The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-09-28

meet the mail. and t. NV aston shment
tore opcn the wrappers from the book
for there wa only one arid rucnrd
i then and there with ic:erl@h haste.
Then CRYING out: Il thought -. /
thought -. he hurried up - hi, room.
Had he not ucsn All !+nGl;-hlH:,n. I'll
"ho StD@d by. and 'ncrH we're many.
would have lhu1Ght hiIi mad. but HE
rood folk oi I-ouchc Wc1'" tt~cd Il the
.cuentririt. Of oar coun'ryncH. and
on|} murmurei,
g, Augi;.i,' Ee- -tn@!ai~''
la !. fru minutes !, waiter told mo
that Mr.. Grugr1m wished II sec me in
his room. found him in avid state
uf excitement and c:.hilaratlon.
sit down. sit d ;wn. and h"ar my
>ua'' he cried. "pnIy for the pros
eut Keep il Il secret. It will spread
fast enough. all in 90 d time You
doubt Y. la,.-clf. | think. "f my IN wi
cig. o. IA wn'd-:nd c,peci;l.lE Of
~ great world hut now you vii see
/ "a- right enough.
FASTENED 10 assure him that 80 far
a. a, opinion If mine to his dc'iimcnt
w;, concerned. he Wa mistaken. For
Whaf,Vc" his faults. he was 1rcrhandcd
enough. and knew at Al! events. II nOI
tn" was o the. great * ,riG. ho" II be-
hoovcd :: gUc-t i'll 1ir~t-tICor apart
mcnt- t. Iccumpens" Il head waite! af
to" meals.
We'll. YOU rtmcmb r what / have al
WAYS told Vuu Of those tine folk. he
Earl and his belongings ovcr ne way"
He had hnlt'. IA have laid, Two or-
po-i:c opinions Of tn M: bat a. il was
clear from hi, marnc" that Il" referred
10 h. second bowed N. head assent
inriN. That. however. Il seemed was;
not sufficient.
Did no. til YOU" he Went On.
that they were without manners. and
did not know Il gentleman Of birth and
breeding when they saw him: Well.
| was wrong there. perhaps. for II
strikes me that thel may have r"cog-
niZrd him uni Y too well. hut had their
own very good rca.or- for avoiding his
acquaintance. The Earl of Hem j. a
common i.npo~tGr. There. SIR
lie flung Ia" words cat Wit! triumph
ant emuha-i.. and in the full expect
tiun Of giving me Ii sh ok OF .uroriSc.
il s;iiic:l / confess. hc was not di-ap-
pointed: cor had ncver-cxccpt once.
when I. !Jaronct. who had ~topp d with
Us for Il fortnight. gave me L shilling
when parting been more :t-tonlshcd
in my iif". The Earl had leon so
aifan.c. the Countess 50 gentle, the
children us | had thought oi,c:l true
little gentlemen and ladies. thai the
news that they wcr, ali impostor., took
my b.c;itl away.
"Nc,, ne repeated: a common in
poster. and w-ht,n &c 'i}..c G ,,nr- t, sci
:c his l>iii. VII tu'l out !, be 4 swim
der also. nn ,}o5i,1 THO proof Is in
my hand and ne locked At the great
book ne held il il with such !: soyiuI
reverence tina. il might have been Il
family Bible. Il had my doubts a:'ou.
then. from the tii'~t." he went on. 'i,.,-
cll!-r did not rcnrmh Il any slicl:
title IL obey pretend % bear. and my
acquaintance with the best cir, lc,
makes me c,4nzant of such matters.
and ut lat ii struck me to SEND to IL IL
dHn .cr Il British frciHgr. ana mere it
il. WIT h neither Hcrm nor Stark liz il
from G >ycr 10 cover. That fellow. NOR.
j. !, vc,,' unciri! fellow. ana 'ant say
I'm sorry for him. but he viii now bit
:criE repent the taking John ';regr.{m ;,
room away from him to accommodate d,