The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-11-08

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distinguish being something about
Rool pay md mn instant after was
lnit hlnn9 with ihr little old man which
VI course you dis lpo NJ uneu sas Iirlpt
-ly lie tried 10 paelfg ma bit dom
NM ! Nhs Ntt caay to pacify. for /
tfhNhibst That ! cried until I wa 10
hpaf'e could not speak lie carried
me some part Of the way. | remember.
ana at last W. reached hia little hut
which, II you have been thnFd. need
hol stop " Jese'iBt, | remember ,ery
lii'l@ NV, Tor some time. only Of Wing
on such u little, low bed and %connting
INC SKINS Of some sort Of little animals,
strung from the raftors. q how curl.
onsly they multiplied themselves IA uly
cyc', and what mlIioHs IL them there
spelpci " bB, sometimes
But BY and BY | began 10 get better
and things looked natural to me again.
NY old nurse was very kind 10 me and
.nrsolnto and weak ~ WIS, | chung 10
him with a sort Of wild pha.ion. Ibn.
hn was my friend mid had rds.
mc irphi DtVfics, and the one
irar ~ my hb was that ~ would ret
possession OF me again And ,o0ne day.
J put my poor little weak arms about
THIS old mans neck and begged Of him
to save me. At first he tried TO put me
Dil. but chung TO him. cried, 1
ooaSed kissed his hands, and nj last
saw with delight that he begun 10 WA.
voh don't know how long Il was,
not many days, | think. when he
brought ~ a little rod colin in his arms
and put 1t oh n bench.
"'Thcre,' he said, Il am going ia
you IN that; there is no other way,
you net So
40, no, you arn't,' | replied, catch.
ng his hand, 'you are going 10 saya
you best aud lpareAt Old mnn in tho
world something in his face had re.
'ealcd Il to me.
lilo smiled an odd. pleased smile,
sat down on the edge of the littlo
'lraw bed whore ! lay, and actually
moothcd back my hair with his hnrd.
'rinklrd hand, md as softly. too. rs II
had been the loving touch Of u moth.
fingers.
Eyes, little brighteyes. ! am agoln'
o save ye,' he said, In 4 wills er. but
: mustn't know but you are buried in
here. am goin' to tell him so. md
NJ gpin' 10 tell Elm all so. am goin'
. bury Il, ha, ha,' laughing the strang.
st. quecrest little laugh. You soc this
me chap hired me To take care of Won.
YOU d never come In his way again.
reckon you won't ha, ha.'
You know how nxtravaeantly d..
1Olistratifc used to be-, and | expect |
early %strangled the poor little old man,
! remember he coughed AMI choked,
nd got terribly red In the face, and
here were tears in his ewes, but he
them away with his cont sleeve,
nd hurried round and brouglh out my
lothos, and put them on in d bunglIng
'ay, and made mo Ito down. and GOV.
red mo carefully up. A man came TO
door and asked II tho little nm was
cad. He said | was Just alive, and
olnted TO the collin. The man said
woman would come over II no
'anted her. aud Briefly Promised TO
all her II he wanted her. aud the man
'ent away.
I'VE kept perfectly still until after F.,
ark, and then he wrapped me up In an
d coat, and by and by, somebody out :
de said, softly; joe lie went 10 tho .
oor, opened Il carefully, aud u woman
IN. She was such q perfect con.
asst TO him that laughed in spite OF .
the anxiety and alarm | felt. She !,
a. the plumpest woman | ever saw. ,
more Ike an enormous feather. ,
I'd with n string tied round IL than q,
kc a living. breathing woman. And | !.
IN say now that her heart wa rs large !
I'd as soft as her body. Dear Aunt
Blake, | doubt II Heaven holds A
nrer spirit than yours, to-day"
"she is deadFn
Yes, she died three years AGO. From
'at night until her death she was my
arm, true, constant friend. She was
Rricrly's sister. and lived five miles
way, In n log cabin. she and her hus-
md and a poor crippled boy. never
Nv Briefly but one after | left there.
1til the day he came To his sisters
knew that | was considered
'ad, and, indeed. all that hummer aud
inter ] was little better. but with tho
! grew better. Ono day Aunt
came to mo with a blot,cd paper, ,
ID n little rusty key. Hound Il In your =,
rss pocket, dearie.' she said, the .
wool dress you worn here. aud :
Is been hanging up In the closet ever !
nee !
II took Il. spread II out, and saw that +,
was n letter My mother had learned /,
o to read writing. and | set myself 10 !
'ciphering this, but from lack Of prac- !
g and the illegihility of the writing, !,
was a long time before | could make .
out, and then | could not understand :
but ! studied IT, and rs | grew !
took In little BY little ia 5
Gaming. I'LL, child rs | was, the whole |,
DRY was, ! think. nearly a. plain 10 !
9 as u Is now. The letter was !.
ritten TO my mother. and was full :