Smyrna times., 1935-12-26

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each other with ?" Yes" 'Well,
what do you spank US for then :?
Or did God make your hands to
] spank with ?" By this time she is
so deeply interested she designs no
reply. Say mamma, did He p"
Il do wish you would be quiet" !"
Lets go upstairs and play for
mamma is so cross"
Away they go and what a clat-
ter the six little feet make on the
stirway. Take good care of
baby" she calls after them and
then with a sigh of relief says,
Nov maybe I can have a little
peace She had just reached the
most interesting place and had lost
all thought of any thing around her
when the sound of something fall
ing and the cry, Mamma, mamma,
come quick" suddenly brought her
back to realization of her sur
roundings.
With bated breath she rushed
into the hall to see baby Ray hang
ing, head down, about half way UP
the steps, and Nellie, the six-year-
old, holding to his skirts to keep
him from falling. He had started
to fall and but for her, would have
landed at the foot of the steps. AS
it was he escaped with a slight
bruise, but it gave him a good op-
portunity to try his vocal powers.
She bathed his bruised forehead
and soothing him gently, he soon
grew quiet. She picked up her
paper and thought to read as she
rocked him to and fro, but looking
up through his tears he said. "Sin.
wocky bye" She sang and his
sobs died away, thinking he was
asleep, she paused moment.
Sin" and the blue eyes opened
again. But at last he was asleep
and meantime the other two had
taken their little buckets and gone
to the spring after water. Pres
emily Mary came in crying. "I
thlipped off the board and gotted
my foot wet. Will you pull my
shoe off ?"
With a weary sigh she put her
paper away What use is there
for me to try to read. I can never
have a minute to mysef now. II
am just tired of it all. 1t is do
this, that, and the other, all the
time. I never get to see a new
book, let alone read one. And 1 do
love to read so dearly. Oh, how
different from my girlhood DAYS.
| was free to go and come as
willed.
But they have passed, my dream
is DER,
The old, old scenes can come no
more;
in times mystic haze
Must they remain, those happy
days
And, oh, what happy days they
were. But | have no time to shed
tears over the past now for Fred
will soon be home and I must try
to look little more cheerful when
he comes. She went about her
work, but try as she would, she
could not quite 6ispel the gloom
that had settled around her. Sad, +
bitter thoughts would come.
Fred soon came home and in /
giving the news of the day said. I
You have not heard about Ever /
Iys, have you?" mo, what about I
them ?" Their baby died last
night, and I thought if you would
like to, we will go over awhile this
evening. We can take the children
as far as Uncle Wills and leave
them there until we come back. It
IS not very cold and they will like {
The sleigh ride" yes, I would like
to go and will get supper right /
away" +
When they were nearly ready to
start Mr.. Roby said, 81 have a no.
ion to take them some apples and i
potatoes for they have none. II.
heard down at the store today that
hey had scarcely anything to eat
or Everly was sick all last sum- /.
ner and could make nothing" "I .
will get loaf of bread for them"
She went into the pantry and soon
anne out with a basket in which S
vas a large loaf of bread, some
'utter, and a couple of mince pies.
The family were soon packed in ,