The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 30, 1891, Image 6
A MANT, HERO:NE.
Some girls are extolled for their beauty
And some for their knowledge and wit,
And others for doing a duty,
Of hardship and courage and grit,
And some for composing a sonnet
Or acting and filling a hall,
But the girl who can trim her o wn bounet
&nd makes her own dress beats all.
Miss Patti more music may warbie,
Rose Benheur excel her with paint,
Miss Hosmer carve better on marble,
She may not be half of a saint
But if she can make her own dres;e
And trim her own bonnet we hold
She is-for the husband she blesses
Worth more than the others, all told.
A girl who can make her head pretty
And, also, her figure look sweet,
Is, either in country or city,
A prize which no genius can beat;
And when In addition she's able
To care for the babies and cook
We set her right up on the table
And call on creation to look.
Hurrah for this girl and no othev
We shout her unlimited praise,
To win her away from her mother
And wed her we're trying alway.:
She makes a man happy forever
By helping-as Nature ordains
While those who, alas, are too elever,
But add to his troubles and pains.
::
A STORY OF
WESTERN LIFE
-BY
THOMAS P. MANFOLIT.
CHAPTER
MONEY To LOAN.
*.',ASTERN MON
EY to loan in
large or small
amounts. Long
time and eary
terms. A p p ly
M to Solomon
Scraggs, ag't."
> John Green
ead and reread
t this advertise
ment over and
over as he sat
one summer
\ evening in front
- ' of his little sod
cabin in west
ern Kansas. it was short, plain and
pointed, and evidently anyone ought to
hdre understood it at a glance. Yet
John Green read it and studied it as
though it was somo deep problem with
mysterious meaning. At last he put
down the local paper in which the ad
vertisement appeared and arising paced
to and fro across the yard with his head
bowed and a look of deep trouble on his
face.
"1 don't know," he mused, as he came
,back and resumed his seat near the
cabin door. "Something must be done,
'and done at once: for, as matters stand,
starvation stares us in the face. We
must have food, and we must have
money in order to get it; and there is.
but one way, s6 far as I can see, to get
money-but one way. And yet I dis
like to think of mortgaging the farm.
I have had experiences with mortgages,
and I dread them. They are the bane
of a poor man's life, the cancer that
gats in deeper and deeper until he is
left destitute and homeless."
John Green shuddered as he drew
this picture, for it brought back to him
in all its ghastly vividness that time,
*but a few years before, when that vam
pire, the mortgage, had eaten up his
last dollar and1 turned himself and fain
*ily- from their loved little home in the
east.
For a long time he sat in moody
silence, now with his face buried in his
han~ds, and now-lookin;g with a sad, far
away gaze out aeross the endless
stretch of bare, brown prairie to where
the sun, like a great round ball of fire,
wasslwl sinking behind the edge of
the arth Fo an ouralmost he re
mained thus, the shadow on his face
deepening with those of evening, his
eyes dimming. while ever and anon a
tear stole down his rough, weather
stained cheek.
"Yes, we must have food," he re
sumed at last, "and we must have mon
ey, and we must mortgage the 'claim'
to get it. It is a hard thing to do, but
*to- suffer from hunger is worse. We
cannot starve, that's certain.".
Just then a woman appeared in the
doorway. She was a wan, sad-faced
ereature, plainly a victim to overwork
.gmI worry. Hecr once beautiful face
awas furrowed with eep lines of care,
aind her waving brown locks were pre
maturely streaked wv~ith gray. The fire
"EABE, YOU- ARE woRRYING Y~OURESELF
sICK."
of life was gone from her eyes, leaving
a pair of listless orbs that told all too
plainly their story of misery and suffer
ing. There was no trace of a smile
lurking about the thin, compressed lips
that had once been rosy with health and
happiness. She was a perfect example
of mental and physical debility-a liv
ing result of hard times and "man's in
humanity to man." She was dying,
inch by inch. of worry, want and work.
John Green glanced up when his wife
appeared in the dc:>rway, and motion
ing her to a seat beside him attempted
to assume a less melancholy air as he
said:
--Mary, youare'worrying yourself sick
again, and you ought not do it. You
must look on the brighter side of things,
wife, and never lose hope."
"John, it is useless for us to, try to
disguise our feelings any longer," Mary
replied. "We know and understand
each other too well for that, and we
know that there is nothing on earth for
us to hope for. I have all along af
fected a cheerfulness I did not feel, be
cause I thought it helped to lighten
your burdens a little, but now we per
fectly understand each other, and to
dissemble longer is folly. I know what
you suffer, John, for I have seen it
from the first, and I know that there is
no hope in your heart."
"Mary, don't talk so," John pleaded.
"The future does look dark and blank,
but it may not be so bad as it seems.
We must keep up courage."
Mary shook her head despondently,
andl the tears she had wvith so much ef
fort restrained broke loose and tiowed
thick and fast. John placed his arm
about her and drawing her to him laid
her head on his shoulder.
"Mary," he said. "I know the pros
h~pect is discouraging, but there will be
a~ ~ ~~e psy and hpti- i tyar
we -shall raise gcod :;rops and ha7e
plenty, and only a few short -onths of
privation lie betwveea now and then."
