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Continued from first 1:kcc. ^Bstutd twenty-five dollars. Tuition^ OBl be free to Sidney at the State ] ^Blversity. Now, all we have to do is , I jet the one hundred ami twenty-?, 9 dollars for hiui." '.God giant that you may,'' said , Set Gladys, devoutly. * I pien calling the doctor in to council 83 Pat reheaiscd her idea and said, j WQiust see Col. Yarbroujih." r filt the doctor said, linniy, "Col. ] rbrough is in the mid>t of a h?ated | frpaigu and niu.st not be trouble ! . (to side issues.*' , ggg|.\ > - ?- " CHAPTER VII. 8S?VBE APl'LAl'Si: III-' I.ISTKX I N(! SKN* g|g; ATES TO COMMAND." he State was a seething inaclstroui politics, destined Lo engulf many aspirant. Public speeches were ie in every county from the JJlue C4l*t * ? flitiug, HI HIE UMiv ex.. ra campaign un para lei led for it> juious bitterness, both on the tgs and iu the newspapers, the t was settled and liubc* Varl went to the Legislature lor his term. Then followed his elee8 speaker of the House. In a vhile liis name was brought forts a candidate fur the Cnited senatorship. Then the rain i the storm beat upon that dehead. Nothing was quite too lo say about him. Kvery reou tiie opposition papers prodb unmercifully with his little pped lead pencils. Meanwhile arbrough, alternately wept and I, and made all her calls in the ig, as the afternoon was devoted [ngthe "mosquito bites," as she the abusive eflusions. JJabe home unexpectedly a few days the election and found her with yes a newspaper and a -box of bon-bons. Taking in thesitbe said "mixing the bitter ami I see," then, bowing gravely U, will you and your children tlgit ID SjlCUK IU Alitll .1 uiv- mi.... wd reported to be. "When Li 11 is ^Mo?the four boys tlew at him ami aljSKost smoothered him with kisses, i jMVVe mu3t take a drive thisafternoon," 1 Hanounced Mrs. Yarbrouuh while tiinS^KTLet me stay at home," said Dabe K>mically, '-I' m sick of the madding ^fcewd'8ignoblesfrife. Dearest Dragon, Bt me stay at home with thee." ^KdThd eldest boy \Va ter laughed and ^ ppped his hands, the second (jleorge, Hpid hear, hear, Daliy (iuv leaned lbrBtarflkV.and said, "uie too 'dad," Bfatle the third, Tom, Jr., tapped Htk the table and said, 'the Blouse will no\? come to order," i Khicli sally so tickled (lie fat black < Mfltlerthat he skipped nimbly into the Hutry in order to set to laugh to his dart's content. ^KMJSever," said the dearest dragon, if ^MjfrBt&y at home this afternoon it will HnPtelegraphed all over the State that Bu have withdrawn from the race." ^BfcctA Ko if ?? <131 ill tliH irront ' man !ug, happily. Mrs. Yarbrough herself rtuliautly beautiful in a me of brown and gold, and sat ly beside her husband, and when ariage dashed through the street ; in the wild applause as if it ' >een the music of the spheres. ! the black horses seemed to know the star of the house of Yarhwas in the ascendant. ight through the town and out the country they drove toward ( Lou's. Sidney was at home and ' Tarbrough soon told him the 1 >f the death from iufiut-n/.<i of : Jonesborough cadet in West ; thut another appointment ' be made ;is soon as congress- ' Rauly fixed the date for the ' titive examination. The requisi- , irere very reasonalde indeed, and be published in the newspapers 1 District later on ; but that he 1 >pied the rules especially, for ',aud handed a paper to liim, : a. in his own familiar hau l. : d j'ou thought of me while the Hfcat seuatonal contest was sun iiinu Ri&d," exclaimed the boy, holding ' Bbe unread paper in his hand, "how Sn 1 ever thank yon enough ?" ' becoming a Cadet to West Mint, my dear Sidney. (Jo over and ' pNew your studies with your 'Sweet J BRadys.' 'Work and win is the tffTherewas evidently somebody at j K| other end of the line, for j us I after Bhey arrived at home, a cipher tele- J Kim was handed Yarbrough. That ' Han-loving gentleman immediatety ? U liio tvi)V? At ! < Vtirtirmnrli t jj$ it, and trembling, her great dark ' B'es dilating with despair she moaned. 1 Vbat does it mean, Babe?" * ;"Oh don't orry yourself, dear." ' klsn't about that infernal senatorlip at all. It's about .Sidney! t ?!'Ob, dear, what does the horrible t fbbensh mean," holding the yellow ( tegram from her and reading aloud, | Dtwamo Deriso Dutisi Felapton." > picked B >e leaned back and:, mghed. "Oh, father tell mother," | Sid sturdy Waller, "I can't bear to see , BrQIstressed." ijMr. Babe was sobered at once." Yes. par, it only says, "Have Sidney join , ^Stance."?-Pat Darby. *uHe's alreadv a member." said Wal- , ![e's secretary of Liberty Al- . CHAPTKIt VIII. < NVKLI-, THAT ENDS WKM,.') , arbrough returned to the cap- 1 vas duly elected United .Stale.- : which laet was immediately 1 ted in plain Kugtish, to tluit ' die of nerves at home * * :: ' a eame out in flaming head ' ir Senator, It is." "ilur- ' ifarbrough "Joncsbrongh's ' states Senator." The old 1 ply went wild. They fired 1 the factory and oil mill and 1 re whistles shrieked and 1 bells were rung, the Jones- s Guards paraded, the band id Lillis Yarbmugh" was hap- 1 usly happy. After tiie storm v sunshine to this pr>ud am- ' evoted wife and ttic four e.\llicking boys. When the 11 red the enthusiasm was rend Col. Yarbrough made a :l ech in the Court House. solm, had on many oceas- * Mis-s Hannah IJalrymplc to I >rter for the "News," and , a desk now busily engaged. I vas with the Guards and >' h pride Hannah's self po- s sinessair. She was drtsscd blue"suit and small round firm white hand Hew over ? Hannah was a fine looktwenty now, and would a id for a nnalel for a Pallas l< * * * In the rear of the S1 n aged man, beside him one a flush of young manhood wi's trembling hand touched ' said .in a ten.