The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-03-06

donothin' at all, FIR the book agent, Lemuel |
Higgins, had the dead wood on him-the
mean sneahin' critterl
So the years passed on-one NV them
cyclopeedies shown up now md then,
sometimes every two years md sometimes
every four, but allus at time when Le-
ander found it peshy hard to give up afiver-
1t warn't no use cussin' Higgins; Higgins
lust LATED when Leander allowed that the
cyclopeedy wuz no good md that he wuE
bein' robbed. Meantime Lenders family
wuz increasin' and CROWN. Little Sarey
had the hoopin' cough dreadful one winter,
but the cyclopeedy didn't help out at all
cause all 1t said wuz: "Hoopin' Cough
See Whoopin' Cough"-and, NV course,
there warn't no Whoopin' Cough to see,
bein' as how the w hadn't come yet
Oncet when Hiram wanted to dreen the
home pasture he went to the cyclopeedy to
find out about it, but all he discovered wuz:
"Drain-See Tile" This was in 1859 and
the cyclopeedy had only got down to G.
The COW wuz sick with lung fever one
spell and Leander laid her dyin' to that
eussed cyclopeedy, cause when he went to
readin' bout cows it told him to "See
Zoology
But what's the use NV harrowin' up ones
feelin's talkin' md thinkin' about these
things? Leander got so after awhile
that the cyclopeedy didn't worry him at all;
he grew to look at IT ez one Nv the crosses
that human critters has to bear without
complainin' through this vale Nv tears.
The only thing that bothered him wuz the
fear that mebbe he wouldn't live to see the
last volyume-to tell the truth, this kind NV
got to be his hobby and I've heern him talk
bout 1T many time settin' round the
stove at the tarvern md squirtin' tobacco
Juice at the sawdust box His wife,
Hattie, passed away with the yaller janders
the winter w come, and all that seemed to
reconcile Leander to survivin' her wuz the
prospect NV seein' the last volyume NV that
cyclopeedy Lemuel Higgins, the book
agent, had gone to his everlastin' pun
ishment, but his son, Hiram, had sue
ceeded to his fathers business md continued
to visit his folks his old man had roped in.
By this time Leanders children had growed
up; all on 'em Wuz marr'd, and there wuZ
numeris grandchildren to amuse the Oh
gentleman. But Leander wuzn't to be sat-
isfied with the common things NV airth; he
didn't seem to take no pleasurei in his grand
children like most men do; his mind wuz
alters sot on somethin' else-for hours md
hours, yes, all day long, he'd set out on the
front stoop loolin' wistfully up the road for
that book agent to come along with a CYCLIC
peedy. He didn't want to die till he'd got
all the cyclopeedies his contract called for;
he wanted to have every thing Strengthened
out before he passed away.
! When-oh, how well recollect it--when
Y come along he wuz so overcome that he
fell over in a fit Nv paralysis, md the old
/ gentleman never got over it. For the next
three years he dropped md pined, and
seemed like he couldn't hold out much
longer. Finally he had to take to his bed
he wuZ so old md feeble--but he made em
move the bed up against the winder so he
could watch Tor that last volyume of the
! cyclopeedy.
The end come one balmy day in the spring
Nv 'S7. His life wuz a-ebbin' powerful fast |;
the minister wuz there, md me, md Dock
| Wilson, md ledge Baker, md most NV the
family. Lovin' hands smoothed the wrlnkled
forehead md breshed back the long, scant,
white hair, but the eyes of the dyin' man
wuz sot upon that piece uvroad down which
the cyclopeedy man allus come.
All at oncet a bright md joyful look come
into them eyes md OIL Leander riz up in bed
md sez: "It's come"
"What is 1t, fatherp' asked his daughter
Sarey, sobbin' like.
"Hush, SEE the minister, solemnly; "he
sees the shinin' gates Nv the Moo Jerusa-
lem"
"No, no." cried the aged man, ait is the
cyclopeedy-t letter Z--it's comin'p'
And sure enough The door opened and
in walked Higgins tottered rather than
walked, FIR he had growed old md feeble in
his wicked perfession.
"Here's the q cyclopeedy, Mr.. Hobart
says Higgins
Leander clutched it; he Rugged it to his
pantin' bosom; then stealin' one pale hanC
under the piller he drew out faded banl
note md gave it to Higgins.
II thank Thee for this boon, +" SEE Leander
rollin' his eyes up devoutly; then he gave
deep sigh.
"Hold on" cried Higgins, excitedly
''You've made mistaBe-it isn't the last
But Leander didn't hear him-his sou
he'd fed from its mortal tenement md heC
scared rejoicin' to realms NV everlastin
bliss.
HE is no more,' SEE Dock Wilson, meta
phorically.
"Then who are his heirsp' asked tina
mean critter Higgins.
Z "We be, SEE the family.
'Do you conformity and severally &C
knowledge and assume the obligation of dc
ceased TO mes" he asked em.
"What obligationr' asked Peasley He
bart, stern like.
Deceased died OWN me FIR a cycle
peedyp SEE Higgins.
"That's lie" SEE Peasley. 1--WE all see
HIM pay you for the q ~
"But there's another one to come" Sc
Higgins
"Anotherln they all asked.
"Yes, the indexp' SEE he. O.
So there wuz, and I'll be eternally 90
burned if he amt a.suin' the estate in tn
probate court now FIR the price NV Itch
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