"Yes. it may be as vou say, John,"
Mary renlied; "but how are we to live
through those few moniths? You know
we have no provisions, not enough to
supply our wants for another week,
and no money to buy more. There is
not a particle of flour or meal in the
houe. and Louise has gone now to try
to getsomel f rom the store. Markham
ha, refused us credit, but surely he
won't deny her when he knows that we
must have it or starve."
For a litte while a perfect silence
rirned. 31ary sobbed on her husband's
breast like a heart-broken child, while
Jlolin gazed vacantly out into the
giathering darkness, now and then
drawing his rough, soiled sleeve across
his eves. A minute or two passed so,
and then John spoke.
"We must have money, Mary," he
said, "to tide us over this spell. It
won't tako a great deal, and we must
get it."
"flow c."n we gct it?" Mary asked.
"We can get it in but one way. Mary,
:nd thlat is a way, that l do not like. It
is a wzay that I have fought against
tnd honed never to have to resort to.
We must borrow the money, Mary, and
,ive a mortgage on the- farm."
"Oh. John! Johu:" Mary cried, start
ing up. "Don't speak of such a thing.
ulrely you have not forgotten what we
passed through back there at the old
(
hIome?"
"No, wife, I have not forgotten, and
[ never shall."
"Then do not talk of mortgaging the
0aim, for it is all we have left to us,
tnd to mortgage it is to lose it."
"But, 'Mary, we must live, and that v
s the only thing we can do to get pro
,-isions. We cannot starve."
"No, we cannot starve; but it is hard e
x lose our home and again go into the f,
orld Penniless."
John pretended to take a more cheer- a
ul view of the situation, and it is a
>robable that he managed to delude I
ilmself to some extent. Anyhow, his a
-oice resumed a little of its old-time a
-ing and his eyes grew brighter as he r
aid: t
"We will not need muen money, wife, f
Lnd with a good crop next year we can ,
epay it easily. Now here is an adver- s,
isement in tLis paper of money to loan
)n long time and easy terms. Three (
iundred dollars would tide us over t!
iiely, and as the claim is worth a f,
,housand, we can no doubt get all the 0
ie we want on so small an amount, 9
)nly so we keep the interest paid. I've ;
een thinking the matter over, and it i
eems to me that if we gave a mortgage
or two or three hundred dollars we s
ouldn't have anything to worry over."
it was some time before Mary made a
my reply to this, and when she did, she s
;aid:
"I wish I could think your statement v
:orrect, John, and could believe that t<
,he debt would be so easily paid off; ti
>ut no matter about that, for the mort- 1(
age will have to be given, and perhaps v
e ought to feel thankful that we have
hat means of prolonging our lives. t<
ho has the money to loan?" Y
"Seraggs." cl
"Then you will go down to-morrow
Ld see about getting it?" t
"Yes, it had as well be done at once. ir
f we are to borrow it, there is no use tl
o delay. I will drive over and take ei
~ou with me. so that the papers can be tV
nade out and the business all complet- n
d to-morrow."o
Soon Louise returned empty-handed P
*rom thme store, Markham having again a
efused to let any goods go without f:
nony. Louise had been crying and v
,here ~were still tears in her eyes when as
he reached her parents. hi
"What is the matter?" the mother t<
isked. "What did Markham say?" s
Louise hesitated, hung her head and a
ingered her dress nervously. It was a
lain she did not want to relate what v
1arkham had said. The mother repeat
d her question, and Louise, having no B
her alternative, replied: c
"He went on dreadfully, mother, and s
ie made me cry."
"W~hat was it he said?" h
"Oh, lots of things. He said he a
vouldn't sell us any more goods with- s
>ut money, and that lie was not so rich h
hat he could feed paupers, and he b'
asn't going to try. We would have to j<
ay money or go hungry and he didn't v
:are which. I didn't cry while I was t:
hre, but I felt so hurt that I could i
ardly keep back the tears, and when I a
;ot out of sight I broke down and had a e
ong cry. Oh, how I wish old Mr. Mark
3am was like--like-"a
"Like who?" John Green asked. C
"Like-like you, pa," said the girl, c
;mny too plainly terminating her speech tl
.n a way totally different from what v
he had originally intended. i
Young as Louise was she was in love I
vith Paul Markham, and she blushed C
Lt the mention of his name, and for t]
tear of betraying herself avoided it as e
nuch as possible.
She did not tell her parents how Paul, 3
iaving overheard her interview with 1a
is father, had followed her away from 'I
he store, and came to her out on the p
rairie where she stopped to cry; nor v
tow he had spoken such consoling and 3
:heering words, and, betterstill, offered v
to loan her a portion of his small sum
:f money. She had acceted his kinmd
words san.adr My and doo.~ed his prof- I
ered loan 'wesa egnal grate.ruiness, and ~
she felt thmat she had done perfectly
right, so there was no harm in keeping ~
her own counsel.
