The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-15
On Reforming Il Boy.

IN cs,uy.iallv. OF coufsc, about the
Iicphrw who wns his nanlceukc.
"Ol John is doing splcndijly," re-
piled Johns mama. But in another
moment IL slight shade crossed her
face, as shea,IIcd, quiicly: There is
only one thing that troubles us about
,Iciin-hc is 50 c,rclcss about how he
looks. kept thinking that nc would
nut,,,.n,., If I,ut hr is srvru;rcn now.
."I hr .rr,u. 10 notice less tIian ever
@ 'h.t his cnat needs brushing. or even
,h"t @ III. hands need washing. | have
tn m r,ij III. attention to il lust as | did
whrn he WAS 4 little bit of IL boy.
81 "nh we'll that j.; moi exactly a fault,
Iizzic,u
"Uh. no, not a fault, Of COURSE"
.oiI littlr Mrs, Tvrrcl. ramcrlv. "i,nt
IL W secnls a GREAT liity.n Aud She sigh
ed
"I'cs it is Il great pity. But what
have YOU done aboutit ~
"livcrything." And again little
Mrs. Tyrrcl sighed. "At first / tried
TO he patient, and Just call his attcn-
liou to il. thought that after while
he would Le ashamed to be spoken to
SO often about it: but he never is, he
Loscn'r mind it in the least. When
over saw 10 him, john, your coat, or
your hands, need looking. aflcr,' he
| iuumhs Good -naturcdly and says, 80
thry do and runs Off checrflIly to
attend to il, and then the next day he
comes into the ),arl0r Just as untidy as
ever. II isn't that he doesn't mind be-
| ing shabby lit Is simply that nr
dUcsn't discover that lie IS shabby.
As soon as you tell him OF IL lie IS aiiA-
iouS as anybody TO appear nGt!er. c,-
"Humrl d" sal" Chcie ?9hh. 80
that uidht WORK. Nl'at I'll" you 'lV
next: ,:.,,;. ,,;.
IVY ny, 'nen lIleu l'umi?nIns nm
but u uIuh'l MAKE any "'l''ieiice'
And tneh: ,,. ~,
~ hen tliG" rGMafulns I!'i iliii' h ~
cry week liiat ne ,''' 10y nav " w
spokGntb about II Ills ia'her gave MN
Il dollar" ,,~-, ,.r., ,..,,.
"Iilat S goo" III icast my s,, oGt'v,
than p'iilislllng. PUT II SccIas tfirT
dlun,l WORK, c!ll'ci r. c,:
No; l"t ioi amy ici'S'ia VI 'ihiG'
Ana tncm we 'fieu Il niESp, leM"iu tn:i
sam v llialis ms l'.ost III; ',i,''t ilIciiu
mao Il bSantt'i Se", ii,I H,I oa r','i, U,i
III" 'Ii'ri4!. ""i'" uii ,;, ''' ~ u,' ,iInit
nlurii, anu We luii' :;r, i.Ii .in,t his cIntho. %
iiaTc 10 Span =" mn, t,, ',%s' '.,' 40, ',,II
or ms l'ali"7 ,"i ',''.'.'' ,i "" WHY W,t
give ll' il.''t'"'t' va. Ti TLa I"nor ,,,r. nr
ne ii;S NOT NOT won nm ,;,rI ~ ~ ,o ,nirn' M NH himlcr
", "ri II rc,Iiw - 'y Irics hnt il seems ~ if if
,!nro "'.m ';,ry ;,n,yn,s;hIn
WHY .lnl ,'i, l'T,T,'i. ~ .nil urclo I,hr
1iTi,,t.'' ti,t'n ,n,nr ,",. I,"'' h" wnmt down
"a i'.t,' ".In, hn rntIrncI hr
town. an M'rn ,,,, mc ,ittin t'",Ht LIZ. fnr n
Sal" .l,lH 'S '!" toien ''m Iat ' he % LnJ NOT
r,,.n,S rc .,.'ii'S inH, ., ,irrinm liz aHsr,,sr
with r. GiI " uri Huv lhrin in E.urorc," he
cvu,.jurd, "lor | did not want TO take
ne time then 10 select them. and |
over Europe. have noticed that it
!. mrnrrailV the thing which p!cascs Il
,nTsnr. instead Of the place il came
Hrnr, co / concluded to wait till
rn"n hnma. nnI what the duty would
Gni,n ',';, Ln,.n r. thn amount I should have
I.mnr, ,,a mvrr ,hrr. and rct something
I,c!,v t;nr Won here. lou ought to
like this watch, Nellie, great deal
better for lis hcing made in your OWL
country. There's handsome SET Of
cut ulaSa coming up for you this eve
ming, Lizzie, and rosewood dS"k lor
liCrucrt Mlil he Eefe to'llotIn".
Here's Il bangle for you Altty,, ana Il
silver cup for thc IIaby; and tins lit
tie thing, John, / picked up tor you
ri Vinany'$ tCda%.'
80, mother "%c!aiMcd t!le ac'Si!t-