The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-09-05
NUMBER "a.
4" A Brand from the Burning.
OR, THE DELINQUENT sUBsCRIBER's SALIVA
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OR, THE DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS SALIVA
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We would introduce the first
chapter with a picture of the here.
tofore honest and prosperous farm
er's happy home. The angel Of
peace dwelleth there, and the coun.
ty paper comes to his postoffice box
every week.
Having been supporting this
county paper for some four years
without paying flor it, he is sur
prised one day to get polite note
from the publisher to cash up. In
dignant at being damned, he re-
solves to punish the base insulter
of his dignity by beating him out
of the whole bill. All, rash re-
solve "This, this the source of al!
thy lisp ..
AS delay makes. ibis fatal purpose
manifest, direfnl consequences fol
low: his friends fall away aud re-
cOgnize 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 a lightning-rod pedlar
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 ga journey to the center
of the earth through neighbor.
ing quagmire; his hogs die OF chol-
era; his corn yields only tassels-
all mankind and nature seem to
conspire his ruin. job had his
comforters, spiritual and humar;
but "what charm shall sootbe -,
melancholy Of the wretch who
bears upon his soul the purpose of
defrauding the trustfnl editor.
CHAPTER AT last, deserted
by all but his faithful dog, (who has
been kept in ignorance of the facts
of the case) our delinquent resolves
to end his bitter existence by sui
eide. 1--WE suggest to the previous
'ly mentioned 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 Tor
shoot the fatal shot or stab the fatal
stab I'VE also leave this u the taste
of the filler-iu) the spirit of mercy,
willing to give the old man anoth-
er chance, inspires within him the
thought" Suppose / pay the prin-
ter, and all may yet be well!' Seiz-
ing the idea with avidity and the
dog by the collar, he hies him to
the neighboring town. Realizing
there thirteen dollars from the sale
this faithful animal, he repairs to
the editorial sanctum, pays his ar
rears and for year in advance,
and has enough left to set 'em up
all around" His atOnement scOm-
plete, and he walks forth once more
' q man among his fellow men.n
The editors astOnishment and Joy
1T being the possessor of eleven
dollars all at one time should be
lrtistically pictured.)
CHAPTER 3-Shows the inevita-
bly, happy result of this Christian
action. Fortune smiles broadly
Ipon him once more-his wife with
lraws her divorce suit and returns 5
20 his arms; the elOping lightning
'od pedlar turns out a wealthy Rus
ian count in disguise, and restores
o our farmer the lost broad acres;
he son abandons political life and
once more q respectable
itizen; his kline wax fat, his ewes
'ear twins, and his wheat fields
ield some sixty and some an hun
red fold. The scene closes with
right picture of the prompt-pay-
lg subscribers happy fireside.
If the above sketch. graphically
elineated and broadly published,
oes not rouse many a delinquent
onscience into action. then is all
loral suasion vain, and the butt
nd of the law our only recourse.