The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-12-28
uHBELIEv|HG VIOLET.

think Violet was the mos. unbelev.
ing little girl that ever lived. She did
not believe mt all that her dark brown
hood ,rao dark brown, but black, until
she had compared it herseIf with piece
Of black cloth. though her mother had
told her all along it was brown. And
ahe. didn't believe you could catch g
robin, even if you did get the salt OH it's
tail. And ahe didn't believe but what
if you jurt kept on walking walking
walking, you would get to the end of
the world after awhile,-the very edge
Of the end, where it stopped. and moth.
ing was left but air to step on. She did
not believe that wan true at all, what
the big Cobb girl said, that you coutin't
get to the end because there wasn't any
walking heraelf some day and see.
""fou'll wait until you get through
going to achool, won't you" asked her
brother Ed. II heard you say the other
day that you won't have Nellie get
will If you don't look out; nheil be
clenr through the eighth grade before
you get even heJ way to the end Of the
seventh and into the sixth by tho time
grades ahead of you oil the rest Of your
days"
Violet could not help feeling rather
worried at this dreadful prophecy Of
Edo.
Perhaps it wouldn't take me 60 long
ao all that" she said II don't beliere
it would. But / guess I'll wai., any
way. /. makes me tired enough to
walk over to Aunt Nancy'o-and Of
course the end Of the world is n great
deal farther than that. So ,riH wait
till then. III be stronger then, sup-
pose"
YEA" said Ed; land more nensible.
be quite such eoosie.b
"Oh, l don't believa that" ansuoIol
Violet, quickly.
You see FIR yourself, don't you, how
upbelieving che wao! Well. this being
90 unbelieving was what got her into
trouble. Up 70 her very waipt in
trouble, as you uhall pee.
Violet's folks lived in q mining re-.
gion, aud about two blocks from her
home there was great space Of ground,
where the miners had been digging for
copper ore. But they hnd recently aban.
duned this claim. and they left it look
ug like pond with the water all
dipped out of it. pond with very
muddy bottom. The mud was very deep
10 some parts, and don't sec why un.
De. the sun the place gss allowed as
sll, especially ii g town where suth un-
believing lillle girls as S:oist Heed.
But there wss -!ckety old fsa15 around
three sides of it, and on the other eide
was the brook from which the miners
had obtained their water, 90 you sea
there was no danger Of any one falling
In; and I suppose the inbabitautS Of
that town never dteamed that any one
would deliberately climb the fence and
try TO unik on the mud. That very
thing happened, though! Violet Swim.
ton tried TO walk on that mud; size
didn't believe Hhe would sink. You
Gee, the hot sun shining on the mud, had
caused thick crust to form on the top,
and the heat had also made tho crust
crack all over into what Violet called
dead little angles, squares aud things,
just like the teacher made on the black.
board"
"i'hia 10 right.angle," she said. eau.
Snualy attempting between two cracks
near the edge.
"This is u CIRCLE" taking another step,
"'cept it ain't round enough this is
square and thia is a.
20 Finletl don't 60 any further"
cried Nellie, who was looking on over
the fence In great concern. You'll
sink in the mud, sure. Ed said this
morning it want SAFE"
"Oh, pshaw I don't believe it," said
Violet, putting forward her foot to step
on right angled triangle
"This is a-"hat do.you call,it-a-
Oh my! am ninking! l ana! Oh!
Oh Oh Nellie, come owe. and ru!
me out, quick!"
Then poor little Nellie, who had done
her best TO keep Violet OFT from the
mud, crawied through tho fence, and
tried TO rescue her friend. But she only
sank herself-clear to the tops of her
ehoao. And there waa Violet sinking
deeper and deeper. She was in over
her knees already.
Lets scream" cried Nellie, franti.
oily, "let's scream like evevythingr'
3 Aud then they screamed. Now, opce
In while, screaming 10 a very good
thing; this time 1t was. For the neigh.
bors came, before tho echo died, almost,
1t wac such D dreadful scream. Aud
they pulled out Violet, just 40 che had
got TO her waist 10 the mud, and Nellie
wrigoled herself out when she eaw them
coming.
And violets mother took her home,
aGd gave her y bath. and put her to
bed, and scolded her and kissed her, and
seolded her some more. And aher
awhile when Ed came 10, Violet conf.
ded to him that whether there was any
,nd 70 the world or not, she didn't be.
|ieye there was any bottom to it,
Youth's Qsspanion.
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