Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-03-15

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Eager. thea sast Jos1 Yen POO
sso1 - give Il 10 aim and thfz< I
xhozld1E kzow e.
20. III swear ! z@~<r dd- sSas.~f
Betty I give Evur ring 90 anyone
Else Why. John-
But he pushed her f-szz ana wi.h Ms
rusxh haasA And wozEd hear co word
f-o@ her an1 the next DAY he eff the
inn and erfsset eus-~ more. aad was
sens away a-afz - IzsEta And Betty
Istr the ina also IzE tssk service SisA
n farmers wfEe ka-i h- az5 whatever
the 1a<pies cha.tersd about Is vas ~
murw at the bsrs making th1. they
heard wh@n John ant Betty sat -
E-sher beneath the OH oak tree
Fire vsars wez ~ At last John r.
e-trezi a Letter trun E1zizn4 teIliux
hfn that hEs father was dad and had
lefr al bis H--le Possessions - ks only
-uG
John Leafs s<hsi1s days we're 0-sr.
IN any ease. aEd he Was 90 the Invalid
l<s FOR life. He had fouxhs a. desp~r-
ate rer do had been e~vrrn<r1ed and
pr1GagseA and had some medals and
-heous 20 saow and boast Of as tom
p~~1sataous for n wooden leg - he
-sns home zvzin and settled down ~
pru1rie-or OF the ~Nagpie's Vest and
Wa n srrrot hero an-oux his neighbour
tus he vas very lonely Asr do rot
quite s1r-es In five years He could
sEfIl sec B=tsTs bzx1rz form fitting
Abcus the Kitchen tn IMAGINATION ard
when the naxFte< ehaster~5 IN their
nests he could fancy that he sal With
her still under the oak kranrhs< Then
be grew zrosh with the naxp6~~ who
s~~mesi 70 mock him and 0ryservd hrs
little serving bov % tear the rests
da-z
Ia vain the lad pleaded sor the hf-tx
In vain h declared that svsu Il the
new nests went. the odd oue IN the sap-
most branches should be Iefs s0r
luck
re the Old maxp5es hat built that
szd Il E0ue- they II psrs some ones
eyes cut IN the night time said the
boy It's ben known % b. dsue
osren~
Bat Joan Leaf the soldier. asd eas-
away his COUNTRY ; szpsrssishsaS
III have these uaxvi-s chasseriu<
1b1u. ny earS no usgre. he saiE -UR
ami leave zoS a ness Of Them a. >oua-
OF the noisy as-ils WI sase possession
of hat odd rz< r 4 i left hanxfz-
~ the baT 0o-T-,A He planted a
lHssier against th@ t-z@ ant then
swung cat Hrsn the BRANCHES There
.aS n Ertsv1us naas-s aad AgubsIe=s 10
this Gay oht na<risz tel rAei- ehflt-pn
ef saas massacre q -ae zro.enss a. the
a rr~e- Ear there uer~ NJ
hu1tS 70 chatter and scream IN taa-
great ra< % n rest vhs.h the Enf-z
hand s~lussaest NJ last He eame Go-u
WITH the r~Ea= "a hrs hand azsf stusss
Before ms master with n xria-
Eh MASTER may ! nave al I found
n the Old Es=sz he asked
If rs ngs n mavpi-s rz sad
Joan Leaf
It's SETTER than that SAID the lHA
It's sEv-r riaz
Let M se~ e. crisst J1an Leaf Ant
sz1seh-,t q from ms hand
u VI the ring with whi.a h aasf
PIiEh-ert hrs rrgEa 70 Eerrv unsisr the
EGA 4AA~ A4A - AL&N 1IN NAsEU ne
na<piss hal ssslen Il i that the
F-snehE1an uur~ 0zly ere thaa ~
ssmblsG Il
TA= first thing that Lola daE wHs 70
call himself lard a1mesS "A 5raIsus
taaL A suspicious aruss Heaven
knows What else Then he nel-s,I aa.i
al By himself IN IRE Bat Of ws~.ts be-
EoEsf the aasz-s sAez s~a= AMI r.szef
- ind BETTY Z she still lived On earta
Where he wsas. sf ~hsm he 5assrwsE
matters 11e. but n SaT when shs san
vas setting IN the wess ne cpszet a
Hzri@ eDsrAz~ gate r1.whseh he hasf ben
&~revse-f ant saw- at her knitting -
der 4 v-ins-c,1vsre,f porra- hfs Betty ass
changed one S51nie bsE AMI sher >A-
b0oSe-f az him and did nut know aim
with hts shin. saIlgw face aaE his
v1.siea leg
What may Tuu - s1ntiny- sac
ASKED
And he SaisE Betty
And she eriesi cut Why. is Lsaa
Leaf
Thea be sat d1x1 On a asash cissSs br
her sisie-
feu know ! eve hat MANY word,
% spend ca aavrhfnx. Betty. be saaL
I'll cuCr I'd the point a. once. I knasx
now that you were true and m ehea-
AMI that you never gave ur -iax 70
mo1sssr- found fr-0r nv al DIT SIR
I'm not vsrT good az climbing uow-fn
the odd magptss nest ia she oax typ
80 the maybe stale IT, eh% saI1s
E@stv Well they ar xcrza~~ hf--Ex
I've heard they re sas-n svo.ns bsslr4
now
-Az& 81 Betty sasI Joan. If vuuu
overlook the past and Ies bv-un=S be
eEzoae% III BE n happy nsz-
ows you NJ xrw.re SAID Betty
And bvzaues arr bvrs1@ J0aa LsaE-
-Bat Evuu let shiz- be A. they
we're. BsrsEz sad Ioha ~Eouu h.s
NJ sweetheart 1x1ia
>a~ EaawassE
~Daas yoa szo~ she said Why.
b-lEs there
he sspxsG Thraagh the xzseeame a
t1r~s<a-hu<in~ mar. wisa a silver ring
Wpon hs 6nr~r Eha Let BY hs hazd a
-asasI1g can't
way AAo1 1& &&n1@
Yea &C. sz& Betty I yea. -
him - Ez< arm Eox a< case ~ a.
ring and he prux~yf = w4z naas q
nine Il aas = sane k-t a &ase gu ].
tat nine never haG Ams he Nzz kiad
10 ne. amt yuu hal he~z erzsL Azst -
We haze been married sn-r~ ysa% ca
Louist A1G tas > ou- hoy
II haa herr-- - h.nsr~ 49,
Johz LsaG ua@ = always zazSaesG
for being = fs.sL Bat ras Is yszr ring
VII yoE aavs i Betty