The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-12-15

WrctChcd OutcaSI who Nau no flSnt |
to express an 0pini"H on the subject
whpTeat Scroo%c'S ui"cc'S SS,er-the
plumu one with the lace tucker, not
the one with the blu$hcd.
After 1c! they Lad S""iIr !hi>r. f"r
they were Il musical family and knew
what they We're :hoal when lh"% Sill.
a glcc cr catch. can a>>ur" You. cSp"-
cially Topper. WI" could "r"wl AVA
in the lass like Il god oli" and ncNc:
swell the lAr"r veins III his forehead
or GO: rcd in III" fac" over i.
Scroc%r'* n.""r played we'll upon The
harp and anon" other tunes. II Simpl.'
little air e., mere n"tAin"-N"u m,%h.
learn lo Nhi>il" i in NV" minutes
which had 1,",.,! familiar I" the child
who fetched Scr"u"" from the board
ing school. rs he hari hccn reminded
ny the Ghost Of Christmas Past.
Wh~n ~" >lr:'iM &c music sounded al.
tho things that '~h,:t had shown 'ilii
.aroc ,,,rl - ,,i"A. y" S"ft"?r''
moro ar(i i,r"n nr,' jhan','ri th;r1 = u
could h%ytsif~rj&rl t" :: "E;rn year.
ago II" nigh nav" cultivated inc El,i'-
nc$SrS Of If" for his cwn hlrpir"SS
with his OWN hardS without r'>"r'i'i&
TO thc <cyr1Gl'S Sp#n,' that hCri"d Ia
cob Marley
Rut rhcv .ii,iN't dc%"tc III" wh"'"
evenir" /" !hU<:r. After "wi'li" the!
played Il; f"rf'i'S e." il is good I" ne
children SuIH"ti'rnS an'! never 'mIl"i
than at Christians. when lis ml%htA
Fourdcr was n child himself. sop.
There WIS first came n blind mans
huff OF cnur>" there WAS. And | no
MIRO hr,ioyc -'gurcr WAS really blind
.ton hcIff,;c he had eyes in his
bon,S NV ,,,iniun * that Il was Il
,jonc thing Between lin AMI Srrnocc'S
,aeph"w an6 that ~" Ghost "f Christ
mas prcscnl knew il. The way hr
went after that plump sister in ~
lace tpcker was in outrage on The
crcdnlity If human nature-knocEin
down the fire irons. tnmbling over III"
chairs. humping M against the piano.
smothcrinr himself among the rur-
tains Wherever she went, there Went
he. Tie alwavs knew where the plump
sister was. lie wnnKn't catch any
body tlSe If yon had falicn- NJ
against him. as some 6i them did. ard
stood there he woul6 have made a
feint Of cn,lcavnrirS TO seize y"u.
which would have Teen an affmnt 10
your understanding. mid wo1ld instant
~ have sidled OF i'll the direction or
the Thmp sister Shr often cried out
that IL wasn't fair and it really was
not. But when n last he caught her
when. In spite of all her silken rus
filings and her rabM f1utterings past
him he got her imo corner whence
there was no escape-thcn his con-
duct was the mos execrable. for his
pretending not 70 know her, his pre-
tending that it WIS necessary TO touch
ber hcaildrcSS and, further, 10 assure
himself OF her jfentity 10y pressing a
certain ring upon her finger and a
certain chain about her neck. was vile.
nonstTons, No doubt she told him her
opinion Of 1t whe1. another blind man
being III office, they were 80 very con-
f;lentiai together iaehind the curtains
Then they plav,d a game called YES
and no. where sarooge's nephew lad
to think of something and the rest
m,,st fad ont what. he only answer
ing 70 their ouestions YES or no. az
the rase was. TIE brisk fire OF cues
tjon,np,io wbicb's he was exposetl elicit
ed from him that he was thinking Of
an animal, q live:animal, rather a dis
agreeable animal savage animal.
an animal that growled and granted
sometimes and talked sometimes. and
lived in London aand walked aboa1
the streets, and wasn't made show
OF, and wasn't ldd by anybody. ana
|, didn't live In menagerie, and was
I never killssl In market. and was not
a horse. or: an, ass. ara COW. or ball
or tiger, .a7r dog. 'or a pig or q cat
or bear. AT every fresh question
that was Put to him this nephew