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* THE EASTER EGGS. * --* * By Dr. 0. B. Mayer, Sr. * * ************ *** *A (All rights reserved.) Ringwood was the cause of this disturbance. This dog, after annoy ing the hog to which he was hanging until he had torn off its ear, return ed to his master, and finding him in thie same occupation as when he had left him, again bounded over him in expression of contempt for him, causing the point of his knife to slip. In doing so this time he dropped the swine's ear into David's lap, which so excited his anger that he thrust the egg with its enveloping tow into his shot-bag. seized the bunch of squirrels, and with his rifle on his shoulder pursued Ringwood over the hill, in order to inflict condign pun ishment upon him, exlcaiming as he trudged along: "You deternal vil lion, ef I catch you I'll trash you ontel you won't know smellin' from seein'!'" But the dog fled from him with such speed that he soon found it impossible to over take him. He, therefore, fell into a slow meditative walk in which he continued until he reached home. As he deposited his rifle in the corner of the hall-room, he murmured: "I'll write Bekky a letter:-that's wat I'll do.'' II.-Poetry. "And it shall be in poetry, too," he continued the next day. This last was rather -a hardy resolution; for up to the eventful Sunday, when Bekky Bright's foot .caused such perturba tion in his head, David Hartman's ideas of poetry had been quite vage. The specimens of versification which he had studied did not extend beyond -what was contained in the Lutheran Hymn Book, and .those insidious lit tle scraps of printed paper found upon sugar kisses; but he always used the word hymes for the former and kiss verses fos the latter. Behind the word poetry he -thought some thing beautiful must be hidden, if he only could see through it. He was, however, at last overcoming some of the obstacles that withheld him from wanderings beyond the limits of mat ter of fact life. Often did he feel in ined to shak e off the influence of hbis sister Christina, or T'eener, 'as he called her,-an irretrievable old maid, as bitter as 'her own weight in aloes. She had forbidden 'him 'to seek the company of 'the girls, "Who,"''said she, "jes catches a young feller as a boy catches a June bug, and they ties a string to him for him to buzz around 'em ontel he can'"t buzz enny ilonger, and then 'they lets him go with the string a hangin' to him for 'a everlastin' hobble through life. Then they catches another one and sarves him the same way, and so on. Keep out 'n their clutches, Dave. Ef one of 'em squizzes your hand don'"t you squiz ba.ek, or there'll be no 'help for you.'' He was beginning to doubt the soundness of his father's advice, wh.o, having been occasionally van qushed by his mother, often whisper ed to him: "David, my son, beware of wimming.'' Bekky Bright had along been "set ting her cap,'' as the saying is, to catch David Hartman, not as a June bug, but as a bon'a fide husband. He was .han.dsome and industrious; and 'Bekky, who was a worthy member of the church, 'had no recollection of thaving heard him use profane lan guage. How far she had succeeded has 'already been made known. It only remains to be mentioned that in spite of the bitterness with which his sister, Teener, repreniended the con <duct of young people, and the can' tionary whisper of his father to "be ware of the wimming,'' a new or'der of ideas and sentiments were being developed in 'his mind and heart, for the generalization of which the name, poetry, was growing in favor with him every hour. What were his etchings on the colored egg~? A poem; -the theme, "Love in a cottage"-: and the muse, to whom he appealed for inspiration, Bekky Bright. He was now an admirer of beauty; he had his standard established, and that standard was Bekky Bright. He was going 'to write a letter,-it was to be in poetry, too, and it was to be addressed to Bekky Bright. On Friday afternoon before Easter, David took down the slte that hung 'along with the almanac above the mantel-piece, and proceeded to his father's gin-house, where he 'laid ihim.self flat upon the ;screw-sweep after the manner of sailors upon the bowsprit of a ship. He placed the slate at a convenient distance above his face 'on the sweep, and after pon dering some mninutes ventured to write the following couplet: David Hartman is my name. and sin gle is my life, And happy will the gal he wat gits~ to be my wife. But a moment afterwards, he rub bed it out-all trace of it; for his Conscience accused him of plagiarism, in much as he suddenly iremembCred having seen the same lines on the fly leaf of his friend, Martin