Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-05
ROGERS LUCK.

11o,rars5 luck was proVeTDlai among MS
soriates. 1t was luck unmitlgated ana
varying. lft0rtitude ana buoyancy OF
.a' ',.fa All all instrumental in placat-
.,s rates little Rogers patient en-
ana sweetness of temper might
i,,.. have disarmed the maieYOlent
80 ot destiny. 70 every flOut and
oag'of Fortune he turned his quaint,
s. ti,osicaIy alert countenance, hight
vim brave and cheerful
1e From every tumble on
1;r,,arv WAYS of enterprise
unpd himself blithely, bearing aloft
~ nrilamme of his Orange-colored hair,
q nv. era,.t in accepted crest-fasniOn. If
III tlnod does not whine any more than
non little Rogers might have laid
,,, m vvb3teyer grace comes with that
ON. for NO plaint or lamentatiOn ever
.ansd the pucby little fellow. He
won ob,urgated the luck. lie always
"A ana some practical, perfectly maCtef-O1-
H. reason fer the failure of his ven
rss and he no sooner bowed to defeat
III me instance than he rallied to renewed
b orf in some Other direction.
Swaypd bv his natural bias, Rogers had
& ected al trst to tread the unstable paths
n iournalism But his critical turn was
imperative, his taste too eXacting.
ROGERS work IS too finished, &" hi5 supe-
or Ii office declared; he edits copy out of
81 HI carefully turned" He went with the
Rdependeut American Typographical
pd AtnOspLerical Survey, which, it may
III remembered penetrated to the interior
~ the provincial possessions of a certain
kreign power lying on our borders. All
lp world remembers how that expedition
II as "headed on by arbitration of the
palous home government. Next
usulship was gotten for Rogers, by
~
acltY Bat his QuiXOtic course in regard
a family Of American adventures,
trauded at his port, very nearly involved
b IN war, and Rogers was recalled.
ben be tried the stage; but his deter
Ilned prediction for tragedy WAS at
Oggerheads with his comical, h0mely face
bnd grOtesque outstanding hair; so one
bore avenue narrowed TO the vanishing
p0Iut.
1t was when his resources were at their
oNest ebb that he conceived the idea OF
komg AS rod-man with a surveying party
uder contract for Mexico. No less
Xiyent situation would have let him con
kent to 20 away from home and Caroline
Howard, but the lowest depths of his
depleted scrip yearned for the reported
b0unding shekels of the MOnteZumau
and; and 80, after many a mutual pledge
win The lady OF his heart, poor little
Rogers tore himself away. The young
man was not devoid of certain self
Consciousness, and he rather plumed him
pen upon freedom from false pride and
kingeness OF purpose, as exempllfied in
s acceptance Of his not exalted posi-
lion.
81 remember" he said to Strain, the
chiet Of mis- party, looking through the
ATch OF the Pierced Rock, as their steamer
lay OIL Cape san Lucas; Il remember
Dnce, when Richardson and l were down
10 lulare county, We ran across two OF
Our Old sch0Olmates, who were 'tOting'
chains for the survey on Page and Millers
snch. They were the Yaledictorians of
1er years, too. Do you know, | never
admired those young fellows half so much
az when they leaned there on our wheels,
ID o'eralls and sunburned straw hats,
slatching a How goes ftp while they
waited the word from their boss. And
now you're my boss, old fellow; you may
as well respect my Independence"
"on, that's all right" said Strain, a
lltie dlsdainfully; "a mans a man Tor
mat The question is, how will Queen
caroline take 1t? OF course, you tod ner
your liue?V
The factis-no," said Rogers, ruefully;
.ol strain was more or less distant rela-
1--WE OF Caroline Howard, and the tone
was significant. 81 told her / should iOin
our party, but without specifying my
ouee' On, CarOline's girl Of gold She's
'lperlor to such small prejudices."
HumphW quOth Stain, her cousin.
vi All Rogers impractical projects, this
."sI one was the worst. While they were
setting their bearings at San Cuales. all
vent wei enough. But from the daV they
TJoA the field, Rogers mishaps began.
ne was the willingest soul that ever
-,go hand; but frail physique was
esalhst him, and laeOr that may be
eIuqred very toerably under a northern
ny becomes quite prepOsterously out OF
le question in trOpic ATTITUDES. where the !
iaoor is handicapped, too. by ali The
Fuf, Drlary appendages that Mother
~ IN lace there is decorated withal. |
r L't%se, Ihe notifications Of the spirit We're
eI. 10 race giving ser
,als 70 its servants, the prefor- /
o oua1ee or Offices like Rogers is
t@ftcaoIe only by the assumption Of in /
M, ~, caste; ana so, Notwithstanding the |
P+','''tu consideration of his comrades,
~ 7.'9 lVuhd himself RELOCATED too often |
ma, mental status. Ii was not strange |
d.r .. le began 70 fail in health; the won |
T. as mat he endured so long. The |
aT',' worked their way across the Hazel |
DDta uel Narrlzal and the valley OF Rio /
aT.a-o,7o' ana camped in the sandy bed of /
w. .i' under the sycamOres and cotton.
nil,l.+ 81 """tA Nhtaflha. And the very /
bs,.. -I.y came, Rogers, lying down ex- /
rs,...o lor nap before supper. awoke .
,.Ns Win delrium. wherein "A vein Of
oaUo ran through the absurdities.
e,,, Ky ucNll." sad one OF tnecuVineors
ob.Ns rom an inspection Of the patient
ye-, 'NNa, nave had pretty hard lines. His /
sb,yi ,oul seems TO be ebblng out through
bse, luat some girl pointed out in 6is
tta,i. ' eoh mere, strain, do you suppose
sn'c,i ioctI Was any girl over so de-
M ICa.iet know the sex il given
tbir,,.'iilI'{' put that seems too hard
a. 10 oeheNe-eVen OF a woman
ors. t..us charitably set 70 down 10 Rog-
iBg - held strain, drvly. remember.
Wiof,,,t' Wen the incident that
wl,' -ul SICK man upto frenzy. ssNo,v
On ,,'i.asIe we doy We can't take Rogere
ail,. ~ usi we can't stop here. he ~ nnt
r, TO De sent back 40 tha coa aV'
resis,nna,p VIII go all the harder for bie
he'd a '" ,go't lie ought TO have been in
t,,i ~. - rather a pity no ever CANA ia,,,
got "a "u helleyj the company eOuld have
OF i.,, ION Tor three reals "A dav instoad
Tho 49, rogers $50 month for doirr
Fsut "oIh much worse.,, ~ "Oihk
panst- W1eAs we company can stand tboo,,
npbt' SAID Strain, shnrplv Ggocd
heln no. TN not fronbla -o, 1o9 W.
B.tt me watch with Roeers III Vu 70
turn In y ''' up'With him. You'd better
tb ,'G ir@g' q The Party-exoopt. pertains.