The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-17

instant while taking to some one else, dive for me on general principles, no matter wkat attitude was in. became as nervous about touching anything as a person freshly hayed would have been. How envied the bad, dirty boys who were rolling about oa the green grass. and also those who were engaged in stealing fruit and melons from The EArm- CTS wagons. and hoy ferscntly wished and prayed that the Lord in his infinite goodness would permit me to be bad boy and do as these did, even so taking my future chances among them.
 There is an end to the capacity of hu- man endurance, and after awhile il be came utterly impossible for me to remain perpendicular one minute longer. and asked sister if she would please let me stand on my head for a few minutes. that was 50" tired. My voice must have shown my condition by becoming as tremulous as my limbs, for she looked at me then for the first time that day with some interest. and discovered that was about .gcne up.r She had sa, and rested often during the day, but II seemed never to have occurred to her that was liable ;o fatigue, eseH ~;sh clean clothes on. But, from whatever motive, she looked out shady place and spread her shawl on the grass so could lie down on Il, for a would never do to sit and crsmple my pants.
 being knocked out of time for at,empt- ing to lay down in the usual way-that is,bend.ng my knees-and had 10 stand with back to the shawl and keep myself as rigid as bar of steel while she placed her hands to my shoulders and cased me down as though f~as made of thin glass and no insurance. Placed on my back. with my hands folded on m, breast. must have yey much resembled we'll behaved corpse.
 After getting my sacred promise tha, l would not move until her return, and re- ceiving threats of the mos, terrific pun ishments if did. she left me. But had ceased Q run things longer, and could not have avoided gong 10 sleep If had known l would never wake pp.
 don't know how long slept. but all at once sprung to my feet wilh howl, under the impression that scattering volley of musketry had been turned loose on me and every ball had taken effect. i My sister had returned and found me asleep and eoiled up like hedge hog. and had lit into my ribs with the polnt of her parasoi. You're sweet looking brat, now, amt you: Oh, but ycu will catch It when you get home.
 Then she twisted Inys ear again. ,and u. clothes. and succeeded far enough 70 re- quire me to keep more rgld than before in order 10 retain them m shape. Once during the afternoon got away rom my Nemesis and strayed of by my self in the wood, and took of my eoat and pants. laid them carefully aside and climbed up on fallen tree and sal down. No pow erty stricken pauper suddenly possessed of a fortune; no tempest tossed mariner on his first glimpses of friendly beacon; no perishing pilgrim in a sandy desert coming unawares on sparkling water, felt as ecstatic a thrill of pleasure as l did when was out of my acoursed harness and could bend my limbs as would have never known since what freedom meant in its broadest sense.
 AASf toO- iad aa1 SAsSs ioA W AS uio- covered, and the way was snaked out of that tree top, and hustled into those clothes, and moved of home was a cau- ton. Sister walked ahead dragging me by the hand. could bend my knees now but not half fas, enough to keep up. One half my motion was what engineers call slip" would raise my foot to make an eighteen inch step and not get il down under a yard Arrived at home she found the door open, and before we were within several feet of il she gave me a swing and cast me of and 1 went sail ing into the house end over end, upset ting things as went. don, know how ever got out of the coat, bu, know I shot out of the pants head first and head down, and thought at the time, and still think. that no appreciable time passed between the time went through the door in dress until was in bed without a stitch of clothes on, and no supper: and all for what. Il appeal to any white man to know fl he has not experienced very similar treatment in his youth, and ask for him the mercy he expects from the Power that governs him. to use some of the knowledge thus gained to relieve or prevent similar suffeling by the tiny specimens of suffering humanity left in his care. l never see small boy rigged gut in spoileSs white but feel as strong a desire as ever aciuated old Bender ,o murder the entire adult members of its family