The Southern Mercury (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 1888 Page: 5 of 8
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Twenty Per Cent. Too Kueh.
Ckntkk Point, Txxas
Ebíiox Uzbccbt:—To better our finan-
cial condition la a*part of our declaration of
purposes. Now 1 want to ask a question:
Ia 20 per cent, too mucb 7 I will answer by
aaying I can do tetter. Well, that ia wbat
keeps good Alliance men out at the Dallas
Branch Manufacturing Alliance or Texaa.
I don't know wbat ia the matter with the
brethren but have an idea. The Alliance
baa already done good and will continue to
do good. We are bound to gain tbe v!o>
tory, but there la one thing we have got to
do and that ia we have got to knock out the
Middleman. Tt ia like a game of marbles—
he counts as mucb as all four ol the aide
■ten. Now we have got to get at the mid*
dleman, it don't matter what name you call
blm by. Let him get hla per cent, on bia
■alary, or whatever you may wlah to call it,
by the aweat of bia brow, "and not oiT of
•then who have tolled from early morn till
late at night and then have to go in raga aa
the toiling millions do now.
Go to the banker'a home, and what do
you find tberef You will And everything
that la neceasary to be put in a house and
more too; you will find every luxury that
can be mentioned. Then go Into the coun-
try and find tbe farmer, tbe bone and sinew
of this mighty commonwealth, and wbat do
you find ? You will find his wife in the cot-
tOB patch picking cotton, or at the plow
handles, ber children in raga; and go into
the houBe and you will not find any luxu-
riea, but few with plenty to eat; nine out
of ten have got a mortgage on all the prop-
erty they have got, If they have any to
give a mortgage on.
Wbat has brought all of this trouble on
the farmer? Is be lazy or has he misman-
aged, or wbat is it? It is just simply pay-
ing 20 per cent, that has brought about
hard times. Whenever a farmer pays A
21-2 per cent, and B 2 1-2 per cent, and C
10 per cent, and D & per cent, be has then
paid A, B, and C for wbat? For nothing
only for knowing bow, and that is what is
the matter with Hannah.
Andrew Jackson.
Ohil-
Chewlhg Qum for Manufacturers
dren.
Bexar Co., Tkxas.
Editor Mercury:—I think If we all
had a little more faith we could do better
in our Alliance business. Some of our
members are very wrong in staying at united?"
home when they ought to attend. O, well,
we must have some drones In everything, I
suppose. '
There ia a general blight resting on us
from one end of the country to the other,
and if we don't unite and do all we can we
will fall to accomplish our noble work—the
removal of taxation, both state und federal,
chief of which is that mountain of Iniquity
and fraud known aB the protective tariff—
protection to one class and absolute de-
struction to one thousand of our people for
everyone it helps. Everything we use is
taxed, from tbe cradle we are rockoU in
to the coffin we rest in; they are taxed 45
per cent, to buy chewing gum tor the man-
ufacturers' children, I suppose. All that
must be stopped, and tnose hyenas in the
Way of trusts and pools must be broken up,
giving us a free market in which to buy, or
we will sooner or later succumb. All we
ask and all we need at the hands of this
Toa are all with oae vole* clamoring
for relief. The unjust metboda that now
obtain so generally in this country will
never eeaae to oppress you till, like true
and rational men, you assert and demon-
strate your ability to transact your own
business. Can you do It? Will you do it?
Ir you do not protect yourselves, I ask who
will do It for you ? Will those who are tbe
beneficiaries of p resent metboda do It for
you? No, my dear brother, if you ever
get rollef it will come through your own ef-
forta. Did it ever occur to you how utterly
foolisb and suicidal it is to abandon your
own affairs and go to tboae who are bent
upon the deatruction of wbat ia calculated
to benefit you and youra? If you have not
thought of thla, let me aak you right here
to atop and consider. Don't say that the
farmers have not sense enough to attend to
their own business; for the truth of the as-
sertion would tear up tbe very foundatlona
oi our government. Fanners have the
sense, skill and Integrity, and they lack
only a moment's reflection to show them
tbe great possibilities or united action. Let
each one who may read this paragraph stop
right here and ask In his own mind thia
question: What could the farmers of Texaa
accomplish, and particularly members of
the Alliance, were they indeed and In truth
a unit In things essential to their success?
