The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-16
= III"
a Story with Il Moral for Both
Parents and Children.

1898 "HNh - hAtN 70 AFH AHNHNNi
ParontB and Children.
'1f you would nnly mind, Cfmmy.
tghcd tlommy j mother
III he was opil mtdo 10 mind" men.
tally sighed Clcmmy COUSIN Angelica
II wish | had minded. shl,gri
Clemmy Well he might shtyor. for ho
hal had a duckiug IN the icy water Of
the pond and now bis mother and
cousin were getting him out II Ills drip
ping clothes ~ fast o. they could
II fold You the last thing as you
went ont not 10 90 on the Ice, said
his mother, for knew Ii wasn't safe
yet. did think that with your new
sled, and afer ull the seoldIng. Won
have had for disobeting, that YOU
might be trusted this once. There. nut
ON your night-gown and wrapper and
jump into bed. Il viii be- q wonder #
yon haven't taken your death II cold
oh, Cousin Angelica Im sure | smell
the pies burning So please AN Bridget
to look into the 0ygn. All ny Satur.
day baking ~ upset. and gour holiday
spoiled too Clominy, Il e too az.
I'm nwfully sorry snid Clpmmy.
rucfully. lie hated to see his mother !
pretty face 50 flushed and worried. and
hated 10 see her gathering mp biz wet
CLOTHES. The pond tg9tsd frozen solid.
aud the boys wcrc daring On III, lee.
aud | just stepped on once. and IL
broke. ! mighiof got drowned. This
with a view to modifying his mother
dIsplea>nre.
"Of course YOU might; H. a wonder
You didn Something dreadful an
happen 70 You. Clcmmy. II You don,
mind. Here, Cousin Angelica has
brought your composition ten
I'm as warm NJ toast now. a" said
Iemmy, when the drink was dis.
patched, ''and. mother, truly / will
never forget 10 mind again
"liow often you say that. child" But
Nlcmmy felt n rclenting In the tone
Ills mother never staid angry with him
II he was sorry. aud be ALWAYS was snr.
=, when he was bad.
II must 70 back TO my cake. " said
Mrs. Linton, II left the whites Of the
egg all settling. How cross Bridget
VIII be TO have these wet buds hung
foind the kitchen on n Saturday. 20
Clcmmy's new access Of romorse and
his shame at having Cousin Angelica
see his plight, were checked by a sudden
thought.
"Tho Rink he exclaimed. "lf M,
clothes ar'n't dry, | can wear nv sun.
DAY ones, cant ! mother2 You ptll lrt
me 70 TINS afternoon. won't you?'
No, will notii was the reply III
won't b. safe for sou to 90 ont. and Won
can : hack at your best clothes and
besides, ! shall give sou a lesson IN
keeping you IN bed all day on bread and
water that settled
Cemmy looked meek and repen,ant
Cousin Angelica will see that Won
Keep warm, AMI perhaps will tell ,ou
how she and her brothers and sister.
used 10 obey. wish YOU would nat.
tern after Them And with another
sigh Mrs Linton went down stair. and
Cousin Angelica took up her sewing
Angelica was Mr.. Linton, cousin.
and was visiting them for the first time
IN a number Of years. Clemmy admired
her, rs every one did. hut Jus, now
she seemed a little like n prison chan.
lain, and he hdgctted and looked n
door and windows with a vague long.
ing for escape. Cousin Angelica
laughed.
You think ! have you. now. she
said at would b. like thrashinr A hn,
itTf
Kinder said Clcmmy. and added.
IN i awiully hard to mind. don't YOU
think SOP"
"fes. ! do. But II Is harder not to.
sometimes
ITS harder not to Of" was the 81.
liptical response.
~ heard you say yesterday. she
sad. THAT you want 10 20 10 We.t
Point and be a soldier. soldiers have 10
mind. and the quicker you learn how
the BETTER
Soldiers mind Why, they com.
mand and fight"
Everybody in an army has to obey
orders but the COMMANDMENT Chief |
Clcmmy. and he only gets 10 be ono hy
obcying from the awkward squad nm
lear me. you cant imagine how strlr,
they are at West Point. and how severe.
~ the cadets are punished for the least
~disobediance Of rules. They say that
those get on best who have minded hest
al home"
This was n new Wow of soldier life.
and rather dampening TO youthful mill.
tary ardor.
I'D like to be = Captain. anyhow. .
said Clemmy. reflectiyely.
Captains have to mind" said An.
gelica. 'sOnce the Duke Of Wellington
was encamped with his army, expecting
agrrst battle next day, and he didn't
want the enemy TO know he was there,
50 he forbade there being any lights IN
the camp. After dark be was prowllng
about-all mufiled up TO see what he
could see-when he espied q iain, light
In a Captains tent. In be went aud
asked what II meant. The Captain said
he was writing 10 his wife and babies.
= he felt be might BE- killed next day.
Write the Iron Duke said. that ron
will be shot nj sunrise for dlsobeyinv
oriera
''hui he wasn'te'' cried Clemmy.
.Yes he waa"
sIhe horrid- old. wicked. iron-hearsei
~. exclaimed tAa boy.
- lron-hearted. that's true.
49, Link what II The enemy's
- - ~ Ilehf and he army
- 4 ~ nlehl and