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BY AUNT SUSIE.
[This is a corner set aside for the Little Folks of Thb Constitution for their entertain
•lent and development in the art of letter-writing.]
PITTYPAT AND TIPPYTOE.
All day long they come and go,
I’ittypat and Tippytoe;
Footprints up and down the ha 4.
Playthings scattered on the floor.
Finger-marks along the wall.
Tell-tale streaks upon the door,
By these presents yon shall know
I’ittypat and Tippytoe.
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Oh. the thousand worrying things
Every day recurrent brings!
Hands to scrub and hair to brush,
Search for playthings gone amiss,
Many a murmuring to hush.
Many a little bump to kiss;
Life’s indeed a fleeting show,
I’ittypat and Tippytoe!
And when day is at an end.
There are little duds to mend;
Little frocks are strangely torn.
Little shoes groat holes reveal,
Little hose, but one day worn.
Rudely yawn at toe or heel!
Who but you could work such woe,
I’ittypat and Tippytoe!
But when comes this thought to mo,
‘•Some there arc that childless be.’’
Stealing to their littl ■ beds.
With a love 1 cannot speak,
Tenderlv 1 stroke their heads.
Fondly kiss each velvet cheek.
God help those who do not know
A I’ittypat and Tippytoe!
Eugene Field.
Dear Children: I am going to tell you
something that will seem so wonderful. 1
am afraid you will almost lose faith in me
and say. ”1 don't le-lieve Aunt Susie this
time.” My Uttle Clayton has been away
from me nearly a month on a visit to one
of his grandfathers, who lives at Griftin,
just forty miles from here. Now if 1
yvere to tell you he called me the other
morning and spoke to me. and 1 heard his
little voice just as plain as if he were in
the room with me. what would you think.’
Well. I must first ask you if you ever saw
fl telephone? Some of you have, a gie.it
many I know never did. so 1 will try and
tell you what it is. You know we live in
a very advanced age, and there is always
something new being invented. I think the
telephone is one of the greatest inventions
of the age. It is an instrument by which
sound is conveyed by means of electricity.
There is tin office down town, they have
there a battery ami thousands of wires
pass from it to the houses where there are
telephones and t |>e sound is reproduced
through these wires. A man comes and
pars up what looks like a little square box
with hole in the center covered with
glass; on one site is a lever on the other
something that looks like an ear trumpet,
attached to a cord, then there are three
small wires that pass through the wall and
fasten to vour telephone, ’these wires are
fastened to tall poles like telegraph wires,
and pass all through the streets and con
nect with the battery (which is a line of
electric jarsi at the main office.
Now. when you want to talk to any one you
null down your lever and (just in an orthnaiy
tone of voice) ask the person in
Go- central ollice to connect your
telephone with the number you
want—they are all numbered. lor
instance 1 want to order some groceries,
] will say to the central oflice. ’Tiease con
nect l!’>2o, (which is my telephone number)
with 628 (’which is my grocer.s)" In a min
ute a little bell will ring and then 1 hear
through the trumpet, which I jtm holding
in my ear. some one say “Hello! I ask “Is
that 628?” and they say it is. I then say.
“Send me a sack of flour.” or ten pounds of
sugar, or whatever I want, ’this saves me
sending a half mile to the store. Now, the
other morning my telephone rang ami 1 went
toil and some one said. “Is that 1!’>20? and
I said “Yes.” and they said, “wait a min
ute, some one wants to speak to you.’
That was all— did nor say who it was. In
half a minute came the sweetest little voice.
“Hello, sweet mamma, how are you? ]
want to see you so bad, and am coming
home next week." 1 could not tell you
children how sweet it sounded to me, and
if I eomd. I would have gone right through
the telephone to mv little darling. Me
talked to me some time, and then said.
“Goodby. sweet mamma.” Now, think of
that. I’orty miles away talking to me as
if he had been right bv me. Don’t you
think it very wonderful? The little voice
was with me all day, and was ns sweetest
music to mv heart. It will only be a few
days noy hofnre I hope to have mv boy at
homo, but I thought it would interest you
to hear of the telephone, and of his talking
through it to me forty miles away. I wish
you could all see one and talk through it.
Yours, "Aunt Susie.”
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YOUNG FOLKS’ CORRESPONDENCE.