You will at once say that they would re-
ceive a just and adequate rrice for thofr
cotton an 1 oth er products of their farms,
nor would they be compelled to sell on
forced salea when the market price had
been purposely run d own, knowing as the
cotton sharks do, tbe time when those iron-
clad mortgages are to be paid off. A com-
plete combination of the agriculturists
would, and that alone can do it, restore the
natural and just law of business, viz., Sup-
ply and demand.
No one claims that our markets are bo
regulated under the present system. The
Missouri Kepullcan hit the nail squarely on
the head in Its Issue of April 5, or this year,
when it declared that farmers are the only
ones who do not realize profits out or the
products of their farms; the middlemen all
make something out of It, and further de-
clares a Combination of farmers an absolute
necessity, a m alter of life and death.
What say you to this, my brother? Don't
say you can't, for you well know you can
do your duty. Failure to do his duty on
the part of some one else Is no excuse for
you. Keep that question In jour mind to
think of after you lie down to-night:
" What could we do were we properly
You will say we could do any-
thing. Better ask, what could we not do?
And don't forget this fact, If you are not
doing your duty we are not united, and
never will be un II you, too, get into the
harness. T. M. Smith.
Stand Firm.
Shelby County, Texas.
Editor Mercury:—I cannot say ror
our Alliance what I would like to say, that
we are a unit, but that never has been tbe
case since time was, for aa rar back aa we
have any record, there have been dead
beats and unfaithful men In all organiza-
tions. But I can say we have some true
members who are taking a deep interest in
raaoarAL.
Brother H. B. Furbee, of Richardson,
dropped 1b laat week and aald a kind work
to Thb Mxrcurt.
Mra. Mr, M. A. Williams, Equality, Tex,,
wanta to know the address or A. R. gan-
ders, laat heard from at Egypt, Misa.
Ora Watts, at Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt
county, Texas, wanla to know something
of Alfred M. Watts, laat heard from in 1864.
8. P. Phillipa, Marsh, Bowie eonnty,
Texas, wanta to know tbe whereabouts of
Walter 1. PhilUpa, supposed to be some-
where in Texas.
A. C. Montgomery, of Henryville, Clay
county, Miss., wants to know tbe address of
Wm. C. C. Montgomery, who left Louisia-
na for TexaB a few yeara ago.
Dr. J. B. Craddock, of Tlabomlngo. In-
dian Territory, was a pleasant caller at Tub
Mbbcuby office last week. He reporta the
Territory In a prosperous condition with
abundant crops.
In reply to an Inquiry F. P. Simmons
writes to say that B. A. Bruce is president
and himself secretary of Veal Scboolhouse
Alliance No. 665; pott office. Ranger, East-
land county, Texas.
Nbwb comes from Caddo parish, La„
with tbe request to publish in The Mbb-
cuby of tbe death of J. D. Reld, a wortby
young man and brother from near Bright
Star, Ark.
Brother Evan Jones came In frcm Mans-
field the other day with thirteen subscrib-
ers. Brother Jones can tell you why Rome
fell, why the Union Labor party should
a ucceed, and why you should take The
Mercury. He never rorgets The Mer-
cury.
Brother B.J. Krndrick lighted up The
Mercury office last week with his jovial
countenance, and gave advice from his cool
and deliberate head. Brother Kendrlck ob-
jects to tbe title, "Colonel," but he Is a col-
onel just the sume, and his old soldiers say
a brave one at that.
Brother Dan Cunningham was In at-
tenda nee on the meeting of tbe executive
committee last week. Brother Dan says
but little, but when he Bays a thing he
means It, and it means something. He Is a
strong Democrat, but he leaves politics at
the door when he comes into an Alliance
meeting.