>c whisper, }' le girl writing up there." 11 Mitts Hannah Daliynipleth tgirl in the United Stales," 'J ce Hilton, to whom the ' as addressed. at." said the old man testily, I w 3 ner father's name ?" "S.inie as mine," toying with a oeket on his watch chain, ami ?i sir more interested in looking at \ Iannah than in the old man's ^ j nest ions. ".My name i* Horace, so ( ,vas her father's." t "Horace, Horace," repeated the M man, ".-'lie's my granddaughter j hen." "Your grand daughter," the young > .ellow was :dl attention now and ?j nli-utly unclasped the locket from | tiis watch chain and handed it | to his questioner, who looked | nt it long and silently. "Come t i>ut of here," said Mr. Dalryniple, for ; f>ueh was the name of the old man. t Lawyer Hilton, wondering much, | tinttlie legal instiuet of prudent si- . lence overcoming all other feeling led > (lie way to liis otlice. j "You are engaged to Hannah Dal- , I'Vlll l.ll' "" j "Yes. sir," said Horace, proudly. | ' Why don't you marry her ?" < er<?akiii the old man. ? "Slu1 won't have me ; not at least un- , til clients get to be more numerous," saitl Horace, laughing. j "She's my granddaughter, then. | Tell her that if I send for her to come ; | d'ye hear?'' at the same time < handing him a card with this address ' on it, H. Dalrymple, Cherry Hill, j And it' I send for you, you come, too. And with that the old man walked 1 out and oil', and Horace remembered ( just as he saw him driven rapidly down the street to the railway station, that he still had Hannah's locket < which contained her father's picture. ] Hastening back to the Court House, j he escorted Hannah home. She was j greatly surprised at his recital, for | Aunt Lou had told her of her grand father's having disowned her father, ! because he married contrary to his i winIK'S. Alilil j.,011 iitiu wruieii w ] liim once, but no answer over came, j and Hannah had grown u|? without | any definite knowledge of her people. | Two Sabbath mornings thereafter . an old darkey presented himself at Aunt Lou's saying he had a message ( for Miss Dalrvmple. ilannah spent | her Sabbaths'at home. Handing her j the locket, he said, < "Ole Maister, looking to die, j and sont me to tell you to ] [tome. 1'se done tole Mars Horace ' Hilton. I "Hannah consulted with Aunt Lou, who decided that Sidney : must accompany her. Preparing a j lunch for them Aunt Lou bade tlieni ( i?ood bye. r?eyond Jonesboro they i overtook Horace on horseback, who ] of course exchanged places with .Sid- | ney. ] Just about dusk they could see in | the distance a large brick house sur- ^ rounded by gigantic oaks. Old Joe stopped then at his cabin. Sat a table out in the moonlit yard and gave them a good supper prepared by his better half, Judy, who talked in stage whisnerstoold Joe. "she's a born lady, < Ole Marster would er done justice to .Mars Horace's darter afore now if it hadn't a been for Mars John." < Old Joe went off, and eoming hack beckoned to them. Following him j they went past the spring and the gin- < house, then into a little side gate over ' ;? brick pavement to a piazza. Their < stuide knocked on the door softly and < entered without waiting for an an- ] ?w(?r. Horace and Sidney removed ( their hats and bowed silently and < were, motioned t > seats. Hannah j *lood looking at her grandfather, who j was propped up by pillows, in a sort ( ?f invalid's chair. "Iilood is thicker j :han water" they say, and a great i ivave of tenderness swept over her, < ind stepping forward, she said, c "I'm Hannah Craig Dalrymple grandfather," and she stooped and kissed his j .vilhered cheek, and gently stroked his ; A-hite hair, "can 1 do anything for 3 your comfort ?" t No, child, I thought I was | iirht then. T now know I wa9 t AToug," he said with effort. L "Do not speak of it, grandfather," i itiii she ki.-.si<1 the withered check n instill. * "Just like your grandmother in | vays and lac;', all, she was very heau- a it'n 1. John never named t\ny of his i (iris after her. Hannah was too old ashioued for them." e Giving Hannah a curiously shaped i cey, he told her to go into the next ] oom and unlock a white pine box. t I'he box and its contents were hers, j lannah did so, and found only a n die of carefully folded copies of the t 'News." She opened the first paper to c ook at the date anil there lay green- ? >ack bills, tens, twenties, fifties. ( she lifted paper alter {taper, each con- u ained its nrerious treasure. Hannah a ltMi k with tears in her briirht i yes, "You arc so kind, grandfather," iie murmured holding his withered (] land in her s oft palms. u Then the old man made it known v hat he wished ilannah and Horace * o he married in his presence. lie u ould not get at his will to destroy it, a or John had it, but Horace must l' iee that Hannah got her share of his u >roperty. Then giving Hannah an- " >ther key he told her he wished her to ? ?e married in her grandmother's wed- 1 iing gown, and motioned lo Judy to ^ 4go and assist her young mistress!" Opening the trunk, an exclamation 1 >f delight escaped Hannah's lips. c riiere lay the rich satin which had " nice been white, now creamy wun ^ ige. J t was a kind of a princess robe ll tvith beautiful lace in the square-cut c' ieek. Clasjfing bracelets, and necklace e >f pearls around her shapely throat 'I die was ready. "How heavy this ri Iress is," she said mentally. .Mean- ' ,vhile grandfather had sent Joe for lohn and family, and a visiting mill- tl ster to come into his room. Then