Telegram-herald., 1891-01-10

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The liz storis AZ claysoa Heath and his
lated In fc&ion, ard hnpo hoen The snuns az
Clitfis tell the story;
Our names axs Clit*as and Clayton
Heash- We were boru in 1863 In Louis
vile. Ky. Our father 1t that time w.
oonneeted with . lasVe match fnotory.
Until ths ego Of It We impossible for
any Of our family to pick out tie boy from
the girl. and 20 often was taken tor The
boy thai Ut the age OF my mother w.
compelled to pat boy's clothes On my
brother Cintio In order TO protece me nom
estt;ng . sound thrAshing fron boy h .
back street, - my brother w. fau Of
ounsednes.
He Wa also very fond Of rev sxez. and
on ono occasion when caught taking them
he declared that il was who had done IL.
Tho result was . punishmeat from my
fathsr and the lovely name At ''Suaking
EGGS" by my sister. who was two ysaxu
older. Although only = child, would
not drem myself until father and mother
both promised they would not allow Clstis
TO wear the same clothes - mysalf, and to
make matters decided insistsd on mother
cutting his hair, to which she decidedly
objected, a. his hair was vary long. and.
like that Of many southern children. blonde
and curled.
Ny brother in brooches and m dresses
did splendidly for weak or 20. but ns h0
was 90 like me it only required q wrap ON
. stormy day to completely hide those
little pants So was in for a sound scold-
ing every rainy day. When we had week
of wet weather and mother was Obliged To
20 shopping and sister was at school. We
were left at homo with the girl-a black
auntie, who allowed as to do anything we
liked.
For amusement brother and once went
into the dressing room, took long strings
and tied all the movable furniture togeth-
er, and made wagons for moving. The
only thing remaining was large hat rack
chat stood in the hall. Clatie suggested
that we move it. l said it was too big.
But like all boys he thought himself a
man, and SO he moved it.; at least, he tried
to. when over came the rack, mirror, mar
BILE slab and fancy top. broken into .
thousand pieces
Clatie and / ran upstairs in great fright,
hiding behind the machine in mothers
sewing room. We huddled up like lit
tie chickens. / saw lying on the floor
mothers shears, and thinking it could not
be laid on me If it was not for our hair /
took the shears and cut Clatie's hair as
short as it ever has been done since by q
barber. although it lacked style. Our faces
seemed never to change. When Clatie was
i'll I was. At one time we both lay for
weeks with the same fever.
When he was Is years of age my brother
fell in love with pretty girl, aud our
people objected But my brother declared
it was only a flirting acquaintance. One
fine evening played the part of brother.
put on his best coat, hat and gloves and
drove UP to the abode of my brothers lady
love. asked herto drive for half an hour.
did my best to talk love. did what
thought sweetheart ought to do. /
talked of future homo and Of love by the
sea- After fairly engaged myself found
the dear little dove crying. asked the
reason for the sudden flow Of tears from
those lovely eyes, and she said:
''Mr. Heath, have been waiting for you
to propose for 90 long, and to think 1t has
come at lastl" and then she put her head
on my shoulder and wept.
trembled for my brother. and tried
al manner Of tales to have Clatie make q
trip to some seashore for my health before
the next engagement night, but the night
came, and to my surprise he was only
absent short time. crcpt out of the
barn to see my brother as he drove in ]
overheard him say:
"That girl is fool; she must take Ne
for fat"
crept back to the house. and to Thu day
my brother has the greatest sympathy for
those who arc engaged without theis
neutrality-suspicious. Globe.