The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
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 It Y;a5 weazcn-faced= little oll s1an w.th q frost.s beard oa his eaia, asl1 'se2!S, watcry eyes, wAo looked in at ths door of his sane tum. His dress vas the ho11e-sp3a of q farmer and his hat-brim vas tac,scd up ea one sida.
 :" Yes, sir, Ian, Allen answered
 " N5.. -aI scratched of thi5 little piece. and IthougAtas .aar be ye'd li,.c 1t
 The little old iaan timidly entered the Of fee aud handed the editor l HeatlF-IoIdel bit Of paper. Allen vas a5t0uaGal . not find it rolled tafo!l:a etAe papcg he found written iu q plain, lastbla hand s9.ne news items of the neighborEo3d.
 ,' The article is ver5. good, sir. l rsill use l."
 Dye think that sal In write!9 the old man asl-ed, somewhat aaXiousls.
 = Yes ST: she lacks cultivation, but she will acquire that
 The old nan smiled, and said
 '' She aiat got no lairin' to mount to any thing, bat she likes writin' moastfous well, an std hard to git her pieces Ii tht. Ef - thinl; she'd ever make Il E'rjfcz, I'd send taat ar 'sal to skltIeH
 . She tla5 good, strong co9aaa sense; her tsetie!e shows it. How old Is aha.7
 oi.ls 1oI teen.
 '. 50 young, ani yet do har work so well If she Is proper cultivation and persever- anee sht nay make her mark ia th world Do Yoa ta.:e the paper: =
 's Oh. yas; subscribed when - first commenced it.
 rel Eour daughter thu will always be s!ad 10 have &.ly thing fro.a her pen. and as soon a5 1 aIl able to do 90, will pay her for her contributions.
 Much oo.eated to ye, Nr Fjitpr, I'll tell her, and SaraA'll be right down glad to know 1t, fur shes nightly Sot on Wrtin, " sa d the old ra:a, as he left the office.
 "Thore Is true genius in log cabin" said Allen. gazing IL the manuscript. "Ihcrc is i1odcsty associated with 1t. What q contrast between the modest little cOua- try girl, and the ambitious Miss Hopkins or Toncv Barnes. For her there i5 a bright future, for them nothing but envy, jealousy and grunblag at hard hearted editors. But who would have thought that 50 many 3eo- pie were turning their attention to litcrd- tura and journalism. 1 supposed these to Ec avoca;ions which were demanding follow CTS but instead. the professions are over crowded. It seems as if the whole world H-as going into literature. People living in the nos: remote parts of the earth seem to have caught the Inspiration tO write. Toacy Barnes at this moment entered with the freedom of T popular author whose services WSse indispensable to his publisher, and throTmg himself earele5sl5 on . chair. said
 "Wen. Mr Gray, I've got something grand ths time. IL beats Poe'5 Rayen.' :. Fame and fortune are within your grasp, then ,'
 Well, I've got it. The great success of Poe Raven was that no5ody could ever un- derstaaa t. Now I've got something here that can be half 50 well understood as the Raven
 Alien had read several of his productions that were superior to the Raven on those grounds. In fact, Il! of Mr. Barnes poetic effu>ioas were difficat of seluuou
 Just let me read this to VOL" said Toncy ." am very bu>Y-lcave 1t
 "No, no, no it's not long, and 1 will read fast
 "Go ahead, them
 Toaey read;
 "onec ia deep, dark, lonely swamp, await
 ing, Ill alone.
 While tho dew of even damp lay upon the " Did the dew lay only upon the stones9' the editor asked.
 "Oh, no-wait and you will see how it all comes out, and he contiuod
 |" Tho night WAS q .rll, the sun was down,
 And all around me rose
 Ten thousand fancied gobb aS bold
 Ten thousand mortal foes.
 Alone I searched the forest OCT,
 Acne 1 searched the forest wild,
 When suddenly heard q cry
 Proceeding from some wandering child " For hours searched vainly on. For hours 1 searched the forest round.
 When suddenly horrid ghost Arose bleeding from the ground.
 Its head was eycless, hair on fire,
 Blood dripping from the sockets down.
 On this horrd thing I cast glance,
 And then fell senseless to the ground
 Now, sir,n cried Toney, triumphantly, ''can you tell me what's in that pocmn No, sir. I give it up, nor do I think there q man living that can" Allen un- hesitatlngly answered.
 That speaks well for it., said Toncy, with wild ecstatic laugn.s This poem will give me wealth and fame. How much will you give me for itln
 At present 1 do not feel able to buy it Oh, you might mako q big profit on it.. 1cs, but l am not able to purchase lt.n