The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-12-20

oiacheu Pecah nut ana munchlng the
meats with great zest.
'Oh, that means, Miss Pert, that do
not help the Busy Bees or Silver Thin
bles, or some other philanthropic club
f"r promoting good fellowship among
the poor. l do give something away,
even If you don't seem to know it."
81 don't believe it," answered the girl,
quietly.
Bessie! Bessie" they all shouted, in
chorus, "you have been rude to Uncle
Silas--you must ask his forgiveness"
"Bessie," said Mrs. Van Pelt, with
that extreme eagerness with which many
good people smite their children for ex-
pressing honest opinions, "you can leave
the room.'
"No! no." said Uncle Silas, who liked
the little girl-she was only fifteen
Bessie doesn't mean to be rude. So
she thinks I'm q miser, does shea
Shylock, because don't give my hard
earned money to professional beggars.
My dear, if I did could not give you
the pearl and ebony writing-desk you
wanted for Christmas. , Hey, my pet"
II don't want it, said Bessie, with
spirit; II would rather have that old one
Of grandma's up in the attic, the one she
signed many check on at Christmas to
60 to the poor"
Hey! is it there? Is m-m-other's
desk up in tn attic, Sophie? l member
it quite we'll"
eyes, and it looks lonesome up there,
too, but it is old-fashioned and clumsy"
answered his sister.
81 like old-fashioned things, and old
fashioned people if they have good
hearts like hers and do good with their
money as she did" said Bessie.
"Well, well, let's have some games
and music" said the old man with gruff
good nature and soon the entire family
engaged in game of blind-man's s-buf
to wind up the evening.
"Be very careful of yourself, Silas,"
said his sister; 'you may be robbed or
murdered some of these nights going
home"
Il haven't a cent about me-" said the
old man, hastily, but not without shud-
der.
''DO you want me to see you safe home,
Uncle Silas?" asked Bessie, who had re-
covered her good temper.
'No, Miss Spitfre, not tonight. Your
old uncle's got some fight in him yet.
It's only two short blocks to my house
and I have good cane in my hand"
II wish you would rent that house and
come live with u.s." remarked his sister.
She was in independent circumstances
herself, but not rich. She wanted her
brothers money when he was done with
it, not sooner. But she never saw mill
of it, and his fine offer of the writing
desk to Bessie was all brayado and she
knew it. He had never given the child
a present in his life.
But he talked poverty, poverty, all
day long, and declared that the hand
some house in which he lived alone, and
where his wife had died-as some said
for lack of the necessaries of life-was
mortgaged to its full value. Bessie had
often gone to him knowing that he had
Golfers of gold-and begged money for
some Christmas tree or charitable enter
tainment, and it always pleased him
iio iAhou 'o "ei! " oon1 n0i. nnen he
was soio "'.u .''o uoot o,oS1u .,1 aver iiliii'
sn"s'irs ou' ous VIC "siui , .nin y, n.s pres,
eio., .. "ai'i M 1; soe;h'u " in.oASiiy 'lle coiu
n.e Nv "-.' D'ss.o '"y wv. anu ""iCeu ~,
H.ienny t",. ~. 1, n,l uoviloi % ieo'ufe' one
i .eiS aulo ~ "Tulu ,r oo,,io anu was no' us,
t n1 Sounsoi onilufe! liao
sUH sunt;on w W 0''' ~ '"'io was no in'ef
'po' !.y.," ou.o.,x ,;a.,w
rothe, haa,n. S .:ro, ' Isna, o,, ,,anu naIa n1a
axnaots ~ lo.ro E Eh;s n,nuo, - ~" y -. " nn,
ro,, tro.t hin, in suoh . 49,, u.s.. ha
y,ill va ,na az nndan d. ~ at.nitn ] "..;t. 'Ia "a y No
ST ns;sh 10 n.ouIa .a.n,., ~ .ons,"ouoa
p,sa;.. ..,,n, s,,ro IT, m,nnn'. -;I1 .o.,a-
do nc ,nv GOOD Ho viii hato .o soa
,hoau $500 - I,si,ad L;,s w. ~,
soi,a1 tsr o,. C,-;,.rnan .-nn .n
noor ard ho da,ooa un and % donn m an5 'na
5ooIsrad P ho hodn,t 81 p n,na, ~ wv" a,"no";.' "'"
80 ,no.,a 49, I ~ n ~ nO"o' !"
3D., vanaTna,o o. S;,., " y Sua P'V,' wv,
,,;is -. a'nua ~ h,na,ls e =, s"s hs;I, popi WY
Tho avonuos and bo hoe onorr,ous su,.a
,ut at INTEREST,"
..Wbat does that do for h;uo ,y,o,
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