The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-12-05

s1Ake this whip, John. ana iay /,
70 him till I toll ron 70 stop.ss
-. Dsbney Missed through hsz
6nohed teeth.
n Mother,n John said Wills his
~ nlled with tears, "Ihave always
he'd to mind you, but Charlie would
ever forget 10, nor forgive mellow
IN I do itf l will take the whipping
lyself but I can't whip Chatlie.n
The tears were now IN ChArlie,s
yves. He felt that he had been IN
tred, but his brothers. love touched
Nm 30 deeply that now he was vii
he to take tho whipping II John
bought 10 best.
nJohn, I will take the whipping
tyself," Charlie said, and he lot 10
~ mothers right hand which held
Die whip.
tsNow take your coat on" she
4tdered, and he took It OF, and re-
&eived the lashes OF his broad shout
Eers.
From that day onward Charlie
ttrely spoke in his mothers pres
nee. There yer no more open out
|bReaks or ~quarrels, for he seemingly
Nxeekly bowed to all her mandates.
Only very seldom was he in her
presence except Of nece sity, for 1t
Was to him OF all things, the most
painful to have those cold critical
eyes upon him, in which he looked in
vain for a glimpse of love-light.
She did not love him, he was very
cure, and he felt himself one too
many In the family circle, where only
Iowa for John and Ellie held him.
A. TO q 6e's education, John never
said Another word to his Tother in
regard to it, but he supplied her
with books, and every opportnne
moment he would talk with her
about them, little by little exciting
her interest and leading her to search
into them and appropriate their con-
TENT.
In this way she learned geography
and grammar first and then hi tory
and the higher branches. She had
no taste for arithmetic, and John
with AL his pains could not get her
to feel interested IN It.
81 think history is SO much more
interesting than those dry figures"
she said, seven chemistry and phil
osophy would be easier for me-"
Mrs. Dabney did not know John
had constituted himself El6e's
teacher. Her duties az manager on
the farm necessitated her being out
of the house a great deal. She was
so convinced of her superior ability
to carry on business, that she never
trusted any Of her affairs to any one,
not even John.
In her absence from the house
Aunt Maria was to look after Ellie,
and II was Aunt Maria's delight to
sec "Mars John take up school, and
edicste Miss Ellie spite % ole Miss"
Never . word was said about it by
the faithful old nurse who felt as
John did, that Miss Ellie ought to
have an education.
But while all this teaching and
studying was going on, Charlie was
feeling mor and more friendless.
He did not love study, and the book
talk that was now the only kind that
he heard, fell on unwilling BARS so
far as he was concerned. Ellie was
not interested in any thing else, and
so she seemed changed and not like
Ellie Of old. She was always toe
busy with her books to even talk to
him, OF think of m, he imagined.
Even John he thought had ceased
to care anything for him. Left to
himself and his morbid feelings, he
grew sensitive, and suspicious Of
those he once trusted, and sought
for solace and pleasure outside his
homo and among those who took q
fendish pleasure in trying to lead
him to ruin.
(1o be continued.)