The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
CHAPTER if-Continued.

ITO me-" II
syou 90 get your hair cutr" said
mo stranger holly. Yah! l haven't
vt any sister,
r know you haven't at home"
e,orgie responded. Il mean the one
mats In JAIL
4 dare you to get down OF that
pony" i
George jumped to the ground. and
Az other boy descended from the Rev.
n, Smiths gatepost-but he descend
a inside the gate. II dare you out
Ode that gate" said George.
yah! l dare you half way here.
dare you"
But these were luckless challenges.
AR George Immediately vaulted the
fpoee-and four minutes later Mrs.
NaIloch Smith, hearing strange noises,
bcsed forth from window; then
~reamed, and dashed for the pastors
suiy. Mr.. Malloch Smith. that grim
besrded preacher, came to the front
urd and found his visiting nephew
hine rapidly prepared by Master Min
sfer to serve as principal figure in
pageant OF massacre. 1t was with
neat physical difficulty that Mr..
smith managed to give his nephew a
dance TO escape into the house, for
George was hard and quick, and in
such matters remarkably intense; but
the minister. after a grotesque tussle.
rot him separated from his opponent
and shook him.
you stop that, you." George cried
fercely, and wrenched himself away.
4 guess you don't know who l am"
yes. do know" the angered Mr..
Smith retorted. II know who you are,
and you're disgrace to your mother!
Tour mother ought to be ashamed of
herself to allow"
shut up about my mother bein'
ashamed of herselfI'
Mr.. Smith, exasperated, was unable
10 close the dialogue with dignity.
She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed. "A woman that lets a bad boy
ike you"
But George had reached his pony
and mounted. Before setting Off at his
accustomed gallop he paused to inter
npt the Rev. Malloch Smith again.
You pull down your vest, you ole
hygoat. your he shouted, distinctly.
Pull down your vest, wipe OF your
chin-an' go to HI"
Such precocity is less unusual. even
10 children of the Rich, than most
grown people imagine. However. 1t
vas q new experience for the Rev.
! halloch Smith, and left him In a state
Of excitement. He at once wrote a
note TO Georges mother, describing
The crime according to his nephew's
testimony, and the note reached Mrs.
Mlnafer before George did. When he
| got home she read it to him sorrow
fully.
Dear Madam: Your son has caused a
xinful distress In my household. He
made an unprovoked attack upon a little
| nephew OF mine who Is visiting in my
household. insulted him by calling him
Vicious names and falsehoods, stating that
aides Of his family were in jail. He then
red TO make his pony kick him. and
Wien the child. who is only eleven years
I'D, while your son is much older and
Stronger. endeavored to avoid his indigni-
rs and withdraw quietly. he pursued
nm INTO the Enclosure of my property and
rutaIy assaulted him. When I appeared
pon this scene he deliberately called in
niting words to me. concluding with pro-
nnity. such as ''go to H." which was
ward not only by myself but by my wife
md the lady who lives next door I trust
nch state OF undisciplined behavior
may be remedied for the sake of the rep
nation for propriety, IL nothing higher. of
we Amily to which this unruly child be-
bngs
Georgie had muttered various inter
mptions, and as she concluded the
reading he said:
He's an ole liar!"
Georgie, you mustn't say liar.
MI this letter the TRUTH"
Well" said George, ''how old am
Ten"
Well. look how he says I'm older
nan boy eleven years old"
That's true" said Isabel. "He
aoes' But isn't some of it true
Georgier
6eorgie felt himself TO be in a diff
aculty here, and he was silent.
george. did you say what he says
you didy'
Which oner
pid you tell him tc-to- Did yor
Ny Go TO h-T"
eeorgie looked worried for n mo
Ment longer: then he frightened. Ills
mere. mamma: grandpa wouldn't
e'Pe his shoe on that ole story teller
would he?"
ueofsie. you mustn't"
mean: none OF the Anderson:
soa'uht have anything TO do witt
.'aA would they? He doesn't ever
INV you, does he. mamma?"
Inat hasn't anything 10 do with it,
ie. II has mean: none of tn,
-oefsen family 90 To see him. an'
never nave him come in thei
So hey wouldn't %S,l him to, anI
r~'g wouldn't even let him"
AN isn't what we're talkin;
eeI' sa.c George emphatically
sse' II he walted to see any of EN-
laf {" 81 around 10 the sid
40 dear, they"
'es. tGey would, mamma. So wha