Telegram-herald., 1891-10-03
A "CHIP. /"
How 10 Disposed OF His Stor6
and Land ID a Corporation.

10 Taliaferro's father was poor, mis-
father had been poor before him, and
his grandfather back of him again 1t
was in his great-grandfather's days
and through his grcat-grandfather's
hands that the money had slipped
away from the family. Since then no
one had had the energy TO replace It,
ut was too much trouble" said the
Tallafrr-os. who pronounced their
name "Tollyver."
JOS father did mako half-hearted
effort He wandered from his home in
Alabama mp north somehow and ran
away with old snyder u. Shines daugh-
ter and only child.
Snyder Il Sinies, lumber merchant,
was Maine nan who had made his
pie himself and meant to keep IL. He
lbarned his daughters letters unopened
And made . new viii
IF my moneys to be spent in riotous
living mean to spend it myself" he
said, buttoning up his pockesA
MrS Taliafcrro burst into tears
when she first saw her new southern
home: then she got mp and put on an
apron and began To clean the house
This she contanued to do until the day
of her death She never learned To adj
Just herself TO her surroundings, nor
that IL Il sometimes . good womans 8
duty 20 ignore airr- She washed. and
scrubbed. and cleaned, and was finally
swept out OF this world on sea Of
soapsuds-another martyr to the great
god OK cleanliness.
Shs left one Little boy behind her,
named Jo, 70 the care-or. more prop
.eriy speaking. TO the neglected. his
father.
"Do you see that man?" said the SUI
.pcrintendcnt of the great Brooxville
glass works. which northern capital
had lately planted an Brookville county,
Ala, ''io you see that mann
he was pointing out JOS father. We'll,
you will never see him doing any moro
than ho is now. Nobody ever saw him
work- He eats. drinks clothes him
self, has = roof over his head, and
not cent In his pocket No1. how
does he do it7 And there are dozen
like him about hera tell you the
mysteries of Paris are nothing to tho
mysteries of Brookville."
And a. we can never permit our
minds to dwell on . subject without
hearing from it again within twenty
-four hours, that same day the superin-
t4sndent received letter from 10.
The spelling was dubious and the
handwriting shaky. but there was
nothing shalsy in the spirit OF the CON-
position.
''dIsrEs s5ssslSTrsDrrr' w'x hhs a
p. ; S-Taliaferro is 20 long ADD quar-
The superintendent laughed ~ he
tossed this evident result of anxious
labor IN The scrap basket The next
week he received fac-simile of that
lester minus the postscript 10 which he
nocorsied . similar treatnent. but when
he saw these sane straTgiing charac-
tcrs en- an envelope in his mail the third
week he opened IL with an amused
curiosity:
.MTsrrr SCPErrSTcSDAvr: I vr0t yuu Let
ters ani nav as saszr. wod Ike 20 Be in yor
cmpisy. bat ksss ~ast mns sit joot Pleas
sir ans>s aad eolis 10 TotIr."
The rerintendcuts hand with the
paper In is lowered over the scrap
baslset Then he drew is back. At his
call wcak-kneed young man came in
frcra the outer Office
Have you room, for another boy o.t
thsrss" the superintendent asked.
"Ycu have. Well then. write 10 this
applicant sai telI him he may come on
trial"
For the Rrss few weeks 10 Toliy was
like a new born pappy sas in tas world
with his eyes sha&
'syoa must look about you. ToIly. :"
sasd The head clerk Wow. started
cut With no noa-y. no education. no
esshfns. and hers 1 AN. all by heepfns
nv eyes peeled"
The aserx with the weak knees struck
-.
'sLoolS s< me" h~ said IT have been .
scber, honest. iralnstrisas. God-t'esring
man for asteen years. and not a cent -
snox Or T.
Jo termed his long rssfy face and
bsg. Innocent bl.se eres from one ~ the
other ard said nothing he rarely
tslszcss. aad vheo ne d. it ~as with q
f@iisserste sjosnrss which barely ss
eaped 3 ssrassI
Rat he pcsde@pd sii that Ne heard IN
bss heart. sypassasly. fos gradually