an- h UKineitig the purpose for which he P lesired their presence, Horace and lannali walked out of the inner room. " folin Dalryniple was diiinbfonnded. l> te had always thrown obstacles in u he old man's way when the mere ' ncntion of Horace's daughter had P >een made. ^ He smiled, maliciously? )'< hinking of tlse will safe in his iron il ale. The old man saw the smile and 0 :ave John a look which made him w lvmble. The ceremony began and h nded. The minister congratulated u [??race. Sidney walked up and kissed ? '.Sister Hannah." John and his family " uoved not a step. (irandfather or- ol leivd Joe to bring the white pine box, h nd with a significant look at Hannah n aid "open tin* box, granddaughter." a ?he did so. "Those papers are a com- h ilete tih' of the Jonesborough "News." % t is your wedding present, Hannah. know you will appreciate the gift as on have helped to print them," he 01 iiid. Hannah locked the box and e< issed the withered cheek, saying: "I will always appreciate your gift, r.ind later." J' John laughed audibly asdid his wife et nd daughters. Tlie <>i?i man frowned jt' L'rrihly, waved his left hand, which ol as destined also to be paralyzed soon, hi ml said sternly "you may go." t<i lirusting an envelope into the mill- es iter's hand he said "( Joodnight, Mr. towers?come to see me in the morn- tl ig." "iN'ow, Hilton, take the box and runk on to town and put tlieni into le bank vault. Announce your mar- si iage and return for .your wife. 1 hi ant Hannah to stay with me till the Mi ist," said the old mun, imperiously. m ' V; * .. .'.J .. \ * . '-I-' Horace ki.-sed his beautiful bride, I goodnight, and with old Joe leading t he way, he and Sidney started homevard?where tl:ey arrived salely and 1 lepositcd the, to them, mysterious runk and box. 1 Grandfather told Hannah to retire. I roe and Judy could {doze by the lire, 1 md attend to Ids wants. As she 1 vas removing the satin dress it struck s maiilst a chair ami irave forth a clear, Metallic ring. llaiiuah passed her mud along the hem, ami there seenrey sewed in, was coin after coin. She ipped a small place ami peeped inhere it was?gold?pure gold twenty lollar pieces. Happiness and gratiude filled her heart, and she feel sleep planning how dear grandfather should live with her?he was not goiilc to die?lie could talk so well and <jive orders so clearly. Jiut when morning came Hie while peaceful face told a different tale. Death had come silently in the niglu, done his work silently?and the haughty, hard, yet jjoodheartcd, old man was 110 more. After the funeral, John said, mockingly, "Everythinghereismiue. That beggarly box of newspapers is all you two will get for your trouble. Think you both ought to go on the stage? you seem to have a turn for theatricals." llaunah smiled sweetly, and said, 'Thank you, uncle John, there is no . all for us to adopt a profession. Such is that." " i When the folds of the newspapers , yielded up their treasure from the humble pine box, ten thousand dol- i lars smiled up at the happy young j faces of Hannah and Horace. Five I hundred and thirty-five dollars in < ^old was sewed in the satin dress and ' i large black mantilla. I might as well tell what else was in that trunk ; ] f I don't, all the pretty daughters of inquisitive Mother live will be asking me questions about it. Solid silver i :ea ?.nd table spoons, knives and forks, i:ul two lovely engraved platters l with four funny little feet sticking ' nit. These had been great grandfa- < her Craig's possessions, and grand- i mother Dalrymple had written in her i uramped hands "To my namesake md grand daughter, Hannah Craig i Dalrymple these are bequeathed." i ruble and house linen constituted the jalanceof the trunk's treasurers. jNtow Hannah lives in one of the : most elegant houses in Jonesboro? jealous and shallow people who useil 1 o try to snub the "printer girl" alii ost die to be intimate with Mrs. Horace Hilton. Since Col. Yarbough I ias become United States Senator < Horace lias fallen heir to his extensive i practice and position of leading law- , f*er at tlie Jouesboro I3ar. < I CHAPTER IX. 'TJIK IJKST LAID PLANS O' MICK AND I MEN AKT Gi\NO ACSLKB." ! Indian Summer with all its soft lan- , jjuorous beauty has come to glorify | lield and forest, (own and country? < l gorgeous ever shifting panorama of < jreen and gold and crimson. . . . | The air is heavy with the perfume j )f the late roses in Hannah Hilton's j garden, on this particular mor.-ing. ] In a pretty boudoir, arrayed in a , crimson wrapper with a white silk | jlrdle and a lovely laeecap that set oft' ler stately beauty to a fitie advantage, . Hannah lounges luxuriously, reading | ;he morning papers and occasionly ( folding up a warning finger at a loisy parrot of questionable moral ? :haracter, which Horace had pur- i shased of an Italian fruit vender. ( The papers in the cause against [ohu i)alrymple had been served. Neither had Hannah been idle in perlonal investigation: for in reading he local news of a country neighbor- ' lood as reported by a patient painsaking school-teacher, in the Jones>oro News she had come upon this tern. "There is a line quality of ' ;rauite on the ol d Craig place. The t upply seems to be practically inex- ' iaustible. Jf this granite was near f city or even a railroad, it might L trove a perfiet bonanza to iis owner." s Jioth the local and city press were nthusiastic over the prospect of a n lew railway with a western terminus. ^ 'lie line had been surveyed through L" he Craig place several years before. J .'lie newspapers were full of railroad natters ami the