"Well," said John, breaking a long
pause. "Markham has shown what sort
af man he is. It was bad enough to
.leny us a little favor after all the money
we have spent with him, and he might
bave spared himself the trouble of 1
adding insult to injury. Because we
have had misfortunes and are poor it
loes not follow that every one has. a 1
right to speak of us as paupers. To-mor- 1
row we shall have money with whicih
to buy goods, and not a dollar of it goes
to Markham-not one cent of it."
Having delivered himself thus Johnr
reen hastened to drop the subject and
take up one more pleasant, and for
an hour he and hiis wife talked about
the future, drawing pictures of prosper
ous days and happy situations, as
though good times and prosperity were
assured facts. No doubt the full inten
tion of each was to delude the other,
and, however well they succeeded, each
retired to bed that night feeling that
the game had been productive of much
good, since both made a pretense of be
ing greatly relieved.
It was a long time, though, before
either John or his wife slept, though
they both affected to have fallen asleep
directly. In the quiet of the night the
thought of that mortgage came back
in full force and ther were troubled
on acc'ounft of it. Though they tried
t deceive e'ach other they could not de
eive themselves, and, look at it as
they wvould, tihe future was (lark and
unpromising.
Johnl~f and MNary G;reen had marriec
aainst the w,..s' . their pamrnts.
Mar's father obiected. t . the' matcoh he
cause Joh~n was no(t a- hi.h in thc~
sae of lire as he thought his daughtter'
migat aspire, for she was a hanker's
daughter and JTohn was but a coammonl
clerk. Then, to even up matters, John's
father retaliated by declaring that no.
s.n @f hi shoud ever marry into a .
'.NOT A lDOLLAR OF IT OES TO 4MARK
n1 A "
uniy hehertof whien presumied
k,2 own on the Greens.
llavn~r ameto thlis kind of termns an
Oth > the elder Blatchford, the
au1k,-, andt the elder Green, the- farmi
r, struttedt about with as mnuch Ipomi
osity as they Could commaudl, Cceh
Oing everything in his power to shmv
owv vastly superior he was to the
ther, and each succeeding to p~erfee
ion in miak-ing( himnself ridieulous In the
yes (if ever-ybody but himself.
Thus it went on for a year, the two
Id men passing1 and repassing and nevv
r spe2aking-, or deigning to look at ec
ther. Ia the mecantime the two lover%
iet elandestinely, and enjoyeodthm
C-lves fully as well if not hektte-r tha~n
li.,y would if their parents had acted
-it~h more sense. They met, courted
nd marriedl-married two or thre
ears sooner than they w~ould have done
thery had not been iterfered with,.
uit badM been allowed to continue their
>uirtship uninterruptedly. So muiich
>r ti!- wisdlom of their parents.
Johln held a position at a fair salary,
adI had saved up mnoney enoughl to buy
ad furnish a neat little cottagt-,e home.
tere the couple settled down as happy
: tw-o 1 wers could be. and 'Ma-ry laid
side her richi ature and easy life, and
a :d!!v trauisformned the bakrsd angh
r into tim poor clerk's wife: and wie
.It nione the worse by the change. Shie
wek up the duties of housekeeping and
>)on b-eame quite proficient.
Itankcer Blatc-h ford and Farmner
roonr, as soon as they learned that
aeir children were married, proceed led
>rthwvith to disown them. M1ary ma.de
ne aLttempt to win her father's for
iveness, but he refused her petit~oni.
yxing she need no longer consider hir
the( light of a father, nor, indeed, in
ny other light save that of a total
rxanger.
"You have married as you wished,
2d not as I wvould have had you.'' hie
tid, "so go your way and I'l go mine.
Iou have chosen to disregardl mn*y adl
ice and desires, and have tied youirself
) a penniless wretch, and from this
me forth I know you not. You must
)ok to John Green for everything, and
-hen poverty a-ad want overtake
yu, as they certainly will, don't come
> me for assistance, for I swear that
>u shall never have a penny or a
-umb from me."
Thatquit settfled mtte+rs bet+.ween
terc, ru, l ake n-hslv
gtne-ere(agtradfo
>orMary couled sofwic presuandde
.o iceWI enog then seeasie
ther'sipesteeludn eeer knliote
hat tears the sed arn. whthefart
:he sted suffere wihe as h was at
>meit asoe the olved herfaher nexth
m eonvaethn afte his powre topeech
e wouly haveradl throw her torms
>othisec and plucedn oi :perfe
onl inepulse hrifmse rdi.ou n
John's fternot o year othoe twy
latcmord pasngtifid rhis singa nev-t
ther bac thomeantime t coidersm
fe cdstinelyte and disowned. This
elice fuldaidli not quittterh Jhnsn
hme woud nfevre paretculal pleds
ih amorre blowe ashy methergt
ve suppoedmarried to bein disin
ertd swell, thanthe wld shrt dofe
-erea eemel alimted consting thir
~te maisnof thr ares.oor
otgage-riddenitin ad a dozen saarm,
naim a upn onewic ee~o it very
Sdsidherite and eswne, aon
adt Mar Gren eht work ohne the
wn responsibqlite androraietim sc
er tlthomeuprt apon Far
rlous sofeton, and thd larnedtthum
te~ canhiowhchen were idproeularl
taingt adion Them. wery contet
n, adeven topy win sper fthe for
iatnehey butre sraes ther par-~
Buayinh aned no loger conmier First
arv tookhtith a fatver andor eesz
y inthe ligeta of a ttadow
hen fersercvrd onls i
-hic hae arcoedctedo filing.
as no buiecashiulthae ad undh
:nplomentou way ad ol oaine.it
nu amy cosuenydiscard ma
ices andeind the tet oreer
>w andcillage wr erchn fo work.
