Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-11-12

Miss he said:
'ho"snv ~, =. ,hnt ole misunl
TO" NJ" ~ ar. live
Stahuins "n WY, =, or
"eiEhe Wv" ,ra q hefto
"nole i'in "oN [ wish th9
an al 'r'0i . ssnk OF, Of sigh
yf It BE blottea 'oouit
90 q J., Paul, but as Il can't be So
Siere no use er wishih'. All we kin
40 Is ter submit en- bid Pood-by to our
happiness
u do not blaine yer pap" Paul con.
tinued, Yer lie is in the right, an ort 70
have the land, as I've told pap manv n
time, Bit lie has his way a I~ool,;r1 -,
1t an thinks he's right, an notbin' l
kt say or do is roiu' ter chance hi,,
! I'D be a friend to yer pap ef he'd lc,
me, an though | couldn't make his
wrongs right, | could let i'm hey money
crnutf ter paw IN on tbe mor,r.n ~
dasn't offer it to him"
mo, he'd 90 ont doors far jtp, X,
ence OF has days before he'd acca,+ a.
it"
Then n LONG s;,s,oa ,s,,,AA.os ii,
which both appeared 10 ~ 'intentlv
thinking. Paul was the .Netto snoat
"Mliss, I'm goih' svAy,n he said.
"Where tcsn eet M,liss, tr-mb,in q
voice BETRAYED fHr anxiety.
II dsrph VII lint, Pm oo;r,
where + can,t ston,to &C. ,
see YOU an never hev the privilege of
speakin' one word no more than IL Won
wus er stranger. | am roin' awav "a
git my own start in life. an somet;mo
we'll be happy Wit. That ola tronhI.,s
got to die out sooner or later. ar, o,hon
it does NC kan be happy. WIN von
wait fer RE till then, M'lisse"
PAX I'll never m,rr, nh ,atba.
mar,"
A little later Paul vert AWAY and
Miss was left - FIVE thro,,1b ,ba
longest and darkest cav Of her exist.
ence.
II vas ksTe in the afternoon whrn
DAME, Hopkins returned from town
and Hiss knew by the disappointed,
worried look in his face, that his mis-.
sion had been unsuccessful. She asL,od
him no questions, feeling that it would
only augment his sorrow.
After supper he sat down before the
fire and smoked his pipe IN siIsnce ,
white Miss cleared away tn. table
and brought her work box and took up
her sewing. .
An hoar probably passed and then
there came the sound of footsteps ont.
side and n moment lotar tbo 49,.
opened and Smith entered. Dapicrs ,
face darkened and the littIo -sma;n;an ,,
courage he had brought back with him
from town disappeared. a.,
Smith was very cordial and rreetsd ,
his poor neighbors with an u~nwontod .
friendliness, at which both DAME, and ,
Miss were greatly surprised, They ,
talked of the weather. of the crons and ,
Of various items Of local news ard ,
finally Daniel said:
I'm sorry, Smith, but so far I've not
been able TO raise that interest money. /
I've put in tho whole day in town. but
nobody don't seem willin' to LET me
hev itN :
Then I've done better than vou {
Smith replied, as a smile stole over his :
face, 'ier | got it 'thout roin' anywhere d
to try fer it. There's the notes, all of F.,
EN-, paid up principal an interest" I
Daniel took the notes ip,o his b,,a ;
and looked at them ~intentlv for a whnia !
minute. Then rubbing hi, sra. he ,
looked at Smith, but the latter said :
nothing. s
What does this meanp" D,nie, .sr,oa /
ut last. y
VT simply means that the mortp AGE /
is paid off. But as to who done it / am i
not at liberty to say, any more than C
tibet it was a friend of yourn." t
Miss had an idea who that friend v
was, but Daniel was far from ~susnect. t
ing the right person.
Six months passed and ,ao,,rb Mi;ss
mentioned saNlrs name her
knew tfat it was on his account
that his daughter looked forward so p
ecsiously for the coming of each weekjr 4
mail. Yet no letter ever c.m. AVA |,
finally dis~appointment heson w. 81, ~ /,
the poor rirl, and The fatSer couia saa /,
that she n,. n,.,.la- .ssuo Inv See a
day. He loved hi. child and would 6
have done almost anything to make her |
h,t h. e h
consent to become reeoneiled to h
anv member ~ ,hn ,Isa.!sSo 49, il
So he saw her droop and fade. and d
while his heart acbed for her h;s rr;da |,
and hatred held him back from doing 8
that which he knew would bring b.r Il
happiness and health, 4
It was late y apss,nx ,,.hs.1.,h
Jennings came r;d;no NV ,na 1 80 !,
iust opnosite nan;ss ~, anu wneh 4,
gate his horse sbicd ana tSpan @ II
and Miss saw him fap p On m