Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11
PILLS G. GARY.
Continued
THE oLD-rAsu1ox HOMESTEAD.

81, Wau3ce C'ayerinE was Gftcen year.
olu' ana the whole of those fifteen had
oeen spent in idleness and amid sccnes
denly died, and his mother when The
estate WAS settled. found that thor
,or,nnn had been entirely swept away:
VIZ 'neE were actually pcnniless.
Mhcn THIS fact Was made known TO
Wallace he stood as one dazed. What
are we to do?' lie asked. falterinrIy.
r:Mo'nrr. what what arc we Ia do -
hut nc poor mother could not an
sw.r. She was thinking OF a little
moss grown cottage hack in the coun
wy where the years OF her own child
h 1000 mac tesn spent, and was Won
g" out there and till the ground. for
nus Vas the only thing she could think
OF ihat little cottage had been left
TO her by her father hut having MIR
ried 4 rich man She had never gone
pack 10 take possession of her In :
heritance. She remembered now tina.
mere were :: few weed-sr"wn acres OF
land. and she also remembered that
these few acres afforded her parents
II LIVING during their lifetime. They
still might yield enough to keep them
long time she finally told Wallace Of
me place, and vas SURPRISED TO see
his l,n Ho"n ~. face hrightsn: WAY aid
nul"k'y surely we need not despair
II We have :, home left no matter how
humble !hat hon'c may. be. II was
there at once-wc will so home
fiS bravery brought new s.rcnGth
TO H." mother faintins heart, Tho
profession. ann she had feared that il
would be hard for him 20 give up his
cherished dream. she believed that =
Of nov. Eut the by wa. still, hone-
ful OF e"en this. lir went with his
mother 10 ihr humble home in the
COUNTY AID during the hot. summer
the neglected farm back 10 stnte
OF productivcnosa. An old man, who
was In need OF u home and who WAS
willing 20 work for small wages. helped
ana gave h'm good advice.
Whom autumn rHmc. Wallace found
that he haG gained in health und in
strength: that he had provisions ahead
FOR the long. cold winter ami Il small
sum Of money In tho sank. 81 am now
TO go to the village school this win
ter" he told his mother. and Il |
have good luck and keep my health
= college education shall vet be mine.
i!mck and perseverance, are tho orly
,hInss required after all. ! siu,l work
ny way ihro"sA. an fully deter.
The boy din, His summer. wtro spent
az tho farm. ana his winters vera
@pcrt in school. and. when AT tho use
nf twenty-five, he graduated ma II ply
..
'lr Won, home to his mother with 10Y
hcamine III hi eyes md as he stood
in the doorway Of Tho liitIe cottage
homo aud looked around him he DO
cidrd that the farm should rever he
sold.
81 shall settle IN aorlc town." he
'olh hi. mother, ANA. of course. You
sr~ 10 live with me; bu' this place
which made il rosNihlc for ne to be
come wha, am will ever o. dear to
me-. We will let it 10 some on" who
will take good care OF il. and NC will
come h"re foi Il inc eaci; year and
enjoy il" quiet aud it's rest Z, ma4
your inheritance. and II shall he niue -
a dear. old fashion homestead, huiIow-
Cd by sacred memories"
Mrs. C,nverlms %as derp,y moved,
which had h.cn hers since coming Suck
10 tho old homo. aud Of the precious
opportunity that had been realized she.
too. fell that II WAS the dearest piac,
| 81 earth She won't with her son 10
his new ne'd ~ labor. hut as shn hade
II" OLD home Eood-by, she murmurl
May. .'iod preserve such places through
out the land"
JENNINGS L. HUNT.