Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-08-21
CHAPTER H-contlnued.

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~Your sister stole It for me Z" George
@astantly replied, checking the pony.
@-She stole it of our ~clo'esline an gave
ct to rze."
~YoU go get your hair cutl" said
che stranger holly. "YahI 1 haven't
got any sister,"
II know you haven't at home"
Georgia responded. II mean the one
mats In Jail"
I'll dare you to get down off that
yuOuyr
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.
"TahI L dare you half way here.
IL dare you"
But these were luckIess challenges,
for George Immediately vaulted the
Eence-and four minutes later Mrs.
HEalIOch Smith, hearing strange noises,
booked forth from a window; then
screamed, and dashed for the pastors
study Lr. MailOch Smith, that grim
bearded preacher, came to the front
gard and found his visiting nephew
being rapidly prepared by Master Min
safer TO serve as a principal figure in
a pageant OF massacre. 1t was with
great physical difficulty that Mr..
Smith managed to give his nephew a
chance to escape into the house, for
George was hard and quick, and in
such matters remarkably intense; but
the miaister. after a ~grotesque tussle,
.g8t him separated from his opponent
and shock him.
"YeU stop that. your George cried
TseTcefy, and wrenched himself away.
II guess you don't know who I am ~
'Yes. I do knowl" the angered Mr..
Smith retorted- II know who you are,
and you're a disgrace to your mother
T6ur mother ought to be ashamed of
herself to allow"
Shut up about my mother bein'
ashamed of herself!'
MIR Smith, exasperated, was unable
to close the dialogue with dignity.
She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed "a woman that let's a bad boy
eaFke you"
But George had reached his pony
and TnaSnted. Before setting off at his
accustomed gallop he paused to inter-
1zRG the Rev. MallOch Smith again.
~Yoa paii down your vest, you ole
hilaygoat, you" he shouted, distinctly.
Pull down your vest, wipe off your
<rhin-an' go TO hi"
Such precoclty is less unusual, even
TN children of the Rich, than most
greER4 people imagine. However, it
vas a new experience for the Rev.
MaII0ch Smith, and left him in a state
% excitement. He at once wrote a
note TO Georges mother, describing
she crime according to his nephew's
SestS-sony, 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
9ainfuI distress in my household. He
tx1ade an unprovoked attack upon a little
nephew of mine who is visiting in my
~1niSsehoId, insuIted him by calling him
GacS0us names and falsehoods, stating that
&adies Of his family were in jail. He then
GSaed Go make his pony kick him, and
&hsu the child. who is only eleven years
lid, while your son is much Older and
stranger, e~ndeavOred to avoid his indigni-
aezs an6 withdraw quietly, he pursued
aim into the Enclosure of my property and
ix1ZutatEy assaulted him. When l appeared
1Eoa this scene he deliberately called in
EEsStag words TO me, concluding with pro-
4anfty. uch as ego to h." which was
T.seard met only by myself but by my wife
and the fH7y who lives next door. 1 trust
auEESr & state of undisciplined behavior
HsEag oe remedied for the sake of the rep
SIacaEapu for propriety, if nothing higher, Of
esne family to which this unruly child be-
Aongs.
George had muttered various inter
= ruptfous, and as she concluded the
Eeading he said:
He's an ole Hart"
George, you mustn't say liar
gTsn't this letter the TRUTH"
Well" said George. show old am
m"
Ten
well, look how he says I'm older
'1Hnan a hey eleven years old"
That's true" said isabel. "He
sEBesk But isn't some OF it true
ssSe1rgfeY"
George felt himself TO be in q diff
GcsEssy here, and he was silent.
.%ssssge, did you say what he says
ysu did,"
~Which oneT'
ibid you tell him to-tO- Did vol
SgRY. Go TO h--T"
Ge9Fgfe looked worried for a mo
rrelnt longer; then he frightened. HLis
srn here. mamma; grandpa wouldn'
wipe his shoe en- that ole story teller
vFcuIh IieY'
sGcOrgie, you mustn't"
II mean: none Of the Anderson
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