The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-03

Rollins Children nn4 kn0W9 1cf m10y
dayA The eanned oysfers were -
good and the chfldrca were 70 full 81
thu plan for the daily peper that they
could hardly eat for talking and hardly
talk for eating.
Cautious Barbie, though very hope
ful, had her doubts Of the success Of
the plan; but Jarvis set them 1t rest
BY emphatic declarations to the con-
trary. When the meal was over he
.trudged back TO the train. Al he went
he muttered;
Its got to Be successful! haven't
any more money than the law allows.
but, II they don't buy the papers, !
willr'
When he told Of the proposition TO
the passengers in his car they were all
In sympathy with it.
Il win help you sell them in the
other cars" said the critical young
man. -
And we will all contribute to the
contents" said some ono else.
The project was taken bold of with
alacrity, and when the morrow's issue
Of the Herald appeared It was quite
literary, as well as financial, success
Mr.. Jarvis had collected what news he
could. The, Young man who had con-
stituted himself Jarvis assistant had
gathered nearly column of gossip
about the blockade, and the opinions
Of the train men concerning it
Ayoung lady returning from board
ing school contributed some verses. A
commercial traveller sent in very fun
ny story. A grave, reserved man, who
had had not much to say, plodded to
the station. and by paying what was
necessarY-andin d ucing the telegraph.
operator to talk over the line with
other operators at distance, obtained
few bits of news from the outside
world-news which alone would have
caused the papers to be bought eagerly.
He secured an item. too, about the
attack that was being made on the
blockade at either end.
1t would hardly have been possible
for the half-taught fingers of Barbie,
Dan and Joe to set all the type, though
they worked heroically. But among
the passengers was man who had
been printer; and he promptly went
to the Office and made the type click
merrily.
John Jarvis, who had completely for
gotten his teothache, undertook the
manipulation OF the press, and every.
thing went off as smoothly as could be
wished.
The Herald improved with every is
sue Apart from their desire to assist
the children, the passengers found rec
reation in aiding the paper. The anna
teur reporters raked and scraped items
through the train till they were almost
like so many news.hungry highway
men. commanding their victims to stand
and deliver at the point Of the pencil.
Every one was interested and enthusi-
astic; every one took his copy, paid his
money, and was sure that he had re-
ccived the worth Of 1t.
Thus the days passed on. Mean
while, the railroad company had been
making a fierce fight to raise the
blockade. Now and then a snowshed,
rs If wearied at last beyond endur-
ance, collapsed; or great mass of
snow and rock slid down q slope and
greatly increased the task OF clearing
the track. But over the range to the
westward the rotary pillow, huge
affair with great steel drum in front
armed with knife-edged shovels, was
cutting its way slowly and steadily
through the frozen drifts, backed by
four and sometimes six engines.
Upon the night previous to the rails
ing OF the blockade, John Jarvis ami
the quiet man who had paid for the
kilograms held conference.
II don't see how those children will
live after we are gone" Jarvis said, in
| the middle of it II haven't got much
money, but should like to buy out tho
paper"
II will give half" said the quiet man.
.'Send me a copy OF your first issue"
The passengers were Us busy as
bees during the following forenoon.
Release was at hand. They FASTENED
to make. their last contributions to the
Daily Herald, and its last issue was its
best -I
When the paper came out they read
that Mr.. John Jarvis had purchased ii
outright, and would take immediate
charge. But while they were reading,
the smoke of the rotary plow's six
engines was sighted, and the Herald
was forgotten.
Then presently the track was
cleared to the westward; John Jarvis
and the Rollins children were bidding
their friends of the blockade good-by.
ssSend me a copy of your first
ISSUE said the quiet man to Jarvis,
again.
The long delayed train left White
Pine, and went over the ridge and
away.
Before the track was cleared, the
overdue mail from the east was
brought to White Pine. and in it was a
letter from Henry Rollins brother in
Ohio, bidding the children come to him.
He was comfortably situated, and
promised them a warm welcome. But
they could not have gone had it not
been for the money that bought out
the Herald-the money of John Jarvis
and the quiet man.
Little time was required for prepar-
| alton, the children were not Durdened
with possessions, and SO by the time
the drifts were cut through from the
eastward Jarvis bundled them upon the
! train.
When Barbie and fat little Dan and
thin little Joe had gone on their east.
ern way rejoicing, Mr.. John Jarvis
trudged up to the Herald Office, NUT.
tering to himself:
sIts dead loss! But what's the
difference? No wife nor child to suffer
by my foolishness. I'll only have to
work little harder for few months
to make up for it. and-well, what's
the difference?"
/ The first and only edition Of the
White Pine Herald under the sole edi-
torial charge of Mr.. John Jarvis was
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