Brother Tom Smith came up to tbe meet-
ing of the executive committee, wearing
that big gold-headed cane that the ladles
gave him at the State Alliance. We don't
want to create any jealousies in the Smlth-
lamily, but we suggest to Mrs. S. that her
Tom Is too handsome to travel around
alone.
vllle pl att, LA.
Editor Mercury:—I have been in-
i formed by a friend that there was nn adver-
, tisraent published in The Southern
Mercury a lew months ago, inquiring for
the heirB of Thomas Quirk and Thomas Ba-
con. 1 am an heir of Thomas Quirk. I
would be pleased to correspond with the
parties making the Inquiry.
Daniel H. Quirk.
Lincoln, N. M.
Editor Mercury:—I see in a late issue
GROWING UP.
our noble cause, and It seems to roe that
every thinking person ought to stand firm,' °* Mercury a letter from one Bj ron
seeing the Increasing pressure that is forced Karber floln Indian Territory, but no
on us. May He who ruleth all ihlngs guide P°&tofllce 1* 8'ven, and to reach him now,as
us and make us ever remember the solemn | * n,n an*'0*18 io do, I must write him
throu gh The Mercury. Mr. Barber says
vows we bave taken asa band of brothers ;
government is reasonably fair and equal and sisters. You know, brethren, that all ,ie 1,118 tt newsPi,P®r preaa, aid Is only wait-
treatiuent; and the government sustained
by our votes and maintained by our dollars
shall cease to tax the very life out or our
people to enable others to accumulate mil-
lions to form trusts to tie us hand and foot
and take our last cent by sheer lorce.
Corn Bread.
So Tour Duty.
Blooming Grove, Texas.
Editob Mercury:—Now that we have
shown the world that the Farmers' Alli-
ance is Indeed a fixture, "has come to
atay," I would auggeat that we, all over
this state, Individually and collectively,
renew our pledges of fidelity and loyalty to
•ur institution and nerve ourselves for still
greater achievements In the future. I say
greater achievements, because we have
certainly done much in the laat few montha.
We have weathered the severest gale that
ever tossed a craft, and now with prudent
and skillful management, since the storm
has subsided, we can but expect to launch
our vessel fn the haven of bucccbs. I do not
suppose that there is an Intelligent momber
of tbe Alliance whodld not expect mistakes
to be made In our multifarious enterprises.
I have this to say: The greatest surprise to
me is that more mistakes were not made.
It would bave been simply miraculous ir
none had been made. I expect them In fu-
ture, and I apprehend that all reasonable
men do. We are to learn by experience,
It can safely be predicted, however, that
there will not be a recurrence of any mis-
takes that may have been committed here-
tofore. Is there any individual who has
managed bia own affairs just to suit him-
self?
From a personal knowledge of those In
charge ol our various enterprises, I think I
am warranted in assuring the membership
in tbe state that tbe interests of all alike
will be looked after with skllL and Integri-
ty. Tbe Alliance and all its enterprises
belong to the membership of the order; t
la a -ohatically their Institution and prop-
art) .* It la true that any enterprise meets
opposition in proportion to its Importance
and the result it Is to accomphlsb. If this
is true, we are to be congratulated; for, in-
deed, It would be difficult to conceive oi
any scheme that has not been used by our
enemies to thwart us in the accomplish-
ment of our purposes.
The Galveston News, In an Issue of last
year, speaking of the Alliance, has this to
say: "Should the Farmera' Alliance auc-
«eed in ita enterprlaea, there will soon be
each a revolution In mercantile ctrclea aa
waa never wltneaaed in thla country." I
would to add: A consummation devoutly
wished. It la that revolution in mercantile
elrelea that our bualneaa enterprises are
calculated to bring about, and oar aucceaa
dependa apon the Individual members
throughout thla atate.
I would like to aak every member oí tbe
Alliance, what do yoo think to be your
duty? Are yoa eatiafled with the preaent
eyes uro turned toward Texas, the birth
place ol the Farmer#'Alliunce, which has
already done so mucb good. Let us hence-
forth be true to our order, to our iamllies,
to our country, and to our God. Unfurl
the banner of the Farmers' Alliance and
march under Its colors and never give up
the ship us long as there is a button on
Liberty's coat. Therefore, brethren, I beg
of you to never fail to come together and
consult together for good, for ir we will be-
come a unit and 1 et brotherly love rule our'
every action. With the high and noble obli-
gation before us to be a free people we can
succeed, for in strength there Is power.
