Show t If 1 t jU f A t c k i a 4 7 1 c 1 IU tI 1 if JIll rI p Go i tri Nr Children t L LUU 7 tc t r I Y l ow Little Archie GibbS After Hearing the Pixies f i Song Son Learned How t to Save gave to Cotton Crop 4 TS terrible bad luck toh to hoar the thc Pixie phd s ill in I the rocks said Old Hickson the 1 us he slowly tapp tapped d away W y at t l JM bl s shoe zt T ny ody lio h n Y have havelu 1 lu 1 k f d t t K Lx ft c But i t what is I a Pixie n kc th ov se does she sho hang J h a a thin ing ii 1 i u a as sd l 1 t hatI I ld ow has luts s C of her sl said d t cobbler I 2 doItt W Dt to sao soo or hear her her VoU unless I see her I wont believe theres any truth in n tiia tha stori th ten tell ab about ut ll a rte e boy bob My pa no truth in i asRI old Mrs n retorted 11 her herd r SIlO She efin can t tell ll what hn p rt d to Ilex Iter a after t r site sh hL 1 d f the tho si singing 0 p aA Jj i wont want lOmp across the cotton fields eld that belonged to his father and in the growing darkness glit hims ning with a all y the sounds of the tho pine woods that bordered the tho flUIds fields and thinking that perhaps the voices of 1 ia early coons or the tho watchful foxes already out in search of a supper might bo be the fateful PL Pixies ies un unlucky lucky song but he reached home without hearing n anything unfamiliar When he his fa tl r Mr GIbbs said sal with a hc Jai h I f t 1 4 11 4 t I f i itOh tOh Oh y round ere iere believes in the tho Pixie They say whoever hoover hears its is granted the vary ll lust wish he mado madG no matted if ihu i tati wIshed a month before Of course aU all tIle the stories tell of made mado ill in anger angor or ill in tw rol inert ment after which all sorts of evils or the one against whom wham the angry wish was made fur the Pi Pixie e seems t to be very But lt c course ur sell sensible people dont believe m mall all this nun its f fOld sense Old hose ose J Jackson lekson who had once been a lava firmly declared that there much truth in all f tIre the which loft ie vary un unbalanced d for many of the things tI l gs lie boon learned from old Mose He was a 11 b boy y who desired to learn AU 1111 day doy long g lie le was asking question of ev every ty bod as these does a l 1 cackle when she lays an egg does docs a dog nr rou everal t times es before lie ie dOwn nt ds n a bOY spit s hh be down from d ditch place a little baby know now how to J laugh ugh or Why rpy do dons Oft everybody put his liis finger paint when the tIte sign Paint shows ns as plain lain us as day f and a million or r so more of the saine kind hind Of course a boy who asks such questions s is some somewhat what of a nuisance ee a tt times t tp p grownups h o oo r eau call half aid their ign e soy Oh along I cn and aud dont bother me Cant you JOU see Im thinking Many And m ny n a t time c did gO awa ith trembling lips fend tild t eyes when tt toughly rebuffed hut but even then he kept oll questions One reason for for dose Mose lay Jay inthe k A lovy e and consoling that the old colored man man always had an answer ready ren for any query If instance Archie asked dose ose do you Jon know WIld what makes tIle the moon I get bigger und and bigger every night and then smaller again agnin the old man would promptly go int into an an elaborate explanation like this I 1 certainly does l know lO chile Ef Bf dat old moon was Jeff loff alone git so big dat ned bust m acid d joss 15 dat sly sky if 1 nt 5 but she ain t lowed tor do it When 1 she sIle sherise rise do de month und and be begin in ter out oot up all tho little ors dut dat aint faders ad no h less jess Die Dis time I wino ter all allBut U But of you OU done loaf at apt dot alt ole IO surely see a big Bole and dats what done save sab dem little stars R When hon ag ittin SO big bib nn an roue dat t a iu in do de middle site she busts baste loo loose right itt ip dot dat 4 nr ar weak w ak spot and all U dem stars tars f lL out opt go o cross de sky s like bubo gs 1 e ou she bin git pr