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Volume XII.
Adventures of Tad ;
OB THE i
HAPS AND MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL
A Story for Young and Old.
BY- FRANK H. CONVERSE, "
Atrrnoa of "Pepper Adam "buw Out
to Sea," "Paul Gkafton;" ETa
Copyrighted, xsstf, by D. Lpthrop db Co.t and
Published by Special Arrangement.
' Miss Smith's house, was a high,
square-roofed luild.;ng, sadly iu need
of painting, standing; a little back from
j tlie,road. . It had one immense chim
! ne3" at theycry apex of the roof, and a
f w, old-fashioned piazza on the west
. ern front. Two great elm-trees bent
pxotectmgiy over it, an , orcnara ox
gnarled apple-trees was in . the rear,
the vegetable garden at one side, and
a small yard in front, where, as the
two boys entered the gate, Bliss, Smith
herself, was raking away the dead
leaves from a bed 'of upspringing cro
cuses. " '.'-' .... . .
At their approach Miss Smith .threw
d bring forth, her sun-bonnet back, and, straiehten-
; ine: up the rake-handle.; stood stiff! v
erect, elasnin it ' hft.wppTi Vicr o-l-rcAr?
, ,a U SoTt hands-something like the manner' of
X i'cc' Je'l t t-y a bottle. I a sentll,el with tus musket when not on.
active auty as sne stared very nard at
Tad, whose heart Was beating furiously.
"So this is the boy," she said, in an
uncompromising'sprt of voice her. re
nlark seemingly addressed to herself
'huniph!"
This was by no means encouraging,
-.arsapanila : and lad s hopes
went down below zero
symoks, ; withjeonsiderab'
e rapidity, Joe stood
, a little at one side,; with a shadowy look
of expectancy on his freckled face.
How old are you, Tad?" suddenly
shrieked Miss' Smith, with such unex
pected energy that mechanically Tad
clapped his hands to his ears.
'('Fourteen in "my fifteenth year!"
shouted Tad, whose face became quite
crimson" through the exertion. So did
Joe's, but from a different cause.
POTJBTEEIT, Ef MT FrFTEENTH, " 8HOUT-
' ' : Erf TAD. ;
Miss Smith started back iryoluntari-
"Mercy on us!" she exclaimed.
'Why don't ypu speak a little louder!"
she added, in a sarcastic sort of roar-
"I said fourteen,, marm in my fif
teenth year!" Tad yelled, with the full
power of his lungs; for, unfortunately1,
he took her ironical suggestion in per
fect good-faith. I
Miss Smith dropped the rake-handle,
and sat down on the piazza steps.
Toe, whoes face , was of a lively purple
i which extended; to his ear-tips, beffan
to edge toward, the, gate. V
'You won't do, boy," screamed Miss
Smith, so shrilly that John Doty, who
was plowing in an adjoining jSeld,"
stopped- his oxen and looked wonder
ingly across at the "old Smith place," ,
as it was locally, called, while Sa
mantha Nason, Miss Smith's "hired
help," rushed bare-armed from the
kitchen, with a Tague impression that
Miss Smith was in hysterics.
"1 can't hire any one as deaf as you
are, and. Tun the risk of breaking a
blood-vessel hollering to you, 'con
tinued Miss Smith in the same high
key, as Tad stood confounded and de
spondent at her abrupt refusal; '.'be
sides, Fm not so hard ot hearing as.
all? that comes to, and your voice goes
through my head like a knif e yah-h-h!"
with which concluding ejaculation
Miss Smith put her hand3 to the
sides of her pasteboard sun-bonnet and
shuddered. "Why.'l ain't deaf, marm!"
wtn4eringly exclaimed Tad, dropping
his voice several octaves, "and I
wouldn't have spoke so loud only Joe
said you was, hacd of hearing, an' ii he
was me he'd speak up: good and loud."
Joe could stand it no longer. ; With
an explosive yell of laughter he dodged
through the gate, and, dropping in the
green sward, afe a safe distance,
doubled himself up in an ecstasy of un
seemly mirth.
"Joe Whitney!" gasped Miss Smith,
starting to her feet and shaking her
finger threatening in the direction of
the prostrate practical joker, as the
truth of the matter flashed across her
mind, "you see if your father don't
hear of this, sir!"
