The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
sI1lW TON JONESx Lost HIS R6L
NOTION.

tosesd for the am1lyrphvsscian, VIII ~
Tom was seized one r1iornissg with q ~
otcp,e hing which en- I'D ina prolonged !
unnsstakable whoop. NoHntlian on =
war1path ever seemed 'betrsr satisfied
VITA 4 whoop than M-saJon,es did with
this one Of Toms. 81
s"Why, Tommy's gotthe Hhooping-
eou-lh'' she exclaimed, ';eyfAIy, to her
h,.sSa,d. ...'.t .-
.~1bes a legacy ususAy: spne with
it?'' sid Mr.. Jones.
"Wc1l. it's a com 'ort tsanow it isn't
ANYTHING settling OH i}iss lungs" re.
pliedAlys. Jones. "Ho s-got to have
whoeeiny-c cough some tine. and it's Il
good time to have it u 49,, when the
warrw veal her is coming. Now we
necd1it wait for vacati:m' TO- 20 the
county, .,.l.-..
"yij,s are in luck, Tcriy::' said Mr..
jones' "You can take nlony legal
holiday, and need not pIaJ4seokey any
more" H.-. ,..H ~.
"et:teh me taking a holiday till the
rest Of she boys d.. and ) a~'lb catch q
we ,ssl asleep: Joe Brown aie 'agoing to
get ahead OF me-" sal! Tom- whose
iather,lsnew he never "playedshookey."
'.But, my son. you doa's want to
give .<.sw.y the WHO'D ping ccagh? It's
Something nice to keep; you mustn't be
too generous with it. ... '.'
"'lhere's nothing stingy abesat me. -
said Tons- who, in truth, 'Nasa whole
50 llsillittle fellow. always sharing what
he had with his pharmacies, '-lf it's a
good.time to have it, wkye can't | 90
and rive it to the whole cle.ss%' ..@
"Ihere's n prejudice 1geinst people
beina-toc generous, said-'Mn. Jones;
and, 'patting TOMS head. hs'ment of to
business it'
Tom, gathered up his books, but his
mamma explained to him. that he
coshlnt 60 to school withawlhoop.ng'
co&gh. ,... ;,
How long does this thing lassP' said
Toms inpatiently. j
s"Oh, quite q whi|a,l said Mrs
Jjnes, cheeriul(y-"t two. or three
months perha s." .!s,.5 .a,! /. .l
1.-Two or three montl.s!@ echoed Tom
wah,dismay. "Why, Joe Rsowp II b.
away ahead of me by that TINA, and
aAa,t't he promoted!'''' oag
I, ~WeN, never mind, idsaBs;;' said hi
;aatnma; cit can't he helted, you know
Youth have to have IL sometime, ant
! LISA GOOD time to have.it now ~,
i; Mis- Jones began hu1llaing q tune
| anaiwent up stars o.pack aer trunks
n~t dseam ng Of the tempest that rage
i'm, tho bosom of her soc, Tom. h
! ihrew down h botks,.put' both elbo"
On tire table, and lst..h,s, ehia fail int
hiss hands. 1t wat:s all, he MID do t
] keep No with Joe Brownnow, Joe We
/ als;skly fellow, bit he haa:great pluc
! and persevers!n ?es apd,wCu!d DO his e!
'am,}es with a ha pdkerchiet tied aroun
! his head-te, kosR it together, as !
I :ss.id. He lost MANY days by sic]
!, ness. but alvrss Rssie it W |
:, extra work, and, the extra brains tn
| he had stored sway somewhere in tn
, mekety noddlo.of his. Tom admire
Nam and loveS him. they had be-
nsiyhbors. c'R,ms> aad classmates
bong as he could ramemher Thu
!. wood sheds joined It the back OF thu
!. yards, and every moaning each climb
!; up to have :.long talk with the oth
!, about the boy:bqsiasss Of the day. TX
admired and loved Joe, but he fear
r. him. too. does (tslicate health anu
ira brains, about struck balance "
Toms rug ed constitution and avcTs
jntullects but how about these *
months al whoaping cough? 'Ih'
would laave. fearful o Ids on Joe ! si'
6 I'om could aeyer catch up wlsh h
It again never! It was mean. 1t v
A hatd. 1t was not to be borne. W
s couldn't Joe get the resky oleswho'
n ine-copgh. too? But Tom thought
:" ,)oe,s. hol ow cheeks and sunken ey
4. anu put that temptation awaEfrom hi
IA He, made up his mind he wcald caut
IN Joe. at once, and ran out to, Bridget
!" . yellow rag that he had seen about
at hitchea. Taking it out 70 the wo
to she'd no hoisted It upon a aastily imp
- vised pulley.
a whats that?" said Joe. who /
of been waiting for Tom. ,n
be aim in quarantine" shouted 10
lis "l)on't breathe this, way You IN
of that cou !. b OF minef' Well, it's Uho
70, ipg.couqh!'
tn Joe darted back. "Grac!s''s"'
nd said; II wouldn's have it tor anyth'
,ly I couldn't 90 to school. Id lose
rs chance Of promotion"
70 That's my case exactly" said II
be bitterly.
Of keeping we'll out Of brcsthin5 'distar
is but | say, old fellow, you can ST.
he oil the same. you know. YOU'RE
ia sturdy chap; it won't hinder you.
,ar would knock me higher than Kite
st. can't afford to lose any flesh and b!o
~ r.. ~n~< 1(oo,, ~ a sEnlofOD now, ~