pretty tty sick far a whole while do de time dat halo holo nm ant an all ter see But she dont lama larn nothing moat t she sat S Sat at it agin and ne do de same ting happens What t nt becomes of aU all the shooting stars Uncle rosa Cosa sl s arch Doy Joss doss fall rIght s sang ang inter da ciao Sc ac Scand and d den y turns turn inter starfish replies the theo oW man What use are arc starfishes star demands dh ht bo boDo boy Do whole bottom of do de SOil sea am ain decorated Jem pI asserts IT Mole J Tess lyre ike y 1 it maS dat am ama amBut amt a t But who can see it 1 t queries An l Ids dark down donna there j 1 Do Dc mermaids dey de can acet abs de m nine tool too c ft ii 1 Did you eversee e a laid ii t 1 t cr Vol 11 I most d de a see sec one et cf butI hut I Idone done dono lose my specs right bout dat tian n X ain aint t lowin to deceive rou bout hoW dat looked IDa ina cl chile e M 1 pop op he tell teU me dat was a 1 man but I r CkOn 1 as a mermaid case it done dOlle sinK sing ono ODa o 0 dem songs tint dot Pixie Phie song ong a 1 Arch Dat nut a fish dat SIts up in de water Seater aid cud dies her baby fish right up to her lik like yer you replied the oM old man mall flint rosin h hero rc no mo but plenty fo de wait So it would go on In an endless chain of rt mg ing and even eCI old sq k situ tire but Archie l lasted until tl e and lJ have ve known o other one was so tireless a and d t t Yet il was little boys bo S with the same desire to learn loarn Mitt never thus that he be became the tho most learned earned lad lild in all the coun count and the tho teacher often called on m Archie to tell the tho other children some soma facts in Natural History that he was quite qui to willing 0 g to admit that he knew almost nothing about t thre plants and birds insects and fiche fiah voto so familiar to to Axcie A clue h that th they coIled called him fife tt Ns and nId HI this is was long ong before it wn airy y to such school Let b bul l l a S bi bl r d L nl u lc he could tell you u what niter it was md and he knew 4 r 4 r f I d Ii kV I I iJ S Sr r V Y 11 v U z I IJ 11 r i r r t I J t a A At j t A gJ f fl f l lp 4 t r ri tH E SAS C S f RS i j r r Oi e O animals as well h n a strange v ht t oh or ant t bird J it i A ugh ta d ai 1 lre ts IW ld many an old hunter was compelled to tide the theOf boY Of was as bett better v versed in the mysteries of the ho woods md and fi than he And in i n many other wa he be w was S quite like a a re real l scie scientist Th Tb a re rc ll nee r was a ne a PI ti y e eClar Clar lie he w If lac le a to t t d that Pro ens of f B in for aa in instance n stance had discovered rant mat w r c tt ill eR ingin the way find and by pla our foot fast we wo would ld be e doing tine right thi thin 1 Archie would by it at once once and was verla to t think ink that lw 10 was sleeping a much better tt t a I will admit t flat t h hb Could could any position i iI t I ci i 2 j Ji J i ITs ills In l r f as a great cotton se fields stretched far r on nIl all sides of the big old mn mansion H ion that w leas s hu built It long b before arc the vars and in die did mrY mrYa y a t ar l g roes ri me d cl tIre t h e cotton and sang in the fields all aJl day long for fm fx a land mast master r th the y cl l c cne gray ith tho dead and m shriveled h ele all f but tireless insect li hail years grotth THis Timis insect was the cotton weevil amos a most do creature that ruins the cotton boll as effectively as a fire do it i hiding in the thc t tt deep deeD buried l ie 1 and eating eating a ink 0 Mr Oi Gibbs bs tern l mown devi to eto to hill these weevils scented to r reach acl them and lie be saw ruin staring him in the l ol 1 ad i borrowed much mount y on the P pros 1 of hg h g cotton crop h hIt It DIn n a most curious thing 1 hose dat when wh ll do de price o 0 cotton mu hi oom dem Jere clerc weevils conic come el au m it all imp i io ease o W cant ineke ke iio 1 nt V 1 ai day de ti and m cotton am plenty do o Pf am too J T man tar tor