Letters of Exchange Among the Constitu
tion’s Little Folks.
Janie R. Whatley, Shorterville, Ala.—l am a lit
tle girl thirteen years old I live in a beautiful
little village three miles from tha Chattahoochee
river, and four miles from the rdlroad.
Igo to school to Miss Norwood. Iler home is in
Athens, Ala. I have a new organ, I would like to
exchange songs with some of the cousins.
1 would ’ike to exchange crochet patterns tor
e’ flower seed.
Correspondents solicited.
Lucy Lyell, Reno, Nev. T thought I would write
‘V to The Constitution. lam going to school. My
father is a farmer. I amv ten years old. lam in
the I lard reader and arithmetic, spelling, writing,
■nd geography.
y I have three brothers, two sisters and one little
(lister dead; her name was Jessie Lyell.
I would like a little girl correspondent about
Hiy own age.
■E John S. Garrason. Loango, Ala.—l received a let
ter from William Jordan of Alvasado, Texas. Ho
ha- two sisters and a brother somewhere (if living)
fio:u whom he was separated when only seven
jjtears old. He is now twenty-seven years old.
, < A friend told him he saw a piece in this paper
inquiring for him, but be has lost the address of
•ho it was. If any one who was thus separated
■n-y write to him.
Tie is now a fireman on the M. and T. railroad,
Uc his address is Win. Jordan, Alvasado, Texas. «
*V. May Bell. Princess Anne C. 11., Va.—The love
tysunlight of this beautiful spring niornihg, Si ft
lyfalls upon the dew-sprinkled flowers, and the
biT<- mingle their sweet songs with the buzz, of
the bee, making everything in nature truly joyous.
fam a southern girl, live seven miles from Vir
ginia beach, a pleasant summer resort, and also a
place for picnics. They have a great many visi
ted during the summer months, and it is a very
lively place, especially for the young people.
Correspondents solicited.
Lieman Cooper. Belden, Texas,—Dear Aunt Su
ieslßeading the coasins’ letters in The Constitu
nt», J was much interested in little Edmee Brow
-,df Harrisburg. Ark., and have been gathering
imps for her. McDonald, 1 heartily agree with
,u on each subscriber sending her a dime. I’ve
pt mine, who else will do the same?
' will tell you who I am. lam an orphan boy—
ave been living with aunt and uncle seven years.
!• mamma died when I was only two years old ;
tnl lived with my grandma until she died; I
i S then seven year's old; I am now fourteen. I
m Studying telegraphy and am getting along
finely. I have a good home and know how to ap
preciate it. We have, only one pet and that Is
aunt’s little girl; she is live years old. She wants
her mamma to read her the cousins’ letters first
thing, and often talks about little Edmee in Ar
kansas. She knows all her letters but can’t read
yet. but does her best too.
Now, Aunt Susie, please, do not throw my letter
in the waste basket as this is my first, and if it
misses the basket 1 will write again soon and try
to be more newsy in my next and tell something
about our pretty country.
O. I’. McPherson, Edwards, Miss.—l take advant
age of the Young Folks’ Corner, to let the young
ladies know that the boys are not afraid to write,
and we are not afraid of the girls either. It is
true some boys lire very timid, but you u list make
excuses tor t hem. Boys don’t have pets like girls,
therefore you can't expect, them to write much
about them. I have one pet, he is an old dog, his
name is Dooley. 1 know he will feel proud to see
his name in the dear old Constitution with the
rest of us. He is not a good dog or a mean one;
he is just a regular “do nothing.” I can’t brag on
him, neither can I censure Him.
We live on the banks of Big Black river, on the
A. and V. railroad. Edwards is a lovely little
town.
Correspondents solicited.
Ben. C. Knight, Enfield, N. C.—l have not walked
in twenty-six years. My under limbs are drawn
up half way. 1 would be four feet, eight tall, and
weigh seventy-two pounds; age, thirty-nine.
So you see lam just a wee boy at this age. I
live six miles from town on a very small farm.
Times is very lonely with me. I ask for tokens
of friendship, pictures, etc. Also will be thankful
for curiosities of various kinds, nice shells, etc.
I don’t often get away from home, so most any
thing will be new to me.
I would like a state almanac from each state.
