Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-03-28
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hair upon my facet But the feel of
her warm lips upon my own-that was
so different and so sweet to remem-
Der in the lonely days that followed
Fast flows the river to the sea when
youth IS sailing on it. They had
showed me out of the quiet cove into
the swift current--tLoSe dear, kindly.
thoughtless people. Sally raE away
into the house as their laughter con-
tinued and my uncle and walked
down the street. How happy was
observed with satisfaction that
the village boys did not make fun
of me when / passed them as they did
when / wore the petticoat trousers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright came along with
the crowd. by and by, and Colonel
Medad Moody. We had supper with
/ the Senator on the seat with us. He
and my uncle began to aalk about the
tightnesS OF money and the banking
laws and / remember a remark of
my uncle, for there was that IA his
tone which / could never forget:
ave poor people are trusting you
to look out for us-we poor people
are trusting you to see that We get
treated fair. We're havin' hard
! time"
My uncle told him about the note
and the visit of Mr.. Grlmshaw and of
his threats and. upbraidings.
did he say that in Bart's hearingT"
asked the Senator.
/ Ayes fright out plain"
"Too bad I'm going to tell you
frankly, Baynes. that the best thing
know about you Is your conduct to-
ward this boy. like 1t. The next
best thing is the fact that you signed
| the note. 1t was bad business but
1t was good Christian conduct to help
4 your friend. Don't regret II. You
were poor and of an age when the
boys pranks were troublesome to both
of you, but you took him in. I'll
lend you the interest and try TO get
another holder for the mortgage ON
one condition. You must let me at
tend to BaFt's schooling. l want to
be boss about that. We have a great
schoolmaster in Canton and when Bart
is little older want him to go
there to school. I'll try to find him
place where he can work for his
board"
/ wen miss Bart but vail be tielled
to death--tlere's no two ways about
that" said Oncle Peabody.
/ The Senator tested my arithmetic
and grammar and geography as we
rode along in the darkness and said
i by and by:
you'll have TO work hard, Bart.
the field as / did After every row
of corn learned a rule of syntax or
arithmetic or fact in geography while
rested. and my thought and memory
took hold of it as / piled the hoe. !
don't want you to stop the reading,
but from now on you must spend half
; of every evcS'ng on your lessons"
AS l was going t. bed the Senator
called ME to him and said:
Il shall be gone when you are up
In the morning. 1t may be a long
time before l see you; l shall leave
something for you in sealed envel-
ope with your name on 1t. You are
not to open the envelope until you
go away to school. / know how you
win feet that first day. When night
falls yLu will think of your aunt and
uncle and be very lonely. When you
go to your room for the night ] want
you to sit down all by yourself aud
open the envelope and read what
shah write. They will be. think, the
most impressive words you ever read.
You will think them over but you
| Will not understand them for a long
time. Ask every wise man you meet
TO explain them to you. for ell your
happiness will depend upon your I'M
Outstanding * those few words In the
envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put it
in my hands.
81 wonder what in the world he
wrote there-ayes said she. ''We
must keep 1t careful-ayes III put
1t In my trunk an give 1t to ye when
We go TO Canton to school,"
HAS Mr.. Wright gone?" asked
rather sadly.
"Ayesi Land o. mercyi He went
away long before daylight with a lot
o. jerked meat in a pack basket
ayes Yer uncle is goin' down to the
village to see bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayesw
It was a Saturday and spent Its
hours cording wood In the shed, paus-
ing now and then for a look into
my grammar.
Wha: day 1t was!-the first Of
many like It, / never think of those
days without saying to myself: what
a Gods blessing a man like Silas
Wright can be in the community in
which his heart and soul are as an
open bookl"
AS the evening came on took a
/ -Iad