South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-04-02

schooi-houSc.
'pIcn>e dum't 81 t. The Grammar
suggested rom, rs :;tei the osI cap
agaia.
Not l. returned i: :.cm;loman. ~
man who canro: kd promise skou,i
no: make one hcy i.'?'
Neil tossed her ile a;,: ,Lc hoy econ
lost sigh. OF the rid Then he looiiea
down ut his shoes, his coat, aEd his
old cap" - hc hung on IL" peg; n .hc
entry, anil silently f6::as,cL th":a n!
with Tie fur: :mmi 43:c~ccat a:id out
1T OF the stranger.
Never mind 81 Tom TO himself,
Il will have them TOO, when am q
member Of Congress
At the end Of ttJcck5 bundle OF
books was left The sc!!uoi-hOusc
There was not ou a Latin :,Tanm"r,
but q wel!-worn oG&44 Virgil. -.:SHp's
fables and sundry 1.yriuule5 suvt, af
Tom lad never s2rf
Pine Knots wcrc4.:';ful where Ton
lived, aHd he sat Yla:il midnight al
the res! Of tho wint pondering over tho
mysteries OF those bo!;s.
AS good luck woil have it, tha school
master, who boarS Z around with his
pupils, had not ckp the rations ,iuc
nan q: Toms fatheEN When lie arrived
he entered warmlH H.ho tie lads ambi-
tiouS prof .cts, an, 8 10 hal y 3mr,;cr-
in5 OF Latin tii,nsy, VAS qualified TO aid
his pupil.
Although tie sci 45f mss!cr sas allow.
ca the use Of Il ta1w candle. lie vastly
preferred the md brilliant light OF
Toms pitch knotS ), that rs Often as
The long winter cI;ing set in, tic mis-.
ter anal the pupi3ni.i.L he seen ;,n.i
were seem sittingkelotc the large lire
place with their hi is hu:ic in .aa ps.
yes OF The books. }or$ wa;"h they p:o.,.
aca slowly, bu: td7lch purpose ,h:t 4;
the end Of the w,:&.r Tom c1m!l req
his fable and soIYsn, problem il, = man
ncr very crei..,aJ!i ~ i!in5&if and mas
ter.
l. was up-i.i:i I,sk with poor Tom
hn: lie never los; thrt Little he game,
AMI managed t, Il is!5, wh"' little he &c
co"pii>hc'i ID tel o., tic ra,nre.
Csc day HI; f:!;Ao<- brought kc,c :
stranger. :ml io!,l 'rrr: that lie Was up
r:tE!;:e!, during hi. miiirr;'y. 10 81:
@an, WHO ~vglI We him !. black
s,ni.h.
IA: az 70! so:n: 70 be s;.t::;
SMITH, c;:cd ron, in . passion; ~
go!ng 10 Congress!
The niu:c nvcI ;;L::.s you sho;!!A lear
TO shoe :hc tnia. that carries vou ,iicre
ast tst:tT f' - A~;"r .i:e:- Where !. -.
c,' horses i,H"cS h:;Iay sn;i s.ua;c
ani real a. ~ IL: 'r S4tea!:', for IL ":
a..p"2H neither ::i:nt nNr c,n,;!r.
S:x !nnH.;;~ t'ic Vo"r fellow tried % y
i::;.L!u! - his ,!u!y. "a; ouc n;.,'.i vic
the ma::cr In | tl"o:.I i:;; nr.:ai,::
iu:o lhr lis. ana !!''i:' him ~ hi, dis
unrdic:l.n. Tr:n .u,; ;Hayc OF "a. w,.;;
shop.
lie r.a.lc his w:H;. Aav,!>o.c:: ~ i.
was, ever boz a:s Er;@Ts. uT:i. hc We,
,u:csl into tic MAJ. Enal. and hr .l;n. o
ucg.ii.; \ rii., no sad then. r.ac'ir,
the city. where. 9 Zen Franklin ha,
done hcir:'c i:;n. ~ i:is ro'! un.lcr III:
arm lie snu!!t; jtf oh.li::c.: employ
uarn'.
Perhaps lie '1j st Ia: rcTTo,n'S IL,
vas when Ec ic.l: '!'n'"l! in tic anti-
viarian tool; &C.: "i;I plenty Of ;ris-
urc, plenty o; Ni :, m! nothing. to feat
FROM friend ar
II is wonhcrfuI ." ':c r2ld-rnlrra.
and real. TEt f"'!:,1 Garth does II !:
iI:avc crceii!y tax :" ti'' s;:;"!ncr rain
" ben his lntc! "a. lhl:Si "ly par
tiaiiv satisfied lie fc-Tn ~ wo;ii. iir
saw the ladder urt!':h :,2 ,:i';s; c.i.rb
aal Selling tho ht'st ro"n,i, lie ma,ic
his; way steadily ntar,!.
We all knoy bi "i:et steps Gil a'n,i-
iinus man makcsr t"rcsj by patient
! toll by sci!-''CT'f-br courteous de-
! partmcns-!'y t!f ih5iaiiI "cIli3ition
| Of know ledge.
! Years passed J Anrin2 al o: whic.,
! Iap had lonhch vain for ii1 carl:
! friend, Ic 5:ran In his .:rui aw!l
wartlacss, he ''a p; thought To as!l the
name Of his bnnfpf. an, the only o;,.
portunity TO aef'5 been lost.
Wc:i:EsSss way, and Tom was
elected member Congress from the
very county wEl no spent his strug-
CLING boyhooh.
lie went to VSiington, not in cow
h'hc shoes and ut-co,orcd home.
spun, but drcssct netting rs iinagin-
alton. had pic,uh. as he looked after
us bencfactor, y Thc cvcnt!ul day oil
Tie sicigi,ride. \
A noblcr-lookt man, the ladies in
The galleries sG,-scvcr had appeared
upon the floor, H. this Yankee mcr-
Der, VINO. II he eb!c through his nose,
always drove ii Arrows l,,u;c to The
mark.
Ore cay th:rn, ica7c'l in the House
The venerable IT, of ~ cy-mcmLcr
whom all prcsS delighted to honor.
II needed but oh lance at the .ca;,l
face for Tom tH corn;z, in him the
S'FeI OF Tue Latf .-amnaT.
lie hal comcI .!lr sail. TO listen to
the gentleman n hal 50 manfu!lv dc.
Tended the righaf II 10 wisi, l;m Cox,
spccd!' ]
=, ~ saId 1onHw;;h lie old modosty
'it has been u,v \, a Cor,uu, ,o Il, ,,;.