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each bearin ' t i >a 1 ir, in lar^o black
letters of u Chi M'ro daily paper. Mo
chuckled to himself as he received
them, hi; only apprehension being 1 that
he had been precipitant in offering his
services in such u broadcast manner,
which might load to the embarrass
ment of more than one accepting his
proposition. Pulling the precious mis
sives in his po ket to be enjoyed at leis
ure in ids lodgings he strolled away
with much self-satisfaction, pausing for
a moment to gaze with wonder into the
shop-windows of Clark street, whore
the second-class tradesmen were driv
ing a roaring business notwithstanding
the city ordinances which prescribe
flues innumerable for all violators of
the Sabbath day.
lie had crossed t wo blocks nn Ids way
to his lodging when his attention was
attracted to a se’ond-han i basement
clothes store, in which, to his surprise,
his hands >mo neighbor at the postodi -e
was standing in the mid d of some dirty
Jewish salcsm *n. on a - <1 in a violent
altercation, everyone of the shopmen
speaking at once, and the young gen
tleman indignantly protesting in loud
and angry tones.
Without a moment's reflection (»roy
sprang down the steps to the young
man’s side.
“Can I serve you in any way?” was
the impetuous offer. “What L the mat
ter?’’
“Nothing. You thought it was a
row, did you? (»ood fellow! it's only
a way th -e out uprising gentlemen
have of doing bud ness.”
blushing
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renne
“Oh. indeed,” t’-iv
at his impatient interference,
very sorry I intruded.”
"Never mention it. And now,” said
the stranger, turning to t lie si ore peo
ple, “if yon will not give me ten dollars
for tin overcoat for which I paid fifty
not a month ugo. give me the garment
back.”
A babel of polyglotic depreciation
followed.
“Surely.” said Grey, “you arc not
thinking of selling that handsome over
coat?'’
"Not for four dollars, which is all the
beggars offer.”
“Get your coat and come along with
me; I have something to propose; you
must; you shall.” And, notwithstand
ing the opposition of the dews, who, in
their agony at losing a customer, of
fered nine, ten, eleven—and then, with
a scream like the cry of a lost spirit,
twelve dollars--they escaped to the
sidewalk.
“Let me be your friend,” Grey said,
grasping the arm of his new acquaint
ance. “I um sure the dilemma that
compels o gentleman to sell his coat in
a strange city can be easily explained,
and you will confer a favor on me by—”
"Letting you act the role of u trans-
Atlantic Brother Ciieerible to a dis
tressed yet deserving young man. The
twin is at home, I suppose, waiting to
take me to his heart and fortunes.”
“Nay. I am as great a stranger in
the city as yourself—I am implying
that you are a stranger—and—”
“A thousand pardons,” the young
man interrupted, grasping Grey's hand:
“You are a royal good fellow and de
serve a frank explanation. I um a
peripatetic tinglishinan out of lu :k.
My necessities are a mere passing
shadow, but it is the eon founded need
of ready cash that is driving me to ruy
wits’ end. There never was such a land
’as this for spending money and during
a scamper through the west 1 have got
Into difficulties. Leaving my baggage
tmt to Omaha as security fora hotel
'bill, I started for this big, dirty,
scrambling, hustliug human beehive of
Tt Chicago.”
Grey laughed.
"You will like the place if you stop
here long enough. They say that every-
xme who comes here hates it the first
month of his residence, endures it the
second, an I adores it the third,” he said.
"Well, I'm in the first stage of expe
rience, and I candidly confess I detest
It—but to return to my story: My re
mittance is not come, and. as 1 do not
know anyone in the country, I am in
Vhat you would call a‘tarnation fix.’"
"1 do not know that I should use such
an expression,” Grey smiled "Only
lAmerlcan gentlemen in English novels
would talk In that way; but never mind
that. You want some ready money. 1
am not a Jay Gould, but 1 can spare
iyon a little, if you put your pride in
your pocket ami accept my offer us cor-
lllally as it Is offered.”
"Agreed with all my heart. By (hid,
if all your countrymen were as fine,
big-hearted fellows iws you are, I should
like to pitch my tent among you.”
Thun began between two young men,
who half an hour before did not know
of each other’s existence, a friendship
that won to lust a lifetime.
In the silence of his chamber that
night, after a day pleasantly spent with
his new acquaintance, Grey drew forth
the letters that contained his fate, sure
pf a choice of positions and only hop
ing that he would have the good judg
ment to choose tile best.