cott 4 ko hero d l put h 1 horse for ho 10 reflect that it t vM v tube h ity of cotton caused by t th i I r 0 high J aU all time the world in which was much interested d these weevils attracted lion liim tho most because in studying ing their h habits bitS then bo be some seine direct ben benefit fit to his fathers crops cr ps of cot cotton ot otton ton He wondered if there were not something upon which they could bo be fed that would them tIle they would feed all on noth ig g but cottoni no mat matter matter ter what lie tempted them with And Aud they the were ere so 50 hidden in in th Huffy fluffy balls that t one me al almOSt 1 m mOSt st had to destroy the cotton to got get ut at them th m Gracious Grac ous 1 ho he n c ono one day as lie c was scrutinizing one of 1 the weevils m for dear life in n n a bon boll I do wish visIt T I vere smell enough h to mo creep in there and ju t him aU all the time so tho I could learn his habits I IThe The Tho sun wits was setting g over the tho dark pine woods woods going dower into a bed of bluish clouds lik tried hot hail ball The 2110 cotton j fields d dayd d d a d rl y all blighted h by the little e pests RM tW am td gJ ar rc t in in re remote mote mole C earners and bear the were vere be seen plants that the weevil hud had neglected were lie went and It m only td find a few fe bustling i iu ll t re a preparing if for bc c ab ut ft sto h ire th 1 i l in J io mind o did Hot not i ten i ene n n mth ns it ftc feet i did mud a o i l llor lor fort ter h iJu a g wul that Itt tefa r hurtful to the crops rop LI life liston huigh h c cell ll which suddenly darted up from the swamp that skirted the woods and with PRill win s soared away into Uto the scrub ou oats s and then as s ho reached time the WIC of the th snIt salt creek creck flowed nr around u d the marsh h he ng again in l to watch the tho mil mul let as they y rippled the tho still water witter hurry ing in shoals along its surface us as if pursued as probably they really wore were ky y some orne unseen of the thep cleo p down ill iii the dark cyp tream TIo He Wis Wished 1 d th that t he IC 11 hid hidge ge l net m t fo f lov od mullet which r at te e certainly very v ry e ui fish h fit t re rc wAs a loud the thc finer and as to looked to see some somo strange tl e ani q I mal emerge emerge out sprang hi ra dog who lied luid l eon s seeking his Or r an incur hour Sandy t fog 1 bo be io I ii r di elicit some thi g running g up and down sniffing en o ci l at f the ilia ground and then in the air but Archie bother about hiS little dogs actions is as he still over oyer the matter of the cotton weevils It r O as ho he took tho lO path the dope op pin woods for much r than the highway a but darkness ma ter to h he kneW the woo woody ns s well as lug h know Ills m own bedroom Sandy Sand with time the hair on his brick back bristling like a brush brosh ate fy ry cIl clump i of bushes sh s z I ii around T very everY rock ro and nd into every cranny md and fi final J 1 ll ai eu Ct mr mad de his ina mater t r S somewhat t nerVous o i iJ J seemed to Breath real ming min upon fea t g m in fhe fh e d fr rk k 1 d z r S S lie began to watt w t i 1 re carefully the t gl gloom m ahead Jor or he now rem er red that lie md had h ard tal tales o of bears coming d ten in l Carr ilg away ne ro babies rs t to awa ur i against a of f rd iu In although he had pail paid no on to such stories stories when h he e ha h 61 t a hem iT 1 1 Perhaps or laps h It really was A Lear bear feeding mong the bushes i in there for do away babies b bies of any color but just as lie he reached the thc far farther tIler ther edge of the dense woods c heard faintly at first and th then n clear and distinct the voice ot of some body singing such a lac he had never never heards heard before T s s 1 rY r t lio Iho Bid m hOt hear tb hett they the seemed to melt i ij to othe the evening ol ing air like but the voice oice was j io O sweet and clear so sad and ane yet et so sooth c t lie he stood in