The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
ts, Fts t.tass4s Esst..s. THE DRAGONS SON
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iie was the apple ni his mothers eve. and the roy oi hts father $ oidet mill that ls Ia say. he was a pIc> oCious sucking and could pull mere stone fence through a special stra~ than any boy m Mp Up. H,s tathe, was pillar ot the church, and his mother pillar oi the house to ung tn the changes correctly. our hero was genuine bolster between em. and If he dldn', gct his share oi the fun wkioh must he caught as !. tl,es, II ~aS when he was wrapped ,n the embrace ot ohiCken-pos last winter. or braccd up m an an.ehaii wth painful d,sle.ated livet. Early m hte h,s fond father had looked upon hs >proutlne stian as the malnspfinE et hls old age. Indeed, the boy gave grea, prom ise oi becoming aman Tn tune. Alas hc never go, taither than promise m hls ia,hcIs estimstion ior. when manhood : down htst made i,s appearance under A iofty-, andlc power mictosoope. he valued up to his bald headed paren, and asked fer some >pudS. that he could take in the country ttoh, H the crossroads tas crn and lnge, nigh unto the seda, tive pool table where the pnAigatatins malt,ac Is s,owed of course thlS vas s,titily aga,ns, the good dcacon's teat hings and
 the h,si domestt roa Was the Last
 Inc hopeful saptIns p,eked ht> meag,s gtp. and when the pelueld iays ot the MstHes, moon elongated the gta'n sheaves m the whea, held he stole from the daifs door and surveyed the stretch oi sista
 ylng between h,s onse home and the ttty IL was one ot those ,heeslcss days III autumn when man liist commences ia feel that there IS something bes,des ha, fever to cNtst tot. Inc oiiy met,h han,s hase ever had a Snu of double battet enmIty agalns, aspiring coun,r, i,ds and do un, aeem po>srsSed pi the iA.t that young men only desire opportunity ter ltsc m the world However. the dea ,ons son took the other alternative and dropped m the world. He >ua,k iot a luiiy position. aud did ge, position. some~ha, depress'hg Iii it's sut faandlngs He was put doan cellar to help sinw away ron pipes. is.ofda,t grndstones and piaoId hIc pots. iotg
 nd ~eatly ten days he l,hated at thls dishcatten,ng task. and finally he todd hi~ maste. tn gtv- hun hIs ercsienii- ais ant le, hun be free. ftec as the ocean .ut 1, booked blue after he senl out of ihc millionaire plumber rose wood oiiiec heavily hung m,th i~fta-eotta bss retrtos Alter se,tllng w,,h h,a landiady i"I the ehrotnatic hash and mosan hash hc grpped h,a gtup- sack and boarded a nam iot h., ago Alas 0uid h,s fond father have gatcd upon hls hapeial aa he entered that aaiul ~l'k ked oti, he ~ould have shcd sueh tearS tA would cause the plne kindlangs Io tutn green ~nh sym pathy The boy got lob as ,osl tally m black diamond eieva,ot and thought that life VAS hir ker than N1aE poets had been won't to pant II. However. he was m ,de oi the stuff aht, h pianl men m ,he White liouse al. a, the head oi grcattnsA tp bc soine day nnashsd hy the vote. of tu enlightened people The young man sopn became the most sspcF; pool player n his ward from thai he rose isp,dly, and oh, happy ts my tsst to tell II he commenced to Indt'e pA'he,if poem to ihe .lus~s ferhap2 II hls poems had been set up by th. naughty eompos,,es yetb hate em. h- Il be no~ bu, A starv ltng poet. suDsls,lug upon he eh,ll ar oi 'hin clld InspIa'inn. \ grand miNtake ~as nIad. in setting up his lnes and be hold shat was meant to bc teatfuliy pAihrilf come ou, oi the hopper sildl, deluous Ills fortune was made. ike Byron hc a~ote one morning, famous
 f~S years after his departure from home ht returned to the old oakeB bas ke, tha' s4ings pn ,he gate iaii ot roc ks. ~tth the enly h,ld ot 4 milhona,fe iiin pun eoDpesed her lhey ai.o raised the mortgage of th- farm Sefeshiy prevail, and al ls happy