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Show . , ' ' I to I I':, r l . 3 t f ': V". !',' ' ; :t rv, v ! was f r t i I v s. i . , J, -rcy, 1 .1 c er'i. ." r j - i f .y; l:a give j j j fi ny :! ..-; t; j r j .1 c : ft f'lve ,-;! a. r it ii t 1 ! 1,4 Ij dead. Hi is f Jt3 te t ;i, i arr h the unh f.-tev. r, J.ttai Is e il . a burled the ckii canary t. .". t trre f'r'y this isn't i'.ar!rT. I'll r-vpr fee r '.-n araln. and fce'.l t.Ver eje .i;::a ejii.i, m.r x'.jy, tier it n!r- th'-t. r.or any-thlr any-thlr . tvr r -:.;at I'oor i..;t.:yJ I'oor, po-ir jirr.my!" The General "as rv!p!r. rilnfully, aftj dl'f tfsaf Itartc J d.vi Kla movf j cheek 1. fit ad eorrjr I: r tl.'..:t. 11 was not the Tret who had wept over fc!s own funeral. Ills lutr.p of tUterfiees, aaturated hi tears, r rew aoft an4 yt,hi:r.?; II fcc?an to th:r.'x lia might forrive- t'.a mother. Perhi.;h - He chiraJ t.a portion unwarily tM eat en cna f h!a tendertrt tpcta. Un-; jet tru'se! --lie would ta relentless, the' iu.'Xer ahe'd fc porryi go aorryf - . Wim riat Ft P, that was rollawei toy tha cudden t0rt ir.s ef his heart. b4 iumped tnt4 the 4read ocean, lie aanH; e touched the enameled bottom. To IfiBure h'.s f peedy demisar be placed the palm of bi left hand ?rr Ms mtitn, -" while 'be 13 Ms . norlls l ':'.'' 1 ! v. ) ! fi ' 1 ' i. ... er. La v.ou:i f 1 i- . " : r v- ' t I c' -th r-.r t. -t s t)( .1 1 .3 t.v. ' s aI i. t vis tj x- i -..e ir-1 ;-t I '-rson o 6 - ry. 1 -e r i w i and 1 -; l-MfJ f " 1 under un-der aur. An h jar v- r.t ly: t . i a couple of years. f '..'.1 h- s - -- mer-d. At the end t t.e '"i t tury h!s head bfgan tt ; hv grees he could hear his fV-u.l cra-kir,jj wi;h the sound of a d-j ci.ev.irjr t-nes. Ills ears began to raia hl:r. t j!-oiJy was rricVinar Ms lin.ba with bnis that had kaittlng- r.eeia Instead cf . bristles. ; He rnu8t breathe or die! lie Jumped to his feet sr!ayh.lc:ry; took ft deep breaths then another; an i third. Then ha thought of what he ad Towed ta do. , - ' Down a?aln to the bottom of the tub, Mdlrar his breath trimly:, determined to vanquish Ms stupid desire to breathe. He closed his eves tlffhtly, so that he should not see Death cominz.- He was plackleti he stayed 250 centuries. Ona after another he repulsed the suf lions' of his hirsts, bis ears, ef his teal to rise to the surface and take a breath -Just one little breath, the last. There cwsld be nff harm to taking one breath before be died, argued bis aching chest. Oae breath wouldn't save bim; be felt if thousand breath would not suffice suf-fice to fill bis lunjrs. Put he fouyht back the sunestions, did the plucky General, wha was riving up bis Ufe that his mother ml?ht be rood In the future to VUl!e and tUeen, as she undoubtedly undoubted-ly Would 1x2, baying bis awful warnin? ever before her He was sorry be had hoi told them of his great self -sacrifice. They - mig-ht not - appreciate it unless they knew what It meant to him. He felt that be was fainting. In another an-other rnintrte he would be beyond earthly, earth-ly, recall. But he welcomed Death. Wouldn't bis mother feel , . ' He Jumped to hts feet arid fcreafhed , deeply and aulckly. Hr took Uoxen rnhalationj before be thought again of tls vow. lrot he, but it. had been chlllea Ty th water. He became mag-nanimous; mag-nanimous; be forgave bis mother: be would livetjror. after all, his very existence exist-ence would be a standing reproach to hefv He finished bis bath; aulckly bat without blttemes. He felt exhilarated, happy, like one who bad done a good deed. He Would not die In the bright flower of his youth, be Would not see himself stark, swollen, pallid. . He and the doctor would have many a lark together. to-gether. There Were hi numerable good timet in ttore for him, in despite of bis mother! ' - He dressed himself hastily and waa On hie way to tell the doctor all about it when he met his motner; . . "Why,;chlld, you haven't half, dried yourself. Come here." And. holding him secttraly with one hand, she begao to mop bla face in. the indlscrlmlnayrig and reckless way mothers have.. . "Yon oome mighty near being awful eorry.". he said mysteriously while she explored bl ear with the towel. ' What do" you - mean, Jimmy?" ihe asked, Mtonlsbe&r - ."Ouch. -Yes'm; something came near happening today, and yftu'd cried aver so much!" ;. . M ' :? . . He closed bis. eye ecstatically. Hk an octogenarian telling o( a youthful and long 4ead , eweethearU . Then -it struck him that the deed would have been very wieked. Slightly remorseful he opened his heart to her, and said: - Ton know, when you punished me and X Wasn't doing anything wrong. X felt so bad that I made up my mind to drown myaelf " . . 1 1 . " "Yes'm: and ao I ailed the bathtub and threw myself In. And X thought if X waa drowned dead you'd, be so sorry you'd whipped ma When I didn't deserve It that you'd, never, wnip -Willi or EUeen and, of course'witH Irreprtwi-ble Irreprtwi-ble trlumpnyoq cwuldHt whip me because be-cause I d be dead and bmrled." Bhe waa .Very pale. -. . :. " ' '. "Yes'm; and then I thought how sorry you'd be to see me all Wet and stiff and all swelled up with the water Td swallowed swal-lowed While 1 was getting drowfied, like a -mouee ; Willie and I saw .once ay, mkmma. I'd look so awful oh fhe floor of the nursery drowned and dead and there'd- be a great big wet spot where they bad laid me down, that of course you'd fael terrible and jou you'd begin to cry and blame yourself" Her breath caught sharply. . "Yes'm; and ao X thought I wouldn't make you feel so bad and so, after X waa almost drowned I forgave you and 1 didn't drown.'!. ( - , :. ' She took him fa her arms and held d him tightly, as If some one were trying to tear him from-her by brute force. Bhe was sorry; even if be wasn't drowned, which waa delightful to the General. An . Irrepressible tear felL on his cheeky -and he looked up- instantly, to find her eyes very wet. "Don't cry, mamma, dot'' cryv' sy mamma, you; can give me a hundred whippings, - if you want, to,", he said anxiously, - t ' ' . v-Run awayJ 'JImmie,- and play" with Willie. And. ok? my - darling" kissing him 'TU never, never, punish yew again, not wniier' ' . He Joined the nefarious ddctor in the garden and told him the great maternal promise. And the doctor cross-questioned him. and-made him tell the whole tory from last to first. . "AftyboW," ended Jtmmle, exultantly, t made her say she'd never whip me or you again " - ' .. - - -' "But why didnj you ask her for 4 pony and cart? The way she felt ahe'd given you anything, like the time I had the pneumonia, when X got everything I asked-for. And who-cares for a licking, lick-ing, anyhow?" . . "That's so." aorrowfulry.- f"But aay Willie, I'll go. and ask her." J ;.; v v "No." said the experienced doctor. "If tod latt." 6U louia Mirror, ; , |