As the letters were read one after
another, his cheek flushed, and when
the lost was perused be sat down on
the bed gazing with the blankest stare
td disappointment.
The fact Is, they were all worded
alike, as though one hand had written
them, and each contained the assurance
that the ttuMnWr* of the staff of that
particular iournal never resigned, rare
ly died and that there wns not even the
thinnest hope of present or future liter
ary employment. On one letter, how
ever, some good fellow hud scribbled
a postscript in pencil:
•‘If you run vet the bumhlcxt living to nny
fenneai wiy. young mun. give tir> die t'euof
JOumitllNUt In CliliM'.’o Jons IIaii.kv "
Thus one bubble bun>t and now an-
VtkwT solwimj for solving Uto great
promem or existence must oe aevisoa.
tv by not can upon tats aioan naiieyv
He was evidently a man with sympa
thetic tendencies, or he would never
have troubled Ir a .*if to add that
sj. 'I iii'. < if . i >i ;e
A.vo.* i . i. r’.v ne t morning Fra ah
Grey tramp ‘d .r the n‘ty *'a.r-
case I};::' !■ ’. to t’: • edit.r of
the great da’.y ‘ ha I . » I' i sully
in Jading Ike :. ’u u 'vhoui lie was
sea: ’iiing vv, -tly a per on iu an-
thoriiv--:incl In a few minutes foirui
hi ascii’ in the presence of an oldish
min, rather inclined to corpulency,
whose well-to-do air and comfortable
surroundings hardly served to point u
moral to his wail over the blighted
prospects of journalism. He received
the young man, who stammered his
apologies for his importunity, with
good-humored cordiality.
“So you are another moth fluttering
in the candle of literary hope?" he
asked, with an amused smile.
“Well, yes, if you put it so. I do
most earnestly wish to join your ranks.”
“What do you think you are fit for?"
“Oh, I am modest; I am willing to
start with a pittance, nay, to work for
a time with no remuneration, if the
chance be given me.”
"Exactly. But what are your quali
fications?”
“I can write rapidly and with tol
erable accuracy. I have already done
some magazine work, and—"
"Bali!” interrupted the eccentric ed
itor. “Can you wallow in the mire of
w .rd polities? Are you hand-in-glove
with the loafers who hang around
Huns Pumperniekle's beer saloon? Can
you forget that you are a man and be
tray private confidences; lie about peo
ple who have been gracious to you; put
up with in zilts; write against your
most solemn convictions, and be ready
to be kicked out of your berth by your
en.plover, who has found a man with a
skin a little tougher or a conscience a
little denser than your own? Can you,
I ask ?”
“Well, if you are the result of this
peculiar training, I—”
“Might venture too. Ah, young man,
we are not similarly situated—I never
‘‘Col. Gilchrist-, I presume?” Grey in
quired.
“At vonr serv'*h • g'ntleman
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journal is likely to jr.lht my sys..pa
tsies, aud 1 have called to see if there
is, as Mr. Bailey suggested, a vacancy
on your staff.”
“You have means?"
“Well, yes, enougli to keep me for a
month or two.”
“That is good—no experience, eh?"
"Exactly.”
"Well, as it happens, I do need help.
Of course you are aware that the privi
lege of working upon a journal of such
inlluonce as the Labor Times carries
with it a weight in considering the
amount of salary.”
“Well, yes; I do not expect much to
atari on.”
“I am offering, under such circum
stances, but twenty-live dollars.”
“A week, sir?"
“A week! No, a monthl” roared the
old man. aghast at the extravagant
ideas of Ids /i.-.-tor.
“But that will not pay my board bill.
Chicago is a dear place to live in, and 1
am no v giving eight dollars a week for
the ii .o of a room which has the only
adv. Page that you can lie in bed and
re:' h everything in it, together v.i;h
1: idly cooked meals and wretched serv
ice."
“So you decline?"
“No. I accept, as the experience
may be valuable to me.”
doing the laborlngmad s protection ana
c: - Voting enterprise.”
“Are you a mechanic?” Grey asked,
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lapidated chair as a fuil-hlo.vn
enjoying the dis‘inguishe 1 privd gc of
•‘molding the opinions of niillio i-i of
readers,” as his employer graphically
put it.
Now it chanced that at noon the pro
prietor of the Labor Times announced
his intentions of strolling over to a res
taurant for a lunch—a free lunch, one
of the blessings to the bibulous, for
which C! doago is remarkable—uud
Grey found himself in full charge of
the establishment.
