The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-09-18
Mttle Scotch Granlio.,

you thought clean until SONS slms Il
| happened TO be laid close By q fiew
piece and then you cav II to be s5iIed? In
similar way people discover facts about
themselves, as Burt end Johnnie I.sa
did when their Scotch Sousin came TO
| live With them. They. were .aprettv
good boys" and would have been vePy
angry If fany body had called them de-
ceittui. Well, when their cousin came.
they were delighted. He was little. but
very bright and full OF fun, He co,id
tell curious things about his home ia
Scotland and his voysge across the ocean.
He was es fer advanced in his studies ee
they were, and, the first Ssy. he vert TO
school they thought hins renast ably
good. He wasted no time in play whei,
he sh0uld have been STUDYING. ana he
recited finely. AT night before the close
OF schools the teacher called o. roll, the
boys began to answer, s.Ten.n When
Willie understood that he was TO say
Ten" If he had not whispered duriag
the day, he replied,"I hare fwhispered.B
"More than oncep asked the teacher.
Eyes, sir" answered. Willie. ,,..
aAsmany as ten times ?'
MAY be have" faltered Willie.
''Ihen shall mark you szero,'o said
the teacher sternly, "and that Is q great
dWhy / did not see you whisper
once 7" said Johnnie that night after
"Well, !. did," said Willie. uI saw
book then lent lent sIate slate ~ neDoiI ooifoM and
asked boy for q knife, and did several I
such things, Iaupposed it was allowed we'd
"Oh, we ell do it,' said Burt. redden.
ing. "rhere isn't any. sense lie the old
doas.n
II win or olso Twill say II haveu,t,n
said Willie. "Do you suppose 1 would
tell ten lies in one heap2"
"Oh, we don't call them lias," NUT
tered Johnnie. '@There wouldn't be
credit among us at night if We were so
strict" i. -. = Z.
"What Of that, il you told the truth q,
laughed Willie, bravely.
In abort time the boys all saw how it
was with him. He studied yery hard.
played with ell his might in plsytin,e
hnt according S 70 his own account he laAt
more credits than any of the rest, Af.
ter some weeks the bows answered.
mime" and Eight" oftaner than they
used to; yet the school room seemed to
have grown much quieter. Sometimes.
when Willie Grants mark was even
lower than usual, the teacher would
smile peculiarly, Gut said no more Of
',disgrace." Willie never preached at
them or told tales, but somehow it made
the boys ashamed ofthemselves, Just the
seeing that this sturdy, tina egea s5S.e,!:: GeS.el::
boy must tell the truth. It was putting
the clean cloth by the half soiled ope, you
49,, auH m Trley ieiG nKe. cheats arr Story.
s;: s;.e'e, e nney !aiRea hlm over! and loved
n..n, ~ uney gig an nick name him Scotch
uIMnit9' TMnis' ne WaS 80 nrm about Q promise.
wen, ae tne enc OF Term, Niilie's name
y,t Wi,s Ve!y low ooWn IN the crsdit liat
" hen y was read, ne had hard work not
20 cry, LOT ne was very sem tive, and he
mao .ried naTd 20 DC perfect. But the
very lasS thing that day was 8 speech by
tne teacher, who. told of once seeinga
msn mntiiad ia a!cioak. He was passing
the man was General -----. the great heFo.
"Th5 signs Of his rank were i,iiden' rbIitt !
the hero was there iust tie Same. noid
the teacher. "And now. brvE WI, will
see what I mean when tai yon tbst
want to give G little gold medal tn tbaa
most faithful boy-fha one ,realivs fhs
most conscienHonsIy fparseep In: i;ia IA. /:
pertinent among Won! WIN aholi bona
is?n 'i',,''-., - =
"Little Scotch Granite 4, shonta1 fortv
S mt mt fur IN, ~, !, : :,
was no sfi0ys nm fh ,,1 IA i;ss IA
truth noblein iheir w a.. G g. W H;s;so.. s,..ue
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