Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-05-09

SO different and so sweet 90 remem-
Der In. the lonely days that Followed !
Fast flows the river to the sea when
| youth Is sailing on 1t. They had
showed me out Of the quiet cove into
the swift current-those dear. kindly,
thoughtless people. Sally ran away
into the house as their laughter con-
| tinued and my uncle and l walked
down the street. How happy was
I 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 talk about the
| tightness of money and the banking
laws and l remember a remark Of
my uncle, for there was that in his
tone which / could never forget: q
I'VE 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.. Grimshaw and of
his threats and upbraidings.
did he say that In Bart's hearingr'
asked the Senator.
ayes fright out plain"
"Too badl I'm going to tell you
frankly. Baynes. that the best thing
I know about you Is your c.1duct to-
ward this boy. I like it. The next
best thing is the fact that you signed
the note. 1t was bad business but
it was good Christian conduct to help
your friend. Don't regret it. 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 Bart's schooling. want to
be boss about that. We have great
schoolmaster In Canton and when Bart
| is little older I want him to go
there to school. I'll try to find him
a place where he can work for his
board"
"we1l miss Bart but we'll be tickled
to death-there's no two ways about
that" said Uncle Peabody.
The Senator tested my arithmetic
and grammar and geography as we
49,, ~tocow a., %ha a. III paoo end cafd
by and by:
you'll have to WORK hard. Bart
Youth have to take your book into
the field as diA. After every row
of corn learned q rule of syntax OF
arithmetic or fact in geography while
I rested, and NY thought and memory
took hold Of 1t as piled the hoe.
don't want you to stop the reading
but from now on you must spend hall
of every evening on your lessons"
Az was going to bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
II shall be gone when you are ur
In the morning.. It may be a Ions
time before see you; shall leave
something for you in sealed envel
ope with your name on 1t. You are
not to open the envelope until vol
60 away to school. 1 know how yor
will feel that first day. When nigh
falls ycu will think of your aunt and
uncle and be very lonely. When yor
60 to your room for the night want
you to sit down all by yourself ant
open the envelope and read what
shall write. They will be, think, tht
most impressive words you ever read
You will think them over but yot
will not understand them for lonf
time. Ask every wise man you meet
to explain them to you. for all your
happiness will depend upon your un
Outstanding Of those few words In thu
envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put Il
In my hands.
II wonder what In the world h,
wrote there-ayes I" said she. ave
must keep It careful--ayes I'll pu
1t In my trunk an give 1t to ye wher
We go to Canton to school"
HAS Mr.. Wright gone?" asket
rather sadly.
"Ayesi Land o. mercyi He wen
away long before daylight with a 10
o. terked meat in pack basket
ayesl Yer uncle Is goin' down to thu
village to see bout the mortgage thi'
afternoon, ayesr"
i 1t was Saturday and / spent 1T
hours cording wood In the shed, paus
ing now and then for q look int
my grammar.
| What day 1t was 1.-The first o
many like it. / never think Of thos'
days without saying to myself: rWha
a Gods blessing man like Slla
Wright can be In the community II
which his heart and soul are as al
open book |"
AS the evening came on I took ,
lonQ IOOlr Mt NV cords The shed wa