very latest item was e o the ellect that the road would be ^ ompleted at an early date. Horace 8 mi Hannah had driven out to the a ,'raig property and rode over it and 8 nade up their minds to at least, have portion of it in the settlement with s he present claimant. L John Paliymple was torn with con- u licting emotions. His better judg- 11 uent told him to settle the matter (! ntliout appealing to the law?of a 0 urety Hannah had nothing to lose (l nd everything to gain. . . . Hut d iter pjuumngaiiu piouing ior years 0 see it slip from Jiis grasp '.vithout 1 struggle was. maddening; daily, al- a uost hourly lie changed liis mind, v nc moment lie was for a compromise, lie next lie decided to sland a suit; I1 ut an angel of mercy in the shape ol newspaper came across his path. ^ le subscribed to one paper? his ? huivh paper. No county, slate or latiouai paper cheered his household y iow. This church paper happened > have an article copied from his own t ouuty paper written by the home ? ditor upon the folly of going to law, p llustrated by the actual ease of two " iien in Ohio who went to law about a I >ur dollar calf, and the plaintiff, after arrying it to the Supreme Court, lost b he original calf or four dollais, and b iad several thousand dollars in cost to v ay. ti John Dalrymple was a very ohsti- I ate man, and his only vulnerable b oint was his so-calhd religion, which ri mounted to a sort of man-worship, a e., he sat on the front bench and n rayed loudly?was very polite and v . ally kind to the pastor, and acted as " he thought that so long as he was '1 n gootl terms with the minister, he t< as in the path that leads straight to tl enven. John went to church with h nfailingregularily, .vis, and partook tl f the holy sacrament regularly, and li ever left oil' plotting and scheming to h btain, in the niimeof the law, the ineritance of bis dead brother's daugh- g" . r. After he road this newspaper In rtiele the idea of a compromise took In old of his mind and altho' he 0 loaned in spirit, he went at once to e Hannah. al She was in her pretty boudoir, roses " n the table and mantel, a magnifi nt Mashall Niel nestling against the lee at her white throat und another (? learning in the lustrous hair. Uncle gi [ lineament and without any cir- sc 1 in locum lion went straight al the sub-1 ci <*t. He proposed an equal division e> r the property, he was very partieu- ik ,r to stale that be wished Hannah to tl i have a fair ajid square half of the g< itate. "1 will take the mill property und ti le home tract," said he. li "Hold your deal!" screamed the L irrot, behind liini. a Uncle John looked around in guilty ri irprise? flushed hotly, then wiping w s face in a sanctimonious manner w isit lie generally reserved for the "big bj eetiu,' he proceeded, "und youcan'wi iiyiSvLk ' ' r~- ' ' - . 4. ~ v ' ' " t . >}*. uvve the C'raig place anil the Qunrtei .raet." ' ' ? 1 T i l? 1.^.1 i-K? ? "teoiu, oy jingu, uruunuu tuc jmi* ot, oracularly. "Xo such thing,, you beast," said LJncle John, angrily, completely .brown oil* his guard. Then to Han lah, who was secretly enjoying naughty Poll's accidental thrusts, lu ;aid, crossly : "Why do you have u parrot swears?'1 Then, without waiting for an answer lie branched off on the desirability o: the property offered Hannah and mng its praise, till the parrot screamed "Sub-treasury," while Han nali sat there and looked calm and lisinterestecl and ever and anon Iropped the snowy lids to hide tilt ioy and satisfaction that would flasl From her glorious eyes. . . . Horace was summoned, the paper.' :lrawn, signed and sealed according tf law, and John Dalryuiple left with i look of triumphant self-satisfaction on liis angular face. He did not atlempi to conceal his triumph. On the con trary, many were the jokes be made ai [lie expnese of Horace and Hannah The whole neighborhood was mad< iware that he had, in his own estima tion, outwitted a good lawyer and, by far. gotten the best of the bargain. The railroad came 011 apace, a sta Lion was fixed at a point on the Crai| place. A company was organized t< [jet out the granite-lots began to b< in demand?and Craig city grew lik< Jonah's Gourd. The truth begun tx Jawn on John Palrymple. Just t( think of it? That old rocky, hilly poor place, as he had always termed it Ui*i 11 ?rinit when sold for business SiteS " r>ver two thousand dollars per acre Then the water power at Craig Shoals Already there were capitalists taking hold of it, laying the foundations of t large factory. He groaned and cursei his luck. Why had he not thought nf it himself? It was all owing t< Hannah's habit of keeping up wit! the news. The story had leaked out The reporter-school teacher had a lucrative position in some one of th< manifold enterprises which had sprung up at Craig City. "Those infernal newspapers and th< meddlesome scribblers who wrote fo] them," John Dalrymple rajjed like s wild beast, then with his own pecu liar ineffable audacity went to Han -ah and tried to change the bargain . . . . He met with a firm, yet po lite, refusal. Homeward he rode a sadder and r wiser man. Being a man of means lie had considerable influence in his county Alliance and he had used this Influence to cripple the editor of th< Jonesboro News for whom he cherish fcd a secret dislike. Mr. Chisolm, or Alliance as well as other questions "hewed to the line ami let the chip* --- " ?t~u?. >) ? iilll as luej' iijiym.. o<? miwii ? motion to boycott the News was made it was carried against the wishes ol many good men who were too weak numerically to stem the current. . . I'll us John Dalrymple to gratify r jontemptible spite, had deprived himself and family of reading the weekly news and, incidentally, of thou ands in solid cash which would have been theirs if they had kept posted on local news. Holding a slight grudge igainet a prominent firm he induced liis sub-Alliance to boycott them, Messrs. Bird Brothers simply advertised more than ever, fairly painted the town black with printer's ink ictually advertised the boycott, and liad to employ additional clerks to accommodate their increased custom. Upon his devoted head burst the itorm he had wished in his hearl A-ould encompass the downfall ol Uher.H. CHAPTER X. 