We have had the coldest winter in twenty-fivo
or thirty years.
Note.— Thanks for picture.
Helen E. Morgan, Woodville, Miss.—l think The
Constitution is such a nice paper. I think the
cousins are improving so much in their letters.
I live in the southern part of Mississippi on a
large plantation. Our house is situated in a beau
titul grove of trees. The principal ones are beech,
magnolia, holly and oak.
This part ol'the country is very hilly. The soil
is not very rich. The principal products are cot
ton and corn.
Igo traveling every summer. I like to travel
very much. My pets are flowers. My favorites
are roses and pansies.
I would like to correspond with some of the
older cousins, especially from the south and west.
Donald W. Herndon, Silver Hill, Ga.—l am a
stranger and a farmer’s boy thirteen years old.
My home is the mountains of north Georgia. The
nearest town is Summerville, which is eight miles
distant. I have no brothers or sisters, but 1 have
several pets.
I am going to school now, I love to go very much.
School will be out in three weeks.
The farmers are very busy now planting corn.
I like The Constitution very much. I saw the
pictures ot your pets and think them very pretty.
Clara May Dodd, Ford, Ga.—l am a little coun
try girl eleven years old. (am going to school and
study six studies, viz.: Grammar, geography,
spelling, writing, arithmetic and history.
My papa is a tanner. Wo have three mules,
three horses, one little colt, two little calves, and
four nice cows.
Bos le ILuong Dodd.—l am a little country girl
seven years old. 1 am going to school, and 1 study
grammar, geography, spelling, writing, arithme
tic and history. My papa lias been dead about
two years.
Mamma has twenty-three geese from which wo
get a heap of feathers.
Igo to Sunday school every Sunday. We have
a huge Sunday school. We have preaching every
month.
Bessie Hamilton and Bessie Biggar, Turners, N.
C.—How many ot the cousins have, or have seen,
a paper published at the time of General George
Washington’s death and containing his obituary?
We have a copy of the same. Also some Chinese
coins would exchange, for some other curiosities.
As we live near a river, we expect to have quite
a nice tune this spring fishing and boat riding.
Would like so much to have Borne of the cousins
go with us. 1 know they would enjoy it, especial
ly those who live in the city.
We wish some one to solve the following prob
lem by analysis: A man keeps 72 cows on his farm
and for every 4 Cows, plows one acre, and keeps
one acre of pasture for every six cows, how many
acres in his farm?
Would like some correspondents. Ages sixteen
and eighteen.
Frank Ewtan, Dunlap, Tenn. —T come bashfully
peeping into the Young Folks’ Corner from my
cosy little home beside the beautiful clear creek,
that sweetly murmurs from the eastern slope of
Cumberland mountain and winds on down the
noted Sequatchie valley.
Our home is beautifully situated between Cum
berland mountain and Walden’s ridge, whose tow
ering peaks look very grand and beautiful.
We have been taking The Constitution for eight
years, and it s> enis as though we cannot do with
out it. We boys and girls are delighted over the
thought that picnic and fishing time is fast
approaching.
If any girls or boys wish to correspond with a
big, clumsy East Tennessee boy, who is still in his
teens and don't know much but is trying to learn,
let me hear from them at once.
Eflie Hathorn, Welchton, La.—l am a. farmer’s
girl, and can do anything from plowing to fancy
work. I plowed a found one day for fun 1 have
a pretty horse, his name is Pack. lam the oldest
of four children. Papa has a nice null and gin.
We go to church once a month. The name of
our church is River View, ten miles below Alex
andria. Brother E. K. Branch is our pastor. He
is quite an old man, and such a kind old gentle
man.
We go to school every day. Our school will be
out the sth of June. 1 will’ be so glad as I have
been going so long 1 am tired. I would like to help
mamma some as she has so much to do when we
all go to school.
I will answer some of Martha Wilson’s ques
tions :
Boston, Mass.,is called “The Athens of America.
New Haven, Conn., is called “The City of Elms."
I’once de Leon discovered Florida in 1512.
Why was Florida so called?
Where is dancing first mentioned in the Bible?
I think the little cousin is mistaken about the
Mississippi river being discoverd in 15(il; it was
in 1541.