.But her indignation was always
short lived, and gradually a"grim smile
softened the hard lines of her face,
though the overshadowing head-gear
hid it from Tad'snxious gaze.gr
"And so you want a place, eh?" she
(said, abruptly, but, not unkindly, ' as
she turned her sharp gray eyes - full
upon Tad, who was looking reproach
fully at Joe as, having risen, he
cautiously advanced "within earshot.
"If. you please, marm," Was the re
spectful answer, and Tad looked plead
ingly up at the maiden lady as he
spoke. Something' in his thin, pale
face moved Miss Smith's heart curi
ously. , ' - . . i.. v '
The boys who ' had worked for her
from time to time had generally been
unintelligent, brown-faced boys, with
large appetites and a tenency to idle
away as much tfmo as they possibly
could.
"He's got a look I kind of like,
though he is a pindling sort of a boy,",
thought Miss Smith, rubbing her nose
reflectively.
"Don't you dan enter that gate,'
Joseph Whitney!" she exclaimed, with
sudden energy, as Joe, with traces- of
his recent mirth -on -his features, edged
himself alonjr the front fence. -
r -t i in " -. ,
I us j i i
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"oxo, marm," responded Joe, m a
voice suggestive of the deepest contri
tion. Affecting to ! be overcome with
remorseful soitow, he appled a small
red-boardered cotton handkerchief to
his eyes, and sobbed hysterically, after
which, twisting it between his . fingers,
he feigned to wring tears of bitter
grjef from its folds. "
Turning her back upon the arch dis
sembler, Miss Smith proceeded to put
Tad through a rapid course of questioni
ing. Did he smokei or swear? Had he
been vaccinated? Were his father and
mother living? Had he been to school?
What church did he attend? and a
few other queries, of similar import.
On all points except that of churchy
going Tad's answers were very satis
factory; and Miss Smith graciously ad
mitted that his lack of clothes was a
tolerably reasonable excuse for his de
ficiency in that one respect. - ,
"I guess you'll do," she finally said,
"at least I'm minded to try you," so you
can conie over and begin work early
Monday morning."
Thank' you, marm," replied Tad,
with a beaming face. "I'll be here early;
and though I'm kind of green, Miss
i Smith," he added, earnestly, " Til learn
just as fast as ever I can, and work all
the harder to make up."
"Well, we'll see," was the only re
ply. Miss. Smith's faith in juvenile
promises had been rudely shattered by
the frequent breakages that she had
known in her experience. At the same,
time she felt rather drawn toward this
pale-faced .orphaned boy though she
would not have owned it, even to her
own self .
. "Don't you let that Joe Whitney lead
you into any mischief before you get
back to Cap'h Flagg's," said Miss
Smith, sharply, raising her voice for
Jog's edification, as Tad joined him
outside the gate.
"Now, Miss Smith," expostulated the
injured youth, "that isn't fair!" The
maiden lady smiled significantly, and,
.muttering something about "innocent
Abigail," resumed raking, while Tad,
exultant Over his future prospects, fore
bore to reproach bis mischievous com
panion for the little episode I have nar
rated, and the two walked away to
gether in the most amicable manner.
chapter vm.
Who that was ever a boy has forgot
ten, or will forget, his first fishing ex
perience? No matter whether it was
angling for minnows from ,the wharf,
with a pin-hook, catching 'pumpkin
seeds" from the mill-pond logs or fol
lowing Tip an alder-fringed brook in
pursuit of trouthe will be sure to re
member it a great deal longer tnan he
will the more important episodes i his
later life. And I know one in particular
whojvill always remember his boyish
debut in the fishing lino I mean Tad
Thornej. i ,
' It was the Saturday morning follows
irig Tad's peculiar introduction to Miss
Smith, and an unusually mild day for
a New England April, which uncertain
month is very apt to seem so much like
March as to Tesemble a younger
brother. ' I
Joe and Tad were digging bait in
Deacon Whitney's barn-yard; .that is;
Joe did the digging while Tad placed
the angle-worms in a round tin mustard-box,
with a ventilating cover.
"There!" said Joe, straightening up.
and now, Tad you plaguey old tat
tle-tale!" ' I .
Tad looked up in dire astonish
ment; but the conclusion of Joe's sen
tence was evidently not addressed to
himself.