The ttl tohGreein foherytnkbgandt
et povey, a to anst oerkeo
ona they certaily will, don come
->r foth astne fo lseave tht
That. qIte ttlcodito mates betwen t
ee rih, peuets old banker and haing no
teerheatof aghtoe and lireon,
iay time fortgae wer traei oe
Iother:cns and oghefr tisoyrtns
ic rliedse the sebtonsh, and ftn
ien paen the treta eno in
epogiteolac was sownbyethr
oorear onlad hwaride with thei
hild enouha when born was ine he
ogtherteml prscebunossneionewha
'hatetears hem shed aoned wtheart-o
ase sfeedh wen shei way
omes aone he re wesern pahrext
Thn, anwen aayeoutinere speh
oud agvernmenlytrownd hr a
ot hiseeckgand" plea fome rilroad
:orginessr onlerh copranew tha had
ol enulesed eoi soe id. kng
oh's fahent to be fortone ofpb
ie ack hmst but consider himpr
eed nevater benhatibcuarly pleas
>or an ho ereeated fro itewars not
Atcat aftrrberbowa drivin fatr aysgan
ave acrosed s toegen behrigris in
eted well th atwaltle, r ofd are
ke orh the staer Grenf posessnso
xratremelyoh limien, coisting wifn
mh l aindo forty sacresn old poore
opedagoidnl, ad on-then fandy
>la non of wn casa andereept
dcliinhee andalidsertnd John
ed downtoee wenbt towo donghthir
vndrsposlt and forlatimisu.
Whdenoh headl elcte They broughtn
er lbea he ucotrucint of ar-o
boserio, and shadt niet sum
ibakse whichready wrerualy l
vaki ditonted inthe wresl cofent
r, and vehp in pte ofr the falso
haough ih ha fever bad o weks
otion o maccn t theus wih
and ti poiwerful hard ts acaie people
away *from !:ere, but it won't work. .
We'vc. got the soil, and we've got the
seasons, and so long as we can produce
such stuff as you see there. we're all
right. I tell you, sir, there ain't a more j
productive spot nowhere on earth than
you find right here in this county. And
yet land's cheap here. Away down
cheap. I can sell you as good land as
ever lay out door for i fteen dollars an
acre. It's the farm, too, that that corn b
gre w on."
John listened to this speech in won
der. Was it possible. he thlought. that
the country could be such as ':cragrg
said, and yet he not know it? Seraggs 1
was a very honest, earnest-looking man, n
andl he spoke in such a free. nImtter-of- t
fact way that it seemed impossible that t
he was not speaking the truth. After a b
short silence John said: -(
"Do you say that these samples of
grain grew in this country, Mr. n
Scraggs?" . b
"I do, certainly, and there is nothing 1)
remarkable in it to us who know the s
country and know what the land is. I e
daresay you have heard wild stories y
about this section and are ill prepared 5
to believe what I tell you. However, e
ask our farmers and they will tell you t<
the same story. As I said, I can sell p
you the best farm in the county for 1(
fifteen dollars per acre, and it's worth t
more than that to-day, and in a year a
from now it will be worth twenty if s
not twenty-five. I will drive you out to
look at it if you think it would suit you. b
What you say?" t
"Why, I don't want to buy land, but t
just came in to see about getting a loan s
on a claim I have out east."
[To be continued.] 1
Destructive Forest Fires.
CU3mERLAND, Wis., Sept. 18.-Forest
fires are raging in the country imnedi
ately south and in plain sight of the o
city, and a strong south wind prevails, tl
Several farnm houses and barns, two 11
woad yards and a large amount of other
property has teen burned. Men are
ow lighting the latnes, and there is 0
:much apprnt-usiou in this city.
The village of Perley was almost s
wiped out of existence by flire yesterday. r
At Toiaha a miost disastrous fire is b
raging in the eranberry marshes be- ti
tween Valley Junction and Norway. a
Between twenty-live and thirty square h
iles of marsh have been consumed, n
and the lire shows no signs of abate
ment. Thousands of dollars worth of d
property have already been sacrificed.
PIRATIRIE FIRES IN NORTH DAKOTA.
BIsMAcK, N. D., Sept. 18.-A disas- h
trous prairie fire has burned over a large
portion of Emmons County, sixty miles t
south of here. Driven by a strong west g
wind, a sheet of flame as high as the s
house-tops swept over the country from v
the Missouri Rixver past Willaisport, v
which place narrowly escaped, and into h
the southeastern partion of the county. n
Details are mr-agre. No mail was re
eived from Wiiliamsport last evening, a
The loss will be heavy, as a large area
of range lnnds was burned over. Many
farmers lost their entire crops and
buildings. It is reported that one man 1
p
was fatally burned.
t1
Our Deplet-d cotton Crop.
