Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-08

required. He carried Clovers feed over
every week or two, and never once CON
p!ainea His father watched hun curl,
ously5 and every week congratulated him
self on the good lesson ne was teaching
him
At last spring came, The tender grass
began to sprout, and Clover could keen
herself from the pastures and meadows.
The farmers were all blowing and hsr.
rowing, and getting the ground ready
for planting, Every body was busy, and
in q hurry, a. ususl. Mr., Moore wa7
improving, but was still very weak lir
Affairs looEed very discouraging to hin,
and his depressed state Of mind did much
to retard his recovery, He had bought
the farm where he wa. living only the
spring before, after the planting seaaon
was over, expecting to earn enough by
his trade, that Of 4 carpenter, through
the following seasons to enable him 10
buy seed and 20 Thoroughly plant the
whole place in the spring, Instead OF
that, he WAS takeu sluk 7oou after he
bought il, and had been Obliged " ssll
his stock to get money 70 live upon.
And now, right in the busy seas0n, when
every hour seemed worth a day at any
otter time, he was sick, with no money
to buy seed or the necessary farming
implements, or 10 hire the needed help.
With his mind overwhelmed with dis
couTagement, he sat one evening, in the
doorway Of his house, aud looked hope,
lossIy on his still unemployed land, At
the same time Mr.. Thyg0n was riding
slowly along, having made an unusually
good trip with his meat, and vas review
ing In h!s nlut with crest satisfaction
the prosperous condition Of his Affairs
As he passed he saw M Moore sitting
there, and noticed that he looked very
pale and worried A feeling of sympa.l. '
took strong hold Of him, and he was
tempted to stop and have & talk with
him, but those fields waiting u be
Plowed and sowu spoke 10 him 70 plainly
sud repfoach'uIly that he concluded he
would only bow and so along,
d" / am sorry for Moore" he .aid 70
himself &" that is q tact. I'd he glad 10
give him lift, but ! have got nv own
family to look out FOR, If had alwqys
given way to my feelings wonder whore
| should be now. Oh, no mol 1t will
never DO No ~
ouv ;ls ~ ne S t! p.eG u " h.s own Lcuot'
Ine siglI ol ms bEosa acres 80 carefully
planted, fnl the neat, thrifty appearance
Va 1. yio 1UisoHn1inSs ulu IoH give MN the
boV,'ue bef.e y, , sa'iS,ae'5y" 25 ~ VIZ gnJoylhg
;,t. oe'ols INC Nc niev t, NJ 1iooFe' as De went
NV ailIo 'ue .' Al'cleh "1efe ms we was
soy''us upper, ~ s"'u, S!Snclng OUT of
sL"5. sn1 N-naow mug Il. ion', VINO "& having Il
''9t'S -, y. "..u us noss
T. 4. ".'oa W., ''l' HoJ" 70 ~ 4oui pay ihk
i1e I3 lias ISH IN d ,i ilaIu winter q H. b4I /
an .., t. ssaI ! ,7l nun ~ IhfGMgh II u has
I"usns .,,aas MN 's'soo is VIII heVef forget
guess' ,,.,
b;g '-1S vie h, IiGr boyo en.h!
nanv tines f,ILo, .Est ~ 80 w. sio'eL tonel
iro mo- in,ra,,ont 80 Il,oa- 1S9 ,% - -.
ono bo wos benin ~ prI 'on oar,o s"'n w..
Is rnodv !" ' ''"''' uP'''
o.. q. .., .,
Sle ~ 'hsn stepped 70 the dooF and cali
~ e;i' io9l' ana n Ihe sutIec1 was not CON
, liiIueI,' ~ ~. V'h came IN h''aIhIess ffoiA
p'"y, AZ, n's lau'ei saia
,r ma j. y'Vef iuh tAan working
ever 'ps,a A'u carrying Il over 10
''ed' t,>t7 i7u . !'' ,.,
n leS' ,lI h"s l Mn H'fal3 II ar.
SI,5.. SIoois 9i u9sIh lufty up Snd plant,
NIo'o' !, .. p wiz wiz ls mdLCnilhg pScS mere IN
9Ei-e ol Ioe, next laii, "lsh was q
!. LlCa y man! man ! Il oe1 d maze things LOOK
." ".,g!eaS sT ~, o'ei Insfe. .,
! M ,, lny'ln made @ No reply, ouI hnl.ied
hia supper ana went ont INTO Ihe yard
nesyenfy In 5SaT ,bn,,ch. J-' WIG hi piil H. H.
hncl man an ,Lo sorrS on,, "9 ,i, p,.', I'S t
stonr,4 him snd ,bor boJ ~ u;ot S;ons, stoiS ne
together ''''- WV '"''
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bis S',s" I,,, ,.1 ~ j '29ie hai Eoos iuo M
r,Io,,, thonnb,, -, - sIj.! ~ .''I" VI. .ie
Ho sa na ar Nv. ~ H'icu s ais,Ii! n,a I'i,D'
Tbe C,.E snS b., ,-;h y; ~ L5 gtn,g"itie9 luz.
mn t;i n,r sas,,,l oa ..,~p N"I u n, T., i'.l
M aqrly Ln. TX M 9 ,l,on ~ ~, ~, hn.,1' ~
Torsr5 uornir ~ o1aa n., .'IP 'Gt Su Go.i9, !o
deer .leep. His wife auietlv darkened
the room and Igft him The ann was
several hours hirh when Ne drew ssida
the curtains to I6ok out What s. s;ch,
met hi. eyes, Men were nlowing bar.
rowing and shouting Ia their horses
Part Of the eound was aIradv prenared
for planting and there. IA thebsrn door.
way, sat Tom aud Bessie, cutting pota-
toes and chatering like blackbirds,
What does it mean, neither What
does it mean ? said he, as he opened the
kitchen door.
1t means, father, that the dawn has
come, Twas very dark, you know, last
night. Those are Nr, Thysons men,
" Ihyson'smen Thyson's men Why,
! don't understand
Well, nor |, snd the neu say that
they don't snOw what has come over him
either But he told Rnl to take men
and horses, and come ov. r here and plant
whatever you wanted. and he'd provide
the seed and they are working Ike hes>
vers, tell you.
The next afternoon, when the horn
was blown, Mr.. Moore was waiting at his
gate. As the wagon came along Mr.
Thyson saw him and didn't feel at all
like Just bowing and passing on, MOI
he felt like stouning shaking hands and
getting ont Ia zoe how his men we've