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

I gsther. she nestled up close IL ny arms,
We whispered abozf Jason. and spoke
/ eomt0rtin' things sad hopeful 70 hsr
about the boz. When bedtime cane
/ that niyht we kueeie1 down. our chairs
! close together and nv arm A-o11d her.
/ the way Il used 10 b whsu 90 nsxan
housekeepin'. guess the Lord knew M
/ feeiin's, aud Il didn't matter thAt my
voice was kind of weak aad words IN
common scarcs--aui a Ia - feelings
went. It was a. IL all the Christmas angels
that ever came % bless our hearth. wAs
hllin' the room AMI singiR': Glory 70
God Ia the highest: psaes On earth and
good will 20 msr-'
at was "a the spring followin' tia. ve
moved cut into the country. We hal some
| friends here. and perhaps e was their
urgin' Isl perhaps q was h-nksriD' after
change-sort % wantiu' new sur
r0un'in's with orr new feelings; and per-
hfps il WAS Pr0vilsnce vOrkin' Ia all
these thiags-aayway West no came. and
here we are.
"we brought the rles along. toot indeed
| got to almos. feelia' ~ Il ue cO1ldE't
keep house without it. - when mother
proposed mex application CO the Idee.
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attach nents. { catered heartily into the
notion Though. had nv own little
laugh on mother about welconin' n bur
gla- with Home Sweet Home;' FOR we'd
got 50 We could joke about tie I1ee with
out danger.
''It worked like charm. that alarm did
I have to laugh When remember wskin'
up one night out o, dream e the Day Of
. II y -
music; there Was big storm and the
liehtnin' had started the alarm and melt
ed down the wire dolu' IL. After that we
*; IN vithout he alarm till June came.
A'ols in June circus came 70 town
mine veil that one Of them stick-at-
nothing aceats posted flaming bill on
tis tight board ience. which dila't stay
long after sul-uP assure You II was
always worryin' time FOR mother when
4 circu- was In town. for she couldn't
help but think OF her boy. n man grown
b. this tine Il he'd lived. and whether or
10 he was lfvia' or dead Naturally,
when We seat to bed ;ha, night neither
- Us felt Ike slsepin'. though we both
played pos TN. Iayin' there as IL -e was
sleepin' sound as the seven- I think
must 4 I'd OF several times, for
remember figuring the moon had done
considerable trIvelin' since laid down,
when | found myself layia' there, SOFT
% hale asleep and half awAke, listeu,n' TO
the noises % tbs night. l could hear the
horses tramp ia the barn; now
rOosser'd crow. and again n hos'd squeal.
| must have laid that way sOme tim .
my mind zis-z1sia' between one thing
and another. like n grasshOpper with n
chicken chasin' IL. Each new sound
seemed to start M In fresh track; a ho.
squealin' set ne figuring what the shOats'd
scale; tNig tappin' the window made
me open nv eyes enough to see the old
naples, their leaves all shinin' silver in
the moonlight. aud I left the hogs to 90
picSiu' silver. You know how TITS when
you're just tstsriR' on the ed - OF sleep.
aud you get TO mixin' every thing your
minds been ou-wheu something r0uses
you and you come back xuatchia' at the
last thing Il your thoughts I, minds me
q a bchy gpiag 10 sleep with her doll:
her little hand drops as the head grows
heavier and heavier. and the little fingers
begin to EnlOoss; but when you put your
hand out 10 slip away the doll. the eyes
come open a little and the fingers shut
tight again on dolly. Twas Just lettin'
50 my grip on the things % sense when.
sure a. you live. heard the musir-aIburn
tiaklia' Home. Sweet Home and the
souEd fetched ne wide awake. That
album vas layia' on the frout-room
stand and the stand WAS right up ag-a'
the head % the bed. the PARTITION
only sep-rstin' Mother made no
sign % hearia'. SO thinkin' shs'I
dropped Of b. this time. l slipped
cot o. bel quietly aHl goes down the hail
% the parLar aIa.lr- whseh NJ ct afar