The Iola register., 1885-05-08
!y-then let Il drop as If it burned his

| ly-then let 1t drop as II 1t burned his
freezing hands.
When Weeks returned from the sa-
loon his victim was gone. Fun had
broken for liberty.
'Dave" was a good horse-and he
knew it. 1t required little urging on
the masters part to keep him trotting
briskly along over the frozen. road.
Thus had they gone on their journey
some miles, when Mr. Olding heard a
faint 'Hello!" in the distance. He
checked up. and waited for another
call. 1t came.
"M-r. Gliding, w-a-i-t for m-e!'
And then. presently out of the adj
jacent timber came Fun, little
bundle of clothes in his hand. and al
most exhausted from hard running.
"Well. 1 declare. is that you, Fun?
And you've run away. Where are you
goingp" said Mr.. Gliding, with tinge
of anger in his voice.
80 sir! / couldn't stay there any
longer He would have killed me this
morning. Mr.. Gliding, please take me
with you. l shall die here if you do
not
This passionate appeal was too much
for our editor; and, besides, he had
about concluded to take Fun into the
Office, after all.
So our hero accompanied his bene-
factor to c., and was duly installed
in the Office; and found home at MIR.
Olding's.
And this is he who is showing
''the establishment to the visitors. A
more faithful. intelligent lad could not
be found. Mr.. Olding has never re-
GREETED his action in befriending this
lad, who has now grown to be his right
hand man.
Our visitors have gone. They ap-
peared to be much pleased with what
they saw, and Miss Effie smiled very
sweetly when she came to say good.
bye. And she left a dainty white card
for FUN: .'Eilie Worth, - street, St
Louis"
"You must call upon me if you ever
come to st. Louis" she said. Fun
stammered out some reply, but she had
gone.
Mr. Gliding was meeting with much
opposition. Another paper had been
started ard found considerable encour-
agement- Then the Demo rats sub
scribers, who were not numerous, were
not altogether of the cash-paying class.
When they did pay in advance it was
generally with ''cord wood and onions. :"
So Mr.. Gliding struggled along until
one day he fell very ill. And here came
the grand opportunity for Fun TO re-
pay his debt of gratitude. How faith
fully he worke l, night and day. to .'get
the paper out" 1t was killing him by
inches, but he stood to the test bravely.
One night when he and the small Of
fee boy had just finished printing the
last paper. Fun discovered to his hor-
ror that they were completely without
Print paper. He knew that Mr.. Gliding
could not raise money enough TO pur-
chase even one more bundle, and
credit was out of the question.
He laid this state of affairs before Mrs.
Gliding, who had the peculiar habit of
trusting in the Lord. Fun hoped he
trusted in the Lord, too; but he thought
this wa a case of dire necessity, and
thought it best to help the Lord in the
matter somewhat Hence he made this
startling proposition: He should 90 to
st. Louis the next day and endeavor to
procure several bundles of paper from
the firm they had been dealing with on
a few weeks time.
They can not do more than refuse.
l can 90 down on the boat free, as we
have pass Oh! | think it will be
all right IN the end."'
So it was thus arranged. and next
morning Fun started on his doubtful
mission. He had never been to st.
Louis. and wondered how much larger
it was than c.. He remembered the
kind invitation of his fr end Efiie
Worth to call, and wondered if she
would really be glad to see him in case
he did. But any thought of doing so
was far from his mind. Fun had no
time TO make social calls while in the
city. and he had enough discretion to
surmise that Etfie's invitation was one
only of ''mere compliment.
His trip down the river was quite
pleasant, and arriving at St Louis he
Immediately sought out the large ra-
per house and told the story to the
managers. They knew that Mr. Old
ing had always dealt with them and
been prompt in paying, and although he
now was in bad circumstances. they
consented to send five bundles of paper
to C by return freight.
Fun, having succeeded SO well, felt
highly elated. and, with a light heart
left the establishment.
His boat did not return until the
next morning, hence he was compelled
to spend the night in the city, and
evening was drawing on. Our hero
wandered about, enjoying the si.hts
until night. After cheap supper, he
though he would rn down tn the