The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

from? Are you friend of King George?"
Il am true
You're not an Englishman?"
Il am "a"
You're not a royalist?"
Il"
Because if you were I'd have TO kill
you, that's all"
BE quiet, Jack; you're very rude" said
his sister reprovingly. please, sir, he's
only little boy, and sometimes they are
a little vexing, but he's a good boy. Is
there anything 1 can do for you, STRIP
If it We're not too much trouble, a glass
of water
oh, certainly" said the willing house
wife, and ran off. Up came Jack, and
stood very erect in front of the visitor.
4 do believe" said the little boy, you're
the biggest man ever saw. Amt you?''
How could l tell you that, Master
Jack?"
Are you bigger than my father? Do
you know my father? My fathers a big.
man, bigger than me a good deal. My
fathers just come to live here and farm?
Do you live near here? Were you in the
war? Did you kill any Engishmen? Did
you get hurried? My father fought in
the war and got bullet through his nose.
1t makes him look awful funny. You've
a big nose. boy hit me on the nose
once, and 1t bleeded awful 1 guess your
what a nice chain. Won't you show me
your watch? Oh. what a nice watch-will
you show me the inside?"
After, said the general with his arm
gently round the child. after we've given
up thinking of going fishing, and brought
the water for sister and chopped some
wood"
Jack looked quite startled and turned
red. The big, kind, yet firm eyes looked
into Master Pert's and Master Pert stuffed
his knuckles into the corners"
loot toot" said the general, come!
I'll help you'
So the grave eyed. pleasant faced little
girl, coming back, found the father of his
country breaking up wood al a great rate.
Whlle her little brother was laughingly
gathering chips.
"Oh, SIR said Martha with amaze
what man you'd be around the houser'
And she was still more amazed at the
effect her words had upon the stranger.
who dropped his AK and threw his head
back with quite roar of laughter, until,
for the pure happiness of 1t, little Jack
and Martha laughed, too.
Il like you,' said jack grabbing the
generals hand, as they went into the
house. Come and see us often, and I'll
show you where the best fishing places
is"
My father would be glad to welcome
you, sir, said the courtly maiden. His
business takes him away just now almost
| every day, but in The SPRING
Il thank you kindly" said the general.
And, as l live near here, I hope l shall
be friends with my new neighbors. But
! this is milk?"
Il thought you'd like it better than wa
ter, shr. And please try these cakes, which
I made this morning, because"
"'Cause it's her birthday cried Jack.
"She is 10 and I'm T." -
Now, that is a happy coincidence" said
| the general, because it is also my birth
day. 1 beg to wish you many happy re-
| turns of the day"
And he bowed very low, ana she bobbed
her very best curtsy, and Jack cried out:
you look so you was dancing"
Time was getting on, but the general
was 10th 10 go. He was enjoying himself
| for the first time in a long time. He
brought water; he mended the window
latch; he planned out flower bed He
| was thoroughly happy in the merry COM
| pany of these children, who only thought
| him a passing unusually good-natured
stranger. But at last he went with gri-
mace at the thought of all the laced and
silken crowd waiting for him.
III
The two children, quite frightened by
his presence worked about buisly, and
played about merriy. and made things
| pleasant for father at shutdown.
But an hour from shutdown came riding
| by two people who called themselves gem
t.emen. but nobody really thought them
so. They had been merry making, and
| one mans horse had lost a SHOE and his
drunken dignity was such that he must
| pause at the cottage to send for a black
smith TO come to him or else have his
horse led to the blacksmith's while he
waited. 1t was evident the jewellers at the
| cottage were poor folks and these gentle
| men felt assured their lordly orders would
| be obeyed. Now, Miss Martha was civil,
if frightened, but Master Jack was sui
len, and when the young. wine heated
men babe him lead the horse or fetch the
smith, Jack fatty refused to do either.
What. what! You'll be paid" shouted
the owner of the horse. Come young
mistress, have you no wine for weary
| travelers?"
Indeed, no, sir" said Martha, but,
| further on the post road"
"Tll go no further on the post or any
other road. Haste now, Fiibbertigibbet.
and do as you're told"
"rlI stay here TO protect my sister,
| said Jack, 'as father made me-"
"Ha, hal A brave protector! but in
| truth a pretty sister. Come, my dear let
| me also be a BROTHER"
He staggered up, and Jack-Jack flew
at his throat like a terrier The Siri
| screamed, the other man raised his riding
whip and struck down on the boy. Jack
yelled from rage and anguish but chung
to the choking throat never needing the
first blows rained on him. The cottage
was in a dreadful uproar, when in rushed
the stranger of the morning, and it is
said, but you need not believe il unless
you want to-he used a dreadfully bad
word. Those two foolish young men never
were in such trouble before. In George
Washingtons great right arm swung enc
of them helpless. and in the left another
and bump, bump. bumpety, bump went
the two empty foolish. braggart blag-
gard heads cracking against each other
like cocoanuts on a tree in a storm, When
they were almost senseless the general
laid them down with force and thrashed
them with their own whips, and so mangl-
ed and maltreated and mashed them that
when at last they got to their knees and
begged for mercy, their own loving mann
mas would have Indignantly repudiated
them as being offsprings of theirs. In
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