Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-02

the crowd, by and by, and Colonei
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 | remember a remark OK
my uncle, for there was that In MS
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' a 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 hearing"
asked the Senator.
ayes right out plain"
"Too bad! Tn going to tell you
frankly, Baynes, that the best thing
/ know about you is your conduct to-
ward this boy. 1 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. l want to
be boss about that. We have great
schoolmaster in Canton and when Bart
is a little older 1 want him to go
there to school. I'll try to find him
q place where he can work for his
board"
''WeII miss Bart but Wen be tickled
to death-there's no two ways about
that" said Cncle Peabody.
The Senator 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 l learned a rule of syntax or
VI q ldNI Ia eSo6AhPhJ "hAAS
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 1 was going to bed the Senator
called me to him and said:
Il shall be gone when you are up
in the morning. 1t may be long
time before l see you; shall leave
something for you in 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 feel that first day. When night
falls yen 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 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
win not understand them for a long
time. Ask every wise man you meet
to explain them to you, for all your
happiness will depend upon your I'M
Outstanding of those few words In the
envelope"
In the morning Aunt Deel put 1t
in my hands.
II wonder what In the world he
wrote there-ayes said she. "We
must keep it careful-ayes !-Pll put
1t in my trunk an give it to We when
We go to Canton to school"
"Has Mr.. Wright gomez? I asked
rather sadly.
"Ayes! Land o. mercy! He went
away long before daylight with lot
o. jerked meat In a pack basket
ayes Yer uncle is goin' down to the
village to see bout the mortgage this
afternoon, ayes"
It was Saturday and spent Its