Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-07

no breakfast before you children we're born?
| A6raham-But, ma, everybody has
children.
Mrs: Butter explained Che term.
lsaae-Ma, know what sasstage comes
| from.
Mother-What7
lsaac--'Cause it's got sass in It.
Mother-Wel, there, thoro, there-pyo' :
got enough OF your derivations, unless they
were bettor. You'll learn oil these things
| as you grow older.
just here, Miss Sarah, who had beon
orcak kfasting ut side table, was seized with :
curiosity to SEQ what was on the breakfast
table, Accordingly, she undertook to draw
herself up to convenient elevation BY tho
table cloth. Her mother arrested her iuss
10 time to save cup, aud pushed her aside
with gentle admonition. This did not
abato Miss Sarah's curiosity in the least,
ond she RECOMMENDED her experiment..
Her mother removed her little more en- :
phatically this time. These little iuterrup-
lions only fred Miss Sarah's zeal, aud she
was returning to the Charge with redoubled
energy, when she ran her check against the :
palm of her mot hers hand with a rubira-'
cient force.
wy Wv "Sue ~ bSl cry
ing, "Gramma, ma whipp'd YOUR precious
darlin' angel baby'9
"Did she, my durling? Then grandma's
precious dnrlin' angel must be good child
and mother won't whip it any more"
"Well, will be good ohile.',
"Well, then, mother won't whip it any
more.' And this conference was kept up
without variation of letter on either side,
until the grandmother deemed it expedient
to remove Miss Sarah to an adjoining room,
lest the mother should insist upon the im.
mediate fuliIlmcnt of her promises.
Ma, just loook at Abc,' cried out
William. Gle saw me going to take
biscuit, and he snatched up the very one
was lookino at"
"Abc,'' said the mother, IT wish could
make you quit nick naming each other;
and wish more that had never set you
the example. Put down that biscuit, sir,
| and take another"
Abraham returned the biscuit, aod Will
lin 'ouk it up, with sly, but triumphant
giggle ut Abraham.
"Ma,'' said Abraham, "Bill said Gud-.
| darn
"law what n story! Ma, declare I
never sail no such thine.,7
EYES you did, and Cbauey heard you.~
Williams countenoncc Immediately show
cd that his memory had been refreshed; and
he drawled out, "never none now, - With a
tone aud countcnSnce that plainly impaired
guilt to some extent. His mother suspect.
ed he was hipgng upon technics, and she
put tho question-'Wcll, what did YOU
say?'9
II said, I be tcto'ly 'od'uyn.,'
"Apd that's just as bad Mr.. Butler,
you positively will have to take this boy in
hand. llo evinces strong propensity to-
profanc swearing, which if not corrected
Immediately will become ungovcrnablcr
Whenever you can't manage him. said
Butler, as before, 'just turn him over to me,
| aud reckon [ oan euro him."
"When did he say it?" inquired the
mother, returning to Abraham.
"You know that time that you sent all
US children up to tho new ground 10 pick
| peas"
"Why THAT'S been thrco months ego at
least, and you've just thought now of telling
it. Oh you malicious toad you, where do
you learn to boar molico so long? abhor
that trait Of character in chld.77
"Ma," said Bill, "Abc hant said his
prayers for three nights"
Abe aud Bill now exactly swapt places
and countcnauccs
YES" said tho mother, "and | suppose
should never have heard of that, il ktra-
ham had not told of your profanity"
81 know BETTER" dragged out Abraham,
in reply to William.
"Abrahan," said the MOTHER solemuly,
''did you kneel down when you said your
prayers last night?7o
ayes, mu'am," and Abraham frightened
little"
eyes, ma,o' continued Bill, che kneels
down, and 'forc say, now lay me down
to Sleep he jumps up every night and
hops 10 bed, and says hos dono said his
prayers when ho hadn't time to say half q
prayer
During this narrative, my namesake kopt
covering under the stoadfast frown Of his
mother, until he transformed himself into a
perfect personifcatiun of diocy.
GLOW many prayers did you say last
night, Abraham" paused tho mother in
an awfully protentous tone.
81 said one and there Abraham
paused)
"One and what?"
"Ono and picce Of t'othor one."
"Why, ma, he couldn't ha> said 1t to save
lis life, for he hadn't time"
"Hush, sir; don't osk for your assis-
tance."
81 did,N muttcred Abraham, II said
tother piece after got in bed"
"Abraham,~ said his mother, ~ declare
do not know what to say to you. am 50
mortified, go shocked, at this conduct that
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