Following is the report of the weath v
er bureau for the week ending Satur- 1
dny: C
"The rainfall has been below the nor- a
nal: temperature abou", the average ,
mount; sunshine has been above thee
verage. The heavy rains wiuch com e
pletely saturated the soil, and in many t:
laces ponded, and together with the a
ot sunshine for the past week scalded
ad rusted most of the cotton crop, and t
aused many of the Immature holls to
>pent, and has thereby greatly decreasedb
he yield. From reports received from.
orrespondents, and from other reliable "
iformation, my last report of 25 per s
ent. decrease is fully sustained, and at Ii
everal places the decrease inl prod uc- o
tion is placed at a much higher esti- n
mate."
"I1 give a few of the sev'eral state- h
ments of reliable and intelligent far- fi
rers, giving the condition of the cot- 1
on crop: "'in Richland, Sumter, Dar- t
ington. Florence and Chesterfield I
ounties, fully 25 per cent. below the
verage. Some places one-half picked
ut. I have traveled over nearly the
entire State within the last two weeks t
and I1 am satisfied that the cotton crop ti
is injured more than 25 per cent. I e
ave been planting for eighteen years o
nd have never failed in that time to iy
average one hale of cotton to the acre. I
f I get a half bale to the acre this year ti
shall do well." i1
South Carolina Postal Service. C
A convention of the postmasters of d
this State was held in Columbia on "
Tuesday last, the object being to discuss Li
the conditioni of the service, and sug- n
gest plans for it's improvement. A mong h
other thingrs the following suggestions iu
were made, addressed to the Postmaster a
General. - a
1. Make a condition precedent to I1
mailing, that every piece of mailing a
meter shall bear the return card ad
resses.
2. Let the regulations be so changed
that the unpaid matter can be forward
ed to points of destination and double
rate be collected for it upon delivery. 0
3. Have postal rates and classification t
printed ott the flap of all envelopes by 0
the gc vernmwent, unless otherwise or- y
dered by the purchaser. u
4. That an elastic band bearmne name o
of mailing ollice be placed on all fourth- t
class parcels.
5. That the postal note be abolished t
andt a three entt fee be charged for Ii
money order-i for less than live dollars.
;. T1hat postmasters lhe allowed to
open, in the presence of witnesses, all~
letters dropped into the ollice without 1~
direction, ini order that the name of the C
writer muay be ascertaiued arnd the let- t
ter returned for address, so that the la- a
bor and delay of sending the same to r
the dead letter oflice may be avoided. t.
A Terribie Fat..
CL EVETL.A NI, 0., Se pt. I.d;---]ohn M ec
CaTerty, a lineman for the Western
Unioin Telegraph company, met with a.
terrible death in front of the court
hose in the presenice of one hundred 0i
spectators yesterday. Mct3afferty was ~
talking to some friends, and then began V
to climb a telegraph pole to adjust a 1
wire. lle had xeached a point bey and l
the first cross-arm, whlen, with a shriek, t
he fell backward. Ihis spurs caught in
the iron steps of the pole. and his head
hung downwaird. ..\ telephone wire
hail fallen across an electric light wire,
nd McCalferty had received a terrible
voltage in his body. lis face and arms
turned black, and he hung tully three
minutes beforeCaladder could be secured
and the unfortunate man brought to the
ground. ile died on the way to the hoa-1
pital.
Want an lint i--ei~ation. 1
Cm.u:LEsTrON, S. (1, Sept. I.-A
meeting of the policy holders of the
New York Life Inisurance: Company
was held here to-day. .Sveral prour
net gentlemen spoke on the subject
and resolutions were offered and ac
cepteid asking that ai thorough examin
ation o1 the coimpaniy's affairs b9 itade,
and iuvitinmg the coz-opreratica? (f policy
nolders 01 oiher places.
Tm-:i Alliance farmers of Kansas have
not taken the advieiw that was given I
them to repudliale thetir miortgage in
debtedneS, bitt are paying it up as fast
as they get thei mnoney for their crops.
T1he st autaies recently collecti-'l on the
subject are encou raing to all hohlers
of f'artm mortgages, and pleanotg toI
every t.ody who believes in the honesty
and hionor of the farmers of thme coun- 1
try. It is a sound policy tha-t the Kani
sas farmers are pursuimg im ims res
pect, and it wiil redound to their ad
..utae at onea nti hereafter- .I'
Bat i.t wa5 don, and aince '-o t
was imnossible, he resolved to go on
and make the bes-t of it.
So le plowed the sod and planted the
crops, and in time the seed sprouted
and came up. iThen he eItivated the
eds ear-ly and late, and as the growing
-orn sprang up higher and higher and
IC
wFTW.AriI) 110!
aILe field became a sea of waving green,
John's courage returned and hope rode
tugh in his breast.
"We shall come out all right yet,
Mary," lie remarked one evening as
they -walked out to look at the crops.
"We shall come out all right, and soon
have a nice home; and it will all be
ours. It will only take a little time and
a little patience."
