West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18

know 1 Got an awful temper"
"Pappy says So" sighed SefYy.
Hes right, and you know But,
Seffy-you can help me to cure it
will your"
Joy loaped back into her life and II
was very sweet And would he? He
left her no doubt-not the least. She
lowered about him bewitchinsly. What
the peerins moon saw shall not tell.
And when the wstchful old man saw
them coming out OF the cotton woods
together he went singing home and
slept
oh. II was not entirely the pasture
held now. He did not forget that
But SefYy whom he adored-perhaps
for the very Eentleness and sweetness
which constantly vanquished his hap.
piness-Ss6y was going away from
happiness which sought him-and. for
this farmer. and this time and place.
where was little Joy and much labor. II
seemed wanton-it was wanton! DO
you think II was q slight thing that
kept sephenijah r. Baumxartner, Sen.
Tor. awake for ivs nights1 For, let me
tell you here. all this had become
serious business to the old man-if
We do treat II lightly. For he loved
his son-adored Sally-and valued the
pasture-neld. Therefore, in striving
TO bring them all into his keeping to.
sether. he was dealing with tho things
uittls things to you) he loved most on
earth. You. OF course. have greater
things. But you must, now and then,
try TO feel the imperiousness OF small
things in small lives.
l shall tell you of their conversation
as they came from the Poison spring,
the radiance OF the moon in Seffy's
wan face, the very Joy OF the starry
heavens In that OF the girl must tell
you what their talk was OF. And I beg
you again to remember that these
small things, which you despise, were
all they had there and then. have
wondered whether the wanton sacri.
tlce OF q child's toy when he is three is
not as dreadful as the sacrifice of his
love when he Is 20. Do you know.
"Seffy." said Sally, with his hand
held so close under her beating heart
that 1t registered each avid pulsation,
I am most to blame and you have
forgiven me. But you are to blame
too. and hope you won't forgive
yourself too soon"
For why?" queried the dull Seffy,
with attention only for that wildly
beating thing-for, alas, that was his
bane as hers was something else-for.
getting future perils in present happi
ness
a.
Fix what?" asked the astonished
Seny.
You let yourself be fooled. And
that raises my temper more than any.
thing else. / don't want no beau that
every one laughts at. You got to have
more backbone. When / am mean to
you'll can't help 1t when my temper's
up--and It's hard to get 1t down,
mighty hard, when it's up-when l am
mean to you-curse mel"
Seffy stared ashast He would as
soon have hesped maledictions upon
the head Of an archangel!
"Or hit mel"
Another shareholder conviction
OF the utter impossibility OF such
thing
Yes! With a club A fatiron! A
potato masher! A poker!"
seffy could laugh now. She was be
csning absurd. Had he only known
that she-peor futile weman!-was try
ing to secure In advance their happi
ness In the turmoil which she knew
would come
Yes! That Is the way for such as
me! The only wayl And I'm used
to al"
Now Seffy was shockedI
MY fathsr--or Mother granny
er'-shs hesitats&-"Sam-hav at
one time or another, used all these
things on me. / need the snafiel You
need the whip!"
md she laughed q little herself, aud
that was Seny's excuse for joining
her.
You have no temper and l have q
thousand times too much. You can
see how that will work. And, Seny
you got bad reputation about here
now, and I wouldn't like you 10 have
II always. So you must brace up and
do things TO make people like you
azain. want you TO be able to face
any one At the store-and do Il IN
front OF Sam"
The dull seffy answered:
But what can / do?"
The whole case seemed quite hope
less.
4 don't know. But there is some