Our Alliance Is growing slowly and I think
they ave becoming more interested. Tbe
name of our Alliance Is Mt. Pleasant, No.
(J&fl. Mrs. D. I. Morris.
lng for an opening tor a paper. This coun-
try is sadly in need of a labor organ, espe-
cially the Alliance fraternity, and from the
tone of Mr. Barber's leUer be Is juBt the
man we need, and 11 he will write to me 1
think we can benefit each other perhaps.
J. N. Coe.
All O. K.
DeKalb, Texas.
Editor M ercuky!—As all Is quiet along
the Potomac I will write a few lines.
Bowie County Alliance is all O. K , taking
steps for a co-operative store at New Bos-
ton. We are glad that harmony prevails
in our ranks once more, and speak of a
united action in sustaining Alliance enter-
prises. So you may look lor a good list ol
subscribers lrom DeKalb.
H. R. Phillips.
Viotory la Ahead.
Fannin Co., Texas.
Editor Mercury:—I think we all should
put our shoulder to the old Alliance wheel
and push. I think tbe formers ought to
put up their cotton in something besides
bagging. I think the Alliance men ought
to set their own prices on their produce
and not water one bit. I think the Alli-
ance tbe best organization, except the
church, 1 ever saw. So press on, brothers
and slBters, for victory Is ahead.
An Alliance Girl.
AI LIAN OB MINUTES.
The proceedings of the last State Alli-
ance have now been sent to every county
secretary for distribution—one to each sub-
Alliance. They are printed in a neat book-
paper covered, and containing over two
hundred pages or reading matter In which
Is Included President Evan Jones' message
to the State Alliance, tbe reports or the Im-
portant committees of the State Alliance,
C. W. Macune's report on tbe Exchange
and a plan for tbe luture development of
the business system, and many other read-
able Alllauce articles.
Every member of tbe order should have a
copy or tbe minutes.
The Result of Partfaan Blindness.
If a Republican, wbo has supported his
party lrom principle, becomes an Indepen-
dent Republican, because Republican con-
vcntlons were packed and romlnatlons
made In violation of tbe principles of his
party, he retains tbe Republican spirit la
Its purity, ir u Democrat, from tbe same
reasons, declines to support the nomina-
tions or a packed convention, and permits
his name to be brought before the public as
an Independent Democratlo candidate, be
retains the pure eBsence of Democracy, and
is essentially tbe Democratic nominee. He
believes in a government ol the people, by
the people and for the people,and cannot, In
violation or democratic principles, support
the nominees, forced on tbe people by a
p ucked convention, which in Itself encour-
uges anarchy. When the free supporters
of any platform or party are compelled to
support the nominees from any fraudulent
packed conventions of those partios he be-
comes a slave to a name, and sacrifices tbe
co nscIcnttouB principles that prompt him
to support tbe platform of bis party. He
sells bis freedom, obliterates bis manhood,
forfeits his Independence, destroys princi-
ple, and becomes the ignoble slave to tbe
dictates or political demagogues. When we
remember that the sea ol blood, with ita
bowling woes and screaming terrors from
which tbe nation bad so recently emerged,
did restrain violence from meeting violence
fn deadly conflict, did uvert tbe wildest an-
archy that the world ever bsw, we tremble
lest such tblnga aa political rings and
packed conventions ahould bring a power,
blazing with passion, tbat shall trample
d own every vestige of civil liberty. Com-
motl on, distraction, wild and furious, may
0 verspread thia land like the maddened bil-
1 ows of a storm driven sea. Anarchy may
reign supreme. Vote from and for princi-
ple and not for name.—Oeorgla Farmers'
Alliance.
White House, Texas.
