Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-07-27
q ALEXANDRIA, La, SATURDAY, JULY ~, 1872.

they tried to connect his name with
that of " Sam Coon,7 the ragged, half
starved boy, who was once mark tor
the sneers of the rising generation of
his village. Yet, "Sam Coon" and
+" His ExceIlency the Governor" were
the same person. 1t was wonderful to
think of! ~.
The great man did not visit Newton
often. He had little, indeed, to thank
his native village for. and there were
/ few happy memories connected with
it. But he had married a wife from
there. 1t was she who, on that moon.
light hight, had spoken one kind word
in his behalf--almost the only one
that he had heard in boyhood. He
had never forgotten Susie Graut, and
that kind word spoken by the generous
girl made her the wife of a governor.
And Emma Kanei Well, there are
queer things happening every day.
Her father entered into unfortunate
speculatiOns, lost all his possessions,
and died broken -hearted-by his own
hand, some said. But had she not a
wealthy husband left heri No; the
death of Mr.. Kane, insolvent, develop
ed the fact that the /" retired banker"
was mere adventurer, and that he
had married the village beauty only
with the hope of eventually, getting
possession of her fathers wealth.
He deserted ner now, and was heard
of no more; SO the unhappy woman
was compelled to resort to the needle
to support herself and her little boy.
Then, indeed, she learned what power
ty was, and it may be that she some
times thought of the boy whose only
fault was poverty, and whom she push
ed so contemptuously from her on that
moonlight night, for daring to pre-
sumo himself Der equal. -
Governor Coon, though still a com.
paratively young man, has retired
from public life, covered with honors,
possessing great riches, and beloved
by the whole people of great Com
mOnwealth.
AS limited, he has not visited his
native village many times since the
unhappy days in which he left it.
On his last visit there, few years
ago, he responded to an invitation of
the citizens to deliver a lecture, in
that same little church on the edge of
the village. When it was over hun
dreds of people waited without to
shake him by tie hand. 1t was
summer night, and the moon was
shinging just as it did twenty years
ago, when a push from the village
beauty had sent him reeling.
Among those who came up to shake
hands with him was pale, thin boy
of thirteen, poorly dressed and when
he smiled with prize at being allowed
to take the governor by the hand, the
honored gentleman thought he saw a
familiar expression. in his face, and so
he asked the boy whose son he was.
The boy told him his name, and
"My father did not live here in your
time; ant my mother did. Her name
was Kane.n a3 ~. MI
The governor shook the hand Of the
youth warmly, and to this day, some
who were near HIM declare that a tear
rolled down his cheek, and that they
saw it glistening in the moonlight.
Since that time, the poor, deserted
woman, has found her burden easier,
because handsome remittances reach
her regularly from some unknown
friend-for the boy she insulted on
that summer night never fostered
malice in his heart. m So ~
DREAMs.-To dream of a goose, Inn
plies sitting for your picture. To
dream of heaps Of gold, indicates mis-.
cry and avarice; few pieces-hones-
ty and industry. To dream o: chill
dren,. portends serious diminution
in your income. To dream of a knave,
implies meeting with an old acquaint
ance. To dream of being an idiot
this is thing a person never dreams
Of! To dream Of seelnga king or
queen denotes a great disappointment.
To dream OF seeing the devil, implies
q visit to your lawyer. To dream of
reading romances, indicates loss of