Telegram-herald., 1891-10-03

S&Dsc cIEbl4AtkoA- Il AZ A9<s 1SH& -
up two thoasand acres about the site
selected for their works. Their l2borers
dwels in their cottages built on their
land: they bought from the company
store, and lived rnder laws Of thsir di-
rectors making
Bat there was Sabosh'x vineyard in
the center OF :ae settlement
The trouble was thai old Col. Jay re-
spee,ed his ancestors. and refused %
listen 10 any proPositioa regarding
their sale, for the vineyard Was
family baryIng- ground this time
The superintendent yainiy repre-
seated 10 him that the bones shoald DO
carefully removed
They are earth To earth by this
tine, STR" said Col Jay. with stateli-
ness When sell that ground, sir.
sen them 30 we will not mention II
again. q you please. sir.
After that, the superintendent. who
suspected pistol in every Alabama
pocket. did not care 70 open the subject
again
'.Aint you ever goin' to sell, Col
Jay?" asked ia.
tie had padded across the creek
which separated the glass works from
the Sid mans house. and was sitting on
his porch with him in the twilight
..No. sir Nor amt ever going 10
accommodate again neither. l told
thosc Dixcs they might bury their 1T
tic babby there, and what did they do?
Laid IL right on yreat-grardsuns Liza
i went and told them they'd got TO
take that bsbby on. But IL warn't
pleasant i won't accommodate
again"
And you amt ever goin' 70 sell, Col.
Jay"
''Look here. Jo." said the colonel,
testify. ''how old are Jour Eighteen
years Well guess you remern Der
NE as soon as you remember anything.
Did yon ever know me 10 change my
mind? That ground ain't-eyer--to-
be-dissurbed
10 turned his full blue eyes on the
colonel
''How about when You die, Col. Jay?"
he asked ip his most deliberate speech.
The eoloasl was staggered and
showed It
'If wers you" 10 went on, now
looking over the water. "Pd fix that
while I was able. There's . whole
acre there and there ain't but one end
of it in gravAa I'd sell il all under .
deed that would mako the man who
bought 1t keep the grave end nice and
clean, and the grass cut-and perhaps
Mowers"
Col. Jay rose from his chair.
Boy" he cried. you're right Why
didn't think Of that?-
Then his face foil suddenly.
But who'd bo fool enough to buy?"
IT would" answered 10. stolidly;
"and II don't pay you q hundred dollars
for IL in . years. time, you can takc
the ground back and all the improve
ments on it."
What the improvements meant, the
whole works soon knew.
40 Toiiy's store" was the talk OF
the place. It was little moro than a
shanty. but tho laborers soon learned
that the shanty had goods of better
quality and lower price ON ITS shelves
than the company's handsome store
house had ON theirs
''It ainr very pretty outside, but
tried to have It good in" said Jo,
modestly. looking at the well-stocked
walls II spent all my money there. "
The money referred to was small
sum which he had gotten by auction
ing of the workout roof which GOV.
cred him, and the bit Of land on which
/ II stood. The rest of the tract had
been sold almost to the very doorstep,
long before.
/ There had been no one TO interfere in
his rcinvestrnent his father having
performed the first graceful act in his
Worthless life BIZ stepping out of it at
this opportune time
Don't spend IL all in shoestrings and
rock candy. Tolly," the superintendent
+ had said. Put It in bank and try to
keep adding to your bank book. That's
the way"
"Yes. SIR" said 10. submissively; but
st the same time IL was not his way,
nor did he follow it.
At first the Tolly store was only
open at night and Jo waited on the
customers after hours, butes the bust
ness grow . small boy kept store by
day and was assistant to tho proprie-
tor at night.
81 shouldn't think you'd dare, Jo;
shouldn't indeed" said the weak-kneed
clerk, who came to inspect his enter
/. prise BY stealth and after nightfall.
''Why. I wouldn't even.lilse the chief 70
see ms come in here And how can
you sleep right next to those gravesY
| AZ like them" said Jo. showing the
! first Sign Of interest I'm getting real
fond of them I like Aunt Liza, and
feel like knew Aunt Jane
| ~Dear friends. repent; no more delay
For death vii come TO take no nay;
Dc always ready, night and day.
! suddenly was snstcaod avsy.'
feel just like she was saying IL to me
I every time l read it."
| The head clerk-he OF tho 'peeled
cyes"-also paid 10 visit: but he came
in by broad daylight and examined
everything.
lie laughed a good deal. and looked
at JOS placid face curiously.
You're bucking against . big con.
ccrn. my boy" he said II tell you
you'll have to work like IN or and kick
like steer
10. smiling his rather stupid. slow
smile. listened 10 each one and said
nothing.
As yet ths superintendent had ssid
nothing either. but that came.
One daT, as 10 vas passing through
his Office. hs stopped him