Editor Mercury:—I am requested by
tbe Alliance to write a few lines to The
Mxrcury and request the sub-Alliances of I
the state to contribute Hi cents eaeb to Bro
James Clements for bis relief. He Is blind
To belp deiray the aut| bas been ao for a good while. He has
expense of publication a tew bundred extra * wire and four children, la working on the
copies bave been made and will be sold at I halves and will make but one hair bale of
twenty-five cents each ami tbe money
plaoed to tbe credit of the State Alliance.
Send In olube II possible, at twenty-five
cento eaoh, or twelve eoples for t2.S0 or
twenty-five eoplea for 96.00. poatage pre-
paid. Addresa all ordera to the Farmera'
Alliance Exchange. Dallas, Texas. Do not
«Edition of affairs ? Yoa kaow yoa an aend ovar twenty-fire cents in stamps.
cotton. He is In debt and wants this dona-
tion to have bis eyes worked on that he may
see again. I think be needs It II anybody |
does. L. H. Griffin, See.
Logan, Evana and Smith, 786 Kim street,
Dallas, and 81ft Houston street Port Worth,
gnat bargain sale of boots and abosa.
Corinne Marshall waa the brightest girl In
tbe school district where ber father's large,
atony farm was situated. Her mother had
read a translation of Do Btael's famous ro-
mance, hence her daughter's name, given
with many wishes tbat the little nialden
might grow up to be something out of ths
common order. At (t she studied grammar,
and spelled the big boys and girls "down"
at an old fashioned spelling school; plainly
there could be uo question about ber bril-
liancy.
There was a farmer's boy as well as a
farmer's girl; there always is, only the boy
is apt to l>o, if more solid, not so ready—not
eo "smart , " aa the New England expression
la. No special star had shone over the boy's
baptismal font, and be waa named plain Job
—Job Austin.
Job's father was in standing and prop-
erty about on an equality with Co-
rinne's, but the little fellow was no match
for Corinne. However, tbe young Job
lifted his gray eyes to the "brightest
girl," drew her on his sled, "towed" her on
the ice, brought her peppermint drops and
licorice stick, and carved various toys for
ber at odd times, such as bedsteads for her
dolls, aud a set of wooden dishes for their
tea table.
While Job was still struggling. In his old
clothes, with "choree" at homo, mid un-
known quantities at school, his littlo favorite
was sent to live with bar aunt in tho village,
a dozen miles uway, for the sake of greater
educational privileges. 1 here the smart girl
d'-velojKHl rapidly. Bha soon showed a re-
markable gift of exprcs-ion, and In the de-
partment of composition easily led her
school, became tho editor of tho school
"paper," the president of a literary society,
and withal a very careless student. To keep
up in her classes required no effor ; and she
fell into the error of thinking that kucccbb
would come to her without hard • -orle.
In the meantime Job showed a patience
equal to that of bis widely known namesake.
He extracted roots, cube and mju.-u o, to say
nothing of "grubbing" roots on the old
farm; and every sfc p he took ho cleared the
way of all ditlleulties. No half way work
lor Job. He waa still awkward, 111
dressed, hesitating, and ho blushed furiously
just at the times and on the occa dons when
ho most desired to apjiear cool and collected.
Many a time he had begun a letter f fortune,
sitting at his desk at noon time, or after
school, anxiously trying to compose u docu-
mont worthy of so bright a being. Hut,
though as patient as the origin;: 1 .Tub, he uovor
suueoeded iu finishing a letter tli ho thought
good enough.
At lu.it a turn came In the tide of Job's life.
A literary gentleman In Bagdad, ( lie villago
where Cnrlnno was living at nunt.'s,
offered to "board and school" him in return
for such help as the toy could easily give
morning and evening, lie wus to outer tho
graded school, and on examination was found
r.iady for tho intermedíate department
Cor i une nas in a privado school for girls, It
wes not long before tho two oi l friends mot.
b. .he street. Corinne was with udozen
gay school ¡jirls,
"Who is that follow with hayseed in his
hair?" asked < no of them, as Jol. catno to-
ward them smiling and blushing. Corlnne
bowed coolly, pretending not to boo tho out-
stroLchud hand, and hurried on.
