The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-08-19
The Angel With folded Wings.

go nome tnat way; ana so perhaps
have the company OF one or more Of
our little folks for the remainder of my
walk.
AS I arrived in sight of the school
house the children were lining the side
walk in all directions. Some of the
boys were stopping to spin their tops ;
the girls mauy of them were showing
their skill in their throwing and catch
ing the :'return ball" others were
chatting over the days lessons: but
all were looking very happy that
school was over, and that half holiday
was just ahead of them.
Close to the gate [ found little
group collected and as I drew near l
was panied to hoar voice that sound
ed very much like our little Mays
talking in loud and excited tones. 1
! Joined the circle at once, and sure
enough there she was in the center of
it, standing before boy who was
twice her size,- her eyes flashing, her
face all flushed with intense feeling.
Just as 1 stepped up unnohced she was
saying:
"You ought to beashamed ofyour-
self, Jim Plummer, you are bad
wicked boy. You will never go to
heaven, never, and I hate you, I'll
never speak to you again as long as 1
live-so there noww And with n
stamp of her little foot, May pushed
her way through the group, and start
ed on a run for home.
"May," I called, ''stop, May, and
wait for me-" She turned, and seeing
me, ran to my side and burst into
tears.
''Ain't it too bad, aunt Katy" she
J sObbed out, ''that Jim Plummer has
, been maxim, fun of little Archie
Howard, whats got the little sick
back, you know. An just when Ar
chic was a comm out of school, Jim
hOllered ont just as loud as anythin'
'Hulloa, here comes little Hunchie
with his pack on his back Want it
awful, aunty ? and poor Archie, the
tears came right into his eyes but he
never said word back, only when he
got up to where Jim was, he said real
/ softly; I wish God had made me
straight like you, Jimmie, and then he
went right along home But want ]
mad though ; and didn't l give it tc
him! Ijust wish that Joe, or some
of the big boys had been there would
mt they have given him fits for maxim
fun of poor, dear, sick boy like Ar,
chlep' and here May burst into an
other fit of crying.
"Come, little girl" 1 said, " 1 dom
blame you one bit for feeling angry a
so cruel boy, but he has hurt him
self far more than he has Archie, fol
no one will ever love or care for one
who would speak unkindly to one o.
Gods weak and sickly lambs. Bu
this is Wednesday, you know, and the
day for our story, and it may com
fort you little to tell you a true story
of dear little deformed girl whose
Aunty know well, and told me the
story herself. Perhaps sometime you
can tell it to Archie when it will be a
real help to him, and show him that
there are but few boys in the world
even among the poorest and most for
saked, who could be so cruel as jim
Plummer has been today.
Fay Hooper was at the time of my
story about thirteen yeas of age
Her face was one of the most beauti.
full I ever looked upon. She was
very fair and white, with the most
delicate pink in her cheeks, which
when she smiled, were dented with
two deep dimples, and her lips. when
parted, showed two even rows of such
lovely white teeth, that they looked
exactly like two rows Of tiny pearls,
while her beautiful golden-colored
hair fell in long ringlets to her waist,
But, alasl her poor shoulders were sad
ly out of shape, and she had never
grown any after she was eight years
old. A wee little dwarf she was and
must always be, who could never join
with the children in their sports, and
who at all times through her whole
life must long and wish for that which
she could never have.
But with her poor little body God
had given her the sweetest and hap
piest disposition. She would sit out
of doors in her easy chair, watching
the children at play, and would laugh
so merrily at their pranks, and say 50
many funny things, that all the little
folks in the neighborhood used to say
that they never had really good time
unless Fay was near by. In winter,
well wrapped up in her little sleigh
with two of her girl friends for pair
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