, 1876-10-22
ssTIRED."

San fsdn>fsco Call.
As ne Eat In the clieery glow thinking Of the
Young artist who paintcdi 1t, Aunt ThusY, after
pause IN the conversation, said, suddenly,
".Pc, jever think little Abey might ben
Uncle Seth did not reply, and !, thinking that
lie had fallen asleep in the genial warmth, said
softly, tsWho was little Abey, Aunt Thusy!"
1'He as our fust baby, dcary.; an he died
when he was short O. year ole. But 1 can sec
him just as plain as prlnt thls mint, With his
yaIlcr hair curlin' up tight like dandyi1on stems
bluer nor any bluin' bag could make ZEN, an
his mouth like little cinnymun rose never
see baby like him; said so from the t,!st,
when pa put him III my arms, 80 little an pink
ss stood IN lis ae eyes, Take your little 5uo Thusy
"He warn'l very strong, never; he didn't look
eickly nor pindlin', but he warn't rugged, he was
quiet-like an diffunt from other ehnun. ue'd
set most all day in his little chair a watchin'
roun' to sec if he was all right he'd
smile up to me; an I couluen' tell
Te w how all-oyer that smile o his made
me feel, kinder good, AM yit as II It hurt
somewhere, an I'd stop my work whatever !
he'd say such wise things, SO old-fashioned Hike:
Pa used to tell him stories-hc beats all at
stories, pa does, more particular stories
outer scripters-an' one time hs tei's @
him about Gam and ADJ - SGw 9,s.oi tne pauy f,'!t
was na1ueu ho!t .' n.'ss'' a, ~ ~, wha-o Ca1n hit
as sharp an "nsn ~ h; Su doa,, ~ door.nal
lis lis Gi little mouth puckered, an he says, Poor
TainH sWhy it's Ab;l that's dead, says Pa,
an Can ne - VIZ a;at tnI oi.a n1u ,,o d;ff,nna
Mneu 1.!'a nan roat''r 4 ten1 sayins sPoor Tain!
tIe ntt1s 1..,,e eisA ~ he,neu- lad et,od time
moor moor Tain.' We couldn' make up our minis
what that boyd be when he grew up. Some
times We I'm mahs So ee on books He'd take the
nS psnrase, o. and turn IL over an over
III q r. b. co1i1 make it ali out; a' he'd pick
out 'RoDlnson IlusE. si',. i.inor An, agin' wc:I
books, 1est nS Inc plut ape;nter for ia ancn'
Somce's s 1ror;u, 9Th niece o. chalk. An he'd
make make sech cute little hoasens outer blocks an
spoos an then b. pc Tona en nd5s c IL sa ss
goln. 70 oe punh l,,,,, than rhcre WIZ nothiIl'
aEoun u Inc waSntue esiinrLs ihu can,n nr sceh.
Tort nnt nc NUS oc ;an,t aap oraw ~" r,eeed' He
,oo,.oa scrarny n, an, b1eaehed ike, an wouldn't
run aroun an pay nor uo au5 t. J,n +;peI pni ~.
f1l +rd ~ ny us ~" ~ nisht hole lin in our laps'
or M lay sfsa him % On bis Or st lin i
KEEP on sagn, IN ttIo H III ~ ~ t,,is Twin,
Ia en eYety.nn n.n met -" ti,5t hahr.
world Il cou,d 1ouu a1s 10y ~ az, rn,s ,vf
Sometimes ~ h i1 tm 81 r;,rht eo m shnIr and
Ais CAA y 1 1's -. Ji.;, ~, 1,I cav ! nh Ahcy
my face down on msn an G c,,n,t,,,tab1, n1, now
ye alnt t11en np% :a, an bc smile s' un ter he
an put up his nan an S;rpke 5 ti ny 1aec' ous ne
say Iickle tired, ma; AcS,9 i';' 'lrsu hoar - he
"seemcds IL MS Ra euaus sn,t., ,aisStv ge n;ght ~
Vas that onre;oncfu e neat;,; eecb iittis mite 9i
I'm sum way hor; escu saxa 1 I,s sYe mus' keen 4
cosset as aoey, safs .s .S o,rs. t;'o tfnae f,ve
asn' him. Pa says an ;am4 ansS as g on oa,G dawn
heered him g1t nn IN tne misns nd ~ crvin, Gnd
On llts Knees ai s:tt' ~ 2a.t | rt. AZ iest ston
lltsie A9st lalus 49,, 80 ~ ''
"But be got tlrcoer ~ tteust, ' .t.a ~ MI, nvp
dwndlln' an pu,, vac ~. ~ ic4t 4 1csr heat fn,t
day "ilen ne gu up a., Mag 49, ho tre1 to
he Got ouLtI Ais k1"uu oeN, -. -, - t,4l..