Sawyer's Hymn Book,-the only difference be ing the substitution of his own name for that of Martin's: besides, it was too boastful for his unpresunming nature. He accordingly replaced it by a stanza which ran thus: When I kin read my titles kleer To menshins in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weepin' eyes. "Wy that's a hyme!'" he exclaim ed, as he again rubbed out what he hid written. After kicking his feet alternately in the air, and scratching his dhead violently, he prodaeed an other couplet, which was more suc cessful as far as it went: here it is: My head's a akin, my heart's a beatin'; I has no wish for sleep nor eatin'. This was original; and possessed the additional merit of being (true; for his restlessness and loss of appe tite were the main facts upon Which his sister had based her suspicions of his metamorphosis into a June bug, and which had occasioned his fathei and mother so much uneasiness about him. David, however, could not pro eeed another dine further. He slap ped his forehead, groaned, kicked and tore his hair, but he could not advance: the inspired labors of David Hartman like the Fayrie Queen and Don Juan was doomed to remain an unfinished effort of genius according to the usual methods of composition, -though the plan he soon afterwards adopted sacceeded admirably. It is said that people in love are excessively irritable. The vast num ber of suicides and duels among lovers is proof of this. . The most trivial disappointment disturbs the temper, and any display of indiffer ence is flagrant hypocrisy. David had no experience in disguising the state of his feelings: poor fellow! he could not, for he was honest-honest to ec centricity. A moment after he had torn his hair, he :leapt from the screw sweep, and holding the slate before him drove his clenched fist through it,-thereby shattering it into a 'hun dred pieces as easily as if it 'had been a pane of glass. "I know wat I kin do," he cried aloud, and "I'll be ding'd ef I don't do it.'' So he hastened to .the stable saddled his horse and rode away at full speed. About two miles from Mr. Hart *man 's, in those days, was the store house of a jolly old gentleman by the name of Gelthart. -On the same Fri day evening just alluded to, a party of several youngsters of the neighbor hood had gathered at Gelthart 's for t>he purpose of engaging in the sport of .throwing "long bullets," and dis cussing the best 'way of enjoying themselves during the Easter holidays near at hand. While they were rest ing from t'he severe exercise, the clat tering of a horse's hoofs was heard, and a -horseman at full speed soon made his appearance. "Wv dat's Dave Hartman," said one of the young men. "Dat's a faek,'' exclaimed an other. "Some one or udder mus be a dyin' at .his house,'' cried a third, "and he is comin' arter the burryin' clothes." "Wy howdy, Dave," they 'all en quired together, as David dismounted, "wat makes you ride so fast9" "Can 'it a feller ride as fast as he wants to?"' answered David some what petulantly. "Oh, cirtingly," they all replied, "but how's all at home ?" " Tolluble well, " responded David, "Good evenin ' to you, Mr. Gelthart." "The same to you, Mr. Hartman. How does your copperosity seem to sagaciate'?" inquired that jolly gen tleman. "Jes middlin,' Sur,"' replies our poet. "Have you got enny sugar kisses left?" Mr. Gelthart ludicrously assunred the gestures of a man endeavoring to answer a difficult question, 'and then said: "I think. Mr. Hart man, I mout 'have on hand yet about six or eight bushels. Kin I measure you out a couple of pecks?'" '"Only one duzzing, at this time. Ef my experiment turns out well, I perhaps may take all you have." Here, a loud laugh arose among the bystanders, and one of them looking aischievously at David remarked: "'Wy, Dave, you inns be a gwine a courtin'. The thing is a gettin' mon sous fashionable in these times. There's Conrad Felsgruber a layin' hisself liable to Suky Hosenstricker, and they say that Martin Sawyer is settin' up to Bekkv Bright, like a sick kitten to a hot smoovenin 'iron.'' Had the hand of a corpse plunged :T iiee into his heart. his soul could not have been more frozen than it was by this annonneeemnt. Pocketing his ksses he remmoun his horse, and left as precipitately as he had arriv ed. That evening he sat silently in the piazza of his father's house, more miserable than if he had been con demned to die. "Come to supper, David,' said his mother to him, in a kind tone. "I don't want to eat, mammy," muttered the love-sick youth. "Well, David," commenced his sister, "you jes oughter be ashamed of yourself to let Bekky Bright get the upper hand of you in that sort of a way. And