"A mistake," she said. "I lode lllco dozens
of other poopJo, it scorns." Corinne justified
this story to her conscience on I'm ground
that Job had really made a ni, • :.,.e In sup-
pasin;; she was going to keep i . tho old
friendship.
Job thought, generous fellow, that It was a
veritable mistake. A little near sighted, he
often mudo mistakes of Identity; and he
promised himself to look moro cnrefnlly next
time he met a group of young Iin" s hlusb-
ing tbcMlcoiies* peony red in thinking of his
bolylnc is.
Corinne nowentered upon a n w period of
her Inspire 1 <■, ircer. She wrote a poem 1 Sitting
in hor ror,in after study hour-;, with her hair
down and hor hands pressed to I ":- temples,
sho hlowly evolved tho wondrous tiling. How
astonished'she was to iiiid that sin , Corinne
Marshall, could actually weave rhymes and
sentiments and flowers of speech lilie the roal
poetn whom she worshiped alar offl She
showed tho celestial manufacture o hor own
tpecial girl friend, Cecilia Ho;.1:1 is. It wo*
one of those twilight hours of loving com-
munion over tho fire, when, vith arma
around each other's waists, school girls tell
the dearest friends everything, that the
pooin was brought out and rend.
Cecilia was in raptures. She always knew
her darling Corinne was a genius. And
whero would she send Itf
"Send it?"
"Yes; to what maga riñe or newspaper!
Surely the world shovM not bo lcprlved of
such a gem I"
Now, unknown to C <rlnne, the gontloman
v/ith whom Job waa living was tho editor of
The Bagdad Carrier Dove, a sheet, dovoted to
news and elegant culture.
"I'll i. l it to The Dove," si;i 1 Corinne,
after her friend bad left her to tho literary
leisure she longed for. "Yes, to The Dove,
on whose white wings it shall lie wafted
fur away to meet kindred hearts."
Carefully waa the poem copied and re-
copied, till, In appearance, at lost, It waa
worthy of the cíasele name signed boldly at
the close, fn the chill dusk of a winter even-
ing a young girl might have been «eon walk-
fog up and down the street, easting longing
glances at a lamp post; for the author's
Loart failed her at the laat moment. But
the appearance of a tcncher brought matters
to a crisK and the e-relopo weighted with
destiny was dropped through the Iron silt,
Tbe boy in tho offle- of Tbe Dove, by thla
time highly prized by the editor, recognized
tueold l.i.:io quirks eM quirls, the talis of
tueg's mifl y'sand qV ".rd the heavy shad-
fog of the upward ff." !*es. lie helped tbe
erada lltilo "poem" In' •> a corner of The Car-
rier, bis heart beating rltb munl pleasure
at doing a service for V 's little lo's.
Corinne was made a j-oet by a elarnatlon
In the school room; f * of course the nuthor-
ahipof " Life's Disapp- "nt-ments" w; t an open
aecret. Fíi ty copie t' The Cnrrler were
urdercd, and the offl<". boy was s nt with
them to Mrs. Depor ' — t's school. Ho ar-
rived nt. tho recreation hour, w ien tlte young
ludies, a gay, flutter! g, bright eyed crowd,
were "tai-.ng exercise." Bomo wero prom '
nuding, soru" danclrr. some chnti Ag, some
ewingii ;' dumbbells, some tossing n shuttle*
cock.
"The .pies of Tho "irrler Doro you sent
for," f: : Job, addressing tbe girl. en rnaase.
All '/ n pat ions w-e desert' , and tbe
girls, i' ■ from a o-i mon Impi jse of fun,
came forward to Inte:view the "devil," as
they were pi -'1 to call Job. They made
blm tab- a cha r on the platform, tbey asked
blm nil kinds ef qu-stions core, rnlng edi-
torial nix! is*■ -spapcr Interior-,; f nally they
Introduced, w,;.U nroc'r ceremony tbe distin-
alsbed authoress, irinne. Job's fooe
Ighted up, ¡¡'erewti relief fj< u his tor-
mentors.
