The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-11
Worth Price

Mr.. Peaslee nodded. Lots of times
1t happens like that" he agreed /;
"therell be one young one that the
rest don't pay no 'tention to, and all
he can do is to stan round and wish
for chance to git in and have good
time with the rest Of 'em. Kind Of
hard on little tike, seems to me-"
AS he finished speaking one Of the
minor accidents of childhood hap
pened swiftly. A rope carried by two
Of the larger boys caught the lonely
little fellow across the feet; there was
a twinkle of stubby little legs in the
air and the sound of soft little face
striking the gravel. His screech Of
pain and anger brought the two old
men to their feet, while the group Of
playing children converged unerringly
on the sufferer.
zone sure thing-he amt killed, to
60 by the uproar he's MAXIM" OBJ
served Mr.. Hyne.
Even before they reached the scene
Of the mishap the noise had partly
lulled, and some Of the larger boys had
raised the little boy to his feet and
were assiduously brushing him off.
while others hung about him with SYM
pathetic chatter. The unwonted at
tention had its effect upon the victim,
and a certain perkineSs became visible
In his demeanor. For once he was the
center of interest-and he was making
the most of it.
Nights well 60 back and set
down. said Mr.. Peaslee, and as they
settled once more into their chairs he
was moved to further speech.
"Beats ALL" he commented slowly,
"how much alike children and grown.
up folks are. They've both got bout
the same hankerin's and feelin's after
all. For instance-all that touse out
there jest now put me in mind of
Scion Padden."
Mr.. Hyne debated deeply. Il guess
I remember him, now you speak OF
him." he said, but l d'know when ]
ever thought of him before"
"That was jest it," said Mr.. Peaslee
sedately. "That was what wore on
Scion all his life; there want any.
thing special about him for folks to
notice or remember.
'Mebbe he might have lived and |
died and never'd have known how he |
FELT" Mr.. Peaslee went on deliberate
y, IF John Barton's HOSES hadn't |
took q notion to run away ono day
when he left 'em down to the grist.
mill, with his little grandson settin' on
The seat holdin' the reins. I d'know
What started EN-. The fust any OF us
Knew about 1t, they come down the
Dad, with the tip cart swayin' and
and the child hangin' to the
ems and stickin' onto the seat by Z
"Tour.nve Of 10 Jumped for EN-"
,aleb said soberiy, "but the best We
'ould do was to swerve 'em Z little
nd mebbe slow 'em q mite. They got
y and started down the hill lords the
rook-and right then Scion come In
o it!
HE was right at the top Of the hill
cad, but nobody give any heed to him
ct thinkin' he amounted to anything,
nyway. We all looked for him to
odge and let 'em get BY him, but
fead Of that he jumped square at their
eads and made out to grab both
rides, although how in the world he
one it never could make up my
lind. And Of course, no HOSES arc
oin' to lug man on their brides
ret ways. Scion KEEP saggin' on 'em,
I'D pretty soon they stopped.
"Well, Scion was considerable 1
lnged up. One leg was busted, and I
, was hurt some other ways. We got I
m laid out side Of the road, and then
e all stood round tryin' to make our. L
Ives see jest what a courageous
an we had amongst us, and John y
arton was tryin' to tell him and not 4
akin very good job of 1t. Fin'ly d
e doctor come to take him home, v
ID I went along, too. After the doc.
I'd fixed him up, undertook to tell 4
n how sorry I was, but he stopped n
e. a
You needn't be sorry mite says "
, with his face shining perfectly con- IL
lted. I amt sorry-Tm glad. This u
the fust time in all my life,' he says, .,
rnestlike, that the men in this town
We ever gin me any notice or reck- &c
ed was q man, same's they be. I :.
ut begretch breakin' leg to show - -
,-or two legs, IL twas needful. It No
s wuth It, he says, contented as II fe
, bosses had done him favor a
ich mebbe they had, the way he =
ked at i'll d'know." n
Test about the same's that young
r felt; I give In t you're right,'