Mary Davis and Susie Clark, Lowland. Va.—We
arc two country girls, wi-ng to join the happy
band of cousins. We, have long admired The
Constitution, but were too bashful to attempt to
■write a letter to it.
< »ur homes are situated in the southwestern part
of Virginia. We would notexchauge our country
life for citv life.
Wo wish some of city cousins could visit us, we
would have some delightful times horseback rid
ing. We each have a fine riding horse; we have
some fine times riding together.
We will exchange the songs: “I’ll Be All Smiles
Tonight, Love,” "Broken Engagement,” for “Paul
Revere’s Ride,” and “Boy’s Best Friend Is
Mother.”
We are not going to school now, but will enter
college soon.
What has become of “Boy Afraid of the Girls?
We wish he would write again and tell us more
about hunting.
We will ask a question : AV here did the days of
the week get their names?
We would like correspondents from Texas and
California, either sex.
Iva Reverr, Mt. Zion, La.—My home is in the
sunny south where we never have heavy snows
like our northern cousins boast of. This winter
has passed without any snow, and now the weather
is verv warm indeed.
I en joy attending social entertainments very
muclb although not. allowed that privilege very
often. I live right near the college at which place
I am now attending school.
Our chief enjoyment is horseback riding all the
vear round. 1 sometimes wish I could change my
horse and saddle with some of the northern cous
ins for their deep snow and ice. Guess if I could,
I’d learn to skate too.
Have the burglars killed Arthur A. Mosher? He
was to call again soon, but. has not, and I for one
am verv much disaappointed. I found J, M.
Sylvia's letters very interesting indeed.
The fishing season has come at last. I like to go
down to the creek just as the trees have donned
themselves in their spring costumes, and catch
fish and listen to the birds’ merry songs. I think
some of the young people fish on dryland though.
The Unionist of this vicinity gave a speaking
and dinner on the 24th of March. I attended and
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 9. 1893.
enjoyed it. We young people had a social in the
evening which all seemed to enjoy, except our
chaperons, who, of course, became tired and
w.inted to leave very early, much to our sorrow
and regret.
Correspondents solicited.
Adaline Harvey, Sharon, Wis.—Cousins,may I
enter your charmed circle? because a stranger I
surely am. Some time since a neighbor handed
iny f ather a sample copy- of this paper, which he
liked so well he immediately sent in his subscrip
tion for a year.
Perhaps some of the readers would like to hear
about southern Wisconsin. It is a very produc
tive country. Farming and diarying are chiefly
carried on.
My home is out in the country about three miles
from town on the state line; I also live nearly
nine miles frome Lake Geneva, a beautiful sum
mer resort for the “tired city folks,” as Surge
Plunkett calls them.
The “World’s Fair City” is only seventy-one
miles from here, and if any of the cousins who
attend the fair next summer should get tired of
the city, I would be most pleased to see you out
here.
1 was in the city a couple of days last fall at the
dedication of the fair buildings, aiid witnessed the
parade on Thursday, but oh. what a crowd! 1
couldn't see half that I wanted to; was glad to go
home when night came; took the 5 o'clock tram,
reached Sharon at 8, then a short drive in the
country, and 1 was home. Then of course 1 had a
great deal ol fun relating iny experiences in the
city.
Being fond of reading, I will name some of the
books I have read during the past winter: “A
Face Illumined.” by E. P. Itpe; some ol Charles
Dickens’s works;‘l venhoe7: "Undine;” and “A
Sammer in the Azores,” by Alice Baker, which
I find so interesting that I advise any of the young
readers who would like to read a good book, to
get it.
If some of the cousins in “sunny southland’
will please send me a lew orange and oleander
flowers, I will pay postagc-I have never seen any.
Correspondents solicited.
“J. McK.,” Pate, Tenn.—lt was sometime in the
year 1885 that my father moved from the north
down to old "KaintucKie,’’partly lor our health,
and partly because I and my brother James were
of a roving disposition and liked hunting.
We had not been there long before another fam
ily came and settle near us by the name of Wil
liams. They had but one child, by name Ergor.
He was a jolly, good-for-nothing sort of fellow,
and was al w »ys spinning yarns about how he used
to hunt bear down in the swamp where he lived.