awed wonder list listening until it ie ceased cd Sandy was trembling g and looking D up at hint hinl with beseeching e eyes cs Suddenly he he bo had heard about the l Pixies song mind the bh uck that crime to f those JO he heard nr l i it For a s second his hi heart le r t stop t JJ e a b boat st liui J n be s hac awa gh fid d at the story ly of time the Pj Pick i and dm he th thought that he also ugh So 80 he sta h horae is s S lit h cm l i i tIt rif o e i felt better for Qt after all n thing thib had happened u d at DU i ii i 1 h reached home Mose was cleaning g I knives Di cs at t the hn back k door n and d he stopped to tell the I bill m he hail heard d in the pine vinc woods hoods cc eta gOOd CdS child 1 certainly done heard Int at I cried U oseI reckon kon Is Ise g gotta nd sonic hl ter speak ugin agin her or else you vine vinc ter have bad luck i lQ t think anything will happen to sai sait said t lr tie and went int the house l i But next day when whon he le wont went out Jf as h he had lanned to the meadows to hunt for birds that frequent the wa wallowing through l a ditch lie su suddenly thought of o the Pi Pixie ic fill n wondered her son could do hr Vl pi Ire see sec why it should br na n ill luck to a any n a buds birds S ll should hould dio ie limbed out oi the ed d of thin ditch mid uirl midat Sat at down dawn o on n f thi thick k fir cai c dried ee l t r the damp tar earth 11 j s I It w i i v 9 v i j I I i Sandy blackened l front fromm car ears to tail gr a mud md sat down hung huu tl Led ed tongue e for fresh m i vate r for the tf autumn stun was 5 iut Su Suddenly happen to th tt ry ish h ho hut h made while looking r at tide tho edi ral jI u a 1 i 1 he could be small enough t ri n a boll boL lIe He as l c c it mind aid l i ice ir i h i V Ii A any y sensation of and 1 f gradually lessening ho suddenly shrank into mere a Sandy sitting there i loomed UL like m taro of dog nt at n a distance Archie was don the edge of n 0 cliff of eelgrass eel grass graS of f which every blade was as wide wid as his body borly and the distance rom th top to the mud below enough to make him lum dozy although even then in ity ho he that it really wn buth a afew Jew few cites Ches a t most b but h ha a back fry fr JP the edge in affright sit s liden rc ti iris master r U c cITe ITe ho stared about him him then en began beg 11 torun n excitedly z l up and r d down Wll thc the spore shore of the c creek eek a w Yards wards t a Yn v y rt r r h he made a b 11 ii home with terrific fic pace His actions ions w t que r and so 50 alarming that Moe OS concluded had befallen be fallen time the boy bo and hd h went off to seek him followed by the d g WI him to Black Creek but S to hum anything j but hc print of ATchi e ru t ts in in tine ilie mu ni lid lien rh f c hurried 1 home ome and a sea began thi rc t out out all al the men in th the neigh nei hb off but buty ut th dIa 11 1 nd th y led cued to y n na which r a 9 a rs s body bod heP concluded n the 4 S t od in the shadow creek t tJ J f j yr To 4 0 1 S i Da Days p ed and s moth mother r wore deep f mourning unary i for j who wn t t i but toru t 1 Pf a Iud hind em han Tian any fairy tv e v t l b rn JI JIs lie e tYas s making gills lis way home bom but what iZa 3 th Ehn Sandy departed and aud the men returned to bik s 1 i l Ire e saw a their forms J loom oni like huge u e term a the sky and h heard i hear voices d r and at times he even pad to jump r tty lively elx to escape being ing trodden n under their boots hut but wl en lie yelled th them m his tiny voice made noi ui linen J ne He dodged d from stem tp to stem sten of the That rose like pine pule trees about him lle he eYl c imbed so o high grass gr ss shaft that it made him fear fearful ful of fung scraped off by some S 1 r Ic fhle negro ale ro but nOrd no nv sh a fit t toan oan of a bot boy below eow Suddenly h he came this l nag i ie r mud lead bud f fallen tad md it was wasn n all aili e 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