'IX THE BIVOUAC OK LI FEB E A HEItC IN 1'IIE STRIKE. Sidney is^busy studying?reviewing, Che date for the competitive examinaion litis been published. Writing, duelling, Arithmetic, Grammar and .ieography, are the studies. The >oy is nervious and restless, like a oldier on the eve of battle. He is pegging away at his Grammar lie afternoon when lovely Lillis t'arbrough drives up. Coming in she hats pleasantly awhile when Tom, 1 I J*UJ o "Mother, dear, show Sidney the ity paper. I can't wait any longer, .'hereupon she unfolds a newspaper he had held carelessly in her hand nd pointing to a pictured face she ;ives it to Sidney. Can the farmer boy believe his enses. There in a city daily is a picureof himself, of Sidney Johnstonsplendid picture too?in the Guards unform. Aunt Lou came and looked ver his shoulder ; Little Hee leaned >n his knee and said excitedly "It's >ur Sidney, it is, it is, for there is the limple in his chin." Then Mrs. Yarbrough took P.ee on ter lap and thought, "If I only had , daughter, my cup of happiness vould run over." Presently Gladys, behind her dap>led j;reys^ drove up, and waved a lewspaper at the group on the piazza, Sidney ran out to meet her, whil^j Irs. Yarbrough stood on the steps, nd waved her paper saying "Oh, ou're late, I got here first." Aunt Lou carried them off to treat hem to strawberries and cream, and iidney read the head lines above his tictured face?"Another Albert Sid' ? !?/ - 1! V.i. ! ley jonuson."?"canuiuam iur u?i 'oint." Then followed a brief, bat exceedngly well written narrative of the oy's life, his parents, his marvellous nice, his studious habits, his devotiou i) his benefactress, Mrs. Marksdale. t even told how Sidney happening to e in Editor Chisohn's ollioe when two tnighs caine in to thrash that one rmed soldier and Christian gentleian, who had lost said arm at Malern Hill, and left a leg lying round at lettysburg?how Sidney had, (to use lie expressive slang of the man about >wn, "shed his coat and knocked lem down time about," when they ad beat a hasty retreat, going down ireo steps at a jump?while the ofce devil sang out ".Bring in another oss, boys!" Sidney blushed scarlet, yet his heart lowed to think he had a friend in the ir away city by the sea. When the idies came back he was deep in the eography of the United Stales. "I do not think Sidney need to be at II nervous," said Lillie to aunt Lou, he is a remarkably well informed boj', > my Senator thinks and?lse knows." "I told Sidney that," laughed | ladys, and he said, he was afraid a reat deal of his information was like imeofthe elements of the conimeral fertilizers, "not available." How,'er, I have come fur him?T am so jrvotis about the result that I can link of nothing else?to Sidney must > home with me." The momentous day for the competi ve examination came around in due me. Gladys came over to aunt I ou's in the carriage. I)r. Darby rode I spirited black horse. Ike was lilaously happy, singing and dancinjr, bile saddling Dan. The Guards ere to drill and be inspected that day [ r the Adjutant General?so Sidney ore his utiiforme Dr. Darby asked - , T ' ' * ''?! :k '% Sidney to ride his horse, as he wished i to frr> in the Piirriatre with the Indies. i aunt Lou, Gladys and little Bee. ike . therefore, rode Sidney's horse. Watch- i I iug Sidney ride off, he gave a yell of r delight and took a near rout to town, to get there first. ; The Yarbrough mansion was about a 1 mile from the public square. On Hearing it Sidney saw Lillis and the boys in the carriage, except Walter, , who was standing on the side-walk f holding a magnificent Hag which, [ from its gilded staff', he recognized as L the one carried by the Jonesborough contingent in the Mexican War, Babe's I father having been captain. Lillis requested him to carry it down town. ; What a grand picture Sidney made i ?the splendid black horse?the beautiful boy in grey uniform and white s helmet?the battle Hug of his country > floating over his young head. Ike saw i him coming and striking an attitude i and rolling his big eyes, lie said "Dat t am a most allegorical sight! Dat boy, and dat horse, oh, glory hallelujah !" I Then the boys cheered the Palmetto . flair and its hearer, too. i The examination began. The doc tors assembled in Senator Yarbrougli's r office, and Mr. John Bagly strutted in as if he was one of the committee. - The physical examination over, Dr. r Newcrome was speaking of Sidney's > fine chest and magnificent muscle, i when Mr. Bagley, Esq, as he signed i his name, came around, and began ) poking the boy in the ribs, and > squeezing the layer of muscle on the , arms and vainly trying to reach up to , measure * Sidney's neck. "Aw," he , said, "aw wouldn't you make a splen. did gladiator," with a gentle poke, . "fine one certain" another poke, r "wouldn't the old Romans have eni joyed" (and seeing the amused expres] sion on the doctor's faces, his insatiate t vanity led him to give Sidney a > vicious dig in the ribs, with his