The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-03

| NUc CuSu io DuI pltuly HlOTt. DOH YOU
have 90 work hard for very little mcneyi'
Thorney doggedly acknowledged his in
! jurics.
500 away" burst out Phoebe, "and let
the boy alone. You arc only trying 70 tor
ment me through HIM. You shdnr harm
! him."
+, mo. | want 10 do him good" said Thane.
"You see it's herself always, and you and me
counted out, Thorney. When you're as old
| as am she'll want 10 drop you altogether
like she does me. Her programmes work
| for you and easy times for my lady. RI
mako your fortune for YOU
"Now you're gittin it down TO fine
point" remarked Thornoy, with "a cunning
grin.
"Why doesn't he make his own fortune"
demanded Phube, "instc;.d Of constantly
stripping usr'
Thorncy's expression changed TO blank
and opcn-mouthcd doubt. He could grasp
but one idea Mt "A time, and his feeble
hold on that kept his head moving like Il
ball bctwiXt these two more powerful nat
ures.
You ought to be enjoying life," contin-
ned Thanc, ''instead Of chopping and dig
ging for living. You ought to know
where gold watches and full pocket-boolts
grow, and you've wit enough to get at them
If somebody gave you u few hints"
He gets il down TO "a fine point said
Thorney, challenging Phpbe.
"Looli into my eyes, Thornley," she said.
He attempted TO do so, but his gaze sank
before her blazing earnestness. "Dd he
ever do any thing for us but get us into
trouble. Have we not learned what we
know, in spite of himl Haven't we always
been happest and safest when he was in
prison. Is it likely that he will ever be diff
ferent."
Thorney now challenged Thane with
wag of the head.
"She'S gittin down to fine point" he re-
marked.
you and must stand by each other.
What have | III the world but you, Thorncy!
| have enough to bear without your desert
ing me"
II amt q dcscrtin' you," said Thornley,
dropping his head with a distressed pucker
of the mouth.
HING to the apron string, sonny" eX-
horted his other mentor at the window
Thorncy mcnaccd HIM with slowly
clenched fist You amt give up my tin
whistle yet, any way
"Ill blow on 1t when | want YOU" said
ThanC, removing his elbows from the win
dow sill. I'm staying round the ncighbor-
hood and I'll sec you both again. Keep an
ear open for that whistle. Thorney."
The window glass again shuddCrcd and
clinked as he drew down the sash. He
paused "a moment and laughed through the
patched pane at them, Il puttied crack con
tributing to the distortion of his face.
After he disappeared Phoebe covered
down in "a seat with her head bowed
What ails you.' inquired ThOrney. star
ing suspiciously. "You amt afraid o
Thane, are you:'
Phoebe shook her head without lifting it.
II amt" said ThOrney, stretching out his
arm to feel the muscle. "Hc amt no man
beside Of me. | won't let him hit you like
he used to. And blame if he amt got to
give that tin whistle up; won't stand it.
He took my tin whistle. Thane did" an
nounced Thorney. in way calculated to
impress his sister by the startling news.
She took her wrap from its nail near the
watcr-bucket and stopped to look at her
liquid reflection.
You no account wretch" said Phoebe to
the face thus meeting her from some lower
world. you can't do any thing but stare
up from the pit you are in"
"ThGt whistle cost me a quarter of dol
lar rumlnatsd Thorncy, bitterly.
"Bc ComfOrted about it, Thornley," said
his sister, laying her head against his arm.
we will surely get our whistles back YETI
"Thanc never took none from you"
"Hc has not left me even IA penny whistle,
Thorncy, to amuse myself with since you
and were little children"