The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-09-01

grandfather did not raise his evss Tut sos oH
Lille OF William Pitt" Mamma lo n u
note In the lullaby she was humm; pot
oa6y; Sue continued to discover 4 ME % N
nayz "a ana Papa simply replied, aveT s.s
The truth Of the matter was that T,u
was great coward and terrihlv a. ilomns
the !" dark, - and there was ny .rsid d
danger OF his carrying his threat ~, Wy lsa
lion. Tho thought of Opposition 80 - s snaesu
mad braced him to make the vsr,s tina
decision. How he wished thst As .s.ons
back in the rack. He stood 4 ro ssaoftlA
two, quaking inwardiy. Sue hernvr. q
sarcastic. She evidently thourSssh . loek
afraid. The idea was madness =. y w
go Into the hall, anyway. So h. war; nar would
Ing the sitting room door open few W. rs cav
He heard Sue say: wv mcnn
,.., Papa sps mayn't Tommy shut the door,
close the door, Thomas " said nan.
roor Tommy obeyed. How giose Sps, 4
. nan was Wnat was that tall, dark fhi;,sI \
Bile. Hark! he thought he heard aS a., 20 ,usns
That was enough. He hurried n S ~ isaggh
| door, opened 1t, stepped out. shps,;s.1 ee
with all his might, and stood Alone ' ~ q !
| wet, dark verandah, with the wind r ~ s@
the leafiess vines and the elnIs tass,ss "
roof with their long, bony tingrav,sn "
thought how pleasant Ii was inside 81, M
nice It had been to beside in sa,t sS9 aos
his slate and book, No, he wopiJ ~. ailn
not Tor hundred agates. So,nehnis ~ ",
| up the path. II was Maria Mills. who si ~
agreed to spend the night with she ~ aa
ara W. why, ~, Tommy Treat,'' she said, s.sha
80. .W TAINTED % see II twas goin'to clear 4,
He went In with Maria. and sua 81, ,.,..
what he saw down to the yilisrs sS y e oa
hadn, { forgotten the kallermel1 storvr WV
Perhaps 1t was his hearty s,,nnes =. l.
Subsequent adventure; but somehow T,a -
my was very sleepy and the clock hsd ssI.
JUST struck eight. Mr.. Trent brnight s X,
the backgammon board, for a game WITH ~ ~
vile. Sue and Maria were PLAYING ,insss y. y
the grandfather nodded over NJ Nm -
tommy thought he would make picfnrss !.
MS slate; but, after delineating few ho,, =
and dogs, which looked like Tie lola 81, INV, y
vors OF prolonged siege, the pursuit N,
us charms: Why would his eyeffds drs%s a
g ssat H. He sat up very straight ndwinkei
Having fun, Tommy Il, i said s,,a ~,
ing around ON the piano. stooi: 6l,f' r c~,,
was fast asleep. s''-'
Next morning he woke, and saw TIA sur.
shine falling across the floor and heard
faint clatter Of dishes. There was nles,.
ant, savory 0dor OF breakfast in the room.
but Tommy dozed, and woke, ana doss1
again, until he felt quite ready to enco,,nlo,
this weary world once more, The bons.
was very still as he went downstairs. Ths
dining room was deserted. There wss toth.
ing on the table but some work Mrs. Trenl
naa been cutting out. The clock struel
tel. Tommy was tremendously hunrrs
he could have eaten mackereI, which H
particularly detested. Bridget was in fis
Kitchen, pairing vegetables for tiisrlef
g want my breakfast =, snapped Tomm,
Hear the biyn exclaimed. Bridrei
Thin why were yez not here to "a 1
with the rist9 Yer mars gone ridin' vi
Tommy wandered into the pantry, and nan
obliged to content himself with bread IA
butter and baked apple. He started ous
to find boy to have a game OF marbles: hms
there seemed to be sudden dearsh 81 BON
In the village. How the time dragged. n
ventured down to the post-oflice, and soma
body asked him il he were " playing hooker
he saw his Sunday school teacher coming
ana, turning corner, to avoid her, nnetlh
and the baby. ,-4 ~ li's lsls
ssOhl papa, take me in ~ he cried.
His father stopped the horse.
w hat lazy boy is fhis?u said Mr.. Trent
/" All respectable boys are In SCHOOL, Tha
they drove on.
Tommy went toward home. School wa
Just out.
Hello, Trentp cried several voices
" You missed it this mornin'. Snapper "a
. lickin'. He hollered awful. ~
" Had q good time 70 said Sue at the din.
ner table. Played marbles with Bridgs
or the cat?o f Ag '
Tommy could bear do more.
= You shut up!2 he said.
"Thomas, leave the room!" commanded
his father. HsS 77'E
Poor Tommy! He hadn't finished bio
roast beef and there was a delicious sssrisgx
pudding in the near future. u
weren't you rather hard on the chldT
said mamma.
mo, my dear; he was getting quite un-
Tommy longed to go TO school; but b
was TOO proud. He spent most OF the aft.
srnoon on the side steps, the pangs 81 BID
solitude being somewhat soothed by an i'm
nense dish OF pudding which Sue had
purioined, In sudden moment OF peni-
.ence. Ntf X Z Isk
About four O'Clock he disappeared. When
ne supper-bel rang, he took his place at
he table, with pair OF very red eyes.
AS Mrs. Trent turned over her plate, she
ound tear stained, blotted and dirty plece
u paper, which read thus: go,
my Deer ma ! think this IL plaide Out
lruther do az You druther amt Had no FIN
,ieaso. Forgive me aud I wi be Betaf boy
yuz goin 10 ask You TO do Suthin to su but
my mind fer She IL A brfk.
p. =. like the baby kinder
p. 9 He'd jest az leaf 30 on Grants ef yvn
want Emmy rayzens-
p. & doant Want to stay AWAY from
'chule Emmy moar. q fciler got Licked todE
md Dident see Him. -
Up. s. Wuz THAR Emmy moar NV that PudIn
cit this Noon. your Lovin son
lf M z stomas Trent