The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-15

A well by ye--give We q common school
eddication and 20 on. ND Imean ter do
Lit If yer sconduetaenst ibeeomeenbarable
A But yeou nustsbe more stiddy md man
like md mot plague me ter death by yer
reeklessness. D,ye-hear ~ .vvs
Eyes, Tim sgoin' 10 try. Mr.. Long"
y sThat's the sorter talk. Iwant we ter
20 ter school am git ter he ez smart az
Jennie is. eff ye can. Yeou or tew years
older'n she is md ylart nowhere side
her"
i 'sI knowsit. ] amt nowhere side by
Ihern tS& aA1
4 Jennie, the farmers daughter, was a
bright girl; anlsas pretty ASA pink. Jim
did not wonder that her father and
\ mother were proud of her or that they
felt there was a vast difference between
him and her. He Thought there was
himself; and he believed she did. fer,o
day of the last summer. when he Stun
bled ON her flower bed, she spoke sharply
at him, and, If he had not misunderstood
her, called him 'sbeggar."
/ He was careless and stupid; If abe had
said as much, he would have thought it
4 justifable under the circumstances. But
for her to speak In that yway--as if his
misfortune was his fault-made him
almost hate her. Gle did not answer
back, but the look he gave her kept her
from ever repeating the ttaunt; and also
from forgetting that she had made it.
4 Yet he continued to be the same care
less tsJim" mp to this winter morning.
But when Mr. Long had administered!
his reproof and returned to the house to-
brush the meal from his clothes, the
youth fell into q profound meditation,
out. of which he came with this ejacula
ton:
"I'litdoiitli" aef
When the next term of school began,
there were two scholars from Farmer
Longs. 7
Jennie and Jim.
They went together; but they seps>
rated when they got there, for Jennie
was in higher department than Jim
could enter This was the FIRST term the
latter had ever begun with q determine
ton to learn. That he was now SO deter
mined is proved by the answer he gaveto
ll,;o faoobor ~, Fba 6xot dow NJ sol,or1
when she asked him, among other things,
what he wanted to'do:; it was this: 81
want ter get ter know ez much ez Jennie
Long does"
How did he come out? Well, he went
TO school every term for three years. He
studied evenings, and all the time when
not at work, during vacations. BY
incessant devotion to his books through
those three years, he was able to master
all the textbooks used in that institu-
tion. For the last two terms of his
course, he was q member Of Jennie's
classes. He graduated when she did;
and, in most of their joint studies, was
marked several points above her.
How did Jim think he came out
Going home with Jennie that last day,
after school had closed, he repeated the
words Mr.. Long had spoken three years
before: "Y'aint nowhere side NV her, !"
and thought they were truer now than
ever.
Had the ''want ter git ter know"
which he began, given place to want"
ess likely TO be satisfied /? '''',' y
III Jennie had been aware that her
own views concerning the result of their
rivalry--if' iit was such -coincided with
Jim's she probably would not have exs
pressed herself as she did to her mother,
that evening, when the two were alone.
81 suppose" said she, a'he thinks he's
done wonderful thing; but 4 don't. If
4 had studied and studied and studied
as he has, A should have been far ahead
ofthe great. great giant. Butcof course
4 don't care adig about it, mamma"
Whether Jennie's remarks indicated
happy frame Of mind or not, might be a
question. But without question she
used a happy word when ahe spoke of
Jim as a giant, for he was a mighty
youth. Jennie was really petite. She
knew it.; but it sdidinot trouble her that
those girlswho were familiar with her
called her lsI little Jennie I,nnpn NIB