It was churning-day at Deacon Whit
ney's, and Joe's eyes were fixed on the
retreating form of Miss Smith's hired
help who had come over to bespeak
some buttermilk for Aliss bmitn s pig.
Samantha Nason was given to gossip,
and Joe's guilty conscience at once
assured him that she had lost no time
in telling the story of his late humorous
performance to the deacon,, Mrs. Whit
ney and his sister Nell.
"I guess we'd j better be off," re
marked Joe, rather hastily; . "and, in
stead of going out the ', front way, we'll
take a short cut! down through the
fields. You've got. your lines all
right?"
Tad tapped his pocket significantly,
and adjusted the tin-box cover while
Joe was putting the shovelback in the
barn. ...
'Come on, then, Tad," said his com
panion, with an uneasy glance at the
back kitchen,, which Tad did not quite
understand, and with his words Joe
dodged hastily behind the barn, fol
lowed by Tad"; but, alas! he was too
late! ':. . '
From the open kitchen-window came
the cry, in his sister Nell's voice: '
. "Jo-seph! come right into the house
father wants you!"
"Darn it. all!" muttered Joe, with a
vindictive kick at the fence-rail; now
I've got to catch it."
"Catch what?" wonderingly asked
Tad, though with an intuitive suspicion
that Joe was not referring to the pros
pective Catch of trout.
Joe did not reply, but with a gloomy
and vengeful expression; slunk into the
barn by the small rear door, followed
by his wondering companion. From
behind the corn-crib Joe nastily pulled
the bottom of an old pasteboard band
box. . ' :
"bhove it up under my cOat, behintt
quick, Tad!"-he Exclaimed, inan ag
itated whisper, "and then you go ahead
to the broci may be I can get off
GONCORDi N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY
pime-by. It don't hurt much of any,
vith this" added Joe, with a rather
fcickly smile, as he touched the small of
his back significantly, 'pnly I've got
to .get a new piece of pasteboard this
is pretty nigh worn out." ; '.
"Are you coming, Joseph P"
The voice was Deacon Whitney's,
find sounded from the wood-shed close
by. Tad fled ignominiously through 1
:he rear barn door, while Joe reluct
antly obeyed the direful summons. Not
jthat -Deacon Whitney was- unreason-
jibly harsh or stern. Indeed, his wifs
paid: "Joe's thrashin's hurt the deacon
a dretful sight more'n they did Joe,"
which was doubtless true. The boy
knew that his father loved him sin
cerely, and that the whippings were -
hot given in anger, but from a sense of
duty, and, though, he would willingly
have dispensed with them, Joe never
jsherished the slightest feelings of anger
jor resentment, after the first smart had
passed away. '
Leaving Joe to his impending fate,
Tad climbed the barn-vard fence and
jvith a jubilant feeling of gladness,
which was only shadowed by the oc
casional thought of his new friend's
disappointment, made his way down
Across the deacon's meadows, to the
brook.
I Tad knew nothing whatever about
trout-fishing, as a matter of course.
He, had caught flounders and cunners
: Tom the piers, like most city boys
mt only those. However, he had a
general idea of some of the require-
nents for the piscatorial art. So, witfi
a very light heart, he' followed the
'mill brook,' as it was called, through'
i field and an adjoining pasture, till he
oame to an alder swamp, where, hav
: ng cut a pole, Tad sat himself down to
shape and trim it.
Well, it was indeed a lovely morn
i ng. The sky above him, flecked with
drifting white clouds, was of the deep
est blue, the air soft and spring-like,
and the peaceful stillness unbroken
only by the occasional cawing of crows
or scream of a bluejay.
Tad sat drinking in the beauty of the
l ime and place, softly whistling to him
i self as he worked, and thought over the
:nany strange thingfc that had come in
uo his life in one short week, and all
jecause an absent-minded man had left
'iis traveling-sachel on the seat in a
Railroad station. ;"""'!
"Why, it just seems as though I'd
peen swopped off for somebody else,"
he said, with a great sigh of thankful
ness. And ,though, as might be ex
pected, Tad, Thome's religious knowl
edge was of the vaguest possible order,
he somehow felt bis heart going out
thankfully to the Maker of such a
beautiful world.
