Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-23
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dripping ram. puf en- df8
footwear and started TO make =
cup of hot offrr- There, |
f1rg9, that my coffee miii VS.
broken' 1t ws- nine o'clock
but they might be up yet dosa-
stairs
went down to INV ne.Zhbors
n the basement; io borrow their
coffee mill II was steamiug
hot Ia their kitchen. aud tie
dishes were piled unwasheG on
the table Taking vas heard IA
the p2rlor-Den'- vcices-drow
sy iaeObereni, blt increasing.
At nv repeated knocking q
woman came To the door sat
down grinding nv cpffee Sue
stood by The stove. scat and
healthy locking, but with an Ut
ter indif-reEce which citen b. d
struck me.
lit IL hot here. bat / am hSk
IHs besns- lie has just c me
home wIth them. aud ne sl@zys
<aais them Tor Sunday break
fast ltizk~s right hOnrs, 81 |
shall have 10 81 the siove xiih
eos for al Bigei-'
4 nzs came from the dining
room and locked burned riia
oui sAyin-a <ord She izrued
20 tie sfov~ again ziih look
Ia.i a. iudiE-rrut a. before
Something IN ihis sileEt Ter
fOTmanc- chilled me, bat kept
Ga EIIh ny gTsadia-
The talking b~e4me louder
frem the pare A glimpse Of
di<gusr nItiei Srrs-s her face
-Thss ss hos Il gces every sat
ardzy rveniBE-becr AID ba2a-
dF iIil zidbI.h; : 4 be has three
freads q here must be CAD
that there are not FIVE" A
paiEfEl certainty dawsrl on ne.
I had knosn very little of the
people
Tnre~ -fnzr dollars spent
that vAy every week. &ad yet |
mas; bay eoai BY the pail And
th~n he gr1nble> when there is
nc; enough of grub
sy. ;a4i - a pity. Nrs.
Bli1ker, and that - a Elm towards
yoz aBd the ghildTen- Could
yoa rot convince him Of tha,,
She laughed Il night as sell
speak 10 stone lie always
a. E.ed beer -ud slEsys ill
as Il and | believe H Is that
Esy ~ith al of then-ih4t the
srst glass R1sc have the hist
TIA th-y have drank the life cot
Of and thrn. rith /. sad
des bars: q feeling; ga. |
cSEn0t tell yoa waai Il meausi 10
80 the ga zhSn VOC oaga. to
AoaeF become Oaiv q miserable
wreeA ~Iiaoat conscience or
fe-liag
I pat dOxa the coffee 8ilaaa
teck her land
Il dant CIV say more. she
said. If dips, I coald do aOsh
ing ss~- Poor - re are. oar
0uly enjoymes.l shSaid DC f0Gad
II Cur ho8e. and | woald Ge
hight IN a nice. clean house.
-1oc have a nice home. toe
I replied. Il RosIeed hz.l Sun
day yoar dae carpet and good
furniiure
1t gives ne no JOY he
spOIls everything; burns big
holes N that thirty dollar esT-
pet. he aud bic friends, wheu
they arc half drunk holes ia
the easy chairs. in the lounge A..
they Law down their pipes any
where when they are half drunk.
1 have got so nov that | am
most glad when lie is gone
cannot say thai | suffer, | AN
cold to everything. | only feel
disgusted.''
But does he not love you and
she ehildreng tan you not
touch his heart that way r
asked
Love! When beef goes in all
affection goes out. lie used &c
make SO much of the oldest Int.
tie bot. the puny, weakly little
fellow he hardly ever notices
him how. AL his feeling get
dnller a u time wears on Fol
me he cares nothing | am here
to cook and wash for him, that
is Why | must heat mp the HOUSE
for those beans which he would
hot bring ia tine, though hs
spent the whole afternoon in !
- Don - She stirred the coax
With her poker.
" must not give up heart,
even il II does look dark said
l. You have yoar children
try 10 Tear then better ; they
viii be your cosafnrt. and xheu
you grow old ron viii kuox
that your life uss not lived ia
vain
The ehIIdrenf He send.
thea TO the saloon. they see lin
and bis friends drinking, hs
gives them beer TO taste
Still, | believe. Mrs Biinker
that If you earnest. try TO tnra
four chIldren's hearts"
stopped There vas an er
preston IN her saes ;ha. I did
not kno~, rs some hight from
within slowly illuminated her
Ehoie cOuntenznce. She turn
ed her face fail on ne I ax
thai she did not hear nv words
AZ all.
His il not strange she spoke
sioEly. looking past ne a. out
into vacancy, as il not strange.
II comes TO nae as q Eoiee from
z1r OF, slE2ys IN my darkest
times, that at some time nv life
shall be changed ; IL shall not
always he a. il is nos, aud
could never endure life had |
that hope
Tears started to my eyes. oh.