The Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1876-1890, 1876-12-15

| den intelligence flashing out of.his tear
4 full eyts. That's how she died Pm
| euie of it--because she hadn't enough
to cat. tried to save her by stealing
the pnrse after ran away fem the
home = hut when got home--slie
couldn't eat and SHE died without
1 knowing whatsI had doue. Do y4u
thnik fltnss'ls tell her 10 Heaventtlat d
He appeared $50 anxieus for d mega
| tive that I WAS forced to say:
"a don't say they will, Willie, he
cause that would be- snre TO make her
unhappy wouldn't it'll"
| This brought fresh burst OF seb-
| bling, aud then he said:
Il hope I'll be banged. I waRt to
die now. It's no living without moth
er, and every body else cruel. There's
nobody to put their arms round me
VIXEN ! am hungry. I--I-l'm trying
not to cry-I made it all up before
came that wouldn'tcly, hnt somehow
can't help it. 1t seems very hard that
God should take her away, for loved
her so, and Pm such small boy"
! could not get an answer, aud no.
body else seemed ready t0 speak.
picked up the purse AID mationea to
him 10 tollOw me into another room.
and there poor Willie told me his mo-
theirs history, and sad, sad story it
was.
1t was the old story--a garnet, pinch
ing want, aud hard struggle for hare
life, which finally drove the mother in
to delicate health, AND the boy into one
of the ''homrs" of London.
But here poor Willie's troubles in
creased. The bays of the .'houe
crowded around the strange little arri-
val,, and dubbed him "Litlle Jinks.''--
No udcness or unkindness was meant
= it was their custom, and he had to
give up asking them TO call him Willie,
for Little Jinks," they would have
him, and nothing else, The first day
passed all we'll enougl-hu made one
OF two acanaintalces, and ut night.
when all weie asleep, and the cold
moonlight stole into the dormitory, he,
had good cry, keeping bis head III uf-
fled III the bedcotlies to stifle the sound.
But fresh griefs were in store for him.
In an evil hour he had eonlled to some
of his new acquaintaMces some uartlcu.
lars of his own life and history and
next day wiien he found them tortur-
ing one of their number, mute Namcd
Johnnie, he horn iiied them bysffirg
up, Smoothing down oue-nf them, re-
leasing the sutfeleis AMI aatiug .thsin
70 touch ltim agnin.fgs x ss.ti{ !. j
IrorAil, eii1iEiiisa Fiji. circle ipAtset lxs farmoG
ssWltae is'it r. cried one, efliowiiIg iX,
'sI,'stinks, the beggar, tie stslrrIad.
rats spitefaly answered tho ileyia.lh
boy, gathering hipsclf up aud yfp!ng
the blood from hiS'nose. FWhyicould
nj lie stay in his hoie, aud uesg eome in
among gentlcIiHai ~ vi Gf
whats hesdDns ~ IA
"Stuck up foTJphpnie.n
"Oh, my! sSHat la ha'!" and the
jcering lilughyran round all.
Il DON'T careiwhat yed say" clok-
ingly uetarbed "Jinlss,p blushing to the
ears, and then turning dangerously
white. "You're pack Of cruel brutes!''
!. lia /! ha! ha!laagliod the boys
!, !, Wns, Ia, = :. p,tsihis mstAer isn't here.
ai"Don't speak of nay mother, 1 warn
yoa, don't said Jink," with
strange flashing Of the eyes.
~ lie 10 ho! Do yoa bear him =
His Aotler's a beggar, too"
MaOf course she is He told me SO !; !
and my nncle threw hera farthing on
the street one day. Ho no -
1 The las. speaker didn't get lis laugli
lOht, for thsugh he lowered up tall and
lStraDg, "Jinks" had flashed through
the air athis throat like bloodhound.
they fought long and fercely, and, 4
small as llc was. "Jinks" seemed to be |.
= In la.f IL ~ Il
assistant masters suddenly appeared /
on the scene, aud put ,tu end 10 the /
struggle.
Aud nov "Jnks" experienced the
danger Of inghgainst tile majority. |
The small boy ard himself gave tho |
true version of tie story tho other
boys, one and all, gave 4nite differ
rnt one and the lmajority carried tile |
day.
"Jinks" and Jotnnie were taken in !
and caned till every bone in their |
bodies aclred, and ten shut up in sen. I
araie little rooms u the ground floor, !
with a hnucll of DIT bread aud a mag !
of water each.
Poor s. Jihks" thought it high time !
now To make his esape from a place (
where -he Was .su. nlseIillIe, aud .get /.
back 70 his matller b getting threnyl, |
lthe Window Of the roiil ia 4hith lie
sfisA cAsiiinel iie fell & the ground, and /
agsssSeopsiderabl Y sllakeB. sBefore.,Ile
could rise, to his feet his terror was in. I
creased By polleemah arriving on tie
spot. - ''-'sst
''Oh, sir" he managed to gasp out.
"l'ln only little Jinks,' you w0a't stop I
ME 7 They beat me all over for no
thing But / didn't mind that but
they called my mother u beggarj and
l'M running away fram them. oh, do
let me go Mntlier9will be glad if yeu
let me off, she will, indeed :"
The policeman locked down at the
little atom, with his torn shirt and
stains of blosd coming through, and
pitilul face and wildly pleading eyes.
lie didn't shake him or grasp him
roughly. No, lie took the boy mn IN !
his arms. He tried to speak to him,
bat for a long time the words stuck ia
his throat, and whea he did get them
out they we're strangely husky, and
not Mt all Harsh or uukind.
Poor little fellow n .5a5
The unexpected words went straight
to little "Jinks''' y heart. III the man
aad kicked him, he would have been
stane but the kind words drew from
INN a conclusive sob, and must have
set his brain reeliug, forthe next thing
he was conscious of was the palicenan
putting a sort Of fiery stuff into his
naouti ost of flask, aud telling him
to keep an good hearr, for he would
MT let anybody tonch him
They were friends ira moment.
It ended, however, by the kind po-
liceman carrying little "Jinss "sto his
mother; aud the poor woman when she
heard the account, received him with
open arms. aud there he remained wi h
her until the day Of her death, and the
Gay, indeed, on which he stole the