The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-09
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Thrice Lost n Struggle Tor a Name


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Where Massaohuaons BAY sweeps to
wnrls the cape, ininpnehrd In green
l,ilis and golirn sands. sieeps tho rood
old town VI Plymouth, memorable. ~
oil the wofld knsw.. Cor beng the land.
,ng place a The English Piuiians more
than two centuries ago
All tlls, being a mntter Of history, we
pass by, md Introduce, without further
preamble. the Anderson family. ! have
never seen the genealogical records Of
the Andcrsons, and Am not sure ~ their
legitimate descent from the Puritan
stock. BE- that ~ II may, they inherit.
cdYtheir stern sfri % and tpbghincw Of
life, whether II came by blood, or hy
the more subtle influence which per.
meated the atmosphere where they
lived and died 70 nobly and purely.
Benjamin Anderson owned farm II
some sixty acres very prolific in this
Ties, swcet-fcrn and philippines "By
the sweat Of Thy brow shalt thou earn
thy brcnd," admitted Of the broadest
and most literal Interpretation In his
case He wrought patiently. early and
late. and thereby succeeded in wrench.
a. t'.,at3, 49, Wl"
wi1ling soIl ria soa hcfrion%o5 MIMI
many ways Il droyo away the frosts
that looked cnviously on his unripcned
fields II washed lavish quantities Of
ssoSit anj $780, IN 80 ',I,a ~
,h,,rd. ,ccs ., dsin,r asLos II ~ ~
dIa ..r, al nn,Ins,
IN f,,m farfa. NV III. Iaa.'us
anJ llimi,ahIo ~ ,na ,I ,h, "mn'
on. Il sun forcycr ~ ac,i and ns"a
vs., "s"'s 'o.u.'' "c''on' "hu prog
The ,a,m 49, ,oo,,n ,o,ua.l a..
,ca v,s hacLoJ T., Les L,a
latina h,n and ,his .nais' hv o,h",
mnrs al,rnn, All ,,nnn Ia,'
sct coa, "n.opdino INV, nr ~
like n ynst omeralI bo,Sl1cr ,hrn,y" no
ngnlnst The mia sannh,ra y, ~ up
HcIo,y wcr, n,,is ,l,s ~ oroon 49,
roads cloaming IiLo r,,o noIl w. ,1hni
ann a shslln,. 81 ~
brigb,enoJ hy snarl., na.diu. "'o
pcrf,med WIN moaInweJ MINI. an,nn
yopd An. the glarc anJ llash md snarIlo
of the sea
II w,s n lovely -n,ace-r.;s ,,,..on,
little farm In Tho sonth NJ plrnon,h.
had Il not been. the An5crsons ,yoniJ
have long since listened ia tho aJyicoo,
Tom Arnold. Mrs Anderson br,,Los
and sold Il. Tom had been in n Wesi
n dozen Years or more, Nc hai crown
rich thorc. andso was enthusiastic anon,
the county. Il Is often.the rase tbst
Eastern pcoplo wbo do mi crow r,oh H.
the West, arc moi nar,icn,arly en,h,,,p
astic about M ~
Ben Anderson had lone s,nco ,,v.n
MP the Thought Of being a rich man II
he had over cherished It' A, he nrohahly
had al some time IN MI. lifc ma noari,
every one does Uo h.d ar,as. -.
content with what ho had nnd oni, No..
and then a letter from "bmiher Tomn
brolo m ,hs calm a,hi. '' ivm
M Myn WAS on,cn no iii ~, ,ons
hut ,:Myram was mo-, e,an,iv Jaw
though no did moi lnow Tu."',
glowing dissertations had IaIien ,,,o ~
heart Ike n spark N iirc wh,oh n"'
hal only sma"ld.rei H. JJ yet
silence sho had = "" N"os' anu
pretty sur,n,rd,aus " Tnn : lo'e Tor
floor, which shc sconro,i ny ,S,, oa'u wni,e
WA. not ou,,e sa,,ssa.,nrs ,yu weos'
inc h snosla.s .h,,an' s,'"s'anu-
very f.rnIn,ns one had q
and uslnll.dn ,arnI,ura v"rpe,s
write nor 49,, ~. ~ S"' ny ION
wore AL h.. - w." elegaht they
and so forth har lncnl
'cane ses,s and "mh nal dozen
f,csnrsa he H., ~ hos vatpcl manu-
M cio,h MINUS from strips
a kI". ahu woven INTO
~ se"eou' meihnge 81 all concciy-
,.,a.,a.. ~ Ky" nor aug more unsnt-
,hs, uvr. one hau a vague idea
din's lam, ,ha, soI' OF Aiad-
Ma ,n,a I, Una. transmitted poor pco-
"' o"o' without the slightest
enced her Rslnh ~a. mn ,nss nnuu,
an only chtld~sn n,nah 49,. en'
,h,.a ,nis. sh,iJ.a. O nppc ecn.,rs IN
her Of her brn,hsr Tom n ae,hlnueu
dny-Gery' ds,;n. % uozch umes a
nvaIns, ,hs ,srra nnao','ous' ehahng
beJged linn H. ~ Trss ahu poverty that
had vonc w.. p.nl nau ZONE lom
,an,Ian w. h'sph declared ms In
6lleJ Mss,ND'o. . was what
srd a,ss3i v"ae.sou > heart Win fear
S,,ia W. ,ears ago, when she was
s tsan y .hliu. her fathers
rock, and ean, A,noss ON Manomet
,ocn an au .ap.a'n, mate and crew, six
ho;,,nm an. "e,e swallowed up In the
o.,,a, su,,. Long years OF calm and
A. n suPpca between but through
scsswaa sae NV FOREVER y lace, the
.a,i s, '.hg,eu IN The dripping hair,
,sssas I''' WV NECK whero her arms had
,S %aea ~ v,.cn and SO iondly. II only
mey wcre West Ralph would forget his
last le,.ef In her hand.
ns some very bright dreams foI
s ~,
sotner'F rang out sharp and clear,
ssaxh her from her pleasant rcverie.
Ar" ru' us letter astily into hei