Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1891-10-22

god many ysars. ma though I sec him
nd hls'n I always hate him iibe.
cant see a COW or . horse. or even a
pig 90 q chicken ~ hisssn without
a-wishin' somethia' would happen 30 w.
I married steve Pratt nd nobody
| could . lived with that man without
Iowa him, Tm sure. ! loved him 20
the last day % his life he was al
ways god nd bright, nj even ON dark
days he made the house r@em like
/ there was sunshine Ia a. We raised
some ehildren. but one by one they
died. nd thea steve died wished I
could die. toa. bot ! s'pu.e ! hala't
lived ont my 1otted time yet I'm
. lonely womAa nd boat al the com
fort take u Ia helpin' the nahurs
u hen they are sick nj Ia trouble, nd
la hatin' Jonas reriWinkle.
steve nd ! allays seemed 20 prosper
In our undertaking.. bat Jonas didnt.
he worked hard. hi. wife was gos-l ma
tured but sort a shifilrss-like, nd he
never made much hradway She died
: couple II year. ago nd their little
lcven-ycar-nld giri has bcan tryin' -
A. the lest She can shes puny lie
he thing nd wont hold uut mach
longer. I'm a-thinkin
soinst.olYs ccmin runuln' up the
walk Why, ~ susy repiwinkls'
"Thrrr. You've run till you'vt tuck.
erred yourself al out ~ down nd
rect yourself IA tell me whats che
matter D. Il the hrrad that went riss
~ tbs butter that wen comrT-
Susy, all cot - brvhth with runnin'
said Come over guicki the horse,
have run away, nd pal dnnt know
when iviks are slck, nd ~ eosse here
| FIRST
diant think nathing' Ahout my
I gTudge when ! saw that puor little
I pale thing standiu thew I sent afteg
4 the dactnr. nd thea went alunR With
I ~usv. takin' any medicines uiong. nd
/ u was lucky dii Jonas was Ia bad
shape, had enough 20 Nati.fv anyone
With a hlrver Rraige than mine Hts
head was hurt nj some ~ bis ribs
were bruken. 'nd don't know whn,
an The aoct"r b. c1.ne nd set the
br' ken bonrs "a pla,tsrcd 40 the
I bruises. he tonk me "a % one side,
"a said. Hes = pretty baldly hart
man. Mr. Pratt That hurt oa ~.
/ head u . bal one You have hslprd
/ me through With other had eases.
vaut yuu o. brlp n,s through With 'his b
u rrally dont zee huw I can. Doc
\ iur said 10 "a n't never bcyn used
( a. comm herr. nj
.'uh' uousrasc' he replied. you'll
T lrt fellow creature die fur soms little
. disagreement Thought better - vnu
Mr. Pratt Sooi afternoon. IN call
araiu iu the morning nd away H.
E went ! felt stunn~d like hut ! madf
Z up nv IA ub a lay aside ms grudge
e tlh Jonas ST well agin Or " d. died
there would A. npb,-iS lstt f0r rnr q
hate, nj "a .pcnt lots 81 um. hatin
1 him 'Twuuid h. kinder hard - have
that iunnc~nt amusement cut ~ =,
made up my mind "a narsr him back
a. life. " could What would then
pour. little pale rhildrga d. With0ui
hun u made nv heart ache 20 ses
that little Say shs was .p wurmanlv
nd Wa ~ worried about her "a The
children al seemed - "a great sior,
~ hiuL jonas WAS uut - hls head d
long time.
The doctor came often "a couls
s.c be fct pretty serious ! did th,
very bcst could. bat there seemed 1,
~ some internal hurt 'nd Iona
couldu't seem 90 get oser H. ilc lin
Fvrea along nd Suffered terri be. ~,
~ was ahoui the patientsst mao
ever see. How be did love them chill
drrn' They we're remarkably mics
wcil-lehavcA children. llc Frrv
weaker al weaker could see il. a,
! 0 stis.u o.. .a. 90 -. TA--s -. /. ss.s
thrm ch.lirrn we're ruing 70 - lei
faihgrlcss. haant anyone left =.
live Tor nd ! wanted some uue. "a,
! thought. n could icst have them lit
tly ones. Il would D. 4 t-eucht H. IA,
nd psrhap~ a. Vel Tor them. unlcs
there was snmr near Kim that wnul,
want vm. pondsrrd over the matte
a rnud deal. Nd some way life ~remc,
ruai deal better without that M.
r his hatin' ieglin. wanted susy an,
way. "a The liitlrst one ia take en-
al, bat q anybsly, ANY near lin
mean. was real sst - hayin the othst
gih nd bay why - course cpul.tnt
cvT~ct o. have en- al
! ct q thinkin one rysntn, jest q
twilight The iittlcst child hal faliei
asleep On my lap Ilc looked - swcr
"a innov-nt. like I couldn't brar 4.
think - lcavin' him MT ruin back 4,
ny Own lonely hau,e JONAS va,
prnppri ~ IN b~.L fur hal my maI
~ al work epins up o. stay I'D ~ va,
needed a. lift The SICK man nd hell
aruuui The uatsws we're ftuwcriu
ruii, nd iunas seemed a. have = t-rpa
many fri-nds iiut - "a, sayin'
WAS wundsrin hnw could eve
broarh the subject - nv tak,n ths
children The dostnr d.dnt want hii
patient worried alsput bis condition. M
u ! suFg-strd anythin' about the chill
drru bed know the worst nj me bl.
s.uk faster fur kn1win n didnr
have % open tha subj ct. Junas a.
that, - ! ~st there pYnderin M lo1k
iu' ~ N child un M lap
Esther Jonas said fcshly, I'm
thinkin' the little chap viii be without
a father suon
Nay. nov | ~oulant worry aboul
that, aid 4
I'm net worryin' Tor myself" h,
said. but I'm ~ a serious thlng fol
thr little fcllvrs Really. Esther. doe,
The doctor expect ~ hops TN CT bet
terri
We're hoping CIR the best." I said
simply couldn't very well say more
nd there was no uss sayin' less
"Noa are hop.n bot yna don't expect
Answer the, bstheF. llo you o. IN.
dnCt0r expect IN get well7 I'm = "a
tinual being nd ! oaxht % kDass. 20 -
~ do The bost ! eau ~ the childrrn
ID Yea expect me - get better"
Jonas" ! said 'Ba my voice trcm
hlcd a little, were AFRAID your ums
far life !. not long What DO you wAnl
10 do with the children7 l. there an,
one near any Mn who win wan
them
Jonas sighed There Is kin. bal
mua, ~ cm have little fcilers enough