Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-12-05
ARP'S FOUNDATIONS.
Sage of Bartow Has Ne Love for
the Darkness.
says the nfsie Has We Coed wsra fer
Ia EIther-Reaeetfsss Provoked
~ . Nss.isht search fer
Burglar

Burglar
confess tha: ! do not like the
zixht-exeept VIXEN ] an asleep OF
coarse I mean the dark night-zor
do 20 into raP;ares over what We
cal the twilight-thzt doubtful light
twixr sunshine az6 dzrkzess. sn6
that literally means light cut II
two Is seems 20 ne that these
tWilghfs grow shorter as We grow
older. Wien The Gzy j done the
darkness dos SEEN 20 fall from the
.NiE<s OF night AID we hasten to
light the lamps. for darkness i never
welcome. u = an intruder and .
syzbol % every evil thizE- We sup
pose that nizhr wzs created a. con
rrast - Rake a ezjoy the day, sust
a. evil Wzs created a. q contrast 20
that Ehich j. coed The scriptures
sag 10 good thing coue~ruizE dark
r-ss or niEhr. AID wh~r desert bi7g
Heave- say There shall h- no
ght there Ther tel - 81 outer
dzrs-e-s and thiek darkness and the
h.ackness- % darkness AID darkness
that may - felt. Darkness was one
% the ten Plagu-s that Wa se-t uPon
Paaraoh- Job cured the dzy OF his
birth AID SAYS Let that CAV %
darkness let cz-Sress and the
shadow of death stain IL David
szith; sorrow ezGgr,th for the
uizhf. bat Joy cou-fh i1 TIE morn
- -.Fra - -. -.a-sr.--. 49,
walkesh n darkn~ss. Th- apostles
u>e i a. a symbol % every calamity
Darkness covered TIE la-6 whrn the
SAVIOUR va crlcii-d- Th- devil :
called the Prirc~ % darkness Az
cent mythology describes Eu.bls a.
the dark cavern through ~hieh the
spirits Of the damned ard wicked
oe4d shal pas o. their way 70 he'll
And Homer writes Of q COUNTY called
Cizmeri, afar beyond the sea where
The SUI never shines and the people
i've II darkness Miltoz describes the
darkness OF Ea5es a. 20 dense that
= Sas visible >p~asiug Of EVIL spir-
. that haunt MANKIND. h says they
hove IN darkness. bat fear truth and
chastity No ev5l thing that walks
BY 1ight or fre-no hzx. or zhos-
Or goblin damned hzs hurrfui
power over a chaSt- and vi--uouS
woma1-- Montgomery SAYS Night
: rh- time 10 weep And >hakes-
par szys- In tae dark n5<h-. in
aSi1inE some fear. = little bush ap-
pan 20 - q bar Young says.
An atheist half believes Il God BIZ
nigAt. and Ten1ysoz says Of him
SELF I an tUt AZ infant eryizg II
tie ui-hf-4z irfazt crying for the
Esht-- But this ! enough and these
r1@iuatio-s were provoked last zixht
a5ogt ni1ni<ar-the hour shea the
deep sleep t4leth uPoz 4 zaz- but
rot upon = woman NJ wifs's voice
awakened ard startled ne Sc said.
WAT = - Who = it, What 90
YOU Wacte- Thez she called ne
and struck 4 match and E<hted the
-zuGle that VA rear What did YOU
scar said / ->ou~b-o6y ! AZ the
door Sae aid excitedly. Which
5oOr.- said l. This one rizh- here
maybe somebody : SICK upstairs
. she aid Unlocking The door quickly.
the lzAt shoz- into The RON bot
nobody Sas visible ! examined the
room carefully and thea Went i-to
the hal AID G5nirx-roon ard parlor
and rhe1es upstairs On t-p-o@. bat
a. vas slle-r- Wen ! returned SIC
sad: We'll I id certainly hear
SOMEBODY al that door. and i wak-s
ne but MAYBE I vas creauiuE I
remember ROW. ID rave /. troubled
1r~Az- bat please look uz6er TIE bed
before yoa put CIT the ligAr- Such
: eOuJ1zal life zz6 felicity. For
some tire / laid eWaSe listening for
l zoiSe and Eliminating o. human
he-piesszrss during tn darkness OF
the night
l remember vixen hsd a. uuwiIl-
ing fear OF ghosts that would not
acknowledge got Il from the aw-
ful stores thar our negroes told 10
y cAi-Gre1- Cor there was : szsciuz-
tiou about them that drew ne 70
their cabins BY zz-at- aid / listened
Z 10 their msde-up tales OF ghosts ard
witches and Jack o1anterns and raw
head and bloody bones until I Wa
afraid 10 look around behind ne. and
had 10 b guarded 70 The big house
door when l left Bat this childish
fear passed away. and lozg since l
have realized that there are 70 spirits
10 haunt u and that -oaly mar !
Vie
Ny wife : lot a -imid woman. bot
sh= = cautious. and viii nor consent
Tor ne 70 keep a pistol in our bed
room for fear I might have a had
dream and shoot somebody through
mistake She never sleeps very
sound l mother who has nurS-i
ten children never does. and the
cracking Of the paper on the wall
VIII arouse her She Is happy nov.
for there ! another -rarSehiId not
far away. and she go>s there every
1ay- Pre-ends she goes 20 help Jes-
sic but Il Is really TO nurse and
foadle Jessie's baby boy. for the
maternal instinct never dies. and she
has not forgotten the IuIlsbies she
Ang 10 her children in their infancy.
| remember how my aged mother.
when On her last bid. dreamed away
her loving life imagining there was =
babe At her breast and whispering a
song 70 il just before she died She
found two in Heaven when she got
there Oh We young men who hnzer
and Jest IN the saloon or around the
gaming tables or frequent diSrepat-
able places. stop and think Stop and
think and remember the long and
weary nights that a mother watched
with You and never complained.
Maybe her spirit Is watching you