The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-08-06

we stood over her. most all night. TO
keep the breath Of life in her. And
the Oldest boy bein' skairt, 1t brought
on some fits he wus in the habit OF
havin'. a sort Of fallin' fits. He'd fall
anywhere; he fell onto Josiah twice tat
night, almost knocked him down; he
was awful large for his age. Dredful
big and fat. 1t seemed as If there wus
sumthin' wrong about his heft, 1t wus
so uncommon hefty for boy Of his age.
He looked bloated. His eyes. which was
a pale blue, seemed to be kinder sot
back into his head, and his cheeks stood
out below, some like balloons And his
mouth was kinder open a good deal OF
the time, as IL wus hard work for him
to breathe. He breathed thick and
wheezy, dreadful uncomfortable. His
complexion looked bad. too; sallow,
and sort o. tallery lookin'. He acted
dreadful lazy and heavy at the best Of
times, and in them fits he seemed to
be as heavy as lead.
Wal, that wus the third night after
they got there; and, from that night, as
long as they staid, she had the bis
toricks, frequent and violent, and Bill
had his fallin' fits; and you wouldn't
believe unless you see 1t, how many
things that boy broke, in fallin' on em
in them fits. 1t beat all, how unfortu-
nate he wus They always come unto
him unexpected, and 1t seemed as II
they always come on. him while lie wus
in front of sunthin' to smash all to bits.
I can't begin to tell how many things
he destroyed, Jest by them fits; finally
I says to Josiah one day, says 1:
did you ever see, Josiah Allen. any
body so unlucky as that boy Is in his
fits; seems as If he'll break everything
In the house, II 1t goes on"
Says he: TITS a pity he don't break
I his cussed neck"
1 don't know as wus ever more tried
with Josiah Allen than / wus then, OF
ever give him firmer, eloouenter lee
ture, against swearin'. But, in my hear
couldn't help pityin' him, for I knew
Bill had jest fell onto some tomato
plants, of a extra kind. that Josiah hac
bought, at great expense, and sot out
and broke 'em short off. And 1t wu'
only the day before, that he fell, as hi
was lookin' at the colt; 1t was only
week old; but 1t was a uncommon nice
one and Josiah thought his eyes OF 1t
and Bill wus admirin' Of It; Their
wuzn't nothin' ugly about him; but
fit come on, and he fell onto the colt
not expectin' Of it, bein' entirely unpre
pared, fell fiat down, and the boy OF
1t. And the colt jest lived, that is all
Josiah says 1t never will be worth any
thin; he thinks 1t broke sunthin' inside
/ AS I said, there wuzn't nothin' ugl.
about the boy. He'd be awful sorry
when he broke things, and flatted 'er
all out a-fallln' on 'em. All blame
him for, wus in prowiln' round 8
much. thought then, and think still
that. SEEM he knew he had 'em, an
wus liable to have 'em, he'd have don
better to have kept still, and not trie
to get round so much. But his mothe
said he felt restless and Uneasy.
couldn't help likin' the boy. And whe
he fell right into my bread, that WI
a-rsin', and split the, hull batch--an
when he fell onto the parlor table, an
broke the big parlor lamp, and every
thing else that wus on it--and when ;
fell onto chicken coop. and broke
down, and killed a hull brood Of chicl
ens--and more than fifty other thing
Jest like 'em-why didn't feel hk
; scoldin' him. s'pose it wus my loft
; principles that boyed me up; them an
the thought that would come to m
mebby Josiah Allen will heer to m
another time; mebby he will get sic
=. of summer boarders, and takin' of e
in.