Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-08-10

"No, Nicky, | bean't,' she answered
with a halI-whining tone of kinln35s,
but what kin | do; Pap I'D take the
strap ter M jest cz quick cz he would
ter You ot | sh'd cross i'm, M95bc
you'll like it, Nicky."
"lj3e it, man. and such a tempest
OF repre- sod wrath and woe burst from
the boys lips us the feeble mother had
never dreamed of.
'llush Nicky," she whispered fear
fully, as the Hood of vitupcration and
grief poured forth from the over
charged heart. ''Pap II hear, an I'm
afcard hc'u strap We awful"
Il wish't he'd kin me an have done
with it,"
mo, no, Nicky, thet's wicked" in
her surprise ana porplcXity doing what
she had never done in her life before,
smoothing his unkempt hair with u
touch of plying tend rncss,
1t was too. much, and with Il quick
upward glance in her face he burst
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would brclk.
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,fsio,,nd ana NO hod r]aicntna toward
III. nnd,a,nr .h,rro 10 tho ovtont of
h,fanta. tf,o -, haa Of oat5, ana non.
n,,,s 49, nnan, ofTo,inr for ,bn how
Lad ha.no III. indirnitio. in snllor i.
,nnco tnrntnr his glarinc ovr. nnon
,ho sirhtsnors -, Times With ALARMING
fo,o,iIr
ona 1ov c,m ni,ohod tbo tom. IN -
r.,an oa,man ;nst in tho or+s,.f.s of
. l,roo ril,,ro and announced his in.
,,n,to, -, .tn,.i,r until ,ho TOWN wos
,Lanonatl,. ma,.,,1 fo. or.,,mor.
.y,, i1st s,,,oo an o,, Ioo1, ,livo
Me o,,T1 Inv vc -, meteor hook Of
wo 4, vol, hero u" he said with his
nooro.. .nnrooch n rood bnmor
,,n,nso h,a hoon formiro in tho
,,1,, ,nina .o,,Iod INSTRUMENTATION to
rnr owor ,t tho first snitob,c onnor.
~,,ni,,. nn1 a., idoo If h,gni1;nr his
nnnoin,n, n,ron, with ]cunninr entered
Iii, urt,tnrod b.,ir
.yo, ra,rrn ho o,smoroa with
,,rwor,od nhoorfrl,oss ,bcru ho
late a, fo,,-.ns bcro S,v n,nnv
WON, ,o INV mo , ;ock knife toopa
"Nnhho Nir. mrhbe" sam locked
81, h ho, in eurnriso rnr bo had No,
shown so much boyish spirit in years,
and he Thought with n dcrroe of salts.
faction that he WINS growing = %concilcd
to tho life which his ayarjcc had
nI,n,od for him
Inst across the common wos n mod.
est little white housc with n wei.
shaded norcb upon which two chill.
dron wore nlovinc one n little fair,
with lonu. Golden curls. over whom
IN o,der si.,n, ken, almost conston,
Guard, for she was only IA laby ant
loved her W mischicvous a which
was not always a SAFE way, as the fam
ily had too often learned. The rail
road ran lust a little distance from tn,
house and was a constant source o
; trouble TO its inmates.
Me wns cotinr his conrse dinner
! while Sam was canvassing the tow
with advertisements, when Il tin,
> Golden head came peopinr in at tn,
tent door.
i "paase NAV Dolly finn imp said
sweet s~ilv,rv voice. 81 houpbted o.
: n tookic. n nifty tookic, Dolly did"
Mic started, lie had seen picture
, of angels and had dreamed of them
but had never seen such a near an
! proocb to one as this s~oft-cycd littl
chcrnb her white hand stretched on
| ia him with its cookie Offering and tn
, lovely blue ewes filled with tint
wonder.
.como i, ,itt,o !. .l1v ~ said Mic !
., v,ico which was n s~nrnrisc to him
solf bo vac ca ,i,tle accustomed I
!, sno,kino aon,lv The child sidled ir
. ,n1 ho ,oek ,he c,kc from hor dimnlo
!; hand ne rovereptlv ne n II had bee
marno from Uo,ven
~. oo al, olnnoy said ,ho midro.
|, ,,ninn ha,a "of,," On Nio,
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