The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-22

help me out"
THANK ye," said John, 81 think you are
quite in the right place, and may be lit
tie scratching will teach you not to leap
pony over gate that is too high for
him." and SO with that John rode off.
ut may be-" said he to himself, chat
! young fellow is liar as well as a crue
one; We'll just go home by farmer Bnsh-
bys, Beauty, and then if anybody wants to
know, you and can tell 'em, ye see" So
we turned off to the right, and soon came
up to the stack yard, and within sight of
the house. The farmer was hurrying out
into the road, and his wife was standing
at the gate, looking very frightened.
"Have you seen my boy?" id Mr.. Bush
by, as we came up; she went out an hour
I ago on my black pony, and the creature
has just come back without rider"
81 should think, sir" said John, "he had
better be without rider, unless he can be
ridden properly"
"What do you meant" said the farmer.
"Well, sir, saw your son whipping, and
kicking, and knocking that good little
pony about shamefully, because he would
not leap gate that was too high for him.
The pony behaved well sir, and showed
no vice; but at last he just threw up his
heels, and tipped the young gentleman in
to the thorn hedge; he wanted me to help
him out; but hope you will excuse me,
sir, did not feel inclined to dose. There's
no bones broken, sir he'll only get few
scratches. l love horses and 1t rifles me to
see them badly used it is a bad plan to
aggravate an animal till he uses his heels;
the first time is not always the last.
During this time the mother began to
cry, ooh, my poor Bill, l must go and
meet him, he must be hurt"
You had better go into the house, wife"
said the farmer; "Bill wants a lesson
about this, and | must see that he gets it
this is not the first time, nor the second,
that he has ill-used that pony, and 1 shall
stop it. 1 am much obliged to you, Manly.
Good-eYening.
So we went on, John chuckling all the
way home; then he told James about it,
who laughed and said, Served him
right. l knew that boy at school; he
took great airs on himself because he was
a farmers son; he used to swagger about
and bully the little boys; of course we ell
der ones would not have any of that non
sense, and let him know that in the school
and playground, farmers sons and labor
ers' sons were all alike. 1 well remember
one day, just before afternoon school, l
found him at the large window catching
flies and pulling of their wings. He did
not see me, and l gave him a box on the
ears that laid him sprawling on the floor.
Well, angry as was, was almost fright
ened, he roared and beloved in such a
style. The boys rushed in from the play
ground and the master ran in from the
road to see who was being murdered.
OF course l said fair and square at once
what had done, and why; then [ showed
tie master the flies. some crushed and
some crawling about helpless, and 1 show
ed him the wings on the window sill.
never saw him so angry before; but as Bill
was still bowling and whining, like the
coward that he was he did not give him
any more punishment of that kind, but set
him up on stool for the rest of the after
noon, and said that, he should not go out
to play for that week. Then he talked to
all the boys very seriously about cruelty,
and said how hard hearted and cowardly
it was to hurt the weak and helpless; but
what stuck in my mind was this, he said
that cruelty was the devils own trade
mark, and ii we saw any one who took
pleasure in cruelty, we might know who
he belonged to, for the devil was a muir
derer from the beginning, and tormen-
tor to the end. On the other hand, where
we saw people who loved their neighbors,
and were kind to man and beast, we
might know that Yves Gods mark, for
God is Love-,
"Your master never. taught you truer
thing said John; "there in no religion
without love, and people may talk as
much as they like about their religion,
but if it does not teach them to be good
and kind to man and beast, it is all
sham,-all sham, James. and it won't
stand when things come to be turned inside
out, and cut down for what they are
90 be continued next Sunday.)
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