um j uxciitt jjv/iiu; scuiu^ uic nviio VIMLIVU . your boues!" Flesh and blood could stand no more' ? "I'll crunch your bones, for you!" r said Sidney and picking up the little man he walked to the window and ? plumped him down on his feet on the the side walk, then handed out his hat i and umbrella iu the most unconcerned - mauuer How Yaibrough and the doctors and , the other boys laughed. John C'al houn Logan, one of the aspirants, said, "Let's draw out, boys, and give Johni ston a walk over." i "Thank you Logan," said Sidney < admiringly, buttouing up his coat, 5 "but I'd rather take my chance with > the rest of you." "Hope, the "gladiator" will come in, i said one doctor to another. , "Trust the canny son of a canny i scot, for that" was the sphinx-like i reply. * * * * To make a long story short, Sidney got the appointment, with John Ca'l' houn Logan as alternate. When the ' result was announced from the bul! letin board at the ofllce of the "News" ; the crowd cheered, and as for devoted Ike, he was hoarse all next day. [ Aunt Lou and Gladys were too happy for words and Hannah and Lillis | Yarbrough, too. Senator Yarbrougli i was called on for a speech?and it was I - i - - mr xi a glorious one. iiien tut: vxutirus ' drilled and the gallant old soldier, the I Adjutant General Morley, made a fine speech, too?1The band played?the : boys cheered. * * * * The sun went down, the moon came up and looked down on victorious Siduey, kneeling beside Gladys and holding baby Frank's dimpled hand, murmuring, "I , owtfall my happiness to you, diar ' Gladys, sweet Gladys." And now most gracious reader, we consign our grand Senator, our brave Sidney and our sweet Gladys to your tender judgment. , We have but to tell of two more characters and we have done. During Miss Patricia Darby's official investigations of the De La Tour be1 quest, she became convinced of the necessity for some one person to take the lead in rendering it a blessing to . humanity as was intended by the dead , philanthropist. She therefore wrote a scries of articles for her city daily, which, by arrangement with that public spirited citizen Mr. Chisolm were i republished in the Jonesboro "News" She poiutod out the fact that although the terms were very reasonable at the Agricultual College which was lately established to meet the necessities in an Educational point of view, of the poor boys of the State, yet they would prove a barrier as high as the ttlue Kidge to many an aspiring Joncsboro boy, therefore she proposed that the Legislature be petitioned to i divide the fund resulting from said be- i quest equally between the Agricultual < College and an Industrial School for j Girls. The interest on fifteen thous- ] and dollars would "educate, lodge, , clothe aud feed," annually, twelve poor boys," orphans having preference always (from JonesboiV County) at the Africullural Colleec. The remaining fifteen thousand 1 should be iised in the same manner ' for the benefit of twelve Jonesboro' s girls at the proposed Industrial School. A bill to this effect was passed by the Legislature and as Jonesboro had , this magnificent nucleus, why not . have the Industrial School within her . gates? When Miss Pat Darby got an 1 r.i? i.? ,.n I Kltfil lllio 1IUI 1YCII !iiia|nr<i ucnu, n generally stayed there until the de- c Hired consummation was attained. 1 She canvassed the (own and county. I Once the local pride was aroused, sub- c scriptions poured in. Senator Yar- c hrouch headed the list, Miss Pat, her- j self having a plethoric bunk account, ^ gave a substantial check of the species which helps onward and upward. Millionaire Gillespie gave a heavy check of the same description and five hundred acres for a building site. ? "Last but not least," Miss Patricia s Darby was chosen as the Principal of d this grand institution. e As fairies and authors are allowed d the prerogative of having their wish- t es and thoughts consummated by sim- j, ply waving elfin wand 01* magic pen 0 we make a short excursion into the fut ure. . . . Years have come and . gone. . . . The Industrial School has been a blessing and a.success. . . At the main entrance to the "Hall of Design,' a superb marble group stands. Our little Beatrice Darroll, I ti whose brain, eye and hand having Ls been faithfully trained in this great n 'Technological School, is the Artist p I who has caused this mighty block of ^ [inanimate marble to all but speak. jr lOver an irregular base clambers in the | I wildest luxuriance, a La France rose, j ? An old man with benevolent features]v l and dress of the time of La Fayette and Washington, is sealed on the rose | clad rock, his right arm is thrown protecungly around a lovely child who ti clasps in her dimpled hand a bouquet ir of the roses as an offering of love to jg her Benefactor. A barefoot boy kneels before the aged man holding upward p a laurel wreath. Reader, the grand 1 old Huguenot of Sans Sonei, Dr. De La Tour is the Philanthropist in I whose memory our orphan-artist has j" 1 vviihgreatful heart and hand of geu- in ills carved for prosperity, the name m and fame of the noble Refugee from di vincclad, sunny I1'ranc-e. jai JJeutrice is famous for more than one ' te marble group; but of all ber work sh< regards this, ber gift to her belovec Alma Mater, her labor of love, hei masterpiece. "Lives of groat men all rcml?'l us Wo can make our lives Hiblimo, And departing leave behind us Footprints on IheiamlHoi time." No Medium Like the Newspaper. The advertising man of a well known New York clothing house says: "We were the first to use the sails of vessels as an advertising