Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-12-06

ny eveniE' piPs, vith mother \ knittia'
close by. Aud one picture. think. we'd
both see: the picture % merry black
eyed boy, whose voice hal made the
sweetest music q our home. Bat what
ever We saw there was nothing sail:
Tor knew that mother hal
sore keart Ia her bosom along %
Jason. though I was some time in hnlin'
= out Mothers apt to BE- close about
her troubles. though when she does break
out a wor,i'l contain 4 zhoie box %
rev~lstioa A. 20 her fselin'A ia got to
feslia' n li.tl- hard to'ri mother in them
days. Tor some vas 4 took the uotioa ;ha.
she VA more vexed at the failure % IL.
dee than At l1sln' the boy A-oa know
how ftis Uhca you've got n sore throat:
you keep n sWalloEia' every fcE minutes
inst u see Il your throat Is sore. though
goa know Il - Well. N others silence
affected M much like ths sore throat;
Kept wantiu' to touch the sore spot
knew WAS in her heart for that boy. and
kept sayia' one thing aud another till
said too much After ia done the mis-
chief was mad with myself for what ia
SAIL. AM thea got mad wifh her FOR not
b@in' more spansy aud talkin' back; 50
things got sort % cool between u IL
u
over at once; but stead OF that we'd sit
silent I'LL you could feel the quiet se'tlin'
Gown on ye like n damp. cold foy coin'
right To the bone and marrow l. was
groEiE' along lords Christmas, aud was
sittia' alone by the fre-sor we'd got TO
ityiu' and doin' Independent like. not
waitIn' on each other-and l Was feelin'
as Z III like 10 smash every music ma
chine IN the house; for il seemed
rs Il the III was comm between
II Who'll been so much to each other
tsrOu- MANY year Of shallow and sun.
Thea l got to thiukin' Of the angels song
o. peace and good will and % all the HELM
aad comfort I'D fOaad in the woman
thltd never failed n step AZ M side.
since she put her arm in mins the day We
walked out % church. MAJ aud wife. to-
<ether. .Ns,' says l. .oOner than the
Ilee shall come between u I'll adopt IL
myself ~ when next morning
hiieke1 up AMI drove to toEn. ia male
Up ny mini 20 find \ real reac.s-suf-
saot-Eill II rim for mothers Carist-
mIs- | VS. IN the Store p-icsns tais
thing and that, VIXEN happened To opsu
What look el like a picture album (as IL
<Nsl. and M sooner hal opened il than
u began IN play II re. SEeet HBuss.f
Ny first thought vas that Il Vas felu- |
sIons Ia Sot the dee on the brain. II
shut the book and the music stopp@d. I
opened Il asAia and it took Up the tune.
that SOFT and sweet it might have been 1
fairy music SoJa a. I'll n<ured gu, 4
what Il WAS, / knew that II aud nothing
else was the thing Tor mothers Christ i
mas so traleI for the Albzra. aud n; /
my picture opp site mothers in the !
front q the book. AL Christmas morn
las laid u out for her. Sue Gnaid the /
paper sort % Indifferent like. aud when /
she SAN the pretty. plush cover she szvs /
-spsakin' sort % langIisaia' a. ya do I
whea you're tired--i'n afraid you've /
oeen KIND OF extravasaat Jas0u-' She /
opeEel the book. still careless Ike. ne A
WAtehin. her like rsoia eyeia' 4 cherry, !
aud II began to play. You should nave |
seen her face. our pictures Just opposite. /
and the sweetest little tiukle % Home /
Sweet Home.' as IL the me Iier-brook /
had been takia' music lessons wish 4
you could a ssss her. Elder. for il afu't in Z
speech 20 describe how m9fh.r I0oke4 4
any more than it's in paintin' 20 picture f
a soul She IdSt wheeled roluI 10 ne. q
thAs vas standin' close AMI Eaitin,. ana /
laid her head on my sa0alder. as she did /
On tbs day | asked her. AMI coaId Eel I
her trembling a. she e,uas to re. who 4
couldn't DO or soy amp thing. bat hold hen,
close and stroke her soft. shining hail
and say- Mary. dear wife. what's 2
trouhlin' ye:- We both knew wha.. IL Va.
for there We stool heart 10 heart. a. We I
hadn't stood in long time. ret sayin' 4
much, but one heart teIe<raphilS love 4
TO the other. through cur juiued hsnds 4
till We could fairly feel our fiagers tia-le +
with the message There want no fees. 4
ing o. chill AMI fog that night. As We sat
by the IRE. though whether il was the
hickory log tina; d. seem 70 be doia, IL
best TO put on style for the occasion ar
whether II vas OTia' - the &c: Tar
moths and me was sittiH' pretty close,
IiNe eOaraa over again, only more
peaceful, il aiurl mine - -
AnyEsy.Ee vas both feslia' hapuE. in a
ea.st. EesttuI wag; az. A. We sat there To-