Kot a si;;n
Bized her i
the fun U 1.
seed than e
Lia nam", t.i
calling tbe ¡
At tbe ei:
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''id Corlne give tlin' die recog-
i friend; indeed, i l joined in
. (:.¡«maa. Poor Job In d greater
i f the quality ass' < ated with
I or, y mi a ring! ng < >t tbe ball
■'< lessons waa he ' teased.
:: ve years. The y ang ladies
«C Kme.
far and wide; some an married*
teachers, tome ara busy with the
nothings of gay society.
As tor Corinne, she la at home on the old
atony fn nn. Her mother la dead, and aha la
her father's housekeeper. Bhe has taken*
nom de plume, for repeated ex)>*rieuoea of
"declined w i ,i t hanks" have made her deeira
to hido li r identity. Nevertbeh ss, certain
euooess*> have kept her In heart and hopa;
and as she is yet aoaroely twenty, she atill
looks forwi. i-<l to a distinguished literary
career.
In the meantime a new' light lia arisen.
Far and wiou the letters, stories and cientifle
articles of Lew Etolle are known and ad-
mired. It is auuouneed that he i , to estab-
lish a Journal, called The People, in •
town not a thousand miles from tbe Marahall
term.
Corinne, on tbe lookout for new worlda to
conquer, ra vh: "There la a chance for ma."
She proper s a piece of verse, elaborate ro-
mantic, and not without merit she send*
it, with a note inclosed signed by her own
nwme, to t he great Mr. Etolle Then through
weeks of ste-pou&e she waita.
"It's come buck," shouts her heartless little
brother, swinging a letter over his head, and
quite regardless of the presence of a neigh-
borhood gossip,
"What makes you keep a-sendin' stuff to
the editor.I" says her sister, an enfant terri-
ble, who is great In mathematics and de-
spises hor elder sister's riune and pretensionai
Corinne takes the letter humbly and puta
It in her rocket By and by sho goes out into
the blosso nlng orchard and opens the edi-
torial envelope, walking up and down under
the friigr.int troes. There Is tho poem fn
which so much hope had been rolded, and •
long lot t e- in a bold, firm hand.
"Miss A U. C. shows facility. There are
hints of talent Will she oblige tho editor
by writing an article on some subject of
which she has knowledge—positive, dear in-
formation I" Tho letter went on with klm
discriminating advice, wortb moro than
to a girl like Corinne.
"Writ'.- about something of which I hava
knowledge!" repeated the girl, stopping to
break a branch of apple blossoms. "What
do I know?" She looked into the t inted cups
as If for nn answer. '*1 don't know any-
thing," she said presently, throwing horself
down upon tho turf in sorrowful abandon;
"but I can loarn." ThJs correlativo cama
after a burst of tears and an hoi r's rolleo-
tion.
A few days after this Corinne received by
mail a treatise on the keeping of poultry,
which sho herself had ordered. This she sea
herself to study, and soon becamo iiiierestod
iu details of breed, feeding, bousing, eta
All tho hooks and newspapers of iirjxirtanoa
bearing on the subject Corinne rend indua-
triously. Then came practical wor!. After
six months' e.-porience tbe young I n J y wrote
a mode-;t nrtielo on "Poultry Uaisiii; ," ai*t
sent it to Tho People. A cordial answsr
was roce I < I with a liberal cheek—Corinnefc
first compet; atlon for literary work..
To tho o! r orchard trees the girl <- >>nt In her
excitemeiil aud Joy. They were bare; empty
nests huii;.' from their boughs; and tho dead
grass about them was flocked und patched
with snow But In Corinno's he-rt there
was summer. Mr. Etoile's note w as ho kind,
so encouraging; he praised her style, he
suggested hooks for berto read; he promised,
if she worked and studied, a noble uccoss by
and by—i ot necessarily In poultry articles,
though s id articles suited The 1 eople toa
dot, and 1 wished more of them. Ue nawed
various h'-ol:s on industrial sni jeots-diiee
raising, s;ll: spinning, flower ouJti"-e, eta—
and advi -.e l a reading up of tbo sa ,j,>its and
articles on t lie same.