"There," said Tad, as, finishing trim
ming the pole, he rose to his feet and
Crushed off the twigs, "now for the
rout," , ; :
The brook Avent dancinar and laugh
ing along at his side, with here and
there a mimic water-fall, at the. foot of
which the foam ' and bubbles drifted
about in frothy masses.
With fingers trem61ing a little with
excitement, Tad fastened Jiis line, with
itsiieavy sinker and hooklarge enough
for black bass, to the end of the pole.
Adjusting the bait, he threw his line
into the deepest part of the pool.
I "I guess it isn't a very good day for
trout, any way," he murmured, after
ibout five minutes of letting his line
drift-along in the current, and pulling
t up again. But stop! a little tug at
the hook sent a thrill from his finger
tips! to his toes! With a jerk that
would have landed a three-pound trout,
Tad pullefl out a chub about four inches
long, which, with b.ook, line and sink
er, was immediately entangled in the
jjdder branches over his head, requiring
sme ten mic utes of perspiring effort to
clear it. .
j "Trout'ain't a9 big asl thought for,"
he said, half
aloud, as he. surveyed his
prize
'It must take an awful lot of
em to make a mess." NTad added.
gravely, as he strung the small fish on
a twig, and made his way little fur
ther up-stream, in his ignorance pass
ijng over the deep pools and swelling
ddies, which are generally th lurking-places
of the spotted beauties,
I By eleven o'clock, Tad, who had
Caught seven chubs, each about a finger
in length, began to think that the
charm of trouting had been consider
ably overstated. It was rather early
in the season for mosquitoes, yet there
were quite enougn 01 tnem aDout 10 m
tjnake it quite lively for a fisherman.
He hadr ascended the brook about two
pailes, and was tired and decidedly
hungry; and, moreover, he found" him
self right in the "heart of what seemed'
io Tad's unaccustomed eyes a bound
tess forest.
j Sitting down on a 6tump, Tad gazed
about-him, wondering at the solemn
alienee. Overhead, the wind sighed
softly through the tops of the great
pines. Red -squirrels cnittered in the
spruce and h'emlock trees, and a par
ticularly venturesome . one dropped a
t one from an overhanging bough at his
very feet, vanishing among the branches
With wonderful swiftness, as . Tad
Jooked suddenly " up. A partridge
drummed in the distance, and a wood
shuck scainpered rapidly through the
underbrush at a little way off.
I "I wonder if there are any bears in
these woods,"" thought Tad, with an
timeonifortable thrill pervading 'his
frame at the bear .possibility. "I'd
Either have to run or climb a tree if I
jaw-one coming," he thought, "and
ret, what good would that do, where
fears can climb and run rather better
wan most boys." In a juvenile paper
la had read how one "boy hero,'! thus
m-prised, had hastily lashed his open
ack-knife to the end of a pole, and
oldly attacking the savage beast, had
ilain him by a fortunate thrust. Tad
jneohanioally took out his own jaak-
knif e, and opened the two-inch blade
of the best cast-iron.
"I couldn't do much with that,? ho
fought, "but I suppose"
"G-r-r-rr!"
A terrible growl, accompanied by a
rustling in the thicket of small pines
doaejttoin.d, eenj Tad's heart into bisv
rsry throat! There was not even time
to splice the knife to the fish-pole, for
the growl and rustling were repaaied
louuer ana nearer tnan before! . j
Tie hackneyed expression, "to sell
his life dearly," flashed into Tad's
mind, and, bracing himself against ike
wee-stump somewhat in the
' " Coma one, come allthis rook Bb&Q 4jr
From ltg firm base, as soon u
attitude he held his open jack-knife w
his hand, and awaited the overoomiaj
monsterl
CHAPTER IX.
The flprnce-bushes parted Bttddealyt
' but, instead of disclosing the form of a
M-j- . ... . .
serooious Dear, nocning more xormiaa
ble than the good-humored features of
Joe Whitney, . adorned with an ex
pressive grin, was revealed. There
were ; traces of recent tear oa his
freckled face; yet mirth beamed from
his eye, and it was evident that the re
tM punishment had not had a very
depressing effeot on his animal spirits.
