Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-05-21
AMANDA TODD.
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-yreutrie- >h- moves apart on her own
htrle course quite separate FROM Tn
rest Of a.
HAD Amanda-s lines % life been east
eiz-.vs here where circumstances hal
; pushed her. instead Of hsuauliur her in.
sh- might have BECOME the fsminin.-
I apostle Of a new creed. have found-.l
sect Or instituted a n~vu system % =
male dress ~ 70 =. she dos not 20 p,
meeting. zhe never wears a bonn-t aud
-h- keeps cats-
Amanda TostI Is ~. and she never WIS
married Had she been. the close fri,--
ton with another nature night ha-e
worn away some Of the p.rrgIiariti.s Of
hers She might have gone % meeting.
she might have worn a bonnet 81.
riight even have escheyve,T eats. bur -
IS not probable When p~culisrisi.s
ARE in the grain Of a p~rSon's nature. -
they probably arr IN hers. Sgsch friction
only brings them cut more plainly.
and IL y the other person W hl suffers.
The village men are rot. A. a r,ll...very
. S1brl,.- but they have s-~uaesF % f-~l
This rns-inctivefy amanda was. the
/ say a very pretty girI IN her youth bs1t
/ no yoCng man ever dared make love -,
I her and marry her She had always the
/ reputation % being an old srirt- 80
even IN the district school She Al
I WAYS kept BY herself a re,-~=<. shs. never
seemed % have anything IN common
with -hs Other girls and he always
I went home alone from singing ~rho.3,
( Probably never n her whole life has
I Aaansa Todd known what = - -
b protected BY som- devoted person OF
the other sex through the mighty perks
% our village street
Their tradition in the village -hae
once IN her life. wh~u shs. WIS about -
wears odd Amanda Todd had a b.au-
{ riful houn~t ausi went 70 meeting
I OH Mrs. Nathan Morse vouch~~ for
/ he reliability Of i. and. moreover. she
/ hints az a r~a~eu- ~When Mandy. she.
vas BOAT - yea-< Old she SAYS.
--ti%crys Henry French. h.. come 70
/ town aud taught rhe di~srir- school
/ and he see Mandy. an told AIraira E..u-
/ ton thar he thought she WIS about the
I Prrrtirst girl ~ ever lad eyes on. and
/ flmiry. she toli Mandy That was al
/ there ever was 70 II. he never waited on
her, never spoke 70 her. fur's know.
btst right after that. Mandy. she hslsI a
bnnnIr. ard she went reg'lar 70 zue,tsn..
I Pore that her mother could scarceIv
set hrr 70 keep Il thing On her head
1 cat Of siaors AIRS carried her sun bfu-
nit a-tanafiH' by the strings. wonder
Z Sc wasn't suustFuylS Il million tInes-
and a for soiu' 20 Elertiu'. her mother.
she talked ard talked. bur il didn't do
a mite Of good S'poss her farhe ssnsI
% upheld her in IL He Wa most as
odd a. Mandy He wouldn't 90 70 meet
in unless he was d-iv. and he want a
memovr- 'Nourh sight ruther 20 cut
Prcvs In round IN the woods Ike Wild
animal. Sabbath DAYS. than % 70 meet
r. Once h kerched a wilsIcar- an
tried 70 tame II. bur he couldn't Il DIT
and chss.ed 50 h, had 70 I@t II 20 I
guess Mandy gets h-r hiking for eats
from him fast enough Well. Mandy.
he had that handsome bunuf-- ant sse
went 70 me-tin. re--Ia- most 4 wear
and she looked a. pretty as a picture
sItriu' IN The q-S- The buuuir vsa-
trimmed rzIth Er-~s rauze ria9,on ard
had wreath # hn~ pfuz flowers INSIDE.
Her mother vas real tickls.f. though
Mandy hai met with a change. B4-
land = disIn'r last 10 rim-- George
Henry FRENCH n eur town IL. next
year and went % Soun-rs~t 70 teach
and pretty saou We heard b. he'd mar.
red a girl ever there Then Mandy.
she 1idE'r come 70 msetfn- ans more
q & I'm b -
stamped On =. most bkely. she 81
way BAD eonsisier'b BE t-Iup-r-auvxav
never 80 her wear II arter~arsis-'-
thus olsi Mrs Nathan Nors~ tells he
story. and somehow 70 a reflective mind
the picture q Amanda Todd IN her
yowth dsvse8 in her pink-wr~arhesl
bonnet. seirShiy bat inuo,-~rrIv attend.
ing IN the sanctuary q divine love n
order 70 lay hands On her own little
share of earthly aff-etiou. : fus~para.
bic from her. a. she gO.s now. old and
hare-hsaeied. desanriy past the meet.
ing hous-. wh~E the Sabbath bells ere
ringing
However. II Amanda Todd had eIectsI
20 20 bar~h=asiest through the village
street from feminine vanity. rarhei
than e7svntricity. il woald have be
no wonder Vet a young girl IN the vi
age has such head OF hair as Amanda
Il = OF beautiful chestnut color. an
there j. not a gray thread in il. Il !.
fun Of wonderful natural ripPlez. 10
not enc % the village girls can equs,
them with her papers and erimpins
Ptn~-and Amanda arranxes il in TIVE
superb oraids wound twice around he.
had seen from behind. Amanda,
bad Is that Of a young beautv. w her
il turns little. and her harsh old pro
ne a-com@s visible. there IS a shock L
THE stranz~r-
Amanda's father bad great shoe.
Of chestnut hair. which was seldom cut
and she inherirs this adorument from
him He lived 70 BE- an Odd man. bu-
that ruddy crown Of his never turned
gray
Auanda's mother died long agc;
then her father Ever since she Ia.
lived alone m her shinzied cottage with
her eats There were not 50 mznv eat.
at hrsts they saw she started with oGs
fine tabby. who became the mother
grandmother and great-grandmoth<s
TO armies Of kittens
Amanda must destroy scr.e when shs
can md no homes for them. otherwise
she herself would Be driven afeId, bu
still TIE impression IS Of legion
\ cat Is so covert u sinks 50 secretly
from one abiding place 10 another and
seems 20 duplieare itSelf with is sud
1e1 Appearances. that Il ney account II
measure fer rhis impression Ssil
there are great many Nobody know,
Just the nunb<r-the estimate runs
anywhere from Is 70 81 Counting. u
trying TO count. Amanda Todd's eau
- favprise amasersent sf the viIlags
ehildren- Here's another they shout
when a pair Of green eyes CLEANS a
then from post But IS it another. OF
! snly The sane eat VIC has aoyel7 Cat.