New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01

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! GsSpessaf Is Sy s es1:, =bsssuad
csumsnced 'vosIinx Is. nis a Spas.ss s.
SAID, "1nd here c6nes reply. which In
forms % thasl eyouri subssftasoa fos to-0ot.
ros will be hese.f, II fact, Mo- Reewp.ql
eonld get al the youpG men on the line -
work Tor yo,1 without sAlafy. ~''-
HPrsv. Mr. Thor, do NOS irfit1ts me-
will nov ssnd your message 10 Mr.. Was
1' DO what you please: for ! perceive am
: ..WiIl this dot WIN bepisasea 70 receive
the deputa ,ioD;' there, thes u a. IA
"Pleased! No. am not pleased. But
who is going to write my speech 1or me,
The long ~inded mayor isseure TO Eee Oh
some interminahle twsadle ! solemsly de-
clare that had l foreseen what an egregious
ass shall nov be forced to make OF myseii,,
| v. uld have let the train 60 70 perditicn:
Mr.. Thor" l replied, '.aal positions In hfe
have their responsibility ger ~. !,
"Oh! it is all very well for you to say 3d. ,
ans wered Mr.. Thor, maliciOusly.
was determined NOT to be annoyed ..
whatever he said, now, SO thongos
would take another tack. What u Ibors-
dale. or Thor" / aeked: IA mean. poor
wrete he'd place, rs far 40 mans hands nave
wrong ut it. There il IN Imprinted depot,
and q ramshackle telegraph station, both
Of them pictures Of decay and neglect.
What might Thor be, "a 1t 10 on the border
of glorious lake. in the mist OF rich past
ures. with q grand river flowing through ~
Thor might be a centre IF trade and COM
merce. . second Asgsrd" Mr.. Thor, who
had heretofore been rather an unlnter
est+d sudieuce, at the mention OF my
my thical capital suddenly clapped his
hands, and was now all eyes and ears
ssChance," continued, "msy have some.
thing to do with the founding Of q city
S1me men NAV wait for u storm 10 fell
trees which may block the way OF the pass.
in mig ant train, but in other cas.s only
time aud tide and OppOrtunity and per-
sc verance all together may effect this noble
end. Can yon see no,hing in the occurrence
Of the other day - Up to this point b sd
hardly believed very mach in what had
said, and found myself Inclined to listen 70
the echo Of my own word; but when
looked at Mr.. Thor, Who see med to hang on
every word l uttered with brearblees
M xety. must confess l felt an unkno~n
pleasure in seeing that had produced some
feet, and became suddenly elared with
my power, and armed upto my subj-ct
Now / was in dead earnest, and believed in
L 49,
did brave action, and such action must
Always bring its own reward"-
Bad champagne, . yellow omnibus with
,ix spavined hOrsee, . brass band, and .
lubscript on to be received at the office of
he Sentinel" said Mr.. Thor, rudely inter.
'uptinE. 49, tr.B tS7FcG 81 10 a.GCW 81
felt like leaving of right there, but =
would not give in. ~ viii sufeF no such
rrelevaLt remsrks. Perhaps Q hundred
,eople owe their lives to you II to che
directors: show them the advantages Of
Thoredale; they are bound to listen 10 you,
nd may favor your views. You have an
dea-s most ambitious one. it is true-oi
making FhOrsdxlo, it not = city, at least .
own. You have brood-d over it SO long
hat by . not unnatural process Of the mind
our ideas Of how to give lite to Thofsdaie
ave psrtaken too much of the character
4 dream. Think Of Thor as possible, not
nth triumphal arches, art galleries or tie
tres. but simply - Thor with . single
treet,s even it it be struggling one at
hat. Make but q commencement, and the |
iture Of Thor may be only question Of
me-" 70 a. s-'-T' 7i-~4 -
"By. heavens, Misa Brown" cried Mr.. 4
Dor, coming toward me with both his |
ands outstretched, "you have struck I
10 chord. A ssisgle ides, far too big for
le, h.s lodged in this poor brain Of mme
ntil 1t has crowded out all /, the lesser |
lethods for accomplishing II. Ithank Won |
" what you have said, ffem the very bot I
I'M Of my heart, and svear to you will |
It on 1t. will not detaln you any longer
must make the best excuses I can for
our absence, though should feel much
ss awkward could you stay with me-
n selfish enough to have forgotten, how
yer, your headache. suppose | have, as
'uai, been very coarse and Inconsistencies,
regard to the shock you may have re,
lived on Tuesday. Men rarely appre-
ate these more delicate vibrations " hich |
sbatter T. wesker vases"
IN ne faat pas b,'u,aliser la machine" I
IN 10 my eoif, rather than TO him.
Oliver Wendell Holmes never made an |
,ter quotation, nor one which is as little
spected," replied Mr.. Thor, mu-ingly. II
ushed crimson. suppose, a. l had not
lsgined he would uaders'sn me
''Jnst one thi, G more, Mr. Thor" Here
1t STATED and ielt afraid l was going too
+, but added, II am about taking liberty
it'll you. l would respectfully suggest
at, when you talk % these railroad mag
,tes, you drop all aiiu ions to bereerkers
d vikings and jarls. battle shields and !
a horses" He seemed to vince when l
ID this, but l continued remorselessly,
What do these men know or care about
Ia AZ, or Gyda, or Snorrof Talk cattle, !
ain, l-mber and coal to them. No on.
ows better than you do what are the |
liabilities of ThoredAle, geographically
d commercially considered Speak to
EN- about dollars and cents, and not
,ential, IT they only establish grain de. |
t here, that would be ssmething"
Mr.. Thor looked at me wlstfullv. and
med trife shocked, but l had reason to
ppose that my words had made some i'm
ession on him.
SO be it, in Coos name" he replied i
u subdued way. "It is almost time
the train now. You have not
Ken my hand yet, to show YOU have
given my abruptness. The fact is, Miss
own, when the general superintendent
nrmed me that ne had sent young lady
'e, W az terribly opposed to it. All fs-
lie telegraph operators embodied in nv
nd the pecullarltles OF the SmOilersviIle
nng lady"
What fault can you find with herr III
to stay here, shonfd want one of nv .
!, to prattle with. A crochet pate IN sent
r. the wires would be charming. But
q comes message precisely from tho
' in questions" and l read OFT for him az
ows:
Glorious deeds should be welcomed not
y with the laurel crown but with out I
fsts of song. The Sm,iitrsville German =
YER Ofpheons have offered their services :
will JON the deputarinu. E"
i knew it," cried Mr.. Thor; "this is the
t straw which breaks the camel's back
Thor ever is built. any N m Der of An
atear band given to abusing wind in :;
shall DO driven from the place
stripes"
G ,od.oy, Mr.. Thor" said, and shaking Q
ads with him left the flee. y
low much of q headache / had on that =
o RANT day which was fraught with =
pes for Th0rtdale can not exactly d. :
mine. l could not stay at home, but
+ scramble along the rocky shores Of
lake. From time to time heard the n