Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-02-12

Is patrons well in trim.
3 his partner once yetr
up the work for him.
II saint both kind and dear,
his luster ne'er grow dim!
Wheeler Wilcox. In N. \. Sun.
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u IN v could tell Sc er
.r ~ pooty good story
IN bout tbet haouse
DA /M up ther'." | was
M Itakinga a trip
w through the coun-
~ try on my bicycle.
INST passed through the pretty
of D., and here on the out
found great, beautiful house.
wide driveway leading between
bne posts and up to the pillared
1t was such a beautiful place,
IL in the sunlight, that wanted
longer at it, so dismounied,
aning on the stone wall, was
ng its fine proportions when l
ahe rattle Of farm wagon and in
ent the rattle stopped just behind
a then a voice which announced
fn connection with the MANSION.
pod-natured looking old gentle
las sitting in long farm wagon
IS is used to bring the potatoes
he field or the apples from the Or
The horse was dapFled gray,
he could hardly move, and GER
ii had been in any hurry l
b have kept to my wheel, but then
with me was of no consequence,
| did like stories, and there would
unusual charm about this, for the
Ian had the peculiar pronunciation
bueer nasal twang of that part OF
(ountry. So loaded the wheel in
I'D and climbed in myself with the
|r.
bin fur. be YEP"
|ell, friend, don't just know how
lin out for fun, taking my vaca-
| on my wheel, partly because !
TO be out of doors and partly be-
+ haven't the money to lay out in
lare."
BIO, meow. Wal, ye ken ride weth
'ur's go, an thet'll save yer wheel
J."
I'M sure you are very kind TO help
right there | had such Il spell oi
hing that the sentence never was
he'd. 1t seemed so funny that he
n thought of the wear and tear or
equipage, but in his generous hear,
sought to save me and my wheel.
'onsumptive, be yep and he looked
lie auxiously.
FASTENED to say that II was the dus
he neat that made me cough so.
Nal, I'm 'tarnal glad ter heart. Tv'
ID said consumption, the kind the
meow, wuz ketchin'. bet
ldn't hev lived out half my days e
dn't er ben keerful ter steer clear e
IL discases't | knew wuz ketchin'
Mt but SO, but bet ef scarlet few
liptheree should git holt er me II
er'd git overt. Youth don't coun
nothin' weth them things"
looked at him to see If he was jok
but not a smile on his face as h
ke OF his youth aud the uncertaint,
is recovery from either Of those dis
IS. Did he really think himself
ng man? could not tell.
Haven't you had any of the disease
lmon 10 children?"
Wal, should say't | he'd. Whe
e's baby he'd ther chick pox wen
mt Mollie's ter live in the village
I'll be pizened eff them blamed po
n't ketch me ther', | tell ye the bli!
wuz suthin' ter see, an amt neve
overt yit an ! never shell.
ches me somewheres every littl
lie. Jane says it's rhumatiz, but
young folks don't hev rhumati7
granther wuz over er hund'ed al
never he'd 1t an say it's the r.
ms er them pox."
thought it time to bring his min
the story he was to tell, SO ca
~ asked II he was personally Al
tinted with the inmates of the gre;
lse.
Wal, should say't l wuz. Invent t.
.ool weth the old man, bxt ] ain
n i'm fer years. He shet himse
an don't go nowhere. bet he ain
b ser smart's be, an he amt ser ol
two year; no sir, he amt"
His name was"
Flint Jo Flint. an twas er got
me, too. l do mo none bett'
'ound these parts. He run 'er Il
Z that everybody wuz tryin' ter 6
lr best OF i'm an he wouldn't hey
llin's with nobody, an his haou
Fper she door the business for 'em
HE must have good deal Of mon'
run such large place."
II bet he's got more prop'ty n "
b shake er stick at, an ther sto
y bout the prop'ty, that il In
|tain way"
n would rather get the story fro
b, because, Of course. you, havil
I'd here all the years, know al abo
|and can give Va hf Itt|a o|n1s