Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-23
L0U'S MIRACLE.
Il is One That Might Easily Be
Initiated.

He's the most mischievous COY I
ever saw. cried Aunt Euphernia-
And the most troublesome, said
Aun, Marcia
And the noi=iest. sighed grand
mother.
And the most destructive" groaned
Lou. clearing away the debris OF the
accident. The handsome maiolica
vase which had been her uncle's
Christmas gift lay in fragments upon
the floor, its trailing vines, fragrant
heliotrope and waxen begouias hope
lessly ruined Lou loved her flowers
extravagantly. putting into their cult
r all that artistic power which
most girls expend on drawing. paint
ing or embroidery and the tears filed
her eyes a. she gathered up the dis
severed fragments
Il didn't mean to-" Lynn grOwled.
trying 10 i~usinuate the toe Of his boot
Into a thin place in the carpet
No. you never mean to- said Aunt
Euphemia, severely. .and yet you keep
this house In comm0tion from morning
till night suppose you doH't mean
to make a hole in that carpet. either.
but | may "a well get ms daruing-
needle and yarn ready. Why cant
you behave like other boys. LyunsT
What's a fellow going to do. I'd
Ike To know9 its don't touch this
and 'dont meddle with that from
week end TO weeks end There's no
place 10 fish or row I can't have n gun
for fear I'll hurt some one; there amt
no boys o play with. and I'm Just sick
and tired Of books. most wish / was
deadr and 4 suspicious tremoIe Of the
voice closed the sentence.
Lou looking Up suddenly. saw the
merry black eyes growing dim and
misty. and relented
But since you're still alive. she
laughed. you may A. We'll help clear
way this rubbish Put these stems in
that pan of sand I can use them
when they have rooted After we are
through with this I'll play a game OF
crOquet with YOU
1T l. too bad. she added To herself.
- Lynn set TO work with ardor and
dispatch, cousin ought 10 have some
thing to do Uncle i too busy at the
shop to look after him. and neither of
our aunties or grandmother have any
Patience with children must set nv
wits 20 work 10 find something to keep
him busy, and she remembered with
keen se~lf-reprOach how little she had
done in the long months since Uncle
Fred aud Lynn had become members
Of the family 10 make life more toIer-
able for either Of the sad hearts bur
dened with SORROW for the loss Of wife
and mother.
Five minutes later they we're out or
the croqUet ground The game pro-
crossed rapidly. and soon. with a skill.
tul stroke. Lou sent her adversary's bal
spinning away beyond the boundaries
aHd her OWE TO the stake Lynn rar
after his elusive property. which h
GisInterrcd from = heap Of rubbish.
and came back muttering Grossly to
himself. d he brushed the dust from
his clothes Nv hat a mess Of stuf-'
The croquet ground was on the ives
side Of the house. which faced III.
north The corner I o the southwes
formed by the fences ~encircIinr tn.
garden and adjacent fard wsS TIE =
ceptaele for all the household de5ris
and was how full 20 overaowing. A,
Lou's eyes followed the boy in hi
search. a play she had learned a
school returned 70 her
Turn your back. she said. author
itatively a. her cousin reached he,
side. and as he instiuctiveIy obevsG
she initiated his example
Nov. when / say ready tur,
quickly as possible and back 10 place
and let Us see in That brief clanc.
which n car see and name the NOS
articles IN that heap Of rubbish"
Lynn was back IN his place in a no
ment- You begin" he said. breath
Iessly-
"A pile Of brush. two barrels.
stump Of a = a broken kettle =
Lou paused and Lyua screamed wit.
delight
You're n bright one he cried
Nov Just hear ne A broken pitcher
s0Ee poles, peach cans. tomato cans
oyster can plaster. Al CID rake. ~,
rusty pans. soma bricks and stones
Loacds. IN old straw Ia.