The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-01


ring around n poor wretch of n lepcr
Ugh he's the first I've seen and he
made me feel bad, | can tell you; I
don't want to see any more
"Hah I" broke in Henderson; "and
how do YOU know the man was loper.
IL you had never seen one before, eh ?"
"Oh, hc was n lcper right enough
there was II horrible grayish scGley
look upon him, and h. was bloatcd
and his arms were only stumps
and"
That's cnoagh-I pass" said
Henderson quickly, with II shudder.
"Wcll, this leper seemed To be ask
ing great favor of the other fellows
---imploring them to do something, you
know aud they didn't want to and
the poor chlppic turned from one to
the other and moancd and cried; and
well, upon my word, Henderson, what
with his pitiful appearance, | felt
WELT couldn't see quite straight for
little while. And look here; |
thought lopcrs weren't allowed to come
nenr anybody"
"Hm," Hendersons face assumed
puzzling expression, Multiplying, half
stern, ns he rose from the camp chair
in which he was lolling. Placing his
hands on my shoulders and looking
into my eyes, he went on 80 You
want To- know the meaning of that
word, do you? Let's see; how long
have you been grillinS in this devils
kitchen, eh?"
Nearly five weeks" replied I, sur
prised ut the peculiar hardness of his
voice; for Henderson, had already
seen for myself, was big brother to oil
the children of the cantonment.
go; five weeks." His voice as
sumed a satirical tone. ''Five weeks
.1-ioy =. knog, the language yet I!
You're very slow for competition wal.
lah. And what did you understand of
the conversation between your leper
and his friends, eh?"
Why" said |, bridling up some
whnt, II learned good bit of the laa-
guage before | came out, and ! know
as much of it now, I'll guarantee, as
the average man does after he's been
hero couple Of years.
Modest" dryly calculated Hender-
son, waiting for an answer to his ques-
tiOn.
on' , uhasrS'ooul'" al right enough
except 'ha' piesSeu "oru Suhalh' IL
was wrapped up IN very nSnratiNe IAN
Suage-caii'ng th1 ear'h ms mo'hcr
an" the sun MS i"ther, ana al tnh1 sort
of stuff, you know. He wanted them
TO do 'sumaih' for him; bat it seemed
nS II they were h,i'' n,r"lu 10 90 "ha''
eyer II means IA tne emu ,ho"Rh'
they gave way, ana thc poor GhaP was
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