The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-20
hear through the palings the people talking as

hear through the palings the people talking as
GHe viii be the richest man in Walhalla.n
The director says the company VIII give
him a situation for life. So they ought
Nothing else was talked Of. The contests OF
YESTERDAY and all the Flights into Egypt were
forgotten.
mother saw on the sidewalk " And there's
WeIIerl Some people are born to lnck!' look
inc over the palings with bitter disappointment
at Hans digging potatoes.
But blind Father Becht listened IN silence
HeLnew but one man in the world brave enough
for such a deed u give that lad my bless
ingri he said. striking his cane on the ground.
He too. turned toward Hans digging pota-
Heller is packing to be off to London"
| somebody said They say Nogels pretty
/ daughter is to follow i'll the sprln%'
! Hans stuck IN his spade and went to ms
mother. .. am going 70 salt the cattle on the
north mountain, ne Said.
:. Very well. He does rot care to know who
this brave lad is she said to his father. " tie
a GOOD boy. bu. dull-dull. They say there
is a woman from California at the inn. She
saws she must see the man who saved her boy
life. She is rich aud has her whims, no doubt "
Night came, but the man did not present
himself The next day the director, who was
of a generous, impatient temper offered re-
ward to a1vh01y VINO could make MN Known;
II was certain Ne had told nobody what he mad
done or tbr.. would have come forward for the
reward. The excitement grew with every hour.
Hans returned late in the next day. lie went
to his spade and began to DIG the rest OF the
potatoes. His mother followed.
sWeu,n she exclaimed re is not found
The story is gone by telegraph to all parts of
the country. Here are fame and riches wait
, ing for him. Some people certainly ".c Born
on lucky Sundays. There IS 'e!er. the ".'''i.'-
en- beast, gone of to LOud0-. AID go LG-,
:, dig potatoes There's nc justice 10 L,.'eA!
, She clicked away, knitting rs size Wen.
Now l may as well say here INA, a-ii'ISl
this happened years ago, the n.S,It" man l.
! not vet found. He is the mystery and P..de O
all that region. The director pat the ME.
= out at compound interest, but It is YET u
$ claimed. :. =.
. Concerning Hans, however, who Gi%s lh
potatoes in the same patch, We nave soiut,hlh-
more to tell. When he had finished dl@%in2
, | that morning he went into the mouse. I'M
+ stout fellow had lost his rudy color as though
he had lately gone through some heavy Strall
}, of body or soul. He sat on the kitchen stti,
and PLAYED a soft air on his violin. he earu
he had been digging lay in moist, black heaps
p He liked the smell of it. How like a whisper
= inc voice was the @urgle of the stream through
, | tbp roots of the sumachs NOudcr was Peru
Il Wan tree, raising its trunk and branches L
l. blOOd-rcd leaves against the still ar; lar peyOh
+. from there He knew how quiet it WAS y0nde
A. near the sky-hOw friendly. All THESE tmn@
came, as he PLAYED, into the music and spoN
70 through it, and great stiffness shOne III III
eyes.
I'M ! all his life-a wOman's hand brushed MS cle'
l and a red rose came before his eyes.
s'YOu did not come for the rose, so bfougi
10 it to vOu,n said Christine.
20 Iaferin the morning they went TO the VT
~ touether: all their neighbors were the.e, a
se it was soon known they were beiT".ttl,e1. r.
of erybodY tGoK nans by the hand. He had new
guessed he had so many friends. There
I'd no better fellow in the world, they said TO OF
another. o He deserves luck.
os THAT is why | was impatient with you
# WHISPERED Christine. i" l could not bear to St
~ that miserable Heller carry away all the prai
70 and the money"
r. These are not the things in the world tn
he count" said Hans, quietly.
st Presently an open carriage drove throHgh Il
on street.
liz That is the lady who was in the train, d
n people whispered. ''Ihat is her boy. She sa
a she viii not go until she finds the man wi
If. saved them
Of The lady smiling bAld her baby up that
might see the wometG She was greatly anus,
and interested by the q1$int German tillag
in When the boy caught sigiit Of Hans he laugh'
lie and held out his hands. This mother noddt
kindly. "The brave man who saved Us all
id wore a workman's dress, / am tOi@'' she sal
ed My boy saw him as he passed.
Hans took the child in his arms for q 7nUmen
10 and kissed him. When ne gave him Tack
ia his mother his eyes were full Of tears. rhe
l. the carriage drove on.
20 He stood at the door of the home that W.
l. so dear to him. Christine held his hand. Il
10 sun shOne cheerfullv about him.
TO Think said his mother d" that we al
TX not to know who that brave fellow was"
II His blind father took Hans other hand soft
AZ in his.
n - God EROlCs," he said.
ID But no one heard him.-ScribHer for Nay.