Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-11-13
CHAPTER II-cOntlnued.

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SYour sister stole it for me I" 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
the stranger hotly. "Yahl haven't
got any sisterI"
81 know you haven't at home"
George responded. II mean the one
that's in Jail"
81 dare you to get down off that
ponyP
George jumped to the ground, and
the other boy descended from the Rev.
NE. Smiths gatepost-but he descend
ed inside the gate. 81 dare you out
eide that gate," said George.
''Yahi l dare you half way here.
dare you"
But these were luckless challenges,
for George Immediately vaulted the
fence-and four minutes later Mrs.
Adalloch 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
q pageant Of massacre. 1t was with
great physical difficulty that Mr.
smith managed to give his nephew
chance to escape into the house, for
George was hard and quick, and in
such matters remarkably intense; but
the minister, after grotesQue tussle,
got him separated from his opponent
and shook him.
"You stop that, you'll" George cried
Aercely, and wrenched himself away.
II guess you don't know who I ami"
eyes, do known the angered Mr..
Smith retorted. 81 know who you are,
and you're disgrace to your mother
Your mother ought to be ashamed Of
herself to allow"
sShut up about my mother bein'
ashamed Of herselfp'
Mr.. Smith, exasperated, was unable
70 close the dialogue with dignity.
"She ought to be ashamed" he repeat
ed. "a woman that let's a bad boy
Hike you"
But George had reached his pony
and mounted. Before setting of at his
accustomed gallop he paused to inter-
rupt the Rev. Malloch Smith again.
''You pull down your vest, you ole
hIllygoat, you r. he shouted, distinctly.
"Pull down your vest, wipe OF your
Gilman go to hz!"
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.
ATalIoch 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.
AEinafer 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 little
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household insulted him by calling MIN
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 ia only eley<-. years
cid. while your son IL much older and
stronger, endeavored to avoid his indigni.
ties and withdraw quietly, he pursued
him into the Enclosure Of my property and
hrutally assaulted him. When appeared
upon this scene he deliberately called IN
suitfng 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 a 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 the
reading he said:
"He's an ole liar!"
sGeorgie, you mustn't say liar.
Isn't this letter the truth2'
SWELL" said George, show old am
II"
'Ten."
"Well. look how he says I'm cider
than a boy eleven years old"
sThat's true" said Isabel. "He
does. But isn't some Of it true
Georgie?'
Georgia felt himself to be in diff
ficulty here, and he was silent.
"George. did you say what he says
you did,"
(which oneT
sDid you tell him Toto Did you
say, Go to h-Y"
George looked worried for mo
ment longer; then he frightened. Lis
zen here, mamma; grandpa wouldn't
vine his shoe on that ole story teller
would he2"
aGeorgie, you mustn't
81 mean: none Of the AmDersons
wouldnrt have anything to 90 witt