Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-25

breathing from the sofa that hef ue"
lcdger was safe for the night. =
She took the lamp and went into the
adjoining room where she slept, and
returned with a suit of her own tian-
nels which she proceeded to aboreVlate
as to the extremities; this done, she
locked up the house and went to bed.
She was up bright and early In the
morning, but not earlier than Mugsy,
for when she open.[ her door, there
he was on the hearth, before freshly
kindled fire.
"Hello!" he said.
"Well, 1 am beat" said Miss Eliza,
and faint smile might have been seen
lurking about the corners of her mouth
as she filled the kettle, but she spoke
no word of commentator. Mugsy was
q bow, and she did not know what y
might not do next.
After breakfast Miss Somers brought
from the barn a large basket OF dried
bans which she gave Nugsy to shell,
and carefully locking up the rest of the
house she left Mugsy in the kitchen,
charging him on no account to go out,
and with her basket on her arm she
started for the village.
There at the store she bought suit
Of boys clothes, boots and a cap.
Miss Eliza hurried home and found
Mugsy playing mysterious game with
q few of the beans he had finished
shelling.
Mugsy's eyes grew round with Won
der as Miss Eliza opened the bundles
and dressed him in his new clothes.
There, you look like somebody now;
but if you'd been a girl, could made
you look better, boys clothes are ter
rible expensive. AS Mugsy made him
self useful about the house and barn
during the day, Miss Eliza's thoughts
ran somewhat in this tashion:-
"He's sort of handy, and if he'd been
a girl, I don't know but might have
kept him; but never could abide boys
shall have to look about and see what
can he done with him."
Day after day, went by, however, and
no effort was made to find other quar-
ters for Mugsy.
He had been at Miss Elizas about
two weeks and the short legs, much
rounder than they were the day he
asked for the doughnut at the kitchen
window, had saved Miss Eliza many
steps.
One day Mugsy came across the yart
dangling pail from which he had JUS
poured q mixture that brought JOY t.
the heart of Dennie, the pig.
He took the pail into the kitchen
expecting Miss Somers to wash it, bu
she was not there.
"Misanliza!" no answer. He went tt
her room; she was not there; then tt
the door, and looked about, an. at las
to the gate and down the road, ant
there such sight met his view tina
his eyes seemed to start from thel
sockets.
Down the road with lowered head
and paving the road, came Mr.. Eel
kins' bull, old Plato, and before him
fleeing for her life, ran Mss Eliza, nj
Misanliza.
What could he do? AS if in answer t
his question the red table cloth, hang
ing from the line, tapped across nj
face; quick as thought he tore if fror
it's fastenings, and screaming at tn
top of his voice.
"I'me comm, Misanliza! Hi yo
Plato! Hi-hi-yah-yah!"
Such a noise diverted the bulls al
tention from the fleeing figure in from
and he turned. This fiery object writf
ing and twisting about reused all nj
I fierceness, and with loud below Il
, fairly flew for Mugsy.
, After running short distance, an
the thud of the bulls hoofs comm
nearer and nearer, Mugsy knew D