The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-01


and the visit of Mr. Grimshaw and o
his threats and upbraidings.
Did he say that in Barts hearing?'
asked the Senator.
Ayes right out plain"
Too bad. I'm going to tell vol
frankly, BayneS, that the best thin1
| know about you is your conduct to
ward this boy. | like il. The mex
best thing is the fact that you signec
the note. II was bad business hui
| il was good Christian conduct TO helI
/ your friend. iDon't regret it. Ior
were poor and of an age when the
/ boys prankS were troublesome To both
/ of you, but you took him in. III
/ lend you the interest and try To get
| another holder for the mortgage on
! one condition. You must let me AT
! tend 10 Bart'S schooling. | want Il
/ be boss about that. We have Il great
/ >choolmaSter in Canton and when Bart
/ is Il little older | want him To 20
/ there TO school. I'll try to find him
Il place where he can work for his
board"
We'll miss Bart but Wen be ticklcd
to death-tlere'S no two ways about
that said Cncle Peabody.
The Ser utor tested my arithmetic
and grammar and geography as We
rode along in the darkness and said
by and by:
You'll have to work hard. Bart.
You'll have to take your book into
the field as | did. After every row
of corn | learned rule of SyntaX or
arithmetic or Il 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 evening on your lessons"
As | was going to bed the Senator
called ME to him and said:
81 shall be gone when you are up
in the mOrning. 1t may be long
time before | see you; | shall leave
something for you in Il sealed envel-
Ope with your name on it. You are
not To open the envelope until you
go away to school. | know how you
will feet that first day. When night
falls yLU will think of your aunt and
uncle and he very lonely. When you
go TO your room for the night ] want
you to sit down all by yourself and
open the envelope and read what |
shall 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
10 explain them to you, for all your
happiness will depend upon your I'M
derStanding of those few words in the
envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put it
in my hands.
II wonder what in the world he
wrote there-ayes said she. 1--WE
must keep it careful-ayes IN put
it in my trunk an give it to We when
We go 10 Canton to SCHOOL"
HAS Mr. Wright gomez" l asked
rather sadly.
ayes: Land O mercy! He went
away long before daylight with a lot
o jerked meat in pack basket
ayes! Yer uncle is gOin' down to the
village to see bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayesw
1t was a Saturday and | spent its
hours cOrding wood in the shed. paus-
ing now and then for look into
my grammar
What Il day it was the first of
many like ii. / never think of those
days without saying to myself: What
a Gods blessing man like Silas
Wright can be in the community in
which his heart and soul are as an
open book"
As the evening came on | took a
long look at my cords. The shed was
nearly half full of them. Four rules
of syntaX, also. had been carefully
stored away in my brain. said
them over as l hurried down into the
pasture with old Shep and brought in
the cows. | got through milking lust
as Uncle Peabody came. | saw with
joy that his face was cheerful.
"Yip" he shouted as he stopped his
team at the barn door, where Aunt
Deel and l were standing. 1--WE amt
got much to worry about now. I've
got the interest money right here in
my pocket"
We unhitched and went in, to sup
per | was hoping that Aunt DeeI |
would speak of my work but she /
seemed not to think of it.
l went out on the porch and stood
looking down with a sad countenance. |
Aunt Deel followed me.
IVY, Bart!" she exclaimed, you're
too tired to eat-ayes, Be We sick?"
shook my head.
"PeabOdy," she called. this bow has /
worked like beaver every minute
since you left-ayes he has! | never
see anything to beat it-never, II
want you to come right out into the
ToOd-Shed an see what he's done
his minute-ayes :"
| followed them into the shed.
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