Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-09-16
CHAPTER ii-continued.

II 10 Inc.
'You go get your hair cut (" said
the stranger holly. "YahI 1 haven't
got any sister"
Il know you haven't at home"
George responded. 81 mean the one
that's in jail"
~ dare you to get down off that
ponyW
George jumped to the ground, and
the other boy descended from the Rev.
Mr.. Smiths gatepost-but he descend
ed inside the gate. 81 dare you out
side that gate," said George.
"Yahl 1 dare you half way here.
] dare you"
But these were luckless challenges,
for George Immediately vaulted the
fence-and four minutes later Mrs.
MallOch Smith, hearing strange noises,
looked forth from a window; then
screamed, and dashed for the pastors
study. Mr.. Malloch Smith, that grim
bearded preacher, came to the front
yard and found his visiting nephew
being rapidly prepared by Master Min
.afer to serve as a principal figure In
a pageant OF massacre. 1t was with
great physical difficulty that Mr..
Smith managed to give his nephew a
chance to escape into the house, for
George was hard and quick, and in
such matters remarkably intense but
the minister, after a grOtesque tusSle,
got him separated from his opponent
and shook him.
you stop that, youi" George cried
fiercely, and wrenched himself away.
II guess you don't know who I am p
"Yes, 1 do known the angered Mr.
Smith retOrted. 81 know who you are,
and you're a disgrace 70 your mother
Your mother ought to be ashamed of
herself to allow"
shut up about my mother bein'
ashamed of herselfr"
Mr.. Smith, exasperated, was unable
to close the dialogue with dignity.
''She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed. "a woman that lets a bad boy
like you"
But George had reached his pony
and mounted. Before setting off at his
accustomed gallOp he paused to inter
rupt the Rev. Malloch Smith agnin.
you pull down your vest, you ole
billygoat, your" he shouted, distinctly.
Pull down your vest, wipe of your
Chin-an' go to h-W
Such precocity is less unusual, even
in children of the Rich, than most
grown people imagine. However, 1t
was a new experience for the Rev.
of excitement He at once wrote a
note to Georges mother, describing
the crime according to his nephewS
Testimony, and the note reached Mrs.
AIinafer before George did. When he
got home she read it to him sorrow
fully.
Dear Madam: Your son has caused
painful distress in my household He
made an unprovoked attack Upon little
nephew of mine who is visiting in my
household, insulted him by calling him
vicious names and falsehoods. stating that
ladies OF his family were in jail. He then
tried to make his pony kick him, and
when the child. who is only eleven years
old while your son is much older and
stronger, endeavored TO avoid his indIgni-
ties and withdraw quietly, he pursued
him into the Enclosure Of my property and
brutally assaulted him. When I appeared
upon this scene he deliberately called In
sulting words to me. concluding with pro-
family. such as 'go to h" which was
heard not only by myself but by my wife
and the lady who lives next door. l trust
such a state of undisciplined behavior
may be remedied for the sake OF the rep
utRtion for propriety, II nothing higher, OF
the family to which this unruly child be-
longs.
George had muttered various inter
ruptions, and as she concluded the
reading he said:
Hes an ole liari"
George. you mustn't say liar
Isn't this letter the TRUTH"
WELL" said George. "how old am
II"
''Ten."
well. look how he says I'm older
than boy eleven years old"
That's true" said Isabel. HE
does. But isn't some of it true
Georgie?"
Georgia felt himself to be in diff
ficulty here. and he was silent
George. did you say what he says
you didT'
which oneT
ibid you tell him Toto Did you
say. Go to h-F"
George looked worried for a mo-
ment longer; then he frightened. lis
ten here, mamma; grandpa wouldn't
wipe his shoe on that ole story teller.
would he?"
George. you mustn't"
81 mean: none of the Ambersons
wouldn't have anything to do with
him, would they7 He doesn't even
know you. does he, mammaY
THAT hasn't anything to do with It"
Yes. it hast l mean: none of the
Anderson family so to see him, and
they never have him come in their
house; they wouldn't ask him to, and
probIy wouldn't even let him"
THAT isn't what we're talking
about"
Il bet" said George emphatically.
II bet II he wanted to see any of EN-.
he'd haf to so around TO the side
dOorr'
mo. dear. they"
"YeS, they would. mamma So what
does it matter II I say somep'm' to
him he didn't like? That kind o.
people. I don't see why you can't say
anything you want TO TO 'emr
mo. George. And you haven't an
swered me whether you said that
dreadful thing he says you did"
well" said George. Anyway,
he said Somep'm' 70 me that made me
mad" And upon this point he offered
no further details; he would not ex-
plain 10 his mother that what had
made him mad was Mr.. Smiths
hasty condemnation Of herself: Your
mother ought TO be ashamed" and
"a v-or,aD that lars q haa hov H.