"Thought I was a bear, didn't yen,
JadP" he remarked, laughing. sAnd
Tad, too much relieved at the prospect
of companionship to feel very angry,
answered, with a feeble smile, that he
wag kind of startled, and made haste
to change the subject. I
. "I've got seven trout, but they're aw
ful small," said Tad, producing his
catch, with a rather disconsolate air. j
Joe started, whistled and then
roared, j-
"Why, you goosie!" he shouted, bn
so good-naturedly that it was impos
Stilo to be angry with him, 'those
afei't trout they're chubs!" j
?per Tad felt tremendously morti
fied, ibut speedily forgot bis mortift
citlpa 1q real honest admiration of a
str&ff of trout the, largest of whicn
wotdo. not weigh quite a quarter of n
pound that Joe brought out, toarethei
with aa alder pole, from the thiokei
where he had enacted the bear.
"I dug Bome' bait on the wy, bXl6
caught these little fellows eominj
along," explained Joe, as he held them
up before nis companion's admiring
gaze.l. ' ' -, .) '
Oh, wouldn't I like to oatch jusl
one trout!" ighed Tad; and Jpi
stoutly assm'ed him not to worry hel
put him up to catching more than ont
perhaps half a dozen before the
retnrned. i
-"Did H hurt you vary muohP" in
quired Tad, presently, . with delicati
reference to the cause of his compan
ion's detention. s
"The pasteboard wasn't quit lov
down enough," said Joe, mournfully,
and Tad asked no further questions.
"Father didn't flog me for just hav
ing a little fun with you and Misi
Smith," Joe went on after a short
pause, "but because he said I as good
as lied when I made her think thai
you was deaf, and you think that eht
was.'!- - j
"Wen," returned Tad, hesitatingly,
"I don't know you didn't mean to saj
what wasn't true, anyway." I
"o," said Joe, frankly; "I didn't!; 1
hate a square up and down lie as bad
as the next one; but, coma to study on
it over, I guess we fellows don't stoptc
think long enough, sometimes, and lie
when we don't mean to; anyhow, I dpi
and I'm going to try and stop it" j
This was quite an admission for Joe,
who was generally very chary of ac
knowledging his faults. . But he had
begun to feel a strong boyish affection
for his companion, and spoke mote
openly to him than he was in the habit
of doing. s .
"But what made yon so long getting
here?" asked. Tad. breaking the little
silence that followed. j
"Why, after father got through
with me," returned Joe, while a hu
morous smile began to hover about his
mouth, "he set me churning, and went
off down town on an errand. Mother,
Ehe was sent for to go .over to Mis'
Emory's, all of a sudden, and, by gra
cious!" said Joe, rubbing' his shoul
ders, "I thought my arms would just
unhinge out of the sockets before the
butter came. WelL Nell, she took the
butter down into the cellar kitchen to
work it, and forgot to empt' the churn
(as mother always does), and whilst
she was down there," continued, Joe,
whose smile had begun to broaden, '.'I
saw father coming up thewalk, so whit
does I do but get hold of the churn
dasher again. Father, he came in.
There, my sonf he says, 'I guess
you've been punished enough you can
fo now,' and then he took, the ehurn
asher rfght out of my hand. If moth
er hasn't got back, or if Nell don't
come up-stairs," added Joe,' with aa
irrepressible snicker, "I expect likely
he's churning buttermilk now." j
As' Tad knew rather less than a Hoit
tentot regarding the mysteries of churn
ing, the point of Joe's little, joke was
not perfectly clear to his own mind.
And perhaps, on second thought, Joe
might have remembered that the tacit
deception practiced toward his father
was not exactly in keeping with his pro
fessed penitence of a moment or two
previous, for he made no. attempt to
enlighten his companion, but, taking
up his pole, said, rather hastily, that
he guessed they'd better be getting to
ward home, as it was considerably
past' dinner-time. . ' j
, About b.alf-way down Mill brook
were the ruins of an old saw-mill.
Here, among the great timbers below
the dam, the water made deep eddies
and shady nooks, where , trout ,love to
lie in the heat of the day. ".
Throw in there, Tad," said Jo,
pointing to a spot where the dark water
rusnea arouna ine ena ex we vroiuiu
( flume like a mill-raoo.
