St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-02-27

Rollins children had known for man,
days. Tho canned oysters were o
rood and the children were 80 full o
the plan for the daily paper that the.
could hardly eat for talking and hardl,
talk for eating.
Cautious Barbie. though very hope
ful, had her doubts of the success o
the plan; but Jarvis set them 1t res
By emphatic declarations to the con
trsry. When the meal was over b.
trudged back to the train. As he wen
be muttered:
,'It's got to b successful! haven
any more money than the law allows
but II they don't buy the papers.
willr'
When he told Of the proposition x
the passengers in his car they were IL
fnisympathy with il.
Il will help you sell them in the
other cars" said the critical young
man.
"And we will all contribute to thu
contents" said some ono else.
Tho project was taken hold Of with
slacrity, and when the morrow's issue
Of the Herald appeared it was quite Z
| literary. rs 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
A young lady returning from board.
ing school contributed some verses. A
commercial traveller sent in . very fun.
ny story. A grave, reserved man, who
bad had not much to say, plodded ia
the station, and by paying what was
necessary, and In 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 b bought eagerly.
He secured an item. too. about the
attack that was being made on tho
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
keen . printer; and he promptly went
to the Office and made the type click
rlerrily.
/: John Jarvis, who had completely for.
gotten his toothache. undertook the
manipulation Of the press, and every.
thing went of as smoothly rs could b
wished
The Herald improved with every u
sue. Apart from their desire to assist
the children. the passengers found REQ
reation in aiding the paper. The ans.
neur reporters rsked and scrapcd items
through the train till they were almost
like so many news.hungry highway,
inen. 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 70.
ceived the worth Of Il
Thus the days passed on. Mean.
while, the railroad company had been
making . fierce fight to raise tho
blockade. Now and then . snowshed,
as II wearied 1t last beyond endur.
ance. collapsed; or q great mass Of
snow aud rock slid down . 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
the frozen drifts, backed By
&>,~~ onvvnoHsvnne g. AA~s~Ao
Upon the night previous to the rails
ing Of the blockade. John Jarvis and
the quiet man who had paid for the
telegrsns held . conference.
II don't see how those children will
live after we are gone" Jarvis said, in
the middle of It Il haven't got much
money but should like to buy out the
81 will give half, /" said the quiet man.
Send me . copy Of your first issue"
The passengers were Is busy a.
bees during the following forenoon.
was at hand They hastened
to make their last contributions to tho
Daily Herald, and its last issue was its
lest
When the paper came out they read
that Mr.. John Jarvis had purchased il
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.
'Seni me . copy Of your first
ISSUE" said the quiet man to Jarvis.
again.
The long-delsyed train left White
Pine, end 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 . |
etter from Henry Rollins brother in
ohio. bidding the children come to him.
lie was comfortably situated. and
them q warm welcome. But !
hey could not have gone had It not
,een for the money that bought out
he Herald-the money Of John Jarvis
md the quiet man.
Little time was required for prepar.
lti0p, the children were not burdened
With possessions, and so by the timc
he drifts were cut through from the
Jarvis bundled them upon the
rain.
When Barbie and fat little Dan and
hin little Joe had gone on their east
I'm way rejoicing. Mr.. John Jarvis
rudged mp to the Herald Office, mutt.
ering 70 himself:
Its . dead loss! But what's the
Inference? No wife nor child to suffer
y my foolishness. I'll only have to
vork little harder for . few months
0 make up for it. and-well. what's
he difPerence?"
The first and only edition Of the
White Pine Herald under the sole edi-
orial charge of Mr.. John Jarvis was
sued next day. It did not take very
oug to set the small amount of type
equired, and just one paper was print
d. Then John Jarvis boarded the
rest bound train-holding his hand 1t
is Jaw, for the tooth had begun to