The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-17

Murphy?' asked u gentleman, ro.,
Gently, ola Times reporter,
(Which Murphy?" was the coun
tor-qucstion, as the reporter mcnt
tally recountod various Murphys in
various wards Of the city.
"Ihc great apostle Of temperance,
originator Of tho 'bluo badge and
Murphy movement"
The reporter admitted that no
had not.
II have. Both him and his family
and an amusing time I had of it,
too. 1t was too funny to keep.
You see, was up at Round lake
q few days ago to look over tho
grounds and take in one or two OF
Chaplain McCabc's meetings. When
got off the cars, tho first person
recognized was Mr.. Murphy, cool
and contcntcd Z found that he
was spending the summer at the
camp~ground, principally because
nc was to conduct Il national meet
ing OF tho Murphy temperance
workers there some time this
month: In the course of converso-
ton L Jokingly asked Mr.. NTurnhv
how 1t was about that sritcf,l para
graph which had been woino thc
pounds putting his terms of labor
among the Hartford drinkers ot
$3.50 q week and board ut the bcc;
hotel
ooh, that was breach Of conf
donco, said he, 'ono Of those thinus
that might happen to any man
whom his confidence is bntrnycd Nv
person who ought to be =
Christian and an honorable n,on
A SINGLE sentence WAS picked ont Of
lcttcr and given to the n,nc,.
bcsldcs, never wrote or saw the
!ettor. IL was sent by my son, who
Is my secretary, when L was away
lccturmg. They must have thouoht
the price too high, you SUGGEST d,
Why, sir, I am only ashamed m mthot T
put it so low. Ny time is we'll
filled with lectures ut 500 q ninht
and l had 500 ENGAGEMENTS th,t
l was about to refuse to 90 to
Hartford for the paltry sum Of
S1oo, two lectures a day for seven
days, my sons services inclujcl
My son put that in about the hotel
because wo havo been .bonrInl
around all we propose to be, T
put the price down simply bccousc
I GO not work for money, but to
tulhll my mission, and the pcoplc Of
Hartford seemed anxious to bovc
me come. Yet, with family of
seven children entirely dependent
upon me for their support, / cannot
do work for nothing. L owe a M,
rents duty to my ch;ldrcn.'
81 was aware that Mr.. NTurnbr
had family, but did not know thnt
seven small and helpless ALrrnhys
were cilnglng to him for suppoit
LII s''ch case every father must
recognize that the PARENTS Grst
duty was to them.
'Nh, here comes my son now )"
said Francis, as q tall st,lwo't
young man, apparently about 81
years OF age, camc up. Tho son
aooed ms explanation rs to the
1ettor' and presently I took nv
leave of them, thinking that at
least one Murphy, Jr., was lor"c
enough to do something for himself
II worst came to worst.
"All the avenues at Round Toko
run IN circles, or seem to, as thcv
brln,g you around again and agnin
TO the same point, Honcc, shortly
atterward, suddenly camo mon
Nlr. Murphy, with one side guarded
by the son 1 had met, the other Inv
n second stalwart youth, near
enough like the first to bo his twin
and nnmistakably Murphy.
An let mo introduce Won to
another of my sons," said tho
3 apostle warmly, and with q few
WORDS wo parted again.
"Half an hour later, I was bc-
wllderod at meeting three strono
and healthy looking young men, III
about tho same size and npnnrent}v
ABOUT tho samc ago. 1 knew thcy
were Alurphys, but could not toll
winch ono L had not been modo
acquainted with. Ono of the two
VINO knew mo settled tho matter.
anu they passed on, leaving nc
MiIii Tatner confused ideas RESPECT