Tad secretly thought that any trout
; venturesome enough to trust himself in
' such a swift current would bo swept
down stream in a twinkling, but ha,
obeyed, and- j
j Good gracious! had a sturgeon or ;a
I young whale seized his baitl . His line
went cutting through tho dark waters,
and the top of the .alder polo bent omi
nously. . ' .. y
Tad knew nothing about playing j
trout, and if ho had it would have made
no difference, owing to his primitive
fiahing Jackie. HepuUed vfgorojalyi
31. 1895,
so did" the trout, and" napi" went t&e
end of the alder pole, leaving Tad in a
mad frenxy of oxoiteaent, with three
fourths of tho rod la his hands, daao-,
ing madly tho rooks
Joe was equal to the situatiaa.
Dropping his ewapele, he made a 4ir
EQCAI, TO TBB nTTTATIOIt.
for tho broken fragment, whioh
floating in sight, . Gathering tho slaek
lino earofully in his heads, a vigorous
tug landed high and dry the Urgotl
trout ever oaught la Mill brook. "
"Therer Joo exolsimod, as Tad ro
Sarded his prize In an amaaement too
eep for words, "you've eaught the one
real trout you've wanted to now, I
guess we'd better bo getting homo,
without doing any mere fishing,
AH right," returned Tad, mount
fully, "but you eanght kin, after all,
Joe." But Joo stoutly asserted that
Tad hooked him first, while he Joe
only helped to bring tae big fish safe to
land. And, ia tho Aiseuisiou of tho ex
citing episode, the walk home was ac
complished in a surprisingly short time.
Tad's big trout was baked for sup
per, and ft was generally agreed by the
fourwho partook thereof thtt the flaror
was particularly fine Tad himself se
cretly thought he had never eaten any
thing so delicious la his whole 'Ufa.
But It is mot unlikely that the knowl
edge that he himself had furnished this
important adjunet to the evening meal
gave it an additional reus for Tad.
By this ; time Tad had begun to feel
very much at case with these quiet,
home-like people. As they gathered
about the open fire-plaee, with iti
imoldering back-log, after the tea
things were cleared away, and the, big
kerosene-lamp was .lighted, he opened
his heart to their kindly questioning
and spoke freely of his past life. There
was really little or nothing to keep
back, for, as I have said, thanks to the
memory of his mother's teachings and
a natural uprightness of character, Tad
had oeoaped the evfl ways which a
homeffess, friendless boy is so apt to fall
into, and, though ho had faults in
abundance, he was, oa the whole, a
more upright, young feUow than many
whose surroundings . and advantages
had been far more favorable than
Tad's.
" So you're to begin ship's duties to
Miss Smith ' Monday eh. Tad?" re
marked tho Captain, tftoughtfuUy, to
break a little silence whieh had fallen
Hpon the group.
Yes, sir," was tho refdy, " and 1
dohepeshe'U like me." '
" She'n be hard to suit if she don't,"
retnrned Mrs. Flagg, clicking her nee
dles emphatically .together .as they
flashed in and out f the meshes of a
blue yarn 'sock that she was knitting
for the Captain. For too good lady,
whose heart was largo enough to take
In at least half a4ozcn motherless boys
and girls, J had begun to regard Tad
with considerable favor.
I know she'U like you." said Pofly,
confidently as she looked up from the
fascinating pages ox "Utue women.
which she was reading for the first time,
while Bounce slumbered peacefully in
her lap. . i
"You Just goon and do your duty
unto Miss Smith aocordin' as you'd
have it done to you. Tad, remarked
the Captain, oracularly, "and. you
needn t have no fears. Miss Smith,"
continued Captain Flagg, with upraised
finger to command attention, " is a fe
male that's had a tempestuous vy'ge
in life as it were, a-lostng"of every re
lation she had, wmch has gone to make
her a bit cranky; but she's good-hearted
and Gpd-fearin', and once you get into
her good books, you ro always there."
"They say she's got a han'sum prop-
ertv that her folks left her some-
whores nigh ten thousan' dollars," Mrs.
Flagg observed, in a voice indicative of
considerable respect for the possessor
of such wealth. For in Bixport the
person with aa unencumbered estate
and a thousand dollars was "well-to-do";
he who had five thousand was well
off; while : the owner of ten thousand
dollars was regarded In tae Ugrnt ox a
millionaire. - .
(To be continued next week.) .
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A JACK HOBNEB LEGISL AT CKE.
i - -. .
To the Editor of the Chartuun uoserver.