"In the meantime," Said he, rep your
eyes open. There must bo mue i in your
country world worth writing aho-:i. In some
out of floor searching, a real poem may show
Itself hi m > i or lichen, tbo glance of a little
wlldwood dweller, or tbe flash of a jeweled
brook."
It wns a year from tbe time that Corinne
question.' I the applo b'ossoms In h r despair
It was in* "d about that Editor I toils wm
vlsiti'": in the neighborhood. Cor mo'r.lnti-
mato f■ ! i, tho "heartless brother" aud tbe
enrant tj-rriblo Included, began to i nticipate
a triumph Tor their friend and si: tcr. She
was a eorrospondent of Lew I tollo's—a
favorite contributor *o tbo Th< People
No one else with so much rightcouI'¡ aspírete
tbe great, man's ravor.
In tho course or time Corlnno w s Invited
to a gnrdon party to meet the star Tho hour
came, and thoedltor was introduced. Corinne
stepped forward eagerly, all smiles. The
gentleman bowed polltoly, exactly as to
twenty ot' : t to whom he had b"ou present-
ed. The i Violo company, looking on, undaa>>
stood Corinno's humiliation. She soon
Slipped ri.',-. ,y, and on reaching t mo went
wanderin;; oidor the blooming or* 1 ird treta,
"lio'"- h hI tomo he 1st How dbtinguished
his style! Nohody at the party could con*
pare with him. Only a little óhhr than L
and ho ! i almost a national reputatlonl"
Bo Cor " mused, as she walked up and
down the fragrant, wind blown d'eys.
By and by sho seated Herself, v d, taking
pencil ninl paper from ber pocket, began to
acribble, m t he best way of for; /Wing her
disappoint1 tent Gradually a sen of the
ineffable h auties of her littlo cor-1 or or the
earth stole over ber. Sort, frn --ant air,
azure s'-y. white banks of vapor, rosy shapes
of bud an I bloom, tbo bumming of happy In-
sects, tie, MU of home going birds, tho lovely
greenery of notched and scalloped and blads
shaped I"'vos-all met and mln/led in bar
soul, pr "lucing a sort of ecstasy. Her
thought i . in to take rhythmical form, and
oem grew under ber .(most un-
a genu! ii'
consciei:
As sh •
Brunk, p!
her bine!
bluo gnn -
ture. A
"Mr. i:
chard p
matted i'
"Coriiit.oi"
"Mr. i: oilol"
hand.
it leaning against a g mrlod old
[ietals nestling In the crimps of
hair and in the folds ,f her pals
- drcBB, she made n charming plo-
; list so thought tbo (h ingulsbed
coming gently o! - g the or-
'i, his footfalls hushid by the
roso, ber cheeks hot wt'h hluatm
" mo for treating you so i adly just
ir. walk under the tri e and talk
es. Do you r*mem!«r the day
■ out of the cranberry I og whan
|.hrough ths Ico and tbo ight job
!ng r
looked up In amazement,. It was
Job Austin; light lock*, frecklaa,
'orglvs meP he perslci .
•vo aro quits," she said, low able
roguishly through her blusbsai
■In't recognize you ben yoa
■• "il to me today."
•t or that," said Job. "What
lie took possession, rs by edito
too puper Huttenn; In bar
o grew radiant, us hi read.
. itnrade," he aald, "I have nal
•i-niited In you. This I genuine,
mu dull It is a growth not a bis
nre.r
Tbo:
"Fo !■;:'■■
now. I / '
about. >
I pulled
you lip'1; •
were dp i
Coring
—y ei.it w
and «il.
"Do vo
"I tl.'it
to look
H8traii"
were irt.i
"Do i.
lathi If;
rial rig!
band, i
"Den-
been disc
and ft Is'
tt ttmntil
When he planet awl his satellite," a*
Oarlnno'i ucy sister called t!e;m, left the
happy lh ht In both
tbeir fo- i. 'I her after literary a Tail * coilas
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