"None will call at this hour,” the
great man observed; “so you might b *
looking over our tile and get on to t he
hang of our line of action.”
But hardly was his back turned when
a visitor appeared—a frank, well-
dressed, good-looking young man ot
pleasing exterior.
“The editor of the Labor Times?” he
asked.
"Well, one of them,” Grey smiled.
“Then, sir. I’ve brought an article
I’ve written. Of course. I’ve only had
a common-school education, and it isn’t
/'ill
“CA5 I BERVU YOU IN A.XY WAY?”
had to begin at the bottom. In my
young days things were different, and
there was no mob of hungry scribblers
hanging on to a newspaper. However,
thank your blessed stars, then, is no
chance of your getting on the daily
however suicidically you may be in
clined.”
“What chance, sir, do you think I
would have with the weeklies?”
"Their name is legion, but with the
exception of three or four you would
be either requested to write for starva
tion wages or be engaged at a high sal
ary and never paid. You might, if you
were lucky, get nine dollars a week,
and a bricklayer’s wages are four dol
lars a day.”
"The picture you draw is not encour
aging."
“Nor do I mean it to be. Fly from
this over-populated city, to which every
young adventurous breadwinner from
every country on the earth makes his
way, till the streets are teeming with
the unemployed—bat, say, have you an
imagination? Can you paint word-
pi ctures? The story papers do pay well,
but you must have served your appren
ticeship before you will bo admitted
into their columns. So that chaneo is
barred.”
"And yon know of nothing?"
“Why, yes.”said Mr. Bailey, reflective
ly, "there’s an old friend of mine, who
used to be a colleague in this office, who
told m * the other day that he wanted
help, lie’s been badly bitten by social
ism, and he runs a sheet which he
seriously thinks is to redeem the world,
though I never saw It, nor do I know
anything about his pecuniary responsi
bility. Men with whims rarely amount
to much, and 1 guess he’s sunk all ha
had accumulated in this veniure.”
“Would you mind giving me his ad
dress?”
“With pleasure. Here, let me write
you a line of introduction. It is a pity
you eanuot make up your mind to fol
low a respectable line of occupation,
bat if you are determined to go wrong,
you may as well meet your fate at once.”
Bidding adieu to his new friend, who
he afterwards learned was fastidiously
touchy on anyone else presuming to
slight the profession of journalism,
Grey hurried to the address he had re
ceived.
The building which housed, with
twenty other crafts, the Labor Times,
was not prepossessing in its exterior.
However, after mounting three flights
of stairs—for then there was not as
now an elevator in every office building
in Chicago—he came to ■ door bril
liantly illuminated with colored pla
cards. There was a grand pictorial
representation of Labor as a knight In
armor, mounted on a superb charger,
pinning to the earth with a huge spear
the fiery dragon Capital, and half a
dozen other florid denunciations of
equal significance.
Grey modestly tapped at the door,
then enter*' 1.
The walls of the office were pro
fusely adorned with daring posters,
while its furniture consisted of three
common Windsor chairs and large pine
lahlc abundantly littered with papers,
behind which sat a tall, gaunt old
man with gray hair fulling over hla
shoulders.
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Grey started.
"A furnUlicil room, you say? What
rent do you ask for L?”
“Five dollars a mouth with stove and
gas.”
“Would it suit me?"
“Why, no, I don't think it would.
You see, sir, it’s not in one of the ave
nues, but right out in A Hundred and
Fiftieth street—not that the neighbor
hood ’Kn't respectable or the cottages
kind of pretty—but i guess it's not
quite up to your requirements."
Nevertheless Grey took down the ad
dress and the very next day was in
possession of the vu ;unt chamber. But
meanwhile a startling event was to
happen, which was to turn the current
of his plans by one instant sweep of
the hand of misfortune.
It was towards four o'clock in the
afternoon that the two editors were
conversing pleasantly, for the senior
was a man of ripe experience and great
natural power of observation, and was
becoming more genial towards his well- |
mannered subordinate—or perhaps the j
Heal Old Kcntuck he had imbibed at i
his free lunch had wanned his heart—
when, without a knock, the door
opened and a squarely-built, broad-
shouldered man. showily dressed,
whose heavy gold watehchain and rings
were in painful contrast to his low-bred
face and black finger nails, entered.
The proprietor welcomed him en
thusiastically—nay, if 1 were not writ
ing of so great a man. I would say, with
cringing servility.
