The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-06-01
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AUNT MALINDY,S LETTERS
No. 8

My DEAR NIECE I'm quare kind ofan old
body, but spose you've found that out long
afore this time. When Il commenced wrtin to-
YOU intended to write very ofteu but find
that can write only when the speret moves me
and the speret of poor old woman, with one
foot in the grave aud tother on the brink is most
ginerly mighty weak, and when o weak speret is i
wrapped up in weak worn out old body there
Is not apt to be much exershun, When was
young--strange as it may seem to you, was
young once-I never got tired I'll .ell you
some,hin about the blessed days when was
young, it may do you good. Thus you will larn
wisdom from folly and know how 20 shun many
Of the blunders into which fell.
One Of my foolish habits was this was al
ways looking for some awful calamity to befall
me or mine. When Simon was away FROM homo
] wa. always expeotin some one to come and tell
me that he was either dead or dyin. use to
imagine what I'd say, and how I'd act. Many
and many's the time that I've picteri myself
standin over his lifclcss body and I'd let my
mind dwell on the sad pieter till it all seem'L
rael and true. and Ial cry and take on like the
graf big soft headed baby Il was. Why so fool.
ish was l, in this way, that 1 never went away
| from home but expected to find the house
burnt down when come back. Every hour in
the day expcctedto hear the death shrek Of
- :. -T -i,haren, kept lookin for evil all
the time, and consequently My nnnu u, ~ :,
filled with an awful drel. was unhappy not
because was in the midst of some CRATE evil.
but because felt shore it was comm apon me
| and that very fast. Well, wasn't fit for notbiu.
| md was jist gitten worse and worse cvery day,
and think should have had to be tuck 10 the
lunertick asylum if hadn't bin broke of the
foolish habit of lookin for trouble. I'll tell
you how it all come about:
My brother John was wild boy, full of fun,
and he knowd oil about my hobby One day
| when Simon was in the ten acre field, about n
quarter of mile from the house, was set,in
| in the house wonderin what I'd do if somethin
would happin to Simon. Suddenly heerd a
gun fire right out to'ards the ten acre field I
at once thought, maybe somebody has killed
Simon. In very few minits my brother John
! come runnin into the house turably excited and
cried out. 10 Malindy! Malindy what do
I you think we gone and done? o, what shall
| do. come by the ten acre field jst now;
didut know that Simon was there; shot at O
squirrel aud hit -'' waited to hear no more
throw'd the baby on the floor, and rushed out
of the house cryin to the children 'your fathers
murdered in the ten acre field" On few, like
the mad thing was: cleard the yard fence a.
n bound, and run with break neck speed to'ards
the ten acre field. saw the horse standin idle,
and Simon lyin on his face under tree. had
quit hollerin, didn't have time for that, run
up to where Simon was lyin, and throw'd my
| self on his prostrate form. AS fell on him he
give yell that froze tho blood in my veins.
40 great sakcs alive, what does this mean 2"
he exclaimed,
90 Simon, my own dear, precious Simon,
you re dead; John shot you, my sweet one, aud
he shall die for it," cried.
| "Malindy, are you crazy?
80, no, my love, IN not crazy"
Fsea aead sRr Wat shalt FSFa T. q 6ss sk
Ido?''
"rm not dead -
eyes you are. But why need talk to n
lifeless lump of ciay?" Hero begun to rave
and jump around in my wild frenzy 40 ST.
mons dead, o Simon dead, and L m lono Wild
der! what shall do, my own dear simon's
dead 70
"Malindy," yelled Simon, as he grasped my
arm, "you TOOL you, what do you, mean m no 4
dead. Go to the house at once and stop your
'tarnal yellin T.
Invent; Simon anger brought me to my senses.
My folly was the talk Of the whole neighbor..
hood. was so ashamed of myself that didn't
leave the house for six weeks and in that time
I was completely cured of my foolish habit Of
lookin for evil. If hadn't ben on the lookout
for evil, John couldn't ave fooled me SO easy
and If my mind hadn't bin SO taken ar-- -Viifih.
that one thought wouldn't ave acted 40 mn
like crazy woman.
Never 60 to meet trouble. IL it's comm II
will find you soon enough. Enjoy ne bright.
ness while 1t lasts, the night will come, soon
enough. When sorrow or trouble comes bearSi y.
! patiently and humbly, but don't take IL up an.
1t comes. The best Of teachers said--"Take no
thou hit for tomorrow" and sufficient is tho
day unto the evil thereof" Live in the present
and leave the future with God. By this meaus
have managed to spend very happy life, and
so may you If you will lust in the Lord and
always seek to do your duty.
Your Lovin Aunt
MALINDY HUNTER.
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Keep your eye open and tako care Of No Z.