Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-08

| CHAPTER V.-cOntinued.
| In many instances, this was carried
so far that when one of the giant.
daughters wanted to marry she would
| fill her grip-sacl1 full of money and gt
across the river and buy HUSBAND
from some of the old but decayed fam
| lilies of the common stock over there
And the husbands they got were, as {
rule, a dandy lot to look at--wrinkled
wien, bald, blear-eyed, old before theil
time, feeble, both in mind and tody
and not to be compared in any respec
with the farmers sons and grand sons
but the daughters of Monopoly woulc
not look at or speak to these latter
Had any of Farmer Jacks daughter:
| acted in this way. putting themselvt
| up at auction, as it were, they WoulG
| have been called ali kinds of unpretty
names; but being the daughters o
| Monopoly, nothing was said about it
All these things must be thought a bout
| and thought about carefully, after
awhile; meantime, he would go up and
consult the giant, as he had started tC
| do.
AS he turned into the broad gravel
| walk lea:ing up to the huge portal, he
| saw a figure on before him, which he
had a faint recollection of having been
famiiiar with under other circum-
stances, long ago. 1t was man clad
in species of fantastic unfit rm Of buff
and scarlet. Clearly, he was not sol.
der, for he lacked the martial bearing
and manly port Of the soldier. All at
once it flashed upon his mind that the
uniform was a badge of servitude, and
that it was at his fathers house, upon
the other side of the river, that he had
seen it, when he was boy. 1t was a
servant in livery, dressed just as Giant
Despotism used to dress his servants.
This was one Of the customs that the
farmer had detested all his life, and he
had no respect for the man who would
condescend to wear badge of his deg
radation. So the servant acted wisely
letting any offensive remark escape
from his mouth. Farmer Jack would
very likely have slapped all the taste
out of it, bad he done so, he was so
angry.
The giant, who had been expecting
visit from him, received him with
the utmost urbanity. If he had been
astonished at the extent of the giants
grounds and the exterior of his castle,
he was now dazzled by the magnifi-
cence he now beheld within its walls.
Piles of velvet carpets, into which the
foot sunk to the ankles, covered the
floors. The ceilings were ornamented
with delicate frescoes. A profusion of
beautiful pictures decorated the walls
every sense was gratified every whim
consulted. Seated by large window
overlooking a grand landscape, the
farmer was at once placed at ease by
the giant. who, sitting at little dis
tance from him, in the shadow, where
the outlines of his person, or the ex-
preston of his face, could not be easily
observed by the farmer, talked to him
pleasantly of the events of the fight
with his rebellious sons, and of the
trouble they had in preserving the
unity of the island, and boasted not
little of his own part in the matter.
One of his daughters Cal me in and play
ed and sang fer him, John Browns |
body lies mouldering in the ground"
and "We'Il hang Jeff DAVIS to n sour |
apple tree" "Rally round the Flag, |
Boys and other inspiriting ballads, |
hat, in the troubIous times when his
Boys were in rebellion against his au-
hority, used to make his heart burn
md his blood leap. The old mans
yes flashed, his breast heaved. He
vas back in battle once more, striking
With might and main at those who
we're trying to destroy and divide the
amily. The giant had sIde-tracked
lim and diverted him from his object,
yery much as a mother diverts her
,aby who wants the candle, by giving
t rattle. He only mentioned, in an
pologetic way, some of the complaints
hat had come to his ears, and some of
he difficulties he was laboring under
imse.f.
My dear father" said the giant in
lis biandest tones, "these times of de-
ression seem to come in cy cles. Just
ow one OF these periods is at hand.
We are now suffering from over-pro-
uetion. My factories are running on
alf time. My warehouses are over
owing with goods for which there is
o sale. Your corn-cribs and granaries I
re likely in the same condition. You
ee, production has gone ahead of con-
and temporary depression
4 trade of ali kinds has followed.
ant pay as good wages to my men as
ormerly, be cause just now am sell
ng nothing. ! only run my mills and
mines to furnish them with means of [
upport for their families until better
imes" {
He forgot to tell the farmer that
When the better times came he had no
mention of paying them any more,
nless he was compelled to do go.
feantime, he went on: II have saved {
little money, and. in order to tide {
.ou over, will loan you enough to
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