The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25


fairfeatured and pleasant, although with
large elf-coDceit-whicn he came honestly
by from bis mother.
1T remember happened over there one
day.. when Enos had just given him o piece
CT ground to be used as garden of his own
1t seemed bed been begging so hard for II,
that Enos gave him nice spot South OF the
currant bushes. BE had dressed and spaded
IL. and given il over TO him al ready for
plsniing; and there Andy was, working
away as happy as could be. He called me,
and stopped a moment TO listen to what he
had to say.
"'You see, it's mine be said. Father
hasn't any more TO do with it than you have.
tell you, it'll be Just the finest garden Pll
have the tallest corn and the biggest SQUASH
and the incest melons! And you won't see a
weed. And I'm going to sprinkle it with
the watering-pot when it's dry. Oh, don't
go / want to tell you more Bat had to
and it was pleasant picture to carry away,
OF the bright-faced little fellow, so happy
and eager at work in bis garden.
We'll, some weeks after, ss 1 went by to
the Corners, saw Andy sitting. whiting.
on one OF the posts, and went to the fence
and looked over to see how the garden
looked. But, bless mel there was only
patch OF weeds there, and an old hen scratch
ing away for brood of young chicks!
denr
"'Oh, it's no good he replied. 1T was too
much work. 1 gave lie up long ago. See
here I'm making a waterwheel to put in
the brook in the clover lot. Noah
Shipman has one, and the water goes
tinkle, tinkle over it just as nice But this'Il
heat his all hollow. Just you let me show
il to you after / get it workingl
"A little while after Lyddy Ann sent him
over TO borrow q colander. and asked him
oH<<w.t !, -. IL l.
careless way, Il didn't finish it. The wood
was too hard and my knife was too dull.
I'm going to snare rsbbits now. Dick Parker
sets his snares down in the swamp. He got
four last week, but Pll beat that He says
he'd like tosee me. but I'll show himl'
Somehow he made me think of an old
black horse we had, who, when first har-
messed, champed and pawed and seemed ready
to tear everything to pieces, but who, when
steady Work began, gave out entirely.
After Andy began TO go to school, we
heard good deal about his smartness at
booklesrning. He was quick AZ it, and there
was no denying he had good natural abilities
Enos grew prouder than ever of him, and
bad no idea OF stinting him in his education,
though he was man to turn penny over
pretty carefully before be spent it. The girls,
too, were willing that every chance over and
above any they'd ever had should 90 to max
ing man of Andy.
He'd set his heart on having q college
education, and so the whole family did what
they could to give him ore. The hardest
part came on the girls, tor Enos, though ne
was good citizen and a reliable neigh or
had the fault OF being too niggardly toward
his daughters.
"All the little ornaments that freehen up
young girls dress be erumbled at and
even the bUtter-money, which Lyddy Ann
said che thought might be given TO the
girls. Enos put into his own pocket.
$50 Enos, to do more for Andy, was closer
than ever with the girls And they were so
willing and patient with it all, especially
Gerty, the oldest one, that their selt-sacrifce
was noble thing TO see, and a touching
thing, too.
I'VE ell thought that Andy ought to be
wonderfully grateful to them, and ought,
therefore, to make the most of his advant.
ages.
"Gertie, who had learned the tailoring
trade, began now to 60 out into families to
sew and cut garments, and wherever she
went she kept folks informed of Andy's pro-
gress. I'm only afraid he'll injure himself
by hard study she said to me. He's so
ambitious. Poor Andy! Pm nxious about
ways had such delicate stomsch-and
whether his bed is made as it ought to be
and his clothes mended rightly. There are
plenty OF things to worry me about him
I've always looked after him from the time
he was a baby and 1 o little toddler.'
Don't worry about him, Gerty,' I said.
i think he's able to look after his own COM
fort, and guess he'll stand the study
But he's 30 ambitiousl' she replied. q
wish had brought over his last letter. He
did write so beautifully Some Of it pye
read over and over, until know il heart.
He says" want to soar above the grovelling
herd and write my name in imperishable
m efY in he lie of 4
rather never have been born than not &C.
complish some great work In the world II
rem aims for me to shed lustre upon tie
hitherto humble name of Paxton"
Isn't that beautiful she exclaimed, in
admiration. Father said ne didn't think
We had q much humber Dame than most
folks, but 1t was truth that we never had
any great scholars or public men in our
family, and ii wasn't beyond probability 70
say that it was in Andy's power to be Presi.
dent some daym
Dear child how proud and happy she
looked as she talked! But the time went on
slipping quietly away from all of u.s. and
some In the Deighberhood were married
and some were dead, but the most of Us we're
living quietly as usual, when Andy gradu-
ated and came home. He had grown tall
and was citifed.looking young man, with
polish in his manners that made some of
the young folks rather shy of him.
Simon met him one day and when he
came home, he said as If he was little an
cry, 'Hitty, because a lad has been to col
lege, must he set himself up to be the Hub of
OF Universe? True learning is modest to my
thinking: something after the manner OF
CHARITY according TO the Apostle. ''vaunte,h
not itself. is not pulled up." But the boy is
young; he'll learn wisdom probably, and
the in his alphabet won't be much bigger
than the u in time
1T was about that time Gertie brought
me over the picture you've been locking at.
1t was rainy day, and she padded through
the mud and came in with damp clot hes
and quite out of breath.
lust see what I've brought youl' said
she, laughing like child. i was determined
you should have one, but dozen pictures
don't go far when every body wants one.
This is the very last, / thought I'd bring
1t over and begin that pair of pants FOR I'm.
Gle Simon. Somehow, I've been taking more
of play-epell than l ought lately. We've
been so happy to have Andy home, and
we've found considerable to do for him.
suppose you know that he's decided to be-.
come q doctor, and is going to Brooklyn to
attend lectures? Father says there never
was doctor in the Paxton family. Andy is
50 enthusiastic over il, it's nice to see him.
I've hemstitched him a set of fine :handker-
chiefs and we've been making him dozen
new shirts.
Some how. it does seem rs If he has gone
beyond us; our ways amt his any longer, for
we've been standing still. couldn't blame
him If he felt q little ashamed of our ignor-
auce and old fashioned uavo fool az t;poos