Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-24
A Suggestion.

We have not space enough in the Regts
ter for an extended tale; but VIC have
evolved an idea for one, which idea wo arc
too unselfish to withhold from waiting
public, because we oanDot get all the glory
of it. If some skillful pen will but fill in
this bare outline with rioh rhetoric and
vivid imagination, not only will some Gin
tercstin' readin' be produced, but great
moral engine will be sent into the world to
accomplish great good. We should, per-.
haps, entitlc our romance
"a BRAND FROM THE BURNING;
OR, TIE DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS SAL
vArIoN."
We would introduce the first chsntcr
with picture of the heretofore honest
and prosperous farmers happy home. The
angel of peace dwollcth there, and the
country paper comes to his postofico box
every week.
Having been supporting this county
paper for somo four years without paying
for it, he is surprised one day to get polite
note from tho publisher to cash up. In.
dignant at being dunned, he resolves to
punish the base insultcr Of his dignity by
beating him out of the whole bill. All,
rash resolve! "rhis, this the source of ali
thy illsl"
AS delay makes his fatal purpose mani
fest, direful consequences follow; his friends
fall away and recognize him no moro; the
wife of his bosom deserts him and files an
application in q Chicago police court for
divorce; his daughter clopes with light
ming rod peddler and his best horse and
buggy; his son, losing oil sclf.rcspcct in his
fathers degradation, goes to tho city and
enters politics; his cattle start on 10 iour.
ney to the centre of tho carth," through
noighboring quagmirej his hogs die of
cholera; his corn yields only tasscls--all
mankind and nature seem to consprc his
ruin. Job had his comfortcrs, spiritual
and human; but "what charm shall soothc
the melancholy" of tho wretch who bears
upon his soul the purpose of dcfraudng the
trustful editor2
CHAPTER AT lust, desot;sd by all
but his faithful dog (who has bocn kept in
Ignorance of the facts of tho case), our
delinquent resolves to end his bitter cxis-
tence by suicide. owe suggest to the
previously mentioned skillful pen that the
scene here should be very gloomy dark
cliffs, stormy sea, blood red sun, ctc) just
as he 10 about to drain the fatal draught (or
shoot tho fatal shot, or stab tho fatal stub
we also lcavo this to the taste of the filler
in)-thc spirit Of mercy, willing to give tho
old man another chance, inspires within
him tho thought-"Suppose 1 pay tho
printer, and all may yet DO WE'LL" Seizing
the idoa with avidity, and tho dog by tho
collar, ho hies him to the neighboring town
Realizing there thirteen dollars from the
sale of this faithful animal, ho repairs to
the editorial sanctum, pays bis arrears and
for year in advance, and has enough loft
to "set 'em up all around" His atonement
is complete, and walks forth once moro
man among his fellowsmen. (Tho editors
astonishmont and JOY at being the posscssor
of eleven dollars all at ono time should be
artistcally pictured
CHAPTER 8 shows tho inevitably happy
result of this Christian action. Fortune
smiles broadly upon him onco more-his
vito withdraws her divorce suit and returns
to his arms; tho clipping lightning rod ped.
dior turns out wealthy Russian nobeman
In disguise, and restores to our farmer tho
lost broad acres; the son abandons political
life and becomes onoe moro q respectable
citizen; his kline wax fat, and his wheat
fields yield some sixty and some hundred
fold. The scenc closes with bright pio-
turo of tho prompt paying subscribers
happy frcsido.
If tho above sketch, graphically delinoa-
ted and broadly published, docs not rouse
many a delinquent conscience into action,
then is oil moral suasion vaip, and tho butt
end of tho law our only recourse.
Printers Register.
New YORK, July 16.-This is the
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