The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

who says they haven't as much right
to live, my fine fellow. as you haveY
But-we'n have the rest of the story
from the young lady. Now, please do
not interrupt her again" And the
old self-appointed judge shook
finger at Tom.
Then Hattie proceeded to tell the
entire story from the moment when
she first saw the grand daddy-long-
legs. After she had finished. the old
gentleman shook his head very grave
~ for quite full minute; then said:
Il don't approve of fighting; not at
all. It's heathenish and cruel, and
all that; but in this case-where a
big, well-educated, capable chap. like
the party of the first part. is tortur-
ing helpless and harmless creature
OF Gods kingdom, l must say that
the means employed by the party of
the second part to make him cease
his torturing, is highly commended by
me. I shall now proceed to give my
verdict and then my sentence. In
the first case, / find Tom guilty of
cruelty without the least provocation.
And l find Bobby a courageous hero
who Is not afraid to come to the as
sistance OF the under-dog, so to speak,
TO champion the cause of the op-
pressed. Now, l am a newcomer in
this neighborhood, and l have two
grandsons who live with me-one a
bit older than either of you who stand
before me, and one about the same
age. They have two ponies and four
nne, well-trained goats. They want to
make the acquaintance of some fine
boys. l shall ask this fellow" put
tlng his hand on Bobby's head-"to
come 10 our place tomorrow, and l
| mean 10 give him a pair of driving
| goats, cart and harness. That's his
reward for having been humane and
courageous. And to this little girl.
VINO espoused his cause. I shall give
a large picture book containing fairy
stories, one which was my daughters
when she was a little woman, And
from these two boys--one the heartless
torturer of an innocent and unoffend-
ing insect, and the other who assisted
him in his fight against the Good Boy.
l shall withhold my favors till 1 have
been fully satisfied that they are
heartily sorry for the way the one
treated the grand daddy-long-leg
and have made a vow to be kind to
all Gods living creaturesa
Now. live in that old brown stone
mansion over on the hill. You shall
come there tomorrow IL your
mamma will permit you. Give her
this" and the old man wrote some
thing on the back of his card and
handed 1t to Bobby-"and I think she
will let you accept my invitation"
Bobby's face flushed with pleasure
and Toms fell with remorse and
shame. Hattie's was smiling and hap
py while little Glen's eyes blinked
very hard against some tears. He re-
allied that he and Big Brother had
been very. very naughty, really cruel,
and then and there he vowed-and so
! did Tonic never so much as touch
S~~~~>~~~~~~~~
Paul was sitting on the floor in the
room where the strange whipping of
the old dame had taken place, too
much afraid to move from the spot
Suddenly from an old rag-bag. which
hung against the wall beside the
chimney, there came voice; then a
hand and lastly head and shoulders
1t was a fairy. and the little creature
smiled at Paul.
II shall keep you from all harm,
my child" 1t said. This day you
shall start homeward. Your mother
is worrying about you and her heart
aches for news of you. You shall re-
turn to her. Weaving ha- picked up,
and now she has all she can do. and
earns quite enough for the two Of
you to live comfortably and happily
on
Come to your supper, my darling"
called the suffering old dame to Paul.
| And when Paul went into the kitchen