Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-02

dress and broad brimna-z1 h1s. Stood
waiting FOR Jerry 20 hrfn- around tEs
obi chais.- ~ hieh had a..en in ~. rhirty
years or more
VIII and Jamie eould afr0-s 20 -
pleasant after the magnificent Joke
they had played on her.
Don't scream NkrH n. sr-crslcis~rs
90 of Beth for people viii tainx ysg
never saw any hefar~
Tell II all about everything. Eesh-
and D. sure 20 brizx rs a I'D oaIg.zsu- r"
oh don't forget SOME p~aun-s r.
bsg-rI VIII. 1t sill b. the 0zIy EsurrA
We vs5Il have
Il wish you would 20. the Fourth =
more for boys than for girls h~raa
Beth bus Jamie interrupted her -Yogr
can r-I n all you saw and tia. VIII
b. fun fog u.s. and be gaze WI 4
nussr~
F-sth and grandpa rysle OF n IN. hixh
o'sl CHASE E@th With her p.--ssess SLED
sish E5ns-r-Saaps- white arsser the Sat
was a 7vell-AIEsrf Iuneh-hasss~r. Sh..
sang ilttle ~ona,s If happsae~s TO the
nssistinr clover zad daisies along the
rysEd they passesi- for eIav II town
only cane oaee in a long tiru-. and BE-
sisia~. this was the Fogrth Of JuIv.
when al nice thing happ~n-sL They
lived far from Eeighbors. and the OUT
side world seemed very wonderful To
her, 50 she was glad when the long
drive cams. 70 an end AMI the streets
ot The VILLAGE appeared
Bat what deserted look thew hal
Tired and sIevpv-as though after
taken a rrsting-speEL Along the road
were scattered burnt frecraekerx and
Empty paper hays
Its dreadful quie. for Fourth Of
July isn't It. grandpa ami Beth
looked very anxious.
Mr. Downs drew IN old whitefaee.
and called u a man IN store
Where does the celebration take
T Place
The mar lsuyhe,i Why. old man
you are day too late for the. Fourth.
We had al that yesterday Where have
1 you hs-en- anyway
Beth gave IjttIe gasp and her vel
low curls minEIet. with g-rarseIp pa : white.
I ones ax she sob1s-l ON his shoulder
The almanac said so h.. reusas.sf
over and over. 4 never knew i To be
wrong before There little girl vel
do something else just n nice we'll 20
- them a his eye caught 4 damiusg
I poster Of a lion and an elephant in a
deadly conflict. YES. we'll % On 20
I Paxton aud re the msnaE-eris.. X shows
I there to-day that will b. great deal
better than a TOT noisy firerraekrrS.
Beth dried her tears. oh. how
/ splendid wish VIII and Jamie we're
here We never any Of Us saw 4 really.
/ truly lion in our lives
Old Whitsfaee was put into a stable
for the day, and grandpa and I.eth
boarded train for Paxton What a
wonderful Eever-to-bs-fory0tten dav il
was fssr her The crowds of p..eple.
tn. band Of music. and cage after cage
Of new and strange animals. She ching
Gloss - grandpa when the lion sh5.1lS
his yellow name and gave a frf-htf1l
ruar. and when the elephant waved his
long trunk high in the air. and elsgp.,f
her hands with delight az the antics Of
the monkey
Il would be just perfect IL che bovS
were here am 80 glad. grandpa that
we lost the FOURTH
VIII and Jamie sp.nt a restless sla~
An uneasy conscience i never a s.ara-
Portable companion and their ruasnsfs-
cent joke looked almost like a fall
hood IN them and To d. aurshfu- Ia
make their little sister ssl.,sf tears WIS
aos manly Look al 1t IN ang light sh.v
might They had IN watch thes- rFs4n..-
On replace the almanac. AMI their rsr.-h
az the Thought 81 how mv.tif..si Grand.
pa would he when he came 10 ..,,rSrslt
i again was a faint ore
They were AZ the gate one on each
post To watch for old Whft-sae- and
when she was seen swinging IN The
ruai they called out
Tell "a all about Il Beth ID5.s ron
scream at the frecraeEersa Where are
the peanu.s2 DID you see all the e~le-
brasi1nz-
The fun Of thef- Joke had all Re-
'a-ue'i, and they kicked their heels
with delight
di1nt see any fr-craekers.~ an
sweresf Beth but. boys. the lion VS.
splendid. heard him raar. and to-
monkeys were 80 cunning
VIII and jamie looked az each osa~,-
What did she mean wh-r. was tber-
aag lion9
y 'sa's i au-sr2 TIE afrna=ae -,
EsFyng. and We lost TIE Irrh- :,
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