The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-05

on put the white cheSsman on my
side"
q beg your pardon, uncle, | forget
this crotchet Of yours" -
+" "Crotchet,' why 'crotchet? | have
my reason for it"
g May ! hear them%
81 lose with the white chcssmen."
"Why! uncle, for six years we have
played this game every night. You
always have the black chessmcn, and
you rarely win"
My child, if I had the white chess.
men never win"
"Uncle, this is crotchet."
Maybe! Attention: Check to the
queen"
"Uncle, do you know why I don't 60
to Wilson's, tonight"
"WeIl?"
at Is a crotchet of mine"
For shame Charles! Do not scofi
at a thing which has broughtsorrow and
pain to thine uncle"
''Sorrew and pain! | never knew
that. Please tell more of it."
''Not tonight"
Il lost the queen; YOU see i can not
play TONIGHT, 50 tell me all about that
sorrow Of yours"
Well, may it prove a lesson to YOU!
But first light cigar and make your
self comfortable; my story is long
one. | have to begin with my child
hood, and you know, when old folks
are talking about their youth, they
never know when to stop-things were
much better in those days. Young
men never stayed away from a ball
then, unless they had fought a duel
and got wounded-you see | am al
ready beginning to digress. Now
listen to my story:
You know that your poor father and
myself had been wild boys, and In lat
ter days We're wild young men: As q
matter Of course, we had been perfect
horsemeh at the age Of eight, and /
must say the happiest, though most
dangerous moments Of my life | spent
ON horseback / had an Arabian gray
which | had trained myself, and won
great admiration for 1.-THE horse
guessed my slightest wish, but | also
watched and studied him night and
day. One day as we were saddling our
HORSES, @ M,licn W. men we 4 dlT"y5 ulI ourselves
nut-oW old nurse came to look in.
She carcssed Ali, that was my horses
name LlN2 ana SGaoelliy S3io'
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nlIo our :, SadaleS ana &alIoped on, need
iI4f So, oi i 'te t@ screams t Oh poor oIo belty,
4l'ef : a TWO Ro''iS rue we came 10 a
"teP "''ch' 'our laIiier matted ana
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" nat Go you tnlLK! are our horses
100 Ilreu 10 riHk Ihe leap?
nov can you ask. was my answer
LOOK at Al Pficking MS ears
we foue back' brought the horses
mo galoP; All Ilited himself and
leaped; AT the same instant an awful
pam shot through my head, and, i
lost my senses. W hen l opened my
eyes again, L was lying IN my bed, and
our mother was standing over me,
putting something on my head. |
touched 1t, 1t was bound up; | wanted
to get up, and was held back by the
strong hand OF the doctor, who stood
behind;
"Ay. ay. all alive, he exclaimed,
"iook at him heroness, and mind the
proverb: Ill weeds grow apace."
Tears glistened in her little eyes.
Does not his mind wander2" she
asked in Whisper
God forbid. Look, his eyes are
clear as ever"
/ felt 50 bewildered, looking from
one to the other; at last / asked what
was the matter with me.
"What Is the matter?" said the
doctor, laughing: Ali threw YOU, in a
ditch you were found lying, you had
fallen on a stone, head-foremost, cash
ING your head in three places, and for
fourteen four days these are your first sen