The Forrest City times., 1890-08-09
ROY BERRY;
vse FavIrs of MreMesaANcI.
BY GEO. W. wooLsEY
fcopwion,, 1880. by t'.e Aatnor.l
[cnArrER M coNTMuED. ]

and beudtng closely over the dying men that he might not be mistaken as to their identity. was mortified to ilnd his sus- picions confirmed. and as he roe to his feet again. exclaimed
 My God, this is terribler' and then turning to Roy. said:
 This cue ix my brot her. and his mur- derer we had considered his best friend. They were constantly together but have never quarreled before to my knowledge. wonder what could have caused thiss'
 .T was looking for you" said Roy, "when my attention was directed to them by oaths and angry words One called the other liar, and you see the re- sult of 1t"
 Guy stepped to one side and hastily ex- changed a few words with n gentleman who Roy supposed to he the proprietor.
 Returning to Roy they locked arms and walked rapidly away. leaving the dead men lying where they had fallen. CHAPTER v-Nn. HINES BUSINESS REvERsEs. last interview with Hettie when Mir Hines returned to the house, looking cAreworn and troubled.
 Mrs Hines saw that therc was somc- thing the matter with her husband, and asked him what was going wrong.
 He told her what he had previously learned from Uncle Nose, the couvcrsa-
 on he had with Roy and tho result Of ft all. z
 Mrs. Hines was really angry when she learned what had been done and soundly beratcd her husband for the course he had taken, and finished the tirade of words byl saying:
 Thomas. you are surely the moet fool- ish man ever saw; to treat the boy 90 cruelty Is simply outrageous and uncalled for. Roy has just left here, but had not thought of anything like this. Why, they are only children and have been to- gcther like brother and sister all their lives and don't sec any cause for this nonsense. This seems to me . very un- usual freak for you. who should know better than to act so. You ought to reason moro with common sense before you make such hasty conclusions and not listen to % ready to tell you.
 Mir. Hines saw his wife's anger and thought 1t best that he should keen silent, and so he left the house without uttering another word and returned to his ofiice..
 Mrs. Hines was a quiet and strictly re- ligious woman, but such nonsense as she termed 1t, was too much for her to bear in silence. and for time she gave vent to her feelings In . manner her husband was not looking for. and for which she was af- terward heartily sorry.
 After parting with Roy. Hettie went to her room and there alone poured out the sorrows of her broken heart in the bitter est of bitter tears She was young and unaware of the trials of life. Roy, in her estimation. was perfection. and the cruel blow was more than she thought she could cver1bear and she felt that her father was wronging her and crushing her with an uLcalled for weight of sorrow.
 She wept for long while but finally conquered her feelings and resolved to brave it out and wait patiently, though .orrowfuily, until the promised time for Roy's return.
 After the somewhat spirited conversar ton with his wife, MT. Hines returned to his offlcc, but was too much excited to transact any kind of business. Of late things were all going wrong. He had never before seen his wife In such a rage, and not until then had he fully realized what he had dons.
 The mon employed in the distillery were sullen. and among themselves talked the matter over. and all with one accord pre- dicted that Mir Hines would rue tho day he objected to his daughters choice and SO cruelty drove Roy Berry away.
 For many years Thomas Hines had .l Al that part of Kentucky. snd consequently monopolizcd the whisky and brandy trade for many miles around
 Farmers hauled their apples and peaches by the wagon loads from the upper countries" to the Hines distillcry and had them mads into brandy. Hs charged by the gallon or manufactured on the sharcs Most generally the latter, and 1t was not m unusual thing for him to have his store Aouses full of barrels of whisky and bran- dy. There being at that time no railroad near. he vAs forced to haul his products to Lexington and other railroad connec- tious where he found ready sale at good prices. or shipped 1t to Cincinnati. Louis vile. and other northern markets, where he sold at much higher figures.
 But reverses in business of this kind wers not an unfrequent occurrence and In the case of Thomas Hines were no exccp- tion
 His first great loss was the burning Of his distillery. and . total loss of everything connected with t right in the midst of the busy season.
 To rebuild required much tims and . large outlay of money. and when. as the end of three months tho new estAhlish- mont was ready for busineas agnln. tho fruit season wss over and the grain crop vas total failure in that part of tho grain necessary to mako gallon of swhis- ky wa worth mora in its raw a1Ate. thaa the gallon of whisky would cell for when manufactured
 This state of affairs. connected with oth- ey ss-iOus business failurcs. discau.ac-!.. the great liquor king, and in order to ro- gain. in part at least. his fast disappearing fortune. he resolved to go Into the retail baainess and carry on both branches os the trndo.
 rodo this required but smaIi amount of capital and the Income from such bust ness can scarcely he computed. but 0 -, lect suitable location vas no little taak. Ftnally he decided upon s;---, thriviuG little c0pnty seat through which the grca1 Southern railroad was then heinz uilk He dtted ID . room In first-claas sty le aud arran9od tor George and Harry to carry on that branch of tho bnsiness wl.tle he rematned ~ homo and attended to tho disttllsry and his fast dcpreciasing farm aGairA.
 Mr4 Hines very greatly opposea rnss arsangsueut. and plead with her hushantl oo abandon it. but like too much of her Seod advicss he paid no attention te her entreatieA
 6he reali1ed the fact that her boya wers alrendy becoming a<ldtcted to tho uae of Hqaoe. Geosge of late having frsqueutly ben prQetrated. and Harry occaslonally ccmlng n from tho distillsry io . drunken coalition. She knew fl they were allow = e mako others drunken. they would tAemselves become drunkArls. fox could eAe noe plainly sss that tho acquired apo. uee Was raptdly growing ou themy
 But no amount of persuAaiou vOuld Mm &- mi. z4L.