look here, Dave, Bek's got to do a day's sowin' for us for breakin' our slate.'" ''Wy sister Teener, she didn't break the slate. I broke it myself," remonstrated her brother. "Yes,'' continued Christina, "but sh-e was the occasionment of your breakin' it. It oughter have bin broke over your head, you saft-heart ed nix roots, you!" "Oh, 'don't be too hard on Dave," pleaded his mother. "Poor boy, he is not well. Go to bed, David." He rose from the bench on which he was seated in the piazza, and pass ed through the house without saying a word; but before he entered his lit tle room his father tapped him upon the shoulder and whispered to him: "David, my son, I have often said to you, and I say it agin, beware of the wimming." When he had entered his room and carefully shut the door he lighted his candle, took from his trunk his writing materials, and then placed the sugar kisses before him on the table. He then carefully removed the little verselets folded, and attached to. them. His next step was .to arrange themin a column, and then fixing them by placing a ten cent piece upon each one, to prevent -the wind from dis turbing their order, he c*pied them off as they stood,-obtaining a sum total as here exhibited: Dear maid, no mortal tongue can tell How much I love you and how well. Oh tell me now, fair maiden, will you. marry? If so, just name .-the day-don't let us tarry. Cupid's sent his dart Right through my heart. What is the use to be so -crael? I am sure that I will, Miss, if you will. My soul is dark :-in words of meas ured '1ength and slow I from my 'heart do heave a heavy; load of woe. Charmer of my life Will you be my wife?i Know then this truth, enough for man to know, Virtue alone is happiness below. I expect, before a week is passed, th-at you will a. ul Occasion, or a wedding, oradul Some people say, "to love is weak, ay wicked.'' But they are those who 'ye loved and have been kiek-ed. I wish I was a humble be, And you a rose upon a tree. Oh, nime the day ! or would you rather I'd ask your mother or your father?~ Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh give me back my heart. David read and reread what he had copied; and at length sprang -to 'his feet and wrung his hands with de light. "Well, well, well,'' he exclaimed, "this does beat the hollyhocks! Wy, it's as easy to do as to fall asleep when a feller's got a good eawn shunce. Now, jes to think: here's Mr. William Houzeal, who iarnt me and sister Teener 'to read and write, and me to cipher, he now and then borrows books from his kinpeople, the Summerses, and no:t long ago he fotcht .bome a book wa.t is called the 'Dishearten 'd Willage,' writ bya Mister Oliver Goldsmith. Mr. Hou zeal says, it took this man nine years to write it, and half the time he was at the pint of starvation; and I don 't wonder at it, for it to take a man nine vears to write 'three 'hundred' lines. Mr. Houzeal, he told me, it was in his opinion the poortiest po 'try he ever come across, and he adwised me to read it. Well, sur, aostrophising his invisible friend, "I undertook to do so, and of all the trashy nonsense that I ever did see I never met up with its equality. No., ur'-with emphatie action that hook the house.-"I never did. Now here in about a quarter of a 'our I has wrote twenty-four lines of about as nice po'try as you kin find enny wheres. It's burstin' full of love; and po'try is fit for 'nothin' else but 'for love and re'lijin ',-for songs and hmes. Ef I hadn't broke our slate I could now make *a cackelation, but I kin get poorty close to the truth I f the thing~ by tetchin' ,the pints of~ my fingers. Now, twenty-four lines' in fifteen miniits woul be about one hunded lines in a 'our, and wat w ould a day bring froth? The expeer imint has~ turned out abou-t as I ex peted, and now I shall buy 'up all te sugar kisses wvat Gelthart has on reses floatin' about in the neighibor bood;-and puttin' 'em together like is I has jes done, I think that in two Iays at most I shall be 'able to show a. piece of po 'try of -the length of two thousand lines or more as will throw midnight over the 'Disheart en'd Willage.' Thus soliloquising David hastily undressed and launched himself into the-world of dreams. (To be Continued.) DR. MELL SHOULD RESIGN. Trustee Mann Upholds Capt. Minus In His Course.-Denies State ments of the President. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Capt. Minus, in Monday's issue of The News and Courier, made charges against Dr. Mell, president of Clemson College, for interfering with the discipline of the institution, which caused him to resign 'his posi tion as commandant of Clemson Col lege. Now, are these charges true or false? Dr. Mell in his reply did not deny the allegations, and why notI He says: "I decline to enter into a newspaper controversy with the re tiring commandant on the administra tion of affairs at Clemson College for the following reasons: First, the is sues he raises belong entirely to the board of -trustees. The body has re cently considered these -affairs, and have announced their decision." I do not think Dr. Mell can establish this fact or prove this statement. The board only considered Capt. Minus' resignation and ;not the charges, as Dr. Mell would have the public believe. And we accepted it with .the understanding that on ac count of the continued interference of Dr. Mell with the discipline of t'he College that Capt. Minus could not and would not submit to such treat ment longer by Dr. Mell. This was not the first time that Capt. Minus had complained to the board of trus tees. As many as three times Capt. Minus had stated to the board that Dr. Mell was interfering with -the dis cipline of the College, and if he did not stop meddling where he had no business he would -have to resign through. self-respect. Dr. Mell promised twice to quit meddling with Capt. Minus' depart ment, and if he had kept his prom ise we would have had none of this trouble and unpleasantness which is now threatening to .tear up the Col iege. Capt. Minus has made the same charges all the time, interference on Dr. Mbl's part with tthe niilitary department of .the College. As I re member 'the interview with Dr. Mell in regard to his meddling with the military part of the College, he did not deny any of Capt. Minus' eharges but simply .tried to justify his co'urse in meddling with Capt. Minus' de partment on. the ground that he was head of the institution. That is to say, there was no appeal from his de ision or action. In a word, 'he was supreme, and that no man could act contrary to his notion of things with out his changing the orde~r, although the commandant had made it. Dr. Mell is very much mistaken, if he de lines to answer Capt. Minus' charges and tries to dodge the issue by try ing to lay it on 'the board of trustees. This is simply begging -the question, Doctor; say the charges are all true or false. If false, say so; and let the burden of proof rest on Minus. As Dr. Mell is tryi.ng to make it appear to the general public, I for one will resent it and say Dr. Mell's explanation does not explain. I be lieve in fairness, equal rights to all men and special privileges to none. Some of us wanted an investigation, but from w'hat I could see when the eharges were made Dr. Mell did not want an investigation, a-nd in my judgment he is not anxious for it to-. day. No man who is innocent is afraid of an investigation. Had I been in Dr. \ell 's place all the board could not have prevented it, on 'the conditiona if it was not granted. they would hare to accept my resignation, and vot tried to dodge the issue by lay 'n the hlame on 'the board of trus tees, by saying they 'had investigated the administration when they had not. And no one knew this better than Dr. Mell. and Capt. Minus has done th only thing .a gentleman could do ander existing conditions. I ask the public to 'hear what Coin nandants Sirmeyer and Clay have aid, or have to say, on this point. Did :hey not have the same charges, and nake them to Dr. Mell? and was not his interference on Dr. Mell's part :he cause of both of them leaving lemson College? What furt'her evi lene. gentlemen, will the public de nand ? We have the combined eri-' lence of three men from the war de >rtment, all testifying on the same oint. Are they not suffient to eon :inee the most incredulous. Nowv as I ce it. the best thing for Dr. Mell to o is to resig'n as president of Ciemi onf College, for the criticisms and Uares that are against him will be omuch for the president of any great institution to carrv. In my judgment, Dr. Mell is over loaded and cannot measure up to the responsibilities that have been laid upon him, and I am not quite sure if one or two of the faculty ought not to do the same thing, for the sake of peace and prosperity in Clemson College. Coke D. Mann. West Union, S. C., April 23. SPEECH FOR THE YOUNGEST BAND OF HOPE BOY. "I don't drink, I don't smoke, No sir, and I'll never: I am temperance through and through Now, henceforth, forever.' NOTICE OF ELECTION. The School Board of Newberry Graded Schools will on May 6th hold annual election for the following po sitions. One Superintendent of the Schools at salary of $1,500 a year. High School Department. One male Principal at salary of $90.00 per month. Two teachers at salary of $60 per month. 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