He got me and James so wrought up that we de
cided to go with him on one of his huntingexcur
sions. Instead ct using guns we used long
ropes, with nooses at the end. We could all throw
them better th in we could shoot.
So one morning bright and early we started. Wo
were to stay a week, so we took our knapsacks
along.
After we reached the swamp we separated, I
and James going our way and Ergor going another.
It was not long belore we heard Ergor shouting
with all his might and telling us to come on, that
he bad treed a hear. We broke for him ; we came
up to where we bad heard Ergor. We stopped and
listened but could hear nothing.
Pretty soon we heard the branches shaking and
looking and looked up, and there was Ergor and
the bear climbing lor dear life.
“Why don’t you come on,” he shouted, “don't
you you see I have treed a bear?”
lint just as he said tins the bear caught his lout,
but Ergor slipped his toot oil and kept on climb
ing. Pretty soon the top of the tree began to
shake ; then the bear stopped and would not go
down nor itp.
Night was coming on mid we found that we had
left our flint and steel at home, and we bad no idea
of staying in that bottom all night, but how was
Ergor f<> get down?
"Boys, I have the idea,” he shouted, and betorc
we knew what he was doing, he had tied his rope
to the tree and swung oil, and pretty soon be
landed safe on the ground, and the way we got out
of that swamp, would have convinced you that
we were not hungry for bear meat.
John J. Jenkins, Mt. Lebanon. I.a. Two
years have rolled away since last my name
appeared at the head of a letter in the
Young Folks' corner of The Constitution.
My calls are few and fur between for feat
will be crowded out, hut with the hope of
hope of doing some good 1 make an effort to
write again. Now. I desire that the cousins
think carefully about what I say in regard
carefully about what I say in regard to
to moral influence. Away up among the Al
leghnnies there is a spring so small that, a
single ox on a summer's day could drain it
dry. It steals Its unobtrusive way among
the bills till if .spreads out into the beauti
ful Ohio. Thence it stretches away a
thousand miles, leaving on its banks more
than a hunflred villages and cities and ninny
a cultivated farm; then joining the Miss
issippi, it stretches away some twelve hun
dred miles more, till it falls into the em
blem of eternity. 'lt is one of the greatest
tributaries to the ocean, which obedient
only to God, shall roar till the angel, with
one foot on the sea and the other on land,
shall swear that lime shall be no more. So
with moral influence. Il is a rnl, a rivulet,
an ocean, and as boundless and fathom
less as eternity. My cousins, study the
subject and see that you go not wrong.
Nannie Hawkins, Quitman, Ga. Although
1 have been silent so long I never fail to
rend' The Constitution, ind especially the
Young Folks' corner. "Bov-Afraid-of-t he
Girls,” 1 honestly believe the girls have
frightened yon away. Girls, let’s not say
anything more about him and perhaps he
will venture to come again. J will tell the
lonsJns about: a fishing expedition. Last
Saturday several of my friends ami myself
wen* to' the river fishing. We had to walk
a mile through the fields ami woods to get
there. Wo eame to several little streams
of Water and as these had no footings over
them we were compelled to wade through,
always stopping to remove our shoes and
taKfr’a good look for snakes. We had quite
a nice time, and caught ever so many of
the loveliest lit He tisli you ever saw. We
had our baskets along and they were well
filled with something good to eat, so that
we hail a regular picnic dinner. We are
going again soon and then I will tell yon
aIT about the big fish we caught. Would
like to correspond with some of the cousins.
May Lou Irby, Cedar Springs, S. C. Papa
ha's taken The Constitution for a “good long
while," ami I like to read the Young Folks’
(•oriuT best of all. I have been atnicteji
for a year but I am almost well now. This
is the snnnv south. The honeysuckles, the
sweet shrubs and the wild violets are wide
open, and also the pretty white dogwood.
I live near Spartanburg, our county seat. 1
have 110 one to play with. Me have a
great many little chickens. I have to stay
of some one being crowded out, but witli the
not being entirely well.
Cieero F. Watts. Columbia. Miss. —Have
any of the epnsins got the speeches of Henry
W. Grady? If so, write off one of the prettiest
and semi it to me. and I will return postage.
I am at work on a farm now. lint expect
to enter school next summer. Papa has got
a very pleasant home here, and also a very
good farm, although it is in the piney- woods.
