Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-10

lighter in future, and he would not be
disturbed by ugly dreams. Ifhe didn't,
the next thing be knew, they said, he
would be seeing snakes. This kind Of
treatment irrItated him very much.
In fact, he got hotter than lime-kiln.
And when he got back 10 his pianta-
ton, he went down TO the ferry located
| there and kicked over the collection
! box, and told the agent that if he ever
collected another cent without his per-
mission, from any body, for bringing
any thing across that ferry, he would
knock seventeen different kinds Of
wadding out of him."
| When the old gentleman heard what
his boy had done, he got down his
horse whip aud went down there, aud
said to his boy, "See here, sonny, Pm
your pap, and 'm going to be treated
with respect. You jest put that box
back, and let my agent alone, or I'll
| lick you within an inch of your life!'
| BY the time the old gentleman got
there the boy had cooled off. and Wien
he saw the cid man had his bristles up,
and was loaded for bear, he concluded
the sign was not in the right part Of
the zodiac for a row with him, and 90
ne said, "All right, pap, can stand it
If the rest cau;" and went off about
his work. And so the collection. box
was set up at that ferry, and the regu-
lar collections were made, as usual.
But from that day that son was un-
happy and discOntented, and coldness
grew up between him and his father
and some of bis brothers, and rumors
began to he heard that he intended 10
cut loose from the family and shift for
himself. / have heard it hinted that
Infant Industries set these rumors
afi0at and brought them to tie srs of
the Old gentleman. One thing is GER
tain: they did not get along SO pleas
antly as they had done before.
All this time the young mendicant
was growing; the money he had saved
lie invested In mines, factories, rail-
roads, oil wells, and other kindred
kinds of property. In fact, he began
to grow SO rapidly that, draw himself
up as he would, he could nc longer pre-
vent people from getting some idea of
his true stature. Others of the old
gentleman's sons now tegan to call lis
attention 10 the size and strength of
their adopted brother. But when it
t91 Inl la not II
big enough and old enough to take care
of himself, he set up dismal wall. He
said If has allowance was stopped now,
he would oe ruined: he had opened
mines and built mills and factories,
and had set on foot all kiads of enter
prlses, but if help was denied him, now
that he wAs just getting ais business
on its feet, he would have to shut down
the gate, and let off steam, and thous-
auds of the old gentleman's sons and
grandsons would be thrown out of en-
plOyment, and either become, with
their families, public charge, or per-
ish of want. He talked as if the prof-
perity of the island had depended on
him, and he had been It's sole architect.
For his own self, he said he didn't care
so much; business had not paid him of
late, any how; he would be able to get
along in some manner, but his heart
ached for his brethren who depended
upon him for living. It would be
with sore heart that he would have
to turn them away from Ills factory
gates; he would have no more money
to pay them, and they would get as
poor and miserable as the seffs who
worked for Clam; Despotism, on the
other side of the river, and whose goods
would now flood the island and bring
them all down to their level. 1t was
not for his own private benefit that he
had accepted his allowance in later
years-it was only for sweet charity's
sake. He argued further: "Suppose
you do contribute toward Keeping up
my business, do | not pay the money
out to your cons and grandsoDs in
wages, and are they not ell abled there
by to buy the products Of your farms,
gardens, ,and dairies-furnish you with
u heb III iaCi. ANU, hiltI diIs
does it not come back to you like BEN
with the added blessing ofits
good work?"
Oh, how like an angel this devil,
with forehead of brass and heart of ice,
could appear! II was an evil day when
the good, honest, unsophisticated farm
er and his sons listened to his tongue
Of silver. From that day on, words of
sympathy and compassion for his
brothers, struggling with
their adverse fate, have flowed from
lips redeemed with the blood of the
poor that have been devoured.
TO BE Continued
| wish to inform the public that we are
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% the picture, but also permanency.
Then think not these Pictures, like shadows,
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