medium. Ttfen we got up the 'alphabet puzzle,' and gave away 500,000 puzzles while the craze lasted. Afterward we invented the Waterbury watch idea. We had tc do something, because three of our principal competitors had failed, and theii stocks were being sold for next tc nothing by assignees; so we decided tc give a Waterbury watch with every twelve dollars' worth of goods pur chased. We advertised the watchei 'wound and set.' To wind them fas! enough we had to rig up a little machim worked like a sewing machine thai would do the winding, and we kepi several boys at work winding and setting them. Before we quit we had givei away 40,000 of the watches. "But nothing ever pays us like the or dinary newspaper advertising. The fac1 is ther* has come to be in this city i class of advertisement readers just at there is of news readers. They read th< advertisements every day, and of course the man who wants to attract them ha! to get up an advertisement that will d< it. The day of standing advertisement! in the paper, 'Go to So-and-So's for cloth ing,' or 'Go to This-and-That's for shoes, has passed, just as the day for painting 6igns on rocks and fences or on the saili of boats has passed. You must hav< something interesting and fresh in ever] advertisement, and it will be read. A Place for Talent. ?n nearly all regulated lines of indus try at present the advertising man is on< of the most important adjuncts of i business. And on the the other banc the advertising department of a firs class newspaper is not what it used t< be, but is instead fast becoming an in teresting feature of all enterprising jour nals. Formerly the prevailing idef among the uninitiated was that thi talented, the best, most versatile anc most ingenious writers and artists wen all employed in the news department How nearly correct this idea may hav< been need not be stated, but that such ii not the case now may b? seen by i perusal of the "ads" of any flourishing paper. The competitions between th< merchants and between the papers agents have become so great that th< oTpat wholesale and retail houses of th( o large cities employ talented men at big salaries to attend to their advertising alone, and the men who want the best positions in the counting rooms of newspapers must combine fine business quali fications with the talent that wins success in the editorial chair.?Yenowine'f News. Advertising Necessary to Success. The merchant or manufacturer whc does not advertise his goods cannot sue ceed. Of late newspaper advertising ha< become a distinct trade in itself, and al over the country leading concerns paj fabulous prices for men who are skillfu in writing catchy advertisements. Ii many large cities there are men earning from $3,000 to $10,000 a year to write ad vertisements. This fact in itself showi advertising pays. If people interested in this subjeel will investigate it for themselves thej will find that the leading advertisers ir The Plain Dealer are the merchants whc have the best stores, the best assortments of goods and who sell at the mosl reasonable prices. Such merchants do i much larger business than merchant* who do not advertise; consequently thej turn their goods over more quickly and can afford to give better prices. Close buyers appreciate this. What is the moral? He who advertises the mosl judiciously succeeds the best, and the buyers who seek the best bargaine patronize such merchants.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Vnro?? Pa PninmnnnlanA "Bring your feet with you and have them fitted to a pair of our common sense shoes," is the way & Pittsburg iealer advertises. It is a good phrase ind one which attracts attention. The [nan who succeeds in advertising in such i way that people read his advertisement is the one who draws trade to hia store as sure as a magnet draws a needle ;o itself. Study up quaint, pithy or fvitty phrases to head your advertisements, and be not too modest in the jpace they occupy.?Brockton Shoe. Regular Publications Best. No one takes up a regular publication vithout the expectation of finding some;hing of interest. The simple act of ;urning the pages is as positive an esimnlo nt oTTw?fr*?tinr> nn is th? oneninor )f a closet if one is in search of a coat, lence an announcement in a regular >ublication has an advantage over any >ther form of business solicitation?that >f meeting the sought for eye at a time liat it is in a mood for such greeting.? L C. LadiL Fulfill Every Promise. The merchant who desires the confilence and custom of intelligent people hould never make a promise that he [oes not fulfill, or hold out, either by xpresa statement or inference, any inucementa that are not fully substauiated by the facts. There is no endurig success where confidence is lacking n the part of customers. Any success ot founded on square and liberal dealig is sure to be short lived. Uso Common Sense. That people should use the same praccal common sense in advertising that i necessary to transact any other busiess would seem to be an indisputable reposition. Yet there are gentlemen -ho are extremely good business men 1 all other respects who will make riovons errors in this direction.?Knoxille Sentinel. Must Have Genius. The simplest advertisements somemes require the most care and thought i their construction. To write a column a matter of time, but to edit it down ito a sentence is something more.? rinter's Ink. "I honor that man," says Emerson, Evhose ambition it is, not to win laurels state or army ; not to be jurist or ituralist; not"to be poet or comman>r, but to lie master of living well, ul to