Cleveland County herald., 1919-09-18
CHAPTER II-Continued.

'tYour sister stole 1t for me T" George instantly replied, checking the pony. "She stole it off our clo'esline an gave it to me"
 You go get your hair cut !" said tue stranger hotly. "Yah I haven't got any sisterp'
 q know you haven't at home," Georgie responded. q mean the one that's in jail"
 q dare you to get down off that ponyi"
 Georgie jumped to the ground, and the other boy descended from the Rev. Mr. Smiths gatepost-but he descend ed inside the gate. q dare you out side that gate" said Georgie.
 'Yah! I dare you half way here l dare you"
 But these were luckless challenges, for Georgie immediately vaulted the fenee-and four minutes later Mrs. Maloch Smith hearing strange noises, looked forth from q window; then screamed, and dashed for the pastors study. Mir. 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 a principal figure in pageant of massacre. It was with great physical difficulty that MT. Smith managed to give his nephew Il chance to escape into the house. for 9eorgie was hard and quick, and in such matters remarkably intense; but the minister, after Il groteSque tussle, got him separated from his opponent and shook him.
 You stop that. you!" GeOrgie cried fiercely, and wrenched himself away .i guess you don't know who I am I"
 "Yes, I do know " the angered Mir Smith retorted. "I know who you are, and you're a disgrace to your motheri Your mother ought to be ashamed of herself to allow"
 'Shut up about my mother bein' ashamed of herself P
 Mir. Smith, exasperated, was unable to close the dialogue with dignity. "She ought to be ashamed" he repeat ad. "A woman that lets bad boy like you"
 But Georgie had reached his pony and mounted. Before setting off at his accustomed gallop he paused to inter- 'upt the Rev. Malloch Smith again. You pull down your vest, you ole billygoat, youl" he shouted. distinctly. Pull down your vest, wipe off your chin-an go to h-"
 Such precocity is less unusual, even in children of the Rich, than most | grown people imagine. However, it | was a new experience for the Rev. Malloch Smith, and left him in a state of excitement. He at once wrote uote to Georges mother. describing the crime according to his nephew's testimony, and the note reached Mrs. Minafer before Georgie 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 unprovolIed attack upon a little E nephew of mine who is visiting in my nousehold, 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 | old. while your son is much older and | stronger. endeayored to avoid his indigni- 1 ties and withdraw quietly, he pursued | him into the inclosure of my property and brutally assaulted him. When I appeared upon this scene he deliberately called in- suting words to me. concluding with pro- fanity, such as Ego to h." which was heard not only by myself but by my wife and the lady who lives next door I trust such a state of undlseiplined behavior may be remeded for the sake of the rep utation for propriety, if nothing higher, of the family to which this unruly child be- longs.
 Georgie had muttered various inter- ruptions, and as she concluded the reading he said:
 He's an ole Harp
 "Georgie, you mustn't say liar Isn't this letter the truth?"
 Well" said Georgie, ''how old am I?"
 Ten"
 .Well, look how he says I'm older than boy eleven years old"
 "That's true" said Isabel. "He does. But isn't some of it true. Georgie?'
 Georgie felt himself to be in diff ficulty here, and he wat silent.
 George, did yoL say what he says you did?"
 (Which one?"
 Did you tell him to-to-- Did you say, Go to h-T"
 Georgie 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 he?"
 "Georgie, you mustn't-"
 T mean: none of the Ambersons wouldn't have anything to do with