The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-10-03
CHAPTER lI-continued.

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syour sister stole 1t for me T. George
iRgtantly replied, checking the pony.
"Ehe stole it of our clo'esline an gave
1t to me-"
sTou go get your hair cut |" said
the stranger holly. "Yahi ! haven't
got any sisterw
II know you haven't at home"
George responded. II mean the one
that's. in jail"
u dare you to get down Off that
ponyl"
George jumped to the ground, and
the other boy descended from the Rev.
Mr.. Smiths gatepost- but he descend
ed inside the gate 81 dare you out
side that gate." said George.
sYahl / dare you half way here.
I dare YOU"
But these were luckless challenges,
for George Immediately vaulted the
fepce-and four minutes later Mrs.
Malloch Smith, hearing strange noises,
looked forth from a window; then
screamed, and dashed for the pastors
study. Mr.. Malloch Smith. that grim
bearded preacher, came to the front
yard and found his visiting nephew
being rapidly prepared BY Master Min
afer to serve as principal figure in
a pageant Of massacre It was with
great physical difficulty that Mr..
Smith managed to give his nephew a
chance to escape into the house, for
Georgia was hard and quick, and in
such matters remarkably intense; but
the minister, after q grotesque tussle,
got him separated from his opponent
and shook him.
.You stop that. you'll" George cried
fiercely, and wrenched himself away.
II guess you don't know who amir
.Yes, / do know! ~ the angered Mr..
Smith retorted. II know who you are,
and you're a disgrace to your mother !!
Your mother ought to be ashamed Of
herself to allow"
"Shut up about my mother bein'
ashamed of herselfi"
Mr.. Smith, exasperated, was unable
to close the dialogue with dignity.
"She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed. "a woman that lets bad boy
like YOU"
But George had reached his pony
and mounted. Before setting off at his
accustomed gallop he paused to inter-
rupt the Rev. Malloch Smith again.
"You pull down your vest, you ole
biIlygoat. you'll" he shouted, distinctly.
Pull down your vest, wipe Off your
Gilman go to hi"
Such precocity is less unusual, even
Ia children of the Rich, than most
grown people imagine. However, it
was new experience for the Rev.
Malloch Smith, and left him in 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.
Minafer before George did. When he
got home she read it to him sorrow
fully.
. Dear Madam: Your son has caused a
painful distress In my household He
made an unprovoked attack upon q 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
when the child, who is only eleven years
DID, while your son is much older and
stronger endeavored to avoid his indigni-
ties and Withdraw quietly, he pursued
him into the Enclosure of my property and
brutality assaulted him. When appeared
L. AolsE Al IIr7 IT,
Bulting words to- me, concluding with pro-
family, such as Ego to h." which was
heard not only by myself but by my wife
and the lady who lives next door. / trust
such state of undisclplined behavior
may be remedied for the sake of the rep
ntation for propriety. If nothing higher. OF
the family to which this unruly child be-
longs.
George had muttered various inter-
ruptlons, and as she concluded the
reading he said:
Hes an ole liarl"
George. you mustn't say liar
Isn't this letter the TRUTH"
.'Well." said Georgie, show old am
"Ten."
WCkis lUOk uUW NC says 4 Ii OAuCA
than a boy eleven years old.n
"That's true" said Isabel. HE
does. But isn't some of it true.
Georgier'
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 Ills
ten here, mamma; grandpa wouldn't
wipe his shoe on that ole story teller
would her.
: "Georgie, you mustn't"
II mean: none of the Ambersons
wouldn't have anything to do with