The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-09-24
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withhold from a waiting public
because we cannot get all the
glory Of it. If some skilful pen
will but fill in this bare outline
with rich rhetoric and vivid I'M
agination, not only will some Gin
terestin' readin'" be produced, but
a great moral engine will be sent
the world to accomplish great
good. We should, perhaps, en-
title Our romance
"A BRAND FROM THE BURN
ING;
OR, THE DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBER
SALVATION
We would introduce the first
chapter with picture oftbe here
tofore honest and prosperous far
mer's happy home. The angel of
peace dwel!eth there, and the
country paper comes to his post
Office box every week.
Having been supporting this
county paper for some four years
without paying for it, he is sur
pTised one day to get a polite note
from the publisher to cash up. In
dignant al being du ned, he re-
solves to punish the base insulter
Of his dignity by beating him out
of the whole bill. Ah, rash re-
solve! This. this, the source Of all
thy illsr =.
AS delay makes his fatal pur-
pose manifest, dlreful consequences
follow; his friends fall away and
recognize him no more; the wife
of his bosom deserts him and files
an application in a Chicago police
court for divorce; his daughter
elopes with lightning-rod ped
dler and his best horse and buggy;
his son, losing all self.respect in
his fathers degradation, goes to
the city and enters politics; his
cattle start on "a journey to the
center Of the earth,' through a
neighboring quagmire his hogs
die Of cholera; his corn yields on
ly tassels-all mankind and ma
ture seem to conspire his ruin.
JOB had his comforters, spiritual
and human; but what charm
shall soothe the melancholy of
the wretch who bears upon his
soul the purpose Of defrauding
the trustful editor!
CHAPTER AT last, deserted
by all but his faithful dog (who
has been kept in ignorance Of the
facts of the casey, our delinquent
resolves to end his bitter existence
by suicide. eve suggest to the
previously skilIful pen
that the scene here should be very
gloomy-dark cliffs, stormy sea,
blood.red sun, etc., Just as he is
about to drain the fatal draught
Cor shoot the fatal shot, or stab
the fatal stab-we also leave this
to the tasto of the fller-in)-the
spirit of mercy, willing to give the
old man another chance, inspires
within him the thought-'Suppose
I pay the printer, and all may yet
be wellp Selling the idea with
avidity, and the dog by the collar,
be hies him to the neighboring
town. Realizing there thirteen
dollars from the sale Of this faith
ful animal, he repairs to the edi-
torial sanctum, pays his arrears
and for a year in advance, and has
enough left to set 'em up all
around His atonement is COM
plete, and he walks forth once
more "a man among his fellow
men, (The editors astonishment
and joy at being possessor OF
eleven dollars all at one time
should be artistically pictured.)
CHAPTER 3 shows the inevitably
happy result Of this Christian &C.
ton. Fortune smiles broadly up
on him once more-his wife with
draws her divorce suit and re-
turns to his arms; the eloping
lightning-rod peddler turns out a
wealthy Russian count in dis
guise, and restores to our farmer
the lost broad acres; the son
abandons political life and be-
oonooc onoa nooro q rasnectable