The Bossier banner., 1892-09-01

In my grandfather,s easy chair.
And what tales of adventures my ears have
heard
OF aehting the wolf and the bear
As silently drank in every word
Bvrny grandfather's easy chair.
How oft l have noticed, when dinner was past,
The nod of his white head of hair, ~
While the good old man was sleeping fast
In my grandfather's easy chair.
He'll wake no more, he has gone to mis- rest,
He is free from all earthly care,
And the one of my keepsake I love best
Ismy grandfather's eesy chair
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T111Ik3aAsls4 - HE room was low
studded and the
Z chest of drawers
came nearly to the top. The mahogany
+ was dark with age, the handles were
4 brass, the base was spindle-legged,
q with acorn-shaped projections breaking
4 the line. Beneath the Ave large
3 drawers were q collection of smaller
ones, three on each side with a deep
space or'cnpboard or in the center.
q This was inclosed by a door, orna-
mented with brass knob and a quaint
q little knocker. The cupboard was like
8 tiny porter's lodge, and enveloped the
q whole piece of furniture with an air of
q mystery It warded off intrusion, and
suggested the propriety of lifting the
- knocker to ask permission of some
y shadowy specter if one might venture
II to examine more closely this genuine
u antique. &T~ r iS{.t@ TT,
'sa The owner was evidently proud of
u her possession; and we found one day
u that it had a history-a true one. She
3 told it to us with the keen interest that
age finds in rehearsing the story of its
u YOUTH
u always wanted chest of drawers;
= and, when / went to work in the fac
= ory, determined to have one. | didn't
y think much about gettin' married, and
81 hayin' a parlor of my own. I just
y wanted that
asa "0ld Judge Pettingell had died, and
q his niece was willin' to sell everything
3 that belonged to Mis- Judge. i offered
u her twenty-five dollars for, this chest
I & not KNOWN whether it was cheap OF
\. not; but meant to have 1t. Sol worked
s hard; and every quarters payment
u u put by little money in silk purse, al
e oy itself, until I'd saved enough.
'sWhen had it brought home, father
\. y didn't seemed pleased, and said wa!
q & SILLY, and I'd better have put my money
s. s. u the bank; but mother, she looked a
= =. y and her eyes shone, and / used to sea
s. ner standing up before it, and openin
y V and shuttin' the drawers.
s Then got acquainted with my frs
s hosband always called him Hiram
s. s. and SO do to this day. We were mar
fled' but | wouldn't take away th'
s. saest from mother while she lived
IS anew she set store by it, as did.
s After mother died-father went frs
Then | brought it home, and thi
shma. ! set the drawers ups wher
shey stand now
-Four or five years went by. Hiram
e1s aaa were happy together, and then h
~ was taken sick. We hadn't any chill
eas aiens He used to say that he mus
maze his will; but he put it off, and pu
ss aeH, and by and by he died withou
de doin' it
FoH never thought that anything
oaght myself could belong to Hiram
~ aaeW should get my thirds, and tina
tus ~ woaidgiye me the house. ] SUP
ooa Sssa ehe furniture was mine s2az
Inc day after the funeral Hiram
ing ~ sso brothers came in, with a LAWYER
M SAID everything valuable had &c
sns y SOLD at auction. / could bid 'er
e Il ! wanted to; but all the propert
aH sot TO be praised, in order to Sc
I z wy NJ much ought to haves
tN men they went round the rooms
da1 ing what this thing was worth an
~ saas as mat thing was worth, and prett
pa they came to the chest. TIL
aes n. whispered to Hiram's. brother
aes sas | heard him. This ;s worth cor
N siderable' i0 "o' :" oo'
aas lanal ln ost screamed out: you can
i t1 IN mat earned every cent of
lronnh.' 'aceory, and paid for it, an