administer the offices of masr or servant, father and friend." I 31 ^ d&h & ; infif-^ ' i It Is Hard to Waste It. Some advertisers have an idea that only copies going to paid up subscribers are useful to them. This is not quite so. For example, suppose a journal has 25,000 actual subscribers to whom the paper goes regularly. Suppose it prints 5,000 extra copies a week, which are sent as specimens to good parties, whose addresses are supplied by its agents and readers, and mails 5,000 one week to one set of persons, the next week to another set of 5,000 and so on. In this way 260,000 extra persons are reached during the year, while if the extra 5,000 were sent every week to 5,000 paying subscribers only that number could be reached. In the former case 285,000 persons are reached. In the latter case only 30,000 all told. A person receiving a copy of a journal which he has not seen before, with a request to examine it, will usually ? look all through it, advertisements and r alL Such a course is as useful to the j yearly advertiser as if his card were sent 3 to the whole 285,000 persons, or even r more so, for his single loose card receives far less attention than would be found in the columns of a reputable journal. ?Orange Judd Farmer. The Art of Advertising. i Advertising seems to be an art yet to I be discovered by some people. That t is, the practical part of it. A conj stant stream of water from one or more fire engines will soon extinguish or get . under control a very large fire, while a t few buckets of water, dashed on here 3 and there, have little or no effect The j modern fire department is practical, and 5 has outgrown the old bucket system; and so with modern advertising?plenty j of it, used in a practical, common sense j and judicious manner, pays. k If you want to catch a certain kind of fish you use a certain kind of bait; not 3 all fish bite at all kinds of bait Not all ? people respond to every advertisement 5 The newspaper is a medium indispen, sable to the majority of advertisers, be^ cause of its wide and repeating circula) tion. As a promoter of trade and profit [ newspaper advertising is no longer an open question; that is, when done in a . practical and intelligent manner, and pays because of its effectiveness and , cheapness.?Beatrice (Neb.) Democrat ? Spasmodic Advertising; Wo all recognize that as between the > fellow who works "by fits and 6tartsn and the chap who plods along and keept i at it steadily, the plodder gets there I every time. The spasmodic fellow may ' create an occasional impression, but the I results of his fitful labors are dissipated l in the intervals. * The occasional display of fireworks only serves the purpose of preventing his 9 being forgotten altogether; while the ? ?1? A ^ LLItlLl W UU WU11UJ, auu YVVliUUg, wut stantly improves his position and pros-: r pecta. j i So it is with advertising. It is the re- j ? peated "ad" and the sustained effort that telL We don't mean the "ad" that is t never changed, but the one that is ever, i changing, but never omitted! The wise i advertiser keep3 always before the peo-j ' pie to whom he desires to sell his wares. J I When you want to quit doing business > stop advertising, or advertise only "once' ) in a while." | Be Brief! Be Pointed! i In preparing their announcements advertisers will usually do well to confine their statements to one, or at most, a very few points. Few persons can do well more than one thing at a time, and ; it is much the same with the memory; but one or two points in any statement make an impression and are retained, i As the number of points is increased the probability of any of them making an impression and bringing returns is proportionately reduced. "Too Much Is Plenty." j An advertisement for a wife in a Colorado paper brought such a heavy mail *-a o/Ioov MV P;?nl WTnfp n IV buy (vuivivtwvi, * ?* ? > >*. .* M.VV) M prosperous ranchman at Rocky Ford, Colo., that he liad to convey it from the postoffice to his ranch in barrels in his farm wagon. For a month he has spent his evenings perusing his correspondence, and he has not yet made a choice. ?New York Weekly. A Common Sense View. Nearly every business has its "dull season," during which a good advertisement will do faithful work day and night, rain or shine, in familiarizing consumers with the name, location and specialties or advantages of the advertiser, so that when the time to buy comes he reaps the benefit of his seed sowing. ?Azro GoiFs Circular. It All Takes Time. | Don't bo prejudiced. Because at one time you put a short local in your town newspaper for one week, and "cartooned" all the fence boards in the vicinity, don't give up, get discouraged and say that you have tried advertising, resolved that it didn't pay and decided not to do any more of it.?Warren (Ilia.) Sentinel. Expect Good Returns. Give your "ads" a sanguine, optimistic hue. Convey, in a subtle but unmistakable way. the impression that you ea> pect success, and the results will much more surely come. Never advertise your doubts or fears. Nothing except the mint can make money without advertizing.?Gladstone. We are to fond of our own will. We want to be doing, what we fancy to be mighty things; but the greatest point is to do small things when called to them, in a light spirit. Truthfulness is a corner-stone in character, and if not firmly laid in youth, there will ever Le a weak spot in the foundation. Christ is a stumbling stone to tho?e wht will not believe upou him. They fall over him and are broken. It is believe him and be saved or reject him and perish. . ' .. v Vrfejjir/*