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Bellefonte, Pa., January 7, 1910.
NO 'COUNT WASH.
“Wash no ‘count? Don’ say dat
sah.” Uncle Mose was wont to plead.
“He's jes’ projectin’. Boys will pro-
jee’. yo' know. sah. Dey's fo' all de
worl’ lak calves an’ colts an’ kittens.
Wen dey's young dey kicks up dere
heels; den dey steadies down an’ chews |
dere cuds an’ pulls dere loads an’ |
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ketches dere mice jes’ lak ‘spousible
tings wus’. Wosh he ain’ vary bad
spot in him. sah. He don't tink: dat’s
ail. Wen his heels git plumb steady
on de groun® he'll pull his load shore
‘nough. Yo'll see, sah”
But iu spite of the sanguine espec-
tations of Uncle Mose, who was not
Wash's uncle at all. but his grandfa-
ther. the boy continued to “projec’.” He
was now fourteen, and his chief labor
seemed to consist in devising ways of
eluding chores and school and just
punishments, [lis habitual movements
were skulking, and. though his eyes
danced fesrlessly and his mouth
proadened into almost perpetual mer-
riment. he sought rather the solitary
paths of the pine woods and Suwanee
banks than the more populous lanes
and roads of his native Ellaville. |
There he was apt to be reminded of |
unfulfilled contracts, stolen melons,
decorated doors and fences and of |
many other mutters which he prefer-
red to let sink into forgetfulness. Of
his own family Uncle Mose was the
only one with whom he condescended
to frateruize, and this concession was
due as much to the fact that the old
man excelled him in his own chosen
pursuits of trapping and fishing as to
his being openly sympathetic.
There were few spots inside a radius
of ten miles with which Uncle Mose
was not familiar, and this familiarity
was especially comprehensive in re-
gard to the fishing holes of the Suwa-
nee. Fifty years before he had been a
slave boy on a neighboring plantation,
stealing off to the river on every pos-
sible occasion, and this love for the
sport had been the one great pleasure
of his life, interrupted only through
the score of years which followed his
emancipation, during which time he
was working hard to provide himself
with a home and to fit his children for
a future which should be worthy of
them as free citizens.
But as they grew up and branched
out for themselves he returned more
and more to the pleasure of his child-
hood until now there was scarcely an
afternoon which was uot spent in part
upen the Suwanee banks. And with
accumulating years and stiffening
joints his early wanderings up and
down the river had narrowed down to
a bank beneath a wide spreading, moss
grown tree, from which he could cast
a line into water which experience had
| tuued, lenping again upon his hoe
| nandle and looking straight at Wash.
| two big tears still undried on his black
taught him was congeninl to fish,
Here after the sun had begun to throw |
shadows to the east he could generally
be found either alone or in company
with Wash,
His zon Link was of a different na-
ture. He was hardworking, shrewd,
wore tolersint of faults than of trivol-
ity or carelessness, able to read a little
and subscribing for several political pa-
pers. narrow in his polities and party
and voting at every opportunity and
on every possible pretext. He was an
example of strong. ambitious nui hood
weighted down by a lack of knowl-
edge. Between him aud Wash there
could be only misunderstanding -ap-
prebension and avoidance on the one
side. disappointment aud upbraiding
on the other. But before an open
break cme there were rumors of war,
its declaration, a call for troops, and
then before the family realized what
was happening Link had volunteered
and peen accepted. the first to join the
immunes from his county.
The day after he left Uncle Mose did
not even look toward the river. Wash
skulked down and fished under the
big tree for awhile, then wandered off
into the woods to look at his traps.
The next day he went to the big tree
again, but apparently did not like tish-
ing alone. for he soou bid his pole and
once more wandered off jute the
woods. And the third day and the
foarth were the same, hut after eating
dinner on the fifth, instead of hurry-
fue out to dig bait. as usual, he looked
wistfully and irresolutely at Uncle
Mose and when the old man rose and
went out followed him to the truck
patch behind the cabin.
| incredulous amazement, for there was
“Ain yo' gwine fishin’ no we’, gran’
pap?” he asked disconsolately.
Uncle Mose leaned upon his hoe han- |
die and looked at him beniguantly.
“Not till yo pap gits back. honey.”
he answered. “Dar's heaps o wuk
roun’ dis place now. Yo' pap been do
hit mawnin's an’ arter he done git
from wuk at de sawmill nights, an’
‘eep'n’ 1 tuk his place hit'll shore fall
on yo mammy, an’ she hab mo’ now
den she ought. No. no, honey, yo'll
Latter look out fo’ de fish an’ let de ole
man ben’ his back ober de 1aters an’
fnyuns an’ tings.”
The boy dug his heels Into the sand.
“1 reckon yo' ain’ ear’ fo’ fishin’ no-
how, gran’pap.” he said irritably. “if
yo' did yo'd fix de wuk some way."
Uncle Mose sank the blade of his
hoe among the weeds at his feet.
“I's been fishin’ off an’ on mo'n tifty
yeahs,” he said defeusively, “an’ yo'
ain’ mo'n ten. Dat means | car’ fo'
hit five times mon yo. But we
mus'n leabe wuk fo’ good times, honey.
I wout fix de truck patch wuk, lak yo
say. but dar's odder tings. 1 aim to
ne’p yo! mammy ’bout her chickens
an’ washin’ an’ bousewuk, She ain’
strong lak she mout me.”
