very
almly:
"Oh Wosie can det another his
cad is all covered with 'em."
Whereupon the gentleman took out
is handkerchief and wiped his eyes,
nd shook very hard; DigglybOnes
boxing on wonderingly.
just then a young girl came down the
Leps, and the young gentleman said
" Can you tell me If Miss Rose Still
{. Yes, sir, she does, +" said the young
irl.
50 Will you take this little boy SO that
g can find her?"
Certainly" she answered.
"Good-by, then, my boy" said the
rown-eyed gentleman, patting Diggiy-
ones head, and then, walking away.
Perhaps he told his brown-eyed chill
rem that night about the funny, dirty
ICED little boy whom he met, ont hunt
lg for A." Wosie."
The young girl led the way upstairs
nd, opening the door, ushered poor,
loclking-looking little Diggly bones into
room full of neat, pretty young ladies' I.
'' This little boy wants to see Miss
said the young girl to the !
acher.
Rose stood up, her face scarlet and
sr eyes swapping, half in anger, half
fun; she did not know whether to !
ugh or to cry.
The dirt on DigglybOnes' face was
wv so mixed with crumbs of cake and
Is of candy that it was hard to tell f,
hat the color of his round cheeks
light be; his tangled hair struggled !
'wn from under his ragged straw hat, !
ID he held Mr.. Affords poor ill-used ..
tier extended in his dirty hand.
''Here, Wosie, /" he said, IN his clear,
rect voice, with smile which would !
I'VE done honor TO a seraph, ''here's Mr..
ford's letter There was a curl of his
lir 10 it, but lost that; but he's got :
Is more on his head. Don't be mad,
-osie.
He added the last entreaty in conse-
renee of a look on WOsie's face which
had never seen there before. t
The young ladies giggled; how could l
ey help it? Even the teacher smiled. /
be tears rose mp so thick in Wosie's '
res that she could hardly speak TO ask t
e teacher if she might take the inno- c
mt little offender home, I
The letter she put IN her pocket. She q
d not scold, but she refused to take I
Did of his hand and made him walk '
ster than his poor little legs could con-
,niently go.
When they reached home Digglybones 4
allied that the way ofthe transgressor {
hard, and from that day to this he I
res Wosie's letters with fear and scorn,
I'd nothing viii persuade him to touch !
em.