The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-03
CHAPTER Ii-continued.


"Your sister stole 1t for me 2" George
instantly replied. checking the pony.
"She stole IL off our clo'esline an gave
II 10 me-"
you go get your hair cut" said
the stranger holly. 'YahI 1 haven't
got any sister,
81 know you haven't at home"
George responded. II mean the one
that's fin jail"
Il dare you TO get down Off that
ponyi''
George jumped TO the ground, and
the other boy descended from the Rev.
y Mr.. Smiths gatepost-but he descend
ed inside the gate. II dare you out
side that gate" said George.
Yah! 1 dare you half way here.
i dare you"
But these were Iuckless challenges.
for George Immediately vaulted the
fence-and four minutes later Mrs.
MaIIoch Smith, hearing strange noises.
looked forth from a window; then
screamed. and dashed for the pastors
study. Mr. MaIloch 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
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. your George cried
fercely, and wrenched himself away.
II guess you don't know who / am -
Yes, do known the angered Mr..
Smith retorted. at know who you are
and you're a disgrace to your mother
Your mother ought to be ashamed OF
herself to allow
"Shut up about my mother bein'
ashamed of herselfi"
Mr. Smith. exasperated. was unable
tn close the dialogue with dignity.
''She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed. "A woman that let's 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 again.
You pull down your vest, you ole
billygoat. your he shouted. distinctly.
Pull down your vest, wipe off your
Gilman go to h"
Such precocity Is less unusual, even
in children of the Rich, than most
grown people imagine. However. IT
was new experience for the Rev.
MaIIoch Smith. and left him In a state
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note TO Georges mother. describing
the crime according to his nephew's
testimony, and the note reached Mrs.
Minafer before George did. When he
got home she read Ii TO him sorrow
fully.
-" Dear Madam: Your son has caused .
painful distress In my household He
made an unprovoked attack upon a little
nephew of mine who IL 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. / trust
such state of undiscipllned behavior
. may be remedied for the sake of the rep
utation for propriety. IL nothing higher. of
the family to which this unruly child be-
longs.
George had muttered various inter-
ruptions. and as she concluded the
reading ne said:
Hes an ole liar,"
George. you mustn't say liar
Isn't this letter the TRUTH"
"Well." said George, chow old am
IT"
Ten"
"Well. look how he says I'm older
than a boy eleven years old"
That's true" said Isabel. He
does. But isn't some Of 1t true.
GeorgieY
Georgia felt himself to be In q diff
ficuity here. and he was silent.
George. did you say what he says
you didr'
(which oner'
Ibid you tell him Toto Did you
say. Go to h-r"
George looked worried for a mo-
moQI longer tneD ne DT1gQreneQ. LIS
ten here. mamma; grandpa wouldn't
wipe his shoe on that ole story teller,
would ae?"
"Georgie. you mustn't
II Llean: none of the Ambersons
wouldn't have anything to do with
him, would they? He doesn't even
know you. does he. mammar"
That hasn't anything to do with It."
Eyes. it hast / mean: none of the |
ANDERSON family go to see him. and |
they never have him come In their |
house: they wouldn't ask him to, and
lorob1y wouldn't even let him"
THAT Isn't what we're talking
tabout-"
II bet.e said George emphatically,
IT bet II he wanted to see any Of 'em.
he'd hat 70 60 around to the side
door -
mo. dear. tAey@
Yea they you'd. mammal So what