We have one of the best high schools situated
lieye at Columbia in south Mississippi. It
was chartered in 1882. The enrollment of
last session was 212 and two states- Missis
sippi and Louisiana were represented. It is
the pride of Columbia and its magnificent
buildings are seen from all parts of the town,
towering up towards the heavens.
The letters of Eva <l, Vaughn are very in
teresting for a writer of her age. Write
again. Miss Eva, you are always welcome.
I’earl Dick, Ozark, Ala. —lt is raining today,
for the first time in about a month. We are
both glad and thankful to see old mother
earth I off. our vegetables once more
drinking the cup of refreshing pure water,
God’s own beverage. All the flowers, vege
tables and fields may drink tlieir fill. I wish
every lit tie. boy and girl would learn a lesson
from these things and drink only pure water.
No red-tongued monster, no poisonous worm
lurks in the mountain springs or the refreshing
showers. Well. 1 must close, or my- toniper
ance lecture will lie too lengthy to get In.
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HOW JOHN BECAME A HERO.
A NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE.
By Robert L. Ailonison.
I was seated at my desk dashing off an
accent of the big lire of that day, in which
two persons had perished, and from which a
dozen had barely escaped, for the morrow’s
paper. A half-dozen pencilled pages, contain
ing the opening paragraphs of the story of the
horrible occurrence, lay before me. 1 wanted
to paint as vivid and realistic a picture of
the terrible scene as the character of the
matter demanded and stopping fur a moment
1 read through the introductory sentences to
my story.
Some one touched me gently on Hie shoulder
and 1 looked around sharply. A shy-tookiiig
young man with monde lace and hair stood
hesitatingly at my eihow gazing inquiringly
first at tue copy on my desk and tuen apolo
getically ut me. ills dress mid appearance
was mat ol' a mecliuuic. lie was ratner
slight, of buihi unit siv.ip suouideced. ins
small blue eyes shilled aoout uucerlain.y, and
the unevenly-reuiurea X..ce was crossed ami
illicitly inleisecled vulli lines denoting weak
ness of character, tv hen li.s eye* caiigut mum
he shifted nervously upon ms reel anu seennrf
10 be meditating precipitate Hight. Rather im
patiently 1 asaed him what 1 couul do lor
film.
“1 just wanted to give you a—you air tlie
one tual's a-writing it up, ain’t you?” lie was
speaking very fast, and when 1 answered him
with an atlirniative, Tie went on even more*
rapidly than before.
••Well, did you git my name—(lid they tell
you it. was me that run the ladder up and
.saved Hie people in that other building? None
of them firemen would do il; they was afraid,
but I done it. and everybody said 1 was a fool.
Looked tike that wall was going to fall every
minute. Tile firemen said so, and said there
wasn't no chance lor them people iu the top
of the next building. They were just as
good as killed you might say, and when all
the rest of them was afraid 10 go under that
wall, 1 run up the ladder 10 wlipi e Ihe people
was at. You didn’t get my mime?—l'm Johu
Griggs. Guess you know how to spell it—
Joini Griggs. Lots of people know me.”
(if all the fifteen men or thereabouts who
had elaimed the credit for running up Hurt
l.idiler. John Griggs was the most interesting
and modest. but not withstanding this and
despite his intense seriousness. I did not stop
t<» compliment him for his heroism, or to tell
him about the oilier fifteen pretenders to the
honorable claim.
“All right. Griggs, all right, I said, anxious
to get back to my story, “It was very brave
"Si'is' sa'lh'w face flushed with pleasure, and
for a minute fie was too nearly overcome by
ids smiles and blushes to continue.
“Will von put it in the paper that way.'
he asked eagerly, ills eyes sparking, ‘.lust
"ar so ns evervbodv can see it Hint John
GHggs done il and it was a brave act. and
l/c’s- a brave man. Say lie's braver than any
,'f them firemen. Mill you put. it in that
""Yes.” 1 said, evasively. “I will give you
:l '“ And vou" won’t 'forget’,’’ lie cried exultantly.
“You'll put it in that way. it s John <’ r W s ~
von’li remember the name? Here it is. in
irodnei-il from his vest pocket a .p ;>f paper
oil which th«‘ name of John (hjuus y.isspiii a
on: ill rude, misshapen letters. I took it.