Wash dug his hecls deeper into the
sand and sniffed. As he heard it a
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sudden hardness came into the old
man's eves,
“An' dar's anudder ting.’
he con-
“1 alin to chop an’ pile up a heap o
nice wood fo' yo' mammy. She hab
to go out un'er de trees mos’ ebery
day to pick up bits o' stick an’ bark
an’ chips to kiu'le her tire, case dey
ain’ uwot’in’ round de wood pile 'cep'in’
big sticks w'ich yo' pap brung aw’
w'ich ain’ chop up. [| alm to cut hit
all an’ pile hit ‘ginst de do’ whar hit'll
be handy fo’ yo' mammy. No, no,
honey, | cayn't go tishin® nohow. Yo
mus’ do de fishin’ yo'se’'f now.”
Wash dropped his gaze to the ground,
an unusual thing for him: but, then,
the woodcutting was one of the chores
he so studiously shirked.
“I's gwine wuk hard w'en I's big-
ger.” he muttered deprecatingly, “My
mammy say boys wus’ make mos’ 0
dere playtime. W'en I's a man I's
gwine wuk hard lak my pap, an’—an’
be a soger.” for in spite of their au-
tagonism, Wash regarded his father as
embodying all that was manly and
heroic.
“Yo'll nebber be lak yo' pap,” Uncle
Mose said. “He study an’ wuk bard |
w'en he's a boy. Yo' mo’ lak ole rag-
zed Jake.” ‘Then his gaze dropped in
sudden abashed consciousness of hav-
ing upbraided his favorite, and if the
boy had waited a moment longer he
would have heard the most abject apol-
ogy and au contrite “Don’ yo' min’,
honey; hit's jes’ de ole man a talkin’.
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Yo's a good boy. a sho’ nough good
boy."
But Wash did not hear. He was
speeding toward the woods with dim
eves nnd heaving breast. He like dis-
reputable Jake, the scoff of the entire
community! If his father or any of |
those who were accustomed to upbraid
him had said the words he would not
have remembered them a minute after
they were spoken, but Uncle Mose,
who had never scolded him in all his
life before and from whom a harsh
word could not be wrung except by
direful provocation!
The words were true. He anew it
even while combating them in impo-
tent anger and wrath. And they stung
utd lashed him to the big tree, to lus
traps. to a spot in a dense thicket
where he lay for a full hour picking
viudictively at the leaves and finally
to his bed in the loft. He not to be
like bis father when everybody said
he was growing up big and strong and
would some time be his very image!
And this was his last thought when,
far iu the night, he fell asleep with
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cheeks.
The next worning Uucle Moses first
thought was of reconcilistion with
Wash. But the boy was not in his bed
por in the kitchen below, and only
when he went to the door and heard
a faint click-clicking from the truck
patch did he understand that Wash
was digging bait for an uuusually
early start. Shuffling in the direction
of the sound. the old man stopped at
the corner of the cow shed in sudden
the boy. not digging bait, as he had
supposed. but hoeing potatoes,
Wash looked up with an odd smile
ou his good natured face.
“Yo' better go he'p marmmy wid her |
chickens, gran'pap.” he commented. |
not even pausing to rest on his hee |
handle as he spoke, but working vig-
orously on. “1 finish dese taters.”
Then. as the old man opened bis
moath without seeming able to make
a sound. the boy continued:
“1 tink ‘bout what yo' say, gran”
pap. an’ I's gwine be lak pap, an 1
alu’ gwine be lak ole Jake. An 1
reckon yo' right "bout mammy. 1 ain’
nebber neiis befo', but dis mawniu’
I ‘low she do ook poreiy. Wen dese
taters is done 1's gwine chop dat wood
an’ do lots udder tings. Now yo' bet
ter go ‘long. gran’pap., case I's in a
hurry.”
This was the beginning of a big
reformation in Wash—a reformation
brought about by the force of exam:
ple. And this is the origin of all refor
mations. Great wilitary leaders have
not said “Go,” but “Follow me.” The
Christian wartyrs supported the in
fant religion by an example that was
effective not only 2.000 years ago, but
is a shining light to millions of Chris
tians to the present day.
And so it is in our everyday life |
Uncle Mose, it is true. spoke to the
boy about what be was doing, but only
to explain why he did it, tht he might
make the lesson of his own industry
the more effective.
A week later there was not a weed
left in the truck patch, not a stick of |
wood that was uncut and pot a chore
about the place that was in urgent
need of being done. |
Uncle Mose was acquiring a chronic
habit of rubbing his hands, mammy
was smiling to herself almost contin
ually. and Wash grinned even while
kis hands were being blistered by the
unaccustomed tools,
And then one day. at mammy's in
stigantion. Uncle Mose and Wash made
a compact. It was to spend every Sat
urday afternoon under the big free
on the Suwanee.
And what Saturdays they were!
Wash has learned that pleasure Is;
mainly a contrast with work. One
cannot enjoy rest without being tired
One cannot enjoy idleness without
having been busy. So Wash, after a
hard week's work. knew the pleasure
of indolence.
Not Deceived.
“Never in my life have 1 deceived
my wife.”
“Same here. Mine only pretends to
believe the yarns 1 tell.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"Tis the mind that makes the body
rich.—Shakespeare.
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Sitting on the Snakes. i
“While in Paris last summer another |
girl and 1 went out to Versailles one
afternoon,” said a schoolteacher. “It
was dusk when we reached the rail-
way station, and, as there was no
waiting room, we sat down on two
crates that were out on the platform
among a lot of others. We noticed |
that the station employees kept star
ing at us with a persistence that was
annoying. Presently a man in a shab-
by uniform with a bucket on his arm
approached us. He touched his enp
deferentinlly and said in French, of
conrse:
« sMesdames, pray do not let me dis- |
turb you. but | am forced to open the
boxes on which you are seated in or
der to feed the boa constrictor and oth
er serpents that are within.’
“When we recovered from our frizht
we found we had been seated in the
midst of a huge collection of snakes
that had just arrived from their native
jungles en route for the zoo near Ver
sailles.” — Exchange.
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