Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-02-10

Utaktug trip
IN NJ through the eoun-
try ou my bicycle
] had Just passed through the pretty
village Of D. aud hers ou the out
skirts found a great. beautiful house.
With a vide driveway leading between
; < stoue posts aad up to the p'liarec
portieo. IL was such a beautiful place.
up there in the sunlight. that ] waited
u COX Ioug~r At II. 50 ! dismeuntec.
and. lsaaing ou the stous wall was
aimiriEx IT'S Hus proportions when l
heard the rattlx of a farm wagon and Ia
a u0m<nt the rattle stopped just behind
re. anG then a voie< ~hico announced .
sssry Il ecGzextioa Nth the marsion-
soed-1asa<ed AccAizg cid g~atis-
naa ~ax sitting ID a lony farm wagon.
such as Is used 70 bring the potatoes
from the E<E1 or the apples from the or
card The horse was 4 caPI led gray.
50 fat be could hardly move. aEc GER
nizly Il I had been in any hurry 1
saoaId have kept to NY wheel. but then
tine with me vas OF 60 consequence.
and | did ike stories. and there would
BE- al aazsaai charm about this. for the
eld uaa had the peculiar pronunciation
and queer nasaI rwang Of that part Of
tie eoantry. 80 loaded the wheel in
heAiad and climbed IN myself with the
driver.
-i0iu' fur. De yer
Wei. friend. 1 Gou's Just know how
tlr. I'm cut for fun. taking my vaca-
toz o. ny Wheel partly because 1
Wat to be out Of doors and partly be-
eagse I haven'r the money TO lay oct in
ear Are
Sho. neow- Wal ye ken ride weth
re tur's 20. an thet'u save yer whee.
scme-~
I'm sure you are very kind to help
and right there I had such a spell OF
coughing that the sentence never wsx
finished IL seemed so funny that he
uessr thought Of the wear ard tear on
has eqaiPage. bat in bis generous heart
euly sought to save me and my wheel
-Coasunptiss. oe yer and be looked
.; ne saxiously-
Ihastenec to say that II was the dust
or the aeat that made me cough So
Wal I'm 'tarnai glad ter heart I've
heard said consumption. the kind the
he's meow. wux ketehin.. bet I
wouldn't hev lived out half my days ef
heca't er ben keerful ter steer clear er
them diseaSes't I knew wux ketchfn'.
/ amt but 50. but bet ef scarlet fev'r
er eiPsheres should git holt er me I'D
reverb git overt Youth don't count
fsr nothin' weth them things"
l looked at him to see II be was fox
ing. but rot q smile on his face as be
spoke of his youth and the uncertainty
0f ais recovery from either Of those dis
Eases Did he really think himself q
yeang mani could not tell
Hasen's you had any Of the diseases
common to children?-
Wal. l should say't he'd When
James baby he'd ther chick pox l went
eowns Nollie's ter live in the village,
an III be pizeued ef them blamed pox
eldn ketch me rher- tell ye the blis-
isfs wuz suthil' ter see. an amt never
got overt yit an I never she'll II
Aetches me somewheres every little
NaHe- Jane says it's rhumatix. but
low young folks don't hev rhumatix;
my granther wux over er bundled an
ne never he'd it an say it's the re-
mains er them pox-"
thought it time to bring his mind
70 the story he was to tell. so cas-
eaily asked If he was persoaaIIy a.
eaaIntsd with the inmates of the great
house
Wal should say'tIwux Invent ter
skeool weth the old man. but I amt
seen IN fer years. He shet himself
up an don't go nowhere. bet he siu't
Iign ser zmart'x be. an he amt ser old
y two year; no sir. he amt"
His name was
Flint. 10 Flint. an twas er good
name. too i do no none better
sfeound these parts- He run 'er the
nee that ryhody wuz tryir' ter git
.aer best of i'm an he wouldn't hev No
seaHn's with nobody, an his haous-
Keeper she dooz the business for en-
de must have a good deal Of money
10 run such a large place"
Bet he's got more propty . you
ean shake er stick at. an ther story
Nuz bout the prop'ty. that is in er
artain way
would rather get the story from
!oa. because. Of course. you. having
..sea here all the years. know all about
- and can give me the little points oa