I have been watching the course of
the fusionists in the Legislature with'
deep interest, and shall continue to do ,
so. I Jo not condemn them for . taking '
the appintments -of committees tut of j
the hands of Lieutenant Governor'
Doughton. I think they were justifiable
in such a course, because they are in
full power and are responsible . for all
the legislation that will be enacted.
They were elected and it was intended j
by the people that they should have full
sway and a fair trial. v .
But there is one series of actions for
which they deserve the severest censure
and reprobation. It is the disgraceful
and sordid manner in-which they have
stuffed the offices" at the State capi-
toL If they have not stuffed the ballot
boxes, they certainly have stuffed politi
cal places and pulls. It was said at the
assembling of the Legislature that the
swarm of office seekers was surpassing
great and that the applicants outnum
bered the members by many men. The
facts bear out the assertion, for the in
vestigation and figures afford abundant
proof.
The Senate is? composed of 50 mem
bers, 4o of whom are fusionists. ine
Senate now has 15 clerks and assistants
and one doorkeeper and assistant : each
of these employes drawing $5 a day.
t has 16 "laborers each drawing f z.ot)
a day and 8 pages each ' drawing $1 a
day. So a senate of 50 '. members has
on its pay roll a total of 41 clerks,e labor
ers and pages ; and the House a total of
64 similar employes. , Such a showing
at the threshold of the fusionist admin
istration is startling in the extreme.
The last Legislature gave too much
atitude in that respect. Jtmt the present
Legislature has increased the. pay rolls
$3,570 ! It is a truism that soldiers love
pillage and sailors a divide , but tell it
not that "the soldiers of reform" have
made such a conscienceless raid upon
the State- Treasury. Bees' hum and
sting until they Bettle upon the' flowers
and they are silent when sucking their
fiU.
Extravagance is a mild term for such
conduct. Would these reformers be so
reckless in their own affairs ! . Can the
water be pure if the fountain is tainted?
No membertf the Legislature has tne
face to say there is real need for more
than one-third of this number of em
ployes. Let these hangers-on and local
township bosses or scavengers be sent
home, and at least $6,000 could be saved
without detriment or -inconvenience,
and given the public common schools.
Such a beginning would be welcomed
as an honest eifort at reform. Educa
tion is needed among the masses. "In a
certain section of this portion' of "the
State, at a meeting of an Alliance some
questions bad to be decided by ballot.
Out of 24 members present, there were
only three Who could write the
ballots for the ethers to- cast, and thus
conform to thevequirements. Creating
useless places for thriftless km and re
warding party workers out of public
taxes is an abuse and betrayal. of a
sacred trust. Deny itwho will.
In the language of the late felictous
Gen. Leach, the present Legislature has
taueht aU of its late predecessors that
for cupidity, extravagance and hungry
shamelessness they didn't know the
first principles of dog."
A few years ago after the termination
of a heated prohibition campaign in
Charlotte, the . license men rewarded
with a dinner the colored brothers who
fought so noblv on their side. The
tables were set in. the noral hall at the
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old fair grounds. A colored minister
was invited to invoke a bessing upon
the feast ; but before the ceiemony was
finished or the preacher had opened his
eyes from pious 'meditation, the platters
were empty, the table swept clean and
the gentleman of the sacred calling had
none. The fusionists in as lncredioiy
short time have not only appropriated
all nicking in reach, but created and
prepared others no reformer, ever
: a r .
dreamed of before. Do they, .like the
license darkies, Consider the feast a free
one and the blessing a useless formality?
The rise, of Tillmamsm m South Car
olina! has attracted wide attention.
Tillman professes to be a reformer, but
has a definite object in view ; the settle
ment of the grave and much vexed
liquor question, by the substitution, of
the dispensary system. . It remains to
be seen whether the fusionists of this j
State have any definite purpose beyond1
the creation and distribution; of olnces
and places and the carrying out of mere
selfih ends. .
Little Jack Horner mt tn a corner.
- Hating a Christmas nle
He stack in his thumb, and palled cat a plum
And said what a brave boy am i.
That is what the little Jack Horner of
reform has beeri. doing during the holi
days of the new year. Watching.
The Salisbury Herald tells of the
marriage in Rowan county Sunday of a
groom of 52 and a bride of 63.
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Whereas, complaint has 1 en made to
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