The morning call., 1892-06-26

labors- When he had completed the spell
Ing" OF his name great drops of perspira-
ton believed his manly brow and he heaved
mighty sigh of relief. Put dat on der
kyard." he said, less as l tole you. 'twont
do to hab hit wrong"
could devote a whole column to the
building of that "kyaId." the selection Of
letters, cardboard and the general SUPER
vision given by Peters to the job, but must
let it go. When completed it announced to
the public on scarlet railroad board, in blue
letters (he would have it SOY that Song Of
Solomon Peters was prepared to do all sorts
OF ealcimining and whitening, regardless,
and would wait upon would-be purchasers
at the house to show amples and state
terms that ne was to be found at the Til
mipas POst5ffice whenever wanted; terms
reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed
just what he meant by regardless" l was
never fully satisfied. The idea of waiting
upon purchasers at the house was suggested
to him by the card of hosiery-peddler,
aud L could not convince him that 1t was
not exactly the thing for wbitewasheT's
announcement. He was in the habit of
making his headquarters at the postoffiee,
and the terms reasonable and "satisfac-
ton guaranteed" seemed to him the quint-
essence of elegant finishing off,
, The old mans complaisaDcy as he con-
templated the finished work of topographic
art was so great that l had not the heart to
tell him / would much rather pay several
times the price of the job than have it 60
out OF the Office. "Tell you what" he said
proudly. gazing upon his masterpiece, ''ef
didn't been q boss Whitewater I'd turn
edytur sure"
After that saw good deal of Song of
Solomon or Uncle Sol, as the majority of
the townspeopIe called him. About that
time there was considerable agitation among
the people over proposed change in the
name of the town. Uncle Sol was white
washing the Office ceiling one day when the
excitement was at is height. and was Gilat-
ing as he worked upon the presumptuous
folly of certain young element in the
town who desired the change. Ain Tilmi-
pas a good huff name for Jump" he de-
manded Indignantly. VIVA for dey wants
ter change der name? Dey links Rosevale
more morantic, yere. Why, Miss Edytrix.
bit ain right ter change der name of dis
yere place. Hits unreliglouS an dey didn't
tier done hit"
'1rreligious. Uncle SOL" said. How
is that?"
Just as l say" he persisted, and waxing
earnest and eloquent, he pointed out Of the
sanctum window TO where, ON the hills, the
stones CLEANED whitley in the village
cemetery. ''Jes look a dat" he exclaimed.
'Dere's our beryngroun. lse got children
dead an buried here in Tilmipas, an on
ressurectin day what'll dey know bout any
town OBJ Rosevale?"
This was an argument Of truly IN
answerable sort, and the effort to maintain
a grave lace Wills IlStbulnk 10 II prevented
my replying. had reasons Of my own for
not desiring the change to take place. so l
said TO him: ''If had a vote, Uncle Sol,
there would be one more against the
change"
"Doan talk so, Miss Edytrix." the old
man adjured me.
"Doan do it. Het ain beeOmin' lady
lax yo is ter talk about votn'. OATS only
fifteen fer men,"
But" said l. 81 am conducting this
paper here; all the men read it, say it's the
best paper they've had here In 10 years. /
am carrying on business just as a man
would, paying my taxes, and have my own
opinions ON town matters. why shouldn't
express them by vote as well as By means
Of my pen2"
Tain fifteen. tain ftten." declared
Uncle Sol. docs we'll huff for a lady to
run er newspaper an write if she wants ter,
but tain in wimmin's spere ter vote. Dey
ain got min enutf fer to vote. Deyes intel
lects ain efficient. Bless dere pretty heads,
dey c0udn' recommended der names OBJ der
caDdydates long enuff ter vote en-, an when
1t KUN ter principals, LawdI Deyed all
flock fer der hansumes man. No, no."
with q solemn shake of the head, Fit takes
men to vote; tain ftten fer wimmin."
Song OF Solomon, / learned, was a stanch
Republican. He was thoroughly convinced
that the most prominent Democrat
then before the public, though his war
record was chiefly conspicuous by its alb
senee, had been in the very thiekest Of the
battle 10 destroy the Union. and never spoke
of him save as dat rebyul," while the
equally prominent Republican who babe
fair to be the coming candidate Of the party
was to him an epitome of all patriotic yir-
tue. who, judging from Uncle SoPS account
Of his proves, must have met the whole
Confederate army sngle-handed and routed
the rebel forces utterly.
| met the OLD man one evening after Office
hours while on my way TO the house of the
Deputy Tax Collector to paw nv taxes as
was the neighborly custom in that primi-
tive region. The Tax Collector was prom
inent citizen, courteous gentleman, and
my near neighbor, but when Uncle Sol
learned the errand upon which | was
bound he insisted upon seeing me safely
through il. 'Tain' no fifteen thing" he de-
clared, 'fer a lady ter 90 alone on sech bust
ness. Wimmen ain got no call fer ter mix
IN Government mattahs like dat 'tbout no
male perteeter. an Ise boun ter go and see
yer through hit all right" And 90 he did,
seeing me to the collectors door, and
rigidly scrutiniZing my receipt when l came
ont. to see that | had not been imposed
upon. He held it upside down. at arms
length, for some time, and finally pro-
nounced 1t all right, to my great relief.
Presidential election occurred that
year and the event was a glorious one for
Song of Solomon Peters. He haunted my
office constantly, coming in at all hours OF
the day to inquire the news from the polti-
cal field. and TO ask my opinion as TO the
chances for the candidates.
If 70 was man, now, Miss Edytrix,"
he said to me one day. after | had abored
long 10 set his mind clear on party prin-
ciple of which be had no comprehension,
''Yo might vote. and mebby get to be Super
visor, even, an it's mos pity yo cayent
but nebber 70 min Men tudder men'li
do ours bounden duty"
On election day he was truly glorious
creature. He came around to the Office in