"Who cares for the time, John?"
Mary replied. "I'm sure that I don't
mind the waiting and the work, only so
we get a home at last."
And thus contented to work and wait,
these brave pioneers, like thousands of
others, submitted cheerfully to every
hardship and inconvenience, and bore
uncomplainingly on against adversity
and misfortune.
For three years they kept steadily to
their purpose, contending against
drought and hot winds, which every
year destroyed their growing crops and
left their fields parched and brown.
Then John took down with malaria,
and all the spring and all the summer
was unable to work, and want pressed
upon them, and the wolf of hunger
drew near the door of the sod house,
placing them in the condition where
the opening of this story found them,
driven to the necessity of'mortgaging
the claim for food.
CHAPTER III.
GIVING TER MOnTGAGE.
As has been stated, neither Johm. nor
Mary slept znuch that night after they
had concluded to mortgage the farm,
and so, worn out with a restless night,
John was astir in the morning at an
uncommonly early hour. Upon dress
ing and going out the first object that
met his eyes when he opened the door
was a small bag of corn meal sitting
on the door step.
He and Mary wondered a great deal
at this, and many suggestions as to how
it came there were offered by one and
the other, but after due consideration
they were all dismissed as untenable,
and eventually they decided that old
Markham had become convinced of
having acted wrongfully and had in the.
night stolen over with the meal, being
ashamed to let his presence be known.
Louise had another and more correct
opinion regarding the matter. but as in
all other eases where Paul was con
cerned she resolved to keep quiet.
However the meal came there, it
proved a very acceptable gift, in fact a
perfect Godsend to the Greens, for
otherwise their breakfast would have
been a very meager attair. As it was,
they had some corn cakes and some
parched meal coffee, and these were
rare delicacies in those days and had
a salutary effect on John. since with a
full stomach some of his old-time pride,
independence and courage returned,
and after partaking of that breakfast
" THOSE ARE NoT So BAD, ARE THEY?"
he felt that lie could face a great deal
more trouble than he then had, and
come off victorious.
Breakfast over, John harnessed up
the two horses to the ol wagon. and lie
and Mary drove off to the little town
where Scraggs kept his office. 'The
day was warm and clear and the roads
dry, and the trip, though embracing
ten miles each way, was not a disagree
able one. The two talked a great deal
as the:y went diown, about one thing and
another, but neither of them hinted at
the matter about which they were
making the trip. They grew quite
cheerful after they had been out
awhile, owing, no doubot, to the fresh
air and change of scenery.
Arriving at the town, which, by the
way, was called Paradise Park. though
there was nothing reemnbling a park
within a hundred miles of it. andl it is
safe to presume that it bore little enough
resemblance to paradise, with its one
street andl four or five shackling old
board buildings half buried in the sand
and alkali dr-i fs-arriving at thiis young
metropolis of the west. Jlohn Green and
his wife had little diflieulty in finding
Soloinon Seraggs' otiic, for it wa's the
most prominuent bunildinig ini the place,
being post ice, printing oflice and
real estate and loan office all in one and
all under the control and guidance of
Seraggs.
Mr. Seraggs was in his otlice whien
the Greens entered, but being deeply
engaged at theL time in writing an edi
torial fori his paper, the Western
lreeze, on the mnu;ufarious advantages
in coming to westerni Kansas to live
and inve'st capital. Joim had to wait
some time before he had un olppor-tuni
tv of stating his business. In the mean
time lie ha-d a chaouce to' take a survey
of the 'tliee and to observe the wo'nder
ful ears of corn and stalks of millet ando
wheat and oats that hunmg against the
walls as samples of the products of thet
surrundinig country. Ihe was still
gazing upon these mnagnificenit speel,
mencs when 31r. Seraggs hbrought hais
"~able editorial"' to a finish andl whirl
ing ahout in his chair caught .John in
the act. Instantly a smile lighted up
the agent's face, and rubhbiig his handls
together, lie said: "Those are' not so
bad, are they?"~
John recalled his gaze from the sam
pes and, fixing it upon Mir. Scraggs, re
plied:
"No, they are not bad."
"I should say not." Seraggs wvent on;
"not bad for a newv counitry cursed with
drought, hot winds, grasshiopper% and
all that sort nf thing. Ila! ha! They
ell te.i.l a o a bont this country,
THE RUSH FOR HOMES.
'HREE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE AS
THERE ARE HOMESTEADS.
Uiteen Hundred Negroes in the #ad C
Stanpede--A Party of Young Ladies
Ride in on Ponies-Lively Boom Scenes.
GUTHRE, 0. T., Sept 22.-"The (
md is yours." That is what every e
ne it'ce on the border of the lands e
henl its iimtnds ioined ti the hour of
0011. Iimultaneous with that lour the
cme-sekeri ,athered on the border, 1
inde a headiou- rush over the line into
le coveted country and on to the quar- s
r sections upon which their eyes had f
Ben teasting, some lor days and others 9
)r weeks aid months.