"My new associate editor, Mr. Grey,"
said the colonel, calling his visitor’s at
tention to his amused assistant.
"The gentleman's name?” Grey
asked, as lie snook iiands.
“Ah. this is Herr Schlossinger—the
great Schlossinger. you know."
“But, forgive my ignorance, I—”
"What, von don't know Schlossinger!
Not know Schlossinger, the socialist!
Not know the leadingspirit in t he great
lalior movement of the city of Chieago!
Not know the fiery orator, before
whose burning denunciations tyrants
tremble and kings shake in their
thrones' Not know—”
TO UK (’ONTINTKI) XKX'T WI KK■
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pneumonia, dipidheria, fever and
epidemics is given by Hood's Sarsapa
rilla ft iitfike> PURE E?aOOD.
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Carroll & Co., Lessee.
The following schedule in effect
March <). IS!).").
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8:510 u. m. arriving Gooper-Limestone
Institute 8 :-L> a. m.
Rktukxing
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2:1') p. m. arrive at Gaffney 2:2') p.
HI.
KUKDUICK At’SKHLI). K. (’. flKIZ
AUSFELI) & SEIZ,
A KCTIITKCTS,
Atlanta, G. A.
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\A/i; WANT To TELL YoC THAT \VK ARE IN'THE FIELD
’’f and ready. Our fall stock is piled Id”li with fresh ‘‘crisp new
Clothing. $1000.60 to $.'>000.00 in all the latest styles, and
.
Prices that Defy Competitien.
An alj wool Gray Kersey that wears like leather, well cut and well
made $.') 00, coat vest and pants.
Gray Scotch Kerseys, all wool and very heavy, that will defy
storms and cold, only $7..')<►.
Always in the lead in Blacks, (Mays and Sheviots suits. Boys’
suits in long pants, 14 to 10 years, that will afford us pleasure to
show and will tickle you to hear the prices as they are so cheap.
Children’s Knee Pants Suits 4 to Mi years, in double and single
breasts.
We have just the thing for your boys. Suit and Watch for only
$3 50 to $4.00 per suit.
Kindly give us a call.
Yours truly,
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“COL. eiLCUMST, I I'RKSUMK?”
up to mueii as a literary promotion,
but I think it’s got some ideas in it. and
you might be inclined to publish it.”
“The subject?”
“Well, it is just a workingman’s no
tions on capital and labor—a little out
of the common for a mechanic in these
troublesome times, for I take it that
while trades unions are fine things in
their wav. there’s such a thing as uver-
Plans and Specification* for private and
public buildii.gs.
J NO. EARLE BOMAR
S. J. SIMPSON.
A. MclVER BOSTICK
BOMAR, SIMPSON & BOSTICK,
Attorneys at Law,
GAFFNEY, . . . S. C.
Guns! Guns!
Pistols and Cartridges, Gun Caps find
Shells, Rubber and Leather Belting,
Hubs, Spokes and Rims, Iron of all
Kinds, Sisal Ropes. In fact we have
a good assortment of Hardware,
Smith Hardware Co.
Transact a General Banking Business
IFTrcSKGS'r allowed on Time Deposits by SPGJGiAJL
Arrangement,
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent.
Your troiiii$5^olfelted.
A Model Cook.
She can bake, nhe cun broil, she cun fry;
Ne’er a cuko doeu site npoil, nor u pie;
She’e perfectly neat,
Her temper iu sweet,
And tniu is the reason why:
She Buys her Groceries from
PAUL V. GAFFNEY
And invariably get^ the best nod frcnlicst goodt* in I be lily nt the lowest
prices. Big bargains in (’rockery and Glassware, just received. Give me a
call and save money.
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Everything on Wheels Goes!*-
That is, everything on wheels at our estab
lishment is to go at greatly reduced prices from
this date. The reason is we want to get rid of
them. We don’t want to keep them and if you
want them we will make the price just rightfor
you. We might add also that our
ST 1 111” ii i tax
Is made for use and not to keep in the store
and in order for you to use it we will make the
price so low you cannot afford to sleep on t
floor or eat off of a pine box. We can aj
furnish you anything in the line of Coffin!
Caskets, Burial Robes, etc., at prices to suit.
Let us quote you prices on these goods and
we are satisfied we can sell you.
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Also Farms near by and in reach <>f the schools of Limestone Sprinf
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Also Agrteultura) Lands to rent for farm purposes.
For full particulars apply to
MOSES WOOD, Agent.
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