River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-10-30

with roads and statuary and in the centre
or four-acre tract, on ANDERSON avenue
built for himself the most magnificent
mansion the Midland City had ever SEEN
CHAPTER II.-When the majors
daughter married young WILDER Minafer
The neighbors predicted that as Isabel
could never really love Wilbur all her
love would be bestowed upon the children
George Anderson Minafer, but his up,
bringing and ,1 his youthful accomplish
mehts as mischief maker were quite in
keeping with the most pessimistic predic-
tons.
Such precocity is less unusual, even
IN children Of the Rich, than most
grown people imagine. However, it
was new experience for the Rev.
Malloch Smith, and left him in a state
Of excitement. He at once wrote
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 it 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 is 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
Wnen 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 inclosure of my property and
brutally assaulted him. When 1 appeared
upon this scene he deliberately called in
do RI
fanity, such as "go to h. which was
heard not only by myself but by my wife
and the lady who lives next door, 1 trust
such state of undisciplined behavior
may be remedied for the sake of the rep
utation for propriety, if nothing higher, Of
the family to which this unruly CHILD be-
longs.
George had muttered various inter-
ruptions, and as she concluded tho
reading he said:
Hes an ole liar!"
George, you mustn't say liar
Isn't this letter the truth?"
"Well," said George, show old am
II"
'"Ten,"
swell, 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 it true,
Georgie?"
George felt himself to be in diff
ficulty here, and he was silent.
George, did you say what he says
you did?'
(Which one?"
did you tell him Toto Did you
say Go to h-T"
George looked worried for mo-
ment longer; then he frightened. "Lis-
ten here, mamma; grandpa wouldn't
wipe his shoe on that ole story teller,
would hep
George, you mustn't"
II mean: none of the Ambersons
wouldn't have anything to do with
him, would they? He doesn't even
know you, does he, mamma?'
"That hasn't anything to do with it,"
eyes. it has / 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
"That isn't what we're talking
about"
II bet" said George emphatically,
Il bet if he wanted to see any of 'em,
he'C hat to go around to the side
door!"
mo, dear, they"
Eyes, they would, mamma So what
does it matter if I say somep'm' to
him he didn't like? That kind o.
people, I don't see why you can't say.
anything you want to to 'em!"
mo, George. And you haven't an
swered me whether you said that
dreadful thing he says you did,"
''Well-" said George anyway.
he said somep'm' to me that made me
mad" And upon this point he offered
no further details; he would not ex-
plain to his mother that what had
made him mad" was Mr.. Smiths
hasty condemnation of herself: "Your
mother ought to be ashamed" and
"a woman that lets a bad boy like
you" George did not even con-
slider excusing himself by quoting
tneSe 1nS0lenceS.
Isabel stroked his head. 'They
were terrible words for you to use,
dear. From his letter he doesn't seem
very tactful person, but"
Hes just riffraff," said George.
'You mustn't say So" his mother
gently agreed. where did you learn
those bad words he speaks of? Where
did you hear anyone use them?"
swell, I've heard 'em serreval
places. / guess Uncle George Amber
son was the first ever heard say 'em.
Uncle George Anderson said 'em to
papa once. Papa didn't like it, but
Uncle George was just laughin' at
papa, an then he said 'em while he
was laughin'"
THAT was wrong of him." she said,
but almost instinctively he detected
the lack Of conviction In her tone. It