The rush was a mad one and was
iade so by the fact that the number of
ome-seekers greatly exceeded the num
er of quarter sections available for 'j
sttlement. "First there, lirst served," e
as the muotto of every racer. There a
,as room in the new lands for about i:
,(100 seekers, allowin; 160 acres for c
ach. There were on the border waiting t
> claim the available land fully 15,000 1
eople, so that there were three persons
r each section. It was no wonder that
ie rush was a mad one, for in this case
t least the race was invariably to the
wft. 1,
Like scenes have never been witnessed
etore except when Oklahoma became
ie people's two Nears aLo. Some of s
ie more desperate cowboys mounted f
Leers, and the latter. joining in the t
ampede, carried their riders to the t
iterior while others were unceremo- 1
iously unhorsed or unsteered not far t
-om the border. The boomers had e
athered for the race most at Toiee on
ie Iowa reservation border directly east
f rauthrie; Langston. at the mi'ddle of t
ie N ,rthern Iowa reservation border.
wide the houndary of the Kickapoo re- 0
rvation (which was not included in the a
pened iaads) and at a point on the Pot
Iwatomie horder directly east of Pur
The most desirab'e of the lands is I
tuted in the Iowa, Saek and Fox
setrvations, and the greater number of r
omers naturally conareated around
em. The boomers were distributed
inong variou starting points about as
lows, at Tohee 3000, Langston 1500
groes, and 500 whites, on the Kickapoo
)rder 8000, and on Pottawatamie bor- t
-r 2000. The allotments to the Pottawa- v
ie Indians nearly exhausted the lands I
i their reservation, so the home seekers t
ad little chance ot locating a claim s
pe. At Langston negroes had been J
%thered by the negro Colonization -
ciety to the number of 1500, and they t
ere to move en masse to Cimarron t
alley, a :oost fertile regioa, and locate
L a bunch. Five hundred whites.
iosly cowboys, also had their eyes on
iat sectien, and each party had made i;
1 sorts of threats of taking the land by f
>rce. A force of deputy marsha:s and r
eputy sherills under the slieriff of this 8
>unty had been despatched there to y
reserve order, and it is believed that c
iev will be able to maictain peace. f
One of the unique sights at Tohee t
as a company of young ladies from
uthrie, who had formed a colonization
mpany to proceed to the new lands1
ad settle on adjoining claims. They1
cere mo'unted on Texas ponies and were1
ttired as near as might be in cow boy 1
stuefl, armed with revolvers and 1
uipped for camping out. They made 1
i race in a body. So far as has been 1
certained, up to the present time no
:rious conflict has taken place between
i rival -laimants, and the country has
een peacefully occupied.r
Govrment superviin of the mn
igs of the lands seem A to have been e
idly delicient. The entire government f
aree was composed of two companies t
I United States troops, or twvo hundred t
en, and the forces of three United t
tates marshals, numbering about two t
undred and fifty men. Of these latter, e
fty were sent to Lanuston to preserve
eace between the cow boys and negroes;
fteen were requmred ateach of the three
nd offices, and twenty-five at Tohee. ~
i the regular troops, a squad of men t
'ere stationed at each of the two coun- i
!seats. This left only some 300 men
patrol borders of about 200 miles int
tent, or one man to every two-thirds
I a mile of border. The men, however,
ere not stationed at regular intervals.
2 some places there wi re ten and fif
en men to the mile, while at others
iere were stretches of five or ten miles
itirely unguarded. Under these con
itions it might have been expected that
umbers of' boomers would enter before 2
ie appomnted time, and they did. Two
uiles north of Tohee about 200 boomers
ad igathered on a secluded spot, know
ig that the government force would be
assed at the border towns. They had
l set their watches three hours ahead1
it night so that *.hetr testimony would J
aree if ever their claims should be con
ated on the ground of their being
sooners."
A t 9 o'clock their watches all indica
d the hour of noon, and they rushed
'er the border and began the fray for
choIce sections. The "soonlers" at
ther uniguarted portomns of the bordi r
rer also very numerous, and it is esti
ated from all reports that the number
[settlers who entered the land before
e leg di tinie was fully 3000.
Tohee this morning was an Indian
wn just over the iowa border, dueecast
'om this place; toni-ght it is a white
ian's city of 1500 inhabitants. It tell
ito the hands of the TIowni Site corn
'ay, organizedl here by the president a
i the Board of' Trade, tihe president of
i First National bank, James McNedl,
ud the citty marshal ot Gunthrie. A rep
sentative of the company returned to
ls place this afterucon and filed at the
md ollice a plat 1)1 a town and county
alams. lie reports that an election was
eld this afternoon, at which McNeil
'as chosen miavor.
At a point live miles below Tohee
ite a number of boomers were ga:h
red to make the race. Among them
'as one woman whose uame has not
een lcairned,. whose impatience got the
etter of heir discretion. She crossed
e line before the appointed time and
ie f tihe dleputy marshals guarding the
arty armested( her and forced her back (
vcr the fine. Soon afterwards she
gain eros.sed the iine prematurely and
'en thle de'puty a second timo ordered
er back she drew a revolver from hecr
res pocket and opened lire upon him.
'le marshal returnedi the lire. andl shot
er in the left leg just below the knee,
hiattering the limb. She was unable to
ake the race when noon1 arrived. The
ooer was left this side of' the border
tretend under a tree unable to move.
humaue hack dnrver broughit the uin
irtunate woimaa to this place, where
he is beinig cared for.
The story of every arrival from Lang
t'n agiees that there has been rioting
et4wee negro' settlers and cowhoys.
% h fii:ties are ieptrtedl as resulting.
All on B~oard P'erIihed.
SA FRANCISCO, Sept. 1i.-The myVS
ry surrouninrg the schoonier Paii
1:, so long overdue at this port from
larha l lIslands, is at last cleared up.
lie vessel sailed for San F"rancisco on
ay 1, laden with a general cargo, and
ii aditioni to at cre w of seven,1 had on
>oard Capt. Lovedale's wvife a'id three
:idrel. It is also stated tha~t several
nissionaies had taken passage on the
~annoia to come to this city. The
chooner was wrecked on a reel to the
iorthwest of the Hi awaiian Islands, and
~ omul on board was drowned.
WbAT FOULSvfHES. MORTALS BE..
La AAttound'ng swirndio Fcls 3z an7
Dujoem in Vi-gin!a.
Cuanu:sroN, W. Va., Sept21.-One
f the most astounding swindles in the
istory of the country has just been
rought to light here iy federal dttect
ves, who have arr' sted Henry Ash and
-orge W. Rose. two of tbre" ringlead
rs. Robert F. Lively, the m:in who I
rigioatt- 1.: seh-nu.-, elS('pedI t-, t'ce
lonuitaill:, butl a psei ahn
oi.i- wesago thetse iiree i ow r
-aized t. Albans. this county a
ranen of wh-it was alegrit to be the I
Natioiral Ats, ino.y," atd by the con-I
pirators to be a patriotie orct'r, having
or its object the relief of the national
overnment. It was proposed to put
ito the po!; esior of the government
he gold coin hoarded up by the people,to
he end that the government mignt be
nabled to ijeet its oblirations otid be
aved froma national repUdiation. The
'reasuary Departnient. it was explain
d, had plenty of paper money and had
gree-d that tor all tiht gold coitis paid I
ito the -assenbly" and certitied by the
flicers, there would be paid jive times
e sum in paper currency. Nothing
ss than $200 would he accepted from
ny one.
Tne thing took in a surprising way.
'he country was scoured for gold. Oue
ian paid $1.200, another $800, and
ores gave $200 to $500 for the worth
?ss "certificates" of the swindlers. The
hesapeak and Ohio Railroad Company
aid its employes in gold, and a large
um of this money went into the cof
rs of Lively and his pals. Poor me-n
orrowed, begged and mortgaged, that
hey might raise gold, and many a dol
ir of hard-earnea savings went into
e 'assembly for the relief of the gov
rnment."
The postoflice authorities got wind of
he t':iag about a week ago, and today
he arrest were maie. The excitement
ver the swindle is great. It is tstiinat
d that the s w indlers obtained over 850,
00 from their dupes, many of whom
re left penniless.
Mturder and Suicide.
WOODLANrD, Cal., Sept. 17.-The life
ass bodies of Mi.,s May Adams and J.
V. Montgomery were discovtred this
iorsing lying in the rear yard of a
Iall unoccupied resience. A vial
-belt d "poison" and a Smith & Wesson
evolver we-re founid beside them. In- t
tstigation showed I hat Montgomery
rst oiut Miss Adams in the left LIemple
n then turned and fired a shot
rough his own brain. Miss Adams
,as the daughter of L. 1B. Adams, who
epresented this County two terms in
he Legislature. Montgotnery was a
on of Judge Montgomery of Stockton.
he supposition is that the murder and
uicide were the result of a ref u.al on
he part of the lady's parents to 1Irmit
heir marriage.
"The Old Reitahie."
From the otfice of the railroad coi
lission it is asMertained that the total
acome of the South Carolina Railway
or the year ending June -30, 1891. sitn
iarizcd Irom its monthly reports, was
1,681,502. an increase over the previous
ear of $260,740. The percentage of in
rease is 18.35 per cent. The follo wing N
gures show the total earnings of this
ranch for the past ten years:
382 ....................... $1,229,876.06
383 ....................... 1,356,936.50 t
384....................... 1,271,077.36 s
(u6.... ............... 1.-39,861.34
WiteMnngGenle's Bar hc . er
ian is the ro~ rietor, was closd to-day
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r of J. B. Brown & Co, of Baltimore.
:>r $419; There is also a mortgage on
de saloon which was a gorgeously fit
d-up alfair, and the fixtures are said
have cost more than anyI saloon in I
le State. The s dloon is the third one I
losedl by the sheriff in a week.
Senator Butler's' Dauehter i)-ad.1
WALIALLA, S. C., Sept. 21.-Misst
:lise ?Butler, daughter of Senlator M c
). Butler, died at Highlads, N. C.,
his morninir at 6 o'clock after alinger
og i!]ness fremn fever. Iher body will
e carried to Eagefid to-morrow via .
his place for interment on Wednesday.
ihe was twenty years old
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