“ \ll i- cht ” I sabl. and turned to my work.
••Now don’t forgot," he finally enjoined me.
“Mi-ht inst sav John Griggs done it. and he s
V 1 VO man The doctors said I was hurt
i ..,1 but I i’ntghed nt them. MicM have hurt
»kx lint not tup. lh>n I. forjrot..
other P'’“ ’l'- >' I( ..’.uinlv: I listened to his
,I'i "'r is ens as he walked out. ami began
hni ins HS ( i is tmet witli life
writing turni"- In ' ‘ ~ , ls ltK . fearful
ns i ...niKI n: k- th< m t n < n niy mhl(1
occurrence. ">>i<h (lbl not
lik “ b n 'the ! 'fl're until nil possibility of saving
. ~,s Vil thev could d" was to save
'i " aS nrio iii the i>nper stories, nml thev did
•?“ To Vl astonishment the ailjoimug bmld
it Io 11,1. . fl .. m os started from below,
tng eaug.it. l of smoke poured tin the
and the dense vol n * of to
stairways •T'" 1 .? 11 ' 'l r stories. 'The situation
the A flmz.en people on the side of
was apn.iiunj,. a > - f consumin'* one
tt ,e bnilding next o „ly means of
seemed doom ’ ~*..,tows. which were
.-scape was t^p ‘ tottering walls of
building. Tu-.MnroHWheiri.id
'nimncnt it might give way
ami fall. f terrible suspense. The
It was a ’’’"h,Jr heads. onlookers
fir-men I sll . n _ ok b „’ J The doomed ones cried
wrung "’eu Im' •.. t()f> a gony of suspense
nut fnintu al (ir man pushed his
at its he gh ; gasped a ladder and
wiv throneh the < ro''<i. (bp firp .
, . c-arding ’. ,le .\p., windows where the
ei>. raised it to u ;l ma() thing to
f. intic people * w it can tell oxaetlv
n '\°ever done Following the mad
h.,w it man a half a hundred
example of tin M ~«sjst the people In eseap
t>eoi>l<- rushed in 1“ •■ , !n a nioment.
imr. '>’h" ’’‘"'V''\r.,„nd- hurried from beneath
nml once on while H whs tottering,
the wall. All n ’ h ‘ ,ij Vive been saved, but.
In a moment a 1 swayed and eame
to the grouml vith a d ~ . aca th the wreck.
T wo people were bin I nene that
Many were hnit. in nnnb)p t „ rt , SPOV or
followed T v'.m tm” l who so bravely
who the m . a IhP otherwise doomed
jiftod the “' no less than a dozen
r - wnR m' who were anxious to bo
names •’/. I )e .°J p e „orld ns the hero who did
t To h ‘ hH ’ ass I assigned John
W story. #
von’li
S’ s ’ rhaf’was
otHrpF. iivD< nround thorp and he’s
a'dyin" 1 they DWn’t think he was hurt
much a t . l ’ r^ t > ” n] „ PP easily enough and John
T met me and after learning
my ß errand took mo to one side and became
coufl'l'mJmL trem nionsly. “John’s n-dy-
' P TT would have it that ho warn t hurt,
tn'i t/was oa-v to tell that bo was. Hr* done
and MnT
newspaper gentleman all the time, and
S T learn
. .1’ bv' making discreet Inquiries, and for a
prrtment, and with his uniform
k hero and dashing ways ho soon distanced
Ttihii in the race for Dolho Jones s hand.
She liecamo less gentle to John and loss tol
erant of his failings. M’hat she had before
overlooked She now roundly scolded him f<>r
and John bore it all meekly. To U” 11 p m r
tireman lover was the embodiment of all that
w is gallant ami brave, and the contrast be
tween he -mil John was such as to show her
old lover off in a very unpleasant light.
“You ain’t got no more spirit than a ox,
she declared to John one day. “why, Henry
Ferrington is worth a dozen of yon. Yon re
afraid of vour shadow and I am ashamed of
vmi " It was not long after that until the
final separation, which merged poor John
into black despair.
“It broke the poor boy s heart, his father
told me “them words of Dollie’s about him
h iring no spirit ’reared to he always running
in his mind, and he never stopped talking
about it.” , „ . , , ,
It was not the John Griggs who had left
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me the evening before
who I now found lying bec 'y een
clans, dying. 'Die look of triumph had fin
ished. A look of hopeless ami teriible des
pair rested on his face instead. ,„i„i n <r
“You didn't put it in,” lie said. r e<’ o 7, n '
and speaking to me instantly. I looked <ai -
ful and it wasn’t there. I read n
over twice. You promised me .you
would put. it in, and you 1111
a-done it. cause it wasn’t much trouble, anil
It was tlie truth.” He paused a moment and
then went on again: . ..
“You see I wanted it put in so as she coui(!
see it. She said I was afraid and didn t have
no spirit like Henry Ferrington. She would
a-beeii sorry if she hud read it in the papers,
and maybe would have asked me to forget.
I wanted her to read it that Henry I'erring
ton stood there and looked while I took his
ladder and done what lie was scared to do.
I was a-thinking of her all the time, and once
when I started back I remembered she had
said I didn’t have no spirit and Henry Fer
rington was worth a dozen of me. 1
wonliiii’t have done it hadn’t it been for her,
and you ought to put it in the paper so she
could have read it and been sorry that she
said it. I didn't want nobody to tell her; I
wanted her to see it in Hie papers that I was
I •rave." . ,
His voice dropped into feeble indistinctness
and for a minute lie lay silent. f
“You might put it in tomorrow—won t you
do it? 1 won’t lie here to see it, but she
would read it and sometimes she might come
out to my grave with a flower and feel sorry
that she said il.”
That night 1 wrote a story for the next
day’s paper of which John Griggs was the
hero, ami I remember that 1 said, among
other tilings, that it was a great pity that
such a hero iiad to die.
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From Tlie San Francisco Examiner.
“My dear brother,” faltered tlie city mis
sionary witli red whiskers and a tremulo
voice, ns lie reached through the prison liars
ami fondled the puzzle-faced youth—“my
dear brother in God. what untoward circum
stance, what unforeseen influence, led thy er
ring footsteps from Hie paths of rectitude?”
“Once moi - !!. I’etie.”
Again the missionary repeated his question,
with even a greater deptli of feeling.
"Yer curves is to wide for me, podner.
What’s de graft, anyhow?”
“How came you in Jail? What have you
done to thus forfeit your liberty?”
“Nawthln’.” replied the puzzle-faced youth,
as a flood of light broke in on him. “J didn’t
do nawtliin’.” But I’ll tell you how it was.
See? 'Bout six months ago in Portland I
hooks up witli a gtlly from Frisco. He had
a suck and braces me for a game of poker.
See? I'm pretty flip with tlie pasteboards
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sight an' didn’t want to queer de mark. See?
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Salem. He's a dead smooth duck—a foxy
bloke with a crockery glim.
“I tells him to com" on an* help me peel
de pelt off a asper from de Sout. See? well,
we sits in a game wid de Frisco mug and pulls
his leg for 40(1. Den he maces me for a
round wid de diee. Go’te] sez I, does yer
mean biz? Hat’s what, sez he. Trot out
yer basalt blocks, sez 1. See? Well I skins
him. for a hundred eases unt! de bones, but
de jay wuz (lend game an’ wanted to bow)
™. p f )’ r I takes him up an’ makes a
killin of eighty plunks on Hogan's alley.
Den he quits an’ ducks his nut. See?
He didn t let on flat lie wuz sore or nothin’
an bout six weeks iater he sends me a let
ter. tillin’ me I could make a winnin’ In
Frisco. Tings is coinin’ me way. I thinks
s<> I lines me clothes wid velvet’.in’ goes to
Frisco. See? l) e ping meets me at de ferrv,
trows a few geezers into me, steers me agin’
a brace game an’ I sinks me wad. Had to
soak me spark to eat on. Den de mug gives
me de horse laugh low down, puts de gang on
an I ve been skatin’ on me uppers ever since.
See? Last night f W uz pinched for a vag
an’ expect to git it | n de ne.-k today, but
yei can bet yer feet I’ll piny even. See?
And the puzzle-faced youth scowled ferocious
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to pen up an insane inaa with criminals
lie was going to see the authorities about
it himself.
Time for James to Reform.
From Duck.
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