The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-04
Story Of 6" Herring.
A herring BAIL

~ herring l38Il ...'
Ny dear sir, will you please to take reef
in your sail and give the herring chance,
10 be sure the Eoor little smoked and
withcrcd object is at best but Il hunger and
thirst inspiring mess ); but if you follow it's
career from the time it got lost from some
bOdy's basket until it ceased to be used as a
. promulgatorof human happiness, you will
in .justce to this OtloriferOus and much
scorncd f's',, confess that it really had a
mlssl0n..f III q5r ~ .,t,i. .,uu.,i.g 10
For practical yet modest wieldcr of fate,
give me the herring that .'rcd" Harper
found one night us he was going after his
pretty sister at the Bank theatre s..
A deceptive, parcel it represented, rs it
lay IN the pavement, wrapped in white
paper, neatly tied around with string,
''Tcd" made a grab for it, with thrill of
joyous expectation. ....r ~, .,
"Gollyl maybe it's q bonanza! - he cX-
claimed, rushing toward restaurant win
dow near and eagerly scanning his "ind,'
his dirty little digits trembling with cXct4
ing hopes supposed to bo hidden in ."bo-
nanZn." tt1 .ls.'" !. e. .u.4 -"
'Hang it! a herring !" Oh, the disgust,
the concentrated disappointment, contained
i'll the kick that helpless little fish received
rs ''Tcd'' flung it from him into the gutter.
'"Tcd' ran his hands down deep into his
pockets, and mcditatcd upon the shallow
ness of hope and tho holloWhess of life gen
orally. lie had not helped Longfcllow
write his "Psnlm of Life" but he was the
ncrsoniication OF the line,
"A d things are not what they seem."
s.'Hang 'it..hll P3hc miittercd, ''if that
had been "a milli6na bonahza,< <mc and Nell
would a,gonc to tie ,coffternent2and got our
names ,in=the pqRcFs like hight stoncrs-by
Jnwg." ...m-.......% a.j'f
! This last explosive evidently meant some
thing quite foreign to his n,ittcfings, for
lie made d sudden diveSaft6 the abused
herring, and, wrapping it einto ancat par
Gel again, he assumed amid and business
like air, although hiscF eyes twinklcd with
some hidden idea, aud entered the restau-
"say,s ,Aistcabbuya bifd2"
"a What2snas esxclained waiter. ig.
ga a'blind-a something what's got
value and you don't Know What It's till
yous paid for it."j .rar
"Get out, you little vagaBondl Mono Of
your smart tricks here" the bartender cried
with an angry move, toward 'S"Tcd;" but
one Of the gentlemen present interfcrcd,
saying, with jocular glance at ''Tcd:"
.Let him alone. Come here, my boy,
and give us peep at your blind But
"Ted' made for the door and would have
escaped If he had not been caught by the
speaker, who laughhiingly wanted to know
what was in the parcel. =, .,.,,, ~
GLOW shud l know e. ttTcd' rctortcd,
with the wit of an embryo politician. i /
"Taint no put-up JOB, honor, brightt-77
''Whcre did you gct'it9" 30 "
'Found it right outside of this hcrc
The gentleman took the package from
"rcd's' reluctant grasp, fingered it, smclt
OF 1t and with q knowing smile at '"Tcd, y
remarked: DU1., ..': ,a4s,r
''Found it, did you, and sllpposing some
of us lost it,. thought you would sell it for
the reward2" mh"ia h'o@& -4,
"Ye-as, "'thc young spcculator drawlcd,
looking down at the. end Of his nose that he
was diligently scratching to avoid meeting
the humorous scrutiny Of his interlocutor: !:
then added cOurteonsly: :o,.m .,. ~
81 must 60. My sister, she's n. watlh'
for me to take her home, and Il guess the
thcater is out now"
''Oh, no, its time enough yet for another
act," the gentlemen replied, detaining
s"Pcd"by general force.S i"lsiyour sister
young and pretty2"
"You bet IL "Tcd" cried with cntlusi-
asm, t'and she Is going to boa second Lotta
after awhile. You see, she amt been at 1t
long yet, but she gets enough money al
ready to support me'n her !" .laaai
$50 you arc pair of orphans, are you2'
IL should think